[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 603 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.603
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty six
An Act
To designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GENERAL GEORGE C. MARSHALL HOUSE AS AN
AFFILIATED AREA.
(a) In General.--The General George C. Marshall House in the
Commonwealth of Virginia is established as an affiliated area of the
National Park System (referred to in this section as the ``affiliated
area'') to promote public appreciation of the significant historic
contributions made by United States military leader and statesman
George Catlett Marshall, Jr.
(b) Description of Affiliated Area.--The affiliated area shall
consist of the area generally depicted as the ``General George C.
Marshall House Property, Leesburg, Virginia'' on the map entitled
``General George C. Marshall House, Proposed Affiliated Area'',
numbered 999/189,974, and dated September 2023.
(c) Administration.--The affiliated area shall be managed in a
manner consistent with--
(1) this section; and
(2) any law generally applicable to units of the National Park
System.
(d) Management Entity.--The George C. Marshall International Center
shall be the management entity for the affiliated area.
(e) Agreements.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this
section as the ``Secretary'')--
(1) may provide technical assistance and enter into cooperative
agreements with the management entity designated by subsection (d)
for the purpose of providing financial assistance for the
marketing, marking, interpretation, and preservation of the
affiliated area; and
(2) shall enter into an agreement with the management entity
designated by subsection (d) that describes the roles and
responsibilities for the management of the affiliated area
consistent with the policies and standards that apply to units of
the National Park System.
(f) Limited Role of the Secretary.--Nothing in this section
authorizes the Secretary--
(1) to acquire property at the affiliated area; or
(2) to assume overall financial responsibility for the
operation, maintenance, or management of the affiliated area.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.