[House Report 117-627]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
117th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 117-627
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BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK EXPANSION AND
REDESIGNATION ACT
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December 14, 2022.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Grijalva, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 920]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 920) to amend the Act entitled ``Act to provide
for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education
National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, and for other
purposes'' to provide for inclusion of additional related sites
in the National Park System, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Brown v. Board of Education National
Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act''.
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF THE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION NATIONAL
HISTORICAL PARK.
(a) In General.--The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic
Site established by Public Law 102-525 shall be known and designated as
the ``Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park''.
(b) References.--Any reference in any law, regulation, document,
record, map, or other paper of the United States to the Brown v. Board
of Education National Historic Site shall be considered to be a
reference to the ``Brown v. Board of Education National Historical
Park''.
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF THE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION NATIONAL
HISTORICAL PARK AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATED
AREAS.
In order to honor the civil rights stories of struggle, perseverance,
and activism in the pursuit of education equity, Public Law 102-525 is
amended as follows:
(1) In section 101, by adding at the end the following new
paragraph--
``(3) The terms `affiliated area' and `affiliated areas' mean
one or more of the locations associated with the four court
cases included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
described in section 102(a)(8), (9), and (10).''.
(2) In section 102(a)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2), the following:
``(3) The Brown case was joined by four other cases related
to school segregation pending before the Supreme Court (Briggs
v. Elliott, filed in South Carolina; Davis v. County School
Board of Prince Edward County, Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et
al., Petitioners, v. C. Melvin Sharpe, President of the
District of Columbia Board of Education, et al., filed in
Virginia; Gebhart v. Belton, filed in Delaware; and Bolling v.
Sharpe, filed in the District of Columbia) and consolidated
into one case named Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
``(4) A 1999 historic resources study examined the five cases
included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and found
each to be nationally significant and to contribute unique
stories to the case for educational equity.''; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so
redesignated by this section), the following--
``(7)(A) Summerton High School in Summerton, South Carolina,
the all-White school that refused to admit the plaintiffs in
Briggs v. Elliott, has been listed on the National Register of
Historic Places in recognition of its national significance and
is used as administrative offices for Clarendon School District
1.
``(B) The former Scott's Branch High School, an `equalization
school' in Summerton, South Carolina, constructed for African-
American students in 1951 to provide facilities comparable to
those of White students and that is now the Community Resource
Center owned by Clarendon School District 1.
``(8) Robert Russa Moton High School, the all-Black school in
Farmville, Virginia, which was the location of a student-led
strike leading to Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward
County, Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et al., Petitioners, v. C.
Melvin Sharpe, President of the District of Columbia Board of
Education, et al., has been designated a National Historic
Landmark in recognition of its national significance and is now
the Robert Russa Moton Museum, governed by the Moton Museum,
Inc. and affiliated with Longwood University.
``(9)(A) Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware, an all-
Black school to which plaintiffs in Belton v. Gebhart were
forced to travel, has been designated a National Historic
Landmark in recognition of its national significance and is now
the Howard High School of Technology, an active school
administered by the New Castle County Vocational-Technical
School District.
``(B) The all-White Claymont High School, which denied
plaintiffs admission, and is now the Claymont Community Center
administered by the Brandywine Community Resource Council, Inc.
``(C) The Hockessin School #107C (Hockessin Colored School)
is the all-Black school in Hockessin, Delaware that one of the
plaintiffs in Belton v. Gebhart was required to attend with no
public transportation provided and is now used by Friends of
Hockessin Colored School #107, Inc. as a community facility.
``(10) John Philip Sousa Junior High School in the District
of Columbia, the all-White school that refused to admit
plaintiffs in Bolling v. Sharpe, has been designated a National
Historic Landmark in recognition of its national significance,
is now the John Philip Sousa Middle School and is owned by the
District of Columbia Department of General Services and
administered by the District of Columbia Public Schools.''.
(3) In section 102(b)(3)--
(A) by inserting ``, protection,'' after
``preservation'';
(B) by inserting ``, Kansas; Summerton, South
Carolina; Farmville, Virginia; Wilmington, Claymont,
and Hockessin, Delaware; and the District of Columbia''
after ``Topeka''; and
(C) by inserting ``and the context of Brown v. Board
of Education'' after ``civil rights movement''.
(4) In section 103, by inserting after subsection (b) the
following:
``(c) Boundary Adjustment.--
``(1) Additions.--In addition to land described in subsection
(b), the historical park shall consist of the following land
and interests in land as generally depicted on the map entitled
`Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Boundary
Additions and Affiliated Areas', numbered 462/178,449 and dated
February 2022--
``(A) Summerton High School site, in Summerton,
Clarendon County, South Carolina;
``(B) The former Scott's Branch High School site, in
Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina; and
``(C) approximately one acre of land adjacent to
Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Shawnee County,
Kansas.
``(2) Map.--The map described in paragraph (1) shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the appropriate
offices of the National Park Service, Department of the
Interior.''.
(5) In section 104--
(A) by striking ``section 103(b)'' and inserting
``subsections (b) and (c) of section 103'';
(B) by striking ``States of Kansas'' and inserting
``State of Kansas or South Carolina'';
(C) by striking ``: Provided, however, That the'' and
inserting ``. The''; and
(D) by adding before the final period the following:
``nor by condemnation of any land or interest in land
within the boundaries of the historic site''.
(6) By amending subsection (c) of section 105 to read as
follows:
``(c) Management Plan.--The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an amendment to
the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park management
plan for the historical park to include the locations in Summerton,
Clarendon County, South Carolina.''.
(7) By inserting after section 105, the following:
``SEC. 106. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION AFFILIATED
AREAS.
``(a) In General.--Upon the date that the Secretary determines that
an appropriate managing entity has been identified for that location,
the following locations, as generally depicted on the map described in
section 103(c), shall be established as affiliated areas of the
National Park System--
``(1) `Robert Russa Moton Museum', in Farmville, Virginia;
``(2) `Delaware Brown v. Board of Education Civil Rights
Sites', to include--
``(A) the former Howard High School in Wilmington,
Delaware,
``(B) Claymont High School in Claymont, Delaware, and
``(C) Hockessin Colored School #107 in Hockessin,
Delaware; and
``(3) `John Philip Sousa Middle School' in Washington,
District of Columbia.
``(b) Administration.--Upon establishment, each affiliated area shall
be managed in a manner consistent with--
``(1) this Act; and
``(2) laws generally applicable to units of the National Park
System.
``(c) Management Plans.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than three years after an
affiliated area has been established in accordance with
subsection (a), subject to the availability of appropriations,
the Secretary, in consultation with the management entity of
each established affiliated area, shall develop a management
plan for each of the affiliated areas that shall--
``(A) be prepared in consultation and coordination
with the interested State, county, and local
governments; management entities; organizations and
interested members of the public associated with the
affiliated areas;
``(B) identify, as appropriate, the roles and
responsibilities of the National Park Service and each
management entity in administering and interpreting the
affiliated area in such a manner that it does not
interfere with existing operations and continued use of
existing facilities; and
``(C) require the Secretary to coordinate the
preparation and implementation of the management plan
and interpretation of the affiliated area with the
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park.
``(2) Public comment.--The Secretary shall--
``(A) hold not less than one public meeting in the
general proximity of each affiliated area on the
proposed management plan, including opportunities for
public comment; and
``(B) publish the draft management plan on the
internet and provide an opportunity for public comment.
``(3) Transmittal.--Not later than 3 years after the date on
which funds are made available to carry out this section, the
Secretary shall transmit the management plan for each
affiliated area developed under this subsection to the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate.
``(d) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may provide technical
and financial assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with the
management entity for each affiliated area to provide financial
assistance for the marketing, marking, interpretation, and preservation
of the respective affiliated area.
``(e) Land Use.--Nothing in this section shall affect the land use
rights of private property owners within or adjacent to the affiliated
areas, including activities or uses on private land that can be seen or
heard within the affiliated areas and the authorities for management
entities to operate and administer the affiliated areas.
``(f) Limited Role of the Secretary.--Nothing in this section
authorizes the Secretary to acquire property in an affiliated area or
to assume financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or
management of an affiliated area.
``(g) Ownership.--Each affiliated area shall continue to be owned,
operated, and managed by its respective public and private owners.''.
(8) By redesignating section 106 as section 107.
Amend the title so as to read:
A bill to expand and redesignate Brown v. Board National
Historic Site as Brown v. Board National Historical Park, and
for other purposes.
Purpose of the Bill
The purpose of H.R. 920 is to amend the Act entitled ``Act
to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of
Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, and
for other purposes'' to provide for inclusion of additional
related sites in the National Park System.
Background and Need for Legislation
H.R. 920 expands the Brown v. Board of Education National
Historical Site through the inclusion of the four court case
sites that were part of the historic Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka decision. The sites are Summerton High
School in South Carolina, which refused to admit the plaintiffs
in Briggs v. Elliott; the Robert Russa Moton School, which was
the location of a student-led strike that led to Davis v.
County School Board of Prince Edward County, Spottswood Thomas
Bolling, et al., Petitioners, v. C. Melvin Sharpe, President of
the District of Columbia Board of Education, et al.; Howard
High School in Wilmington, Delaware, to which the plaintiffs in
Gebhart v. Belton were forced to travel; and John Philip Sousa
Junior High School in the District of Columbia, which refused
to admit plaintiffs in Bolling v. Sharpe.
In 1992, Congress established the Brown v. Board of
Education National Historic Site to commemorate the landmark
Supreme Court case aimed at ending racial segregation in public
schools and the larger struggle for racial equity. The site
currently consists of the Monroe Elementary School, one of four
segregated elementary schools for African American children in
Topeka, Kansas, and the surrounding grounds.
On April 26, 2022, Congress passed S. 270, the Senate
companion of H.R. 920. President Biden signed the bill, and it
became Public Law No. 117-123.
Committee Action
H.R. 920 was introduced on February 8, 2021, by House
Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC). The bill was referred
solely to the Committee on Natural Resources, and within the
Committee to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and
Public Lands. On April 21, 2021, the Subcommittee held a
hearing on the bill. On April 6, 2022, the Natural Resources
Committee met to consider the bill. The Subcommittee was
discharged by unanimous consent. Chair Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ)
offered an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The
amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to by
unanimous consent. The bill, as amended, was adopted and
ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by
unanimous consent.
On April 26, 2022, Congress passed S. 270, the Senate
companion of H.R. 920. President Biden signed the bill, and it
became Public Law No. 117-123.
Hearings
For the purposes of clause 3(c)(6) of House rule XIII, the
following hearing was used to develop or consider this measure:
hearing by the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and
Public Lands held on April 21, 2021.
Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations
Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Natural Resources' oversight findings and
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.
Compliance With House Rule XIII and Congressional Budget Act
1. Cost of Legislation and the Congressional Budget Act.
With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII
of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 308(a)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and with respect to
requirements of clause (3)(c)(3) and clause 3(d) of rule XIII
of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 402 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has
requested but not received a cost estimate for this bill from
the Director of Congressional Budget Office. The Committee
adopts as its own cost estimate the forthcoming cost estimate
of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, should such
cost estimate be made available before House passage of the
bill.
The Committee has requested but not received from the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office a statement as to
whether this bill contains any new budget authority, spending
authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in
revenues or tax expenditures.
2. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by
clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goals and
objectives of this bill are to amend the Act entitled ``Act to
provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of
Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, and
for other purposes'' to provide for inclusion of additional
related sites in the National Park System.
Earmark Statement
This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks,
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined
under clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act Statement
An estimate of federal mandates prepared by the Director of
the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 423 of the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act was not made available to the
Committee in time for the filing of this report. The Chair of
the Committee shall cause such estimate to be printed in the
Congressional Record upon its receipt by the Committee, if such
estimate is not publicly available on the Congressional Budget
Office website.
Existing Programs
This bill does not establish or reauthorize a program of
the federal government known to be duplicative of another
program.
Applicability to Legislative Branch
The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public
services or accommodations within the meaning of section
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act.
Preemption of State, Local, or Tribal Law
Any preemptive effect of this bill over state, local, or
tribal law is intended to be consistent with the bill's
purposes and text and the Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the
U.S. Constitution.
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported
In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new
matter is printed in italics, and existing law in which no
change is proposed is shown in roman):
PUBLIC LAW 102-525
AN ACT To provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of
Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas and for other
purposes.
TITLE I--BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this title--
(1) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the
Interior.
(2) The term ``historic site'' means the Brown v.
Board of Education National Historic Site as
established in section 103.
(3) The terms ``affiliated area'' and ``affiliated
areas'' mean one or more of the locations associated
with the four court cases included in Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka described in section 102(a)(8),
(9), and (10).
SEC. 102. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Supreme Court, in 1954, ruled that the
earlier 1896 Supreme Court decision in Plessy v.
Ferguson that permitted segregation of races in
elementary schools violated the fourteenth amendment to
the United States Constitution, which guarantees all
citizens equal protection under the law.
(2) In the 1954 proceedings, Oliver Brown and twelve
other plaintiffs successfully challenged an 1879 Kansas
law that had been patterned after the law in question
in Plessy v. Ferguson after the Topeka, Kansas, Board
of Education refused to enroll Mr. Brown's daughter,
Linda.
(3) The Brown case was joined by four other cases
related to school segregation pending before the
Supreme Court (Briggs v. Elliott, filed in South
Carolina; Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward
County, Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et al., Petitioners,
v. C. Melvin Sharpe, President of the District of
Columbia Board of Education, et al., filed in Virginia;
Gebhart v. Belton, filed in Delaware; and Bolling v.
Sharpe, filed in the District of Columbia) and
consolidated into one case named Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka.
(4) A 1999 historic resources study examined the five
cases included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
and found each to be nationally significant and to
contribute unique stories to the case for educational
equity.
[(3)] (5) Sumner Elementary, the all-white school
that refused to enroll Linda Brown, and Monroe
Elementary, the segregated school she was forced to
attend, have subsequently been designated National
Historic Landmarks in recognition of their national
significance.
[(4)] (6) Sumner Elementary, an active school, is
administered by the Topeka Board of Education; Monroe
Elementary, closed in 1975 due to declining enrollment,
is privately owned and stands vacant.
(7)(A) Summerton High School in Summerton, South
Carolina, the all-White school that refused to admit
the plaintiffs in Briggs v. Elliott, has been listed on
the National Register of Historic Places in recognition
of its national significance and is used as
administrative offices for Clarendon School District 1.
(B) The former Scott's Branch High School, an
``equalization school'' in Summerton, South Carolina,
constructed for African-American students in 1951 to
provide facilities comparable to those of White
students and that is now the Community Resource Center
owned by Clarendon School District 1.
(8) Robert Russa Moton High School, the all-Black
school in Farmville, Virginia, which was the location
of a student-led strike leading to Davis v. County
School Board of Prince Edward County, Spottswood Thomas
Bolling, et al., Petitioners, v. C. Melvin Sharpe,
President of the District of Columbia Board of
Education, et al., has been designated a National
Historic Landmark in recognition of its national
significance and is now the Robert Russa Moton Museum,
governed by the Moton Museum, Inc. and affiliated with
Longwood University.
(9)(A) Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware, an
all-Black school to which plaintiffs in Belton v.
Gebhart were forced to travel, has been designated a
National Historic Landmark in recognition of its
national significance and is now the Howard High School
of Technology, an active school administered by the New
Castle County Vocational-Technical School District.
(B) The all-White Claymont High School, which denied
plaintiffs admission, and is now the Claymont Community
Center administered by the Brandywine Community
Resource Council, Inc.
(C) The Hockessin School #107C (Hockessin Colored
School) is the all-Black school in Hockessin, Delaware
that one of the plaintiffs in Belton v. Gebhart was
required to attend with no public transportation
provided and is now used by Friends of Hockessin
Colored School #107, Inc. as a community facility.
(10) John Philip Sousa Junior High School in the
District of Columbia, the all-White school that refused
to admit plaintiffs in Bolling v. Sharpe, has been
designated a National Historic Landmark in recognition
of its national significance, is now the John Philip
Sousa Middle School and is owned by the District of
Columbia Department of General Services and
administered by the District of Columbia Public
Schools.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this title are--
(1) to preserve, protect, and interpret for the
benefit and enjoyment of present and future
generations, the places that contributed materially to
the landmark United States Supreme Court decision that
brought an end to segregation in public education; and
(2) to interpret the integral role of the Brown v.
Board of Education case in the civil rights movement.
(3) to assist in the preservation, protection, and
interpretation of related resources within the city of
Topeka, Kansas; Summerton, South Carolina; Farmville,
Virginia; Wilmington, Claymont, and Hockessin,
Delaware; and the District of Columbia that further the
understanding of the civil rights movement and the
context of Brown v. Board of Education.
SEC. 103. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION: BROWN V.
BOARD OF EDUCATION NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.
(a) In General.--There is hereby established as a unit of the
National Park System the Brown v. Board of Education National
Historic Site in the State of Kansas.
(b) Description.--The historic site shall consist of the
Monroe Elementary School site in the city of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kansas, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Brown
v. Board of Education National Historic Site,'' numbered
Appendix A and dated June 1992. Such map shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of
the National Park Service.
(c) Boundary Adjustment.--
(1) Additions.--In addition to land described in
subsection (b), the historical park shall consist of
the following land and interests in land as generally
depicted on the map entitled ``Brown v. Board of
Education National Historical Park Boundary Additions
and Affiliated Areas'', numbered 462/178,449 and dated
February 2022--
(A) Summerton High School site, in Summerton,
Clarendon County, South Carolina;
(B) The former Scott's Branch High School
site, in Summerton, Clarendon County, South
Carolina; and
(C) approximately one acre of land adjacent
to Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kansas.
(2) Map.--The map described in paragraph (1) shall be
on file and available for public inspection in the
appropriate offices of the National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
SEC. 104. PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
The Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation, exchange,
or purchase with donated or appropriated funds the real
property described in [section 103(b)] subsections (b) and (c)
of section 103. Any property owned by the [States of Kansas]
State of Kansas or South Carolina or any political subdivision
thereof may be acquired only by donation. The Secretary may
also acquire by the same methods personal property associated
with, and appropriate for, the interpretation of the historic
site[: Provided, however, That the]. The Secretary may not
acquire such personal property without the consent of the owner
nor by condemnation of any land or interest in land within the
boundaries of the historic site.
SEC. 105. ADMINISTRATION OF HISTORIC SITE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall administer the historic
site in accordance with this title and the laws generally
applicable to units of the National Park System, including the
Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), and the Act of August
21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666).
(b) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary is authorized to
enter into cooperative agreements with private as well as
public agencies, organizations, and institutions in furtherance
of the purposes of this title.
[(c) General Management Plan.--Within two complete fiscal
years after funds are made available, the Secretary shall
prepare and submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States
Senate a general management plan for the historic site.]
(c) Management Plan.--The Secretary shall prepare and submit
to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate an amendment to the Brown v. Board of
Education National Historical Park management plan for the
historical park to include the locations in Summerton,
Clarendon County, South Carolina.
SEC. 106. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION AFFILIATED
AREAS.
(a) In General.--Upon the date that the Secretary determines
that an appropriate managing entity has been identified for
that location, the following locations, as generally depicted
on the map described in section 103(c), shall be established as
affiliated areas of the National Park System--
(1) ``Robert Russa Moton Museum'', in Farmville,
Virginia;
(2) ``Delaware Brown v. Board of Education Civil
Rights Sites'', to include--
(A) the former Howard High School in
Wilmington, Delaware,
(B) Claymont High School in Claymont,
Delaware, and
(C) Hockessin Colored School #107 in
Hockessin, Delaware; and
(3) ``John Philip Sousa Middle School'' in
Washington, District of Columbia.
(b) Administration.--Upon establishment, each affiliated area
shall be managed in a manner consistent with--
(1) this Act; and
(2) laws generally applicable to units of the
National Park System.
(c) Management Plans.--
(1) In general.--Not later than three years after an
affiliated area has been established in accordance with
subsection (a), subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Secretary, in consultation with the
management entity of each established affiliated area,
shall develop a management plan for each of the
affiliated areas that shall--
(A) be prepared in consultation and
coordination with the interested State, county,
and local governments; management entities;
organizations and interested members of the
public associated with the affiliated areas;
(B) identify, as appropriate, the roles and
responsibilities of the National Park Service
and each management entity in administering and
interpreting the affiliated area in such a
manner that it does not interfere with existing
operations and continued use of existing
facilities; and
(C) require the Secretary to coordinate the
preparation and implementation of the
management plan and interpretation of the
affiliated area with the Brown v. Board of
Education National Historical Park.
(2) Public comment.--The Secretary shall--
(A) hold not less than one public meeting in
the general proximity of each affiliated area
on the proposed management plan, including
opportunities for public comment; and
(B) publish the draft management plan on the
internet and provide an opportunity for public
comment.
(3) Transmittal.--Not later than 3 years after the
date on which funds are made available to carry out
this section, the Secretary shall transmit the
management plan for each affiliated area developed
under this subsection to the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate.
(d) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may provide
technical and financial assistance and enter into cooperative
agreements with the management entity for each affiliated area
to provide financial assistance for the marketing, marking,
interpretation, and preservation of the respective affiliated
area.
(e) Land Use.--Nothing in this section shall affect the land
use rights of private property owners within or adjacent to the
affiliated areas, including activities or uses on private land
that can be seen or heard within the affiliated areas and the
authorities for management entities to operate and administer
the affiliated areas.
(f) Limited Role of the Secretary.--Nothing in this section
authorizes the Secretary to acquire property in an affiliated
area or to assume financial responsibility for the operation,
maintenance, or management of an affiliated area.
(g) Ownership.--Each affiliated area shall continue to be
owned, operated, and managed by its respective public and
private owners.
SEC. [106.] 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated $1,250,000 to carry
out the purposes of this title including land acquisition and
initial development.
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Supplemental, Minority, Additional, or Dissenting Views
None.
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