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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 70 

To establish the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in 

the State of Mississippi, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 9, 2019 

Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. JONES, and Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National 

Monument in the State of Mississippi, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medgar and Myrlie 

5 Evers Home National Monument Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘College’’ means 

2 Tougaloo College, a private educational institution 

3 located in Tougaloo, Mississippi. 

4 (2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Historic 

5 District’’ means the Medgar Evers Historic District, 

6 as included on the National Register of Historic 

7 Places, and as generally depicted on the Map. 

8 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en9 titled ‘‘Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National 

10 Monument’’, numbered 515/142561, and dated Sep11 tember 2018. 

12 (4) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ 

13 means the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National 

14 Monument established by section 3. 

15 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

16 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di17 rector of the National Park Service. 

18 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS 

19 HOME NATIONAL MONUMENT. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

22 there is established the Medgar and Myrlie Evers 

23 Home National Monument in the State of Mis24 sissippi as a unit of the National Park System to 

25 preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of 


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1 present and future generations resources associated 

2 with the pivotal roles of Medgar and Myrlie Evers 

3 in the American Civil Rights Movement. 

4 (2) DETERMINATION BY THE SECRETARY.— 

5 The Monument shall not be established until the 

6 date on which the Secretary determines that a suffi7 cient quantity of land or interests in land has been 

8 acquired to constitute a manageable park unit. 

9 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Monument 

10 shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the Map. 

11 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on file 

12 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of13 fices of the National Park Service. 

14 (d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 

15 only acquire any land or interest in land located within 

16 the boundary of the Monument by— 

17 (1) donation; 

18 (2) purchase from a willing seller with donated 

19 or appropriated funds; or 

20 (3) exchange. 

21 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin23 ister the Monument in accordance with— 

24 (A) this Act; and 


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1 (B) the laws generally applicable to units 

2 of the National Park System, including— 

3 (i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, 

4 and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 

5 and 102101 of title 54, United States 

6 Code; and 

7 (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 

8 States Code. 

9 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 

11 after the date on which funds are first made 

12 available to the Secretary for this purpose, the 

13 Secretary shall prepare a general management 

14 plan for the Monument in accordance with sec15 tion 100502 of title 54, United States Code. 

16 (B) SUBMISSION.—On completion of the 

17 general management plan under subparagraph 

18 (A), the Secretary shall submit it to the Com19 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of 

20 Representatives and the Committee on Energy 

21 and Natural Resources of the Senate. 

22 (f) AGREEMENTS.— 

23 (1) MONUMENT.—The Secretary— 

24 (A) shall seek to enter into an agreement 

25 with the College to provide interpretive and 


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1 educational services relating to the Monument; 

2 and 

3 (B) may enter into agreements with the 

4 College and other entities for the purposes of 

5 carrying out this Act. 

6 (2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The Secretary may 

7 enter into agreements with the owner of a nationally 

8 significant property within the Historic District, to 

9 identify, mark, interpret, and provide technical as10 sistance with respect to the preservation and inter11 pretation of the property. 

12 (g) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act, the es14 tablishment of the Monument, or the management of 

15 the Monument creates a buffer zone outside of the 

16 Monument. 

17 (2) ACTIVITY OR USE OUTSIDE MONUMENT.— 

18 The fact that an activity or use can be seen, heard, 

19 or detected from within the Monument shall not pre20 clude the conduct of the activity or use outside of 

21 the Monument. 

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