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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5381 

To establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the 

State of Maryland and provide for its administration as an affiliated 

area of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

To establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the State of Maryland and provide for 

its administration as an affiliated area of the National 

Park System, 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 ‘‘Justice Thurgood Mar5 shall National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Thurgood Marshall led the National Asso2 ciation for the Advancement of Colored People 

3 (NAACP) Legal Defense and Educational Fund 

4 from 1940 to 1961, and successfully argued 29 of 

5 32 civil rights cases before the United States Su6 preme Court, including the landmark 1954 Brown v. 

7 Board of Education case that ended racial segrega8 tion of public schools. 

9 (2) Thurgood Marshall was appointed by Presi10 dent John F. Kennedy to serve as a Judge on the 

11 United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit 

12 from 1961 to 1965. He was then appointed by 

13 President Lyndon B. Johnson to serve as United 

14 States Solicitor General from 1965 to 1967. 

15 (3) Nominated by President Lyndon Johnson 

16 and confirmed by the United States Senate, 

17 Thurgood Marshall became the first African Amer18 ican to serve on the United States Supreme Court 

19 and served as Associate Justice of from 1967 to 

20 1991. 

21 (4) As a result of his long legal career, 

22 Thurgood Marshall is credited with ending legal seg23 regation in America. 

24 (5) Public School 103, now better known as the 

25 Justice Thurgood Marshall School, located at 1315 


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1 Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland, was the site 

2 of Thurgood Marshall’s elementary education. 

3 (6) The Justice Thurgood Marshall School is 

4 owned and operated as a museum by the Beloved 

5 Community Services Corporation, which has com6 pleted a historic restoration for adaptive re-use of 

7 the School. 

8 (7) Congress authorized the National Park 

9 Service to prepare a special resource study of Public 

10 School 103 in 2019, which the National Park Serv11 ice transmitted to Congress in 2023. The National 

12 Park Service found that Public School 103 met its 

13 criteria for national significance and suitability for 

14 addition to the National Park System. 

15 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to pre16 serve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of future gen17 erations the significant historic contributions of Justice 

18 Thurgood Marshall by establishing the elementary school 

19 he attended as a national historic site and providing for 

20 the site’s administration as an affiliated area of the Na21 tional Park System. 

22 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this Act: 

24 (1) NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘Na25 tional Historic Site’’ means the Justice Thurgood 


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1 Marshall National Historic Site established by sec2 tion 4 of this Act. 

3 (2) SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘School’’ means the 

4 building located at 1315 Division Street in Balti5 more, Maryland, known as Public School 103, which 

6 is owned and managed by the Beloved Community 

7 Services Corporation, a nonprofit organization estab8 lished in Baltimore, Maryland. 

9 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

10 the Secretary of the Interior. 

11 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JUSTICE THURGOOD MAR12 SHALL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established as an affili14 ated area of the National Park System the Justice 

15 Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site. 

16 (b) DESCRIPTION.—The National Historic Site shall 

17 consist of the School, as generally depicted on the map 

18 entitled ‘‘Justice Thurgood Marshall School National His19 toric Site Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 962/194939, 

20 and dated September 2024. 

21 (c) OWNERSHIP.—The School shall continue to be 

22 owned, operated, and managed by the Beloved Community 

23 Services Corporation. 

24 (d) ADMINISTRATION.—The National Historic Site 

25 shall be managed in a manner consistent with— 


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1 (1) this Act; and 

2 (2) laws generally applicable to units of the Na3 tional Park System. 

4 (e) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The Beloved Commu5 nity Services Corporation shall be the management entity 

6 for the National Historic Site. 

7 (f) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary— 

8 (1) may provide technical assistance and enter 

9 into cooperative agreements with the management 

10 entity for the purpose of providing financial assist11 ance for the marketing, marking, interpretation, and 

12 preservation of the National Historic Site; and 

13 (2) shall enter into an agreement with the man14 agement entity that delineates the roles and respon15 sibilities for the management of the area consistent 

16 with the policies and standards that apply to units 

17 of the National Park System. 

18 (g) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Nothing in 

19 this Act authorizes the Secretary to acquire the property 

20 at 1315 Division Street or to assume overall financial re21 sponsibility for the operation, maintenance, or manage22 ment of the National Historic Site. 


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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

3 as are necessary to carry out this Act. 

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