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Calendar No. 388 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1335 

[Report No. 115–233] 

To establish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site in the State of 

Missouri, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 12, 2017 

Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mrs. MCCASKILL) introduced the following bill; 

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

APRIL 25, 2018 

Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, without amendment 

A BILL 

To establish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site in 

the State of Missouri, 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 ‘‘Ste. Genevieve Na5 tional Historical Park Establishment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Historic 

4 District’’ means the Ste. Genevieve Historic District 

5 National Historic Landmark, as generally depicted 

6 on the Map. 

7 (2) HISTORICAL PARK.—The term ‘‘Historical 

8 Park’’ means the Ste. Genevieve National Historical 

9 Park established by section 3(a). 

10 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en11 titled ‘‘Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Pro12 posed Boundary’’, numbered 571/132,626, and 

13 dated May 2016. 

14 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of the Interior. 

16 (5) SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY.—The term 

17 ‘‘special resource study’’ means the study entitled 

18 ‘‘Ste. Genevieve Final Special Resources Study and 

19 Environmental Assessment, Missouri’’ and dated 

20 May 2016. 

21 (6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

22 of Missouri. 

23 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STE. GENEVIEVE NA24 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 

25 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 


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

2 there is established the Ste. Genevieve National His3 torical Park in the State as a unit of the National 

4 Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret for 

5 the benefit of present and future generations the 

6 themes of French settlement, vernacular architec7 ture, and community form and farming on the fron8 tier associated with Ste. Genevieve. 

9 (2) CONDITIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT.—The 

10 Historical Park shall not be established until the 

11 date on which the Secretary determines that— 

12 (A) sufficient land has been acquired for 

13 the Historical Park to constitute a manageable 

14 unit; and 

15 (B) the Secretary has entered into a writ16 ten agreement providing that land owned by the 

17 State, the City of Ste. Genevieve, or other enti18 ty within the Historic District shall be managed 

19 consistent with the purposes of this Act. 

20 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Historical 

21 Park shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the 

22 Map. 

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

24 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of25 fices of the National Park Service. 


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1 (d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 

3 any land or interest in land located within the 

4 boundary of the Historical Park or any nationally 

5 significant property identified in the special resource 

6 study within the Historic District by— 

7 (A) donation; 

8 (B) purchase with donated or appropriated 

9 funds; or 

10 (C) exchange. 

11 (2) BOUNDARY REVISION.—On the acquisition 

12 of any property within the Historic District under 

13 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall revise the bound14 ary of the Historical Park to include the property. 

15 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin17 ister the Historical Park in accordance with— 

18 (A) this Act; and 

19 (B) the laws generally applicable to units 

20 of the National Park System, including— 

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

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

23 and 102101 of title 54, United States 

24 Code; and 


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1 (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 

2 States Code. 

3 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

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

5 after the date on which funds are made avail6 able to prepare a general management plan for 

7 the Historical Park, the Secretary shall prepare 

8 the general management plan in accordance 

9 with section 100502 of title 54, United States 

10 Code. 

11 (B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On com12 pletion of the general management plan under 

13 subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit to 

14 the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

15 House of Representatives and the Committee 

16 on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

17 the general management plan. 

18 (3) RELATED SITES.—The Secretary may pro19 vide interpretative tours and educational programs 

20 at related historic and cultural sites within the His21 toric District associated with the purposes for which 

22 the Historical Park is established. 

23 (f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide 

25 technical assistance and enter into cooperative 


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1 agreements with the owner of a nationally signifi2 cant property within the Historical Park or the His3 toric District, to identify, mark, interpret, improve, 

4 and restore the property. 

5 (2) RIGHT OF ACCESS.—A cooperative agree6 ment entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide 

7 that the Secretary, acting through the Director of 

8 the National Park Service, shall have the right of 

9 access at all reasonable times to all public portions 

10 of the property covered by the agreement for the 

11 purposes of— 

12 (A) conducting visitors through the prop13 erty; and 

14 (B) interpreting the property for the pub15 lic. 

16 (3) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 

17 (A) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share 

18 of the total cost of any activity carried out 

19 under a cooperative agreement entered into 

20 under this subsection shall be not more than 50 

21 percent. 

22 (B) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The 

23 non-Federal share of an activity carried out 

24 under a cooperative agreement entered into 


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1 under this subsection may be in the form of do2 nated property, goods, or services fairly valued. 

3 (4) CHANGES OR ALTERATIONS.—No changes 

4 or alterations shall be made to any property or 

5 project covered by a cooperative agreement entered 

6 into under paragraph (1) unless the Secretary and 

7 the other party to the agreement agree to the 

8 changes or alterations. 

9 (5) CONVERSION, USE, OR DISPOSAL.—Any 

10 payment by the Secretary under this subsection shall 

11 be subject to an agreement that the conversion, use, 

12 or disposal of a property or project for purposes con13 trary to the purposes of this section, as determined 

14 by the Secretary, shall entitle the United States to 

15 reimbursement in any amount equal to the greater 

16 of— 

17 (A) the amounts made available to the 

18 property or project by the United States; or 

19 (B) the portion of the increased value of 

20 the property or project attributable to the 

21 amounts made available under this subsection, 

22 as determined at the time of the conversion, 

23 use, or disposal. 

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

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1 cial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or man2 agement of the Historic District. 


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Calendar No. 388 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1335 

[Report No. 115–233] 

A BILL 

To establish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic 

poses. Site in the State of Missouri, and for other purAPRIL 25, 2018 

Reported without amendment 


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