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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1335 

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 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

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

9 District’’ means the Ste. Genevieve Historic District 


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1 National Historic Landmark, as generally depicted 

2 on the Map. 

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

4 Park’’ means the Ste. Genevieve National Historical 

5 Park established by section 3(a). 

6 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en7 titled ‘‘Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Pro8 posed Boundary’’, numbered 571/132,626, and 

9 dated May 2016. 

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

11 the Secretary of the Interior. 

12 (5) SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY.—The term 

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

14 ‘‘Ste. Genevieve Final Special Resources Study and 

15 Environmental Assessment, Missouri’’ and dated 

16 May 2016. 

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

18 of Missouri. 

19 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STE. GENEVIEVE NA20 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

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

23 there is established the Ste. Genevieve National His24 torical Park in the State as a unit of the National 

25 Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret for 


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1 the benefit of present and future generations the 

2 themes of French settlement, vernacular architec3 ture, and community form and farming on the fron4 tier associated with Ste. Genevieve. 

5 (2) CONDITIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT.—The 

6 Historical Park shall not be established until the 

7 date on which the Secretary determines that— 

8 (A) sufficient land has been acquired for 

9 the Historical Park to constitute a manageable 

10 unit; and 

11 (B) the Secretary has entered into a writ12 ten agreement providing that land owned by the 

13 State, the City of Ste. Genevieve, or other enti14 ty within the Historic District shall be managed 

15 consistent with the purposes of this Act. 

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

17 Park shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the 

18 Map. 

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

20 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of21 fices of the National Park Service. 

22 (d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.— 

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

24 any land or interest in land located within the 

25 boundary of the Historical Park or any nationally 


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1 significant property identified in the special resource 

2 study within the Historic District by— 

3 (A) donation; 

4 (B) purchase with donated or appropriated 

5 funds; or 

6 (C) exchange. 

7 (2) BOUNDARY REVISION.—On the acquisition 

8 of any property within the Historic District under 

9 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall revise the bound10 ary of the Historical Park to include the property. 

11 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin13 ister the Historical Park in accordance with— 

14 (A) this Act; and 

15 (B) the laws generally applicable to units 

16 of the National Park System, including— 

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

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

19 and 102101 of title 54, United States 

20 Code; and 

21 (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 

22 States Code. 

23 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

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

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1 able to prepare a general management plan for 

2 the Historical Park, the Secretary shall prepare 

3 the general management plan in accordance 

4 with section 100502 of title 54, United States 

5 Code. 

6 (B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On com7 pletion of the general management plan under 

8 subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit to 

9 the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Committee 

11 on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

12 the general management plan. 

13 (3) RELATED SITES.—The Secretary may pro14 vide interpretative tours and educational programs 

15 at related historic and cultural sites within the His16 toric District associated with the purposes for which 

17 the Historical Park is established. 

18 (f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

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

20 technical assistance and enter into cooperative 

21 agreements with the owner of a nationally signifi22 cant property within the Historical Park or the His23 toric District, to identify, mark, interpret, improve, 

24 and restore the property. 


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1 (2) RIGHT OF ACCESS.—A cooperative agree2 ment entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide 

3 that the Secretary, acting through the Director of 

4 the National Park Service, shall have the right of 

5 access at all reasonable times to all public portions 

6 of the property covered by the agreement for the 

7 purposes of— 

8 (A) conducting visitors through the prop9 erty; and 

10 (B) interpreting the property for the pub11 lic. 

12 (3) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 

13 (A) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share 

14 of the total cost of any activity carried out 

15 under a cooperative agreement entered into 

16 under this subsection shall be not more than 50 

17 percent. 

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

19 non-Federal share of an activity carried out 

20 under a cooperative agreement entered into 

21 under this subsection may be in the form of do22 nated property, goods, or services fairly valued. 

23 (4) CHANGES OR ALTERATIONS.—No changes 

24 or alterations shall be made to any property or 

25 project covered by a cooperative agreement entered 


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1 into under paragraph (1) unless the Secretary and 

2 the other party to the agreement agree to the 

3 changes or alterations. 

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

5 payment by the Secretary under this subsection shall 

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

7 or disposal of a property or project for purposes con8 trary to the purposes of this section, as determined 

9 by the Secretary, shall entitle the United States to 

10 reimbursement in any amount equal to the greater 

11 of— 

12 (A) the amounts made available to the 

13 property or project by the United States; or 

14 (B) the portion of the increased value of 

15 the property or project attributable to the 

16 amounts made available under this subsection, 

17 as determined at the time of the conversion, 

18 use, or disposal. 

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

20 this Act authorizes the Secretary to assume overall finan21 cial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or man22 agement of the Historic District. 

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