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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9259 

To establish the Historic Greenwood District-Black Wall Street National 

Monument in the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 2, 2024 

Mr. HORSFORD (for himself and Mr. CLYBURN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Historic Greenwood District-Black Wall 

Street National Monument in the State of Oklahoma, 

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 ‘‘Historic Greenwood 

5 District—Black Wall Street National Monument Estab6 lishment Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

10 means the Historic Greenwood District—Black Wall 


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1 Street National Monument Advisory Commission es2 tablished by section 5(a). 

3 (2) DESCENDANT.—The term ‘‘descendant’’ 

4 means an individual who can verify family lineage by 

5 blood, adoption, or marriage to a Black individual 

6 who lived in, worked in, or was present in the Green7 wood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 31, 1921, 

8 or June 1, 1921, by— 

9 (A) family records, including family Bibles, 

10 vital records, correspondence, memoirs, jour11 nals, diaries, unrecorded deeds, diplomas, cer12 tificates, or testimonials; 

13 (B) public records, including censuses, gov14 ernment records, military records, pensions, 

15 land bounty records, passport applications, pas16 senger lists, original grants, naturalization or 

17 immigration records, records of entry, or State, 

18 province, or local records; or 

19 (C) institutional records, including church 

20 records, cemetery records and inscriptions, edu21 cational institutions, insurance records, or soci22 eties and fraternal organizations. 

23 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en24 titled ‘‘Greenwood Historic District—Black Wall 


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1 Street National Monument, Proposed Boundary’’, 

2 numbered 196/188,275, and dated July 2023. 

3 (4) NATIONAL MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Na4 tional Monument’’ means the Historic Greenwood 

5 District—Black Wall Street National Monument es6 tablished by section 3(a). 

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

8 the Secretary of the Interior. 

9 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF HISTORIC GREENWOOD DIS10 TRICT—BLACK WALL STREET NATIONAL 

11 MONUMENT. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the His13 toric Greenwood District—Black Wall Street National 

14 Monument in the State of Oklahoma as a unit of the Na15 tional Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret for 

16 the benefit of present and future generations resources as17 sociated with the Historic Greenwood District, Black Wall 

18 Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and the role 

19 of each in the history of the State of Oklahoma and the 

20 United States. 

21 (b) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of the National 

22 Monument shall be as generally depicted on the 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.—The Secretary may 

2 acquire any land or interest in land located within the 

3 boundary of the National Monument by— 

4 (1) donation; 

5 (2) purchase from a willing seller with donated 

6 or appropriated funds; or 

7 (3) exchange. 

8 (e) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary may enter into co9 operative agreements, as appropriate, with public or pri10 vate entities to provide and facilitate, within or outside 

11 the boundary of the National Monument, interpretive and 

12 educational services, administrative support, and technical 

13 assistance relating to the National Monument. 

14 (f) PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION.—Nothing in 

15 this Act— 

16 (1) affects the land use rights of an owner of 

17 private property (including property of a house of 

18 worship and commercial property) within or adjacent 

19 to the National Monument; or 

20 (2) requires any change in or affects the con21 struction of, interpretation of zoning laws applicable 

22 to, or appearance of any non-Federal property (in23 cluding property of a house of worship and commer24 cial property) within or adjacent to the National 

25 Monument. 


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1 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 

2 (a) ADMINISTRATION BY SECRETARY.— 

3 (1) APPLICABLE LAW.—Subject to paragraph 

4 (2), the Secretary shall administer the National 

5 Monument in accordance with— 

6 (A) this Act; and 

7 (B) in the case of land under the direct ju8 risdiction of the Secretary, the laws generally 

9 applicable to units of the National Park Sys10 tem. 

11 (2) EFFECT ON ADMINISTRATION OF STAND12 PIPE HILL.—Nothing in this Act affects the author13 ity of Oklahoma State University or the Board of 

14 Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechan15 ical Colleges to own, maintain, or administer Stand16 pipe Hill. 

17 (b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta19 tion and coordination with Oklahoma State Univer20 sity, shall prepare a management plan for the Na21 tional Monument in accordance with section 100502 

22 of title 54, United States Code. 

23 (2) REQUIREMENT.—In preparing and imple24 menting the management plan for the National 

25 Monument, the Secretary shall ensure that the ad26 ministration of the National Monument does not 


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1 interfere with the continuing use and ownership of 

2 Standpipe Hill. 

3 (3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con4 sult with the Commission, current and former resi5 dents of the Historic Greenwood District, and de6 scendants on the preparation of the management 

7 plan under paragraph (1). 

8 (4) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

9 3 years after the date on which funds are made 

10 available to the Secretary for the preparation of the 

11 management plan under paragraph (1), the Sec12 retary shall submit the management plan to— 

13 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

14 Resources of the Senate; and 

15 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 

16 of the House of Representatives. 

17 SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF HISTORIC GREENWOOD DIS18 TRICT—BLACK WALL STREET NATIONAL 

19 MONUMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an advi21 sory commission, to be known as the ‘‘Historic Greenwood 

22 District—Black Wall Street National Monument Advisory 

23 Commission’’. 

24 (b) DUTY.—The Commission shall advise the Sec25 retary on matters relating to the development and manVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:47 Sep 05, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9259.IH H9259

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1 agement of the National Monument, including the con2 struction of visitor service facilities and infrastructure. 

3 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be 

5 composed of 11 members, to be appointed by the 

6 Secretary, of whom— 

7 (A) 7 members shall be descendants; 

8 (B) 3 members shall have experience in the 

9 field of historic preservation or the purposes for 

10 which the National Monument was established; 

11 and 

12 (C) 1 member shall be appointed after con13 sideration of recommendations submitted by the 

14 Mayor of the city of Tulsa in the State of Okla15 homa. 

16 (2) TERMS.—A member of the Commission 

17 shall be appointed for a term of 5 years. 

18 (3) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy on the Commis19 sion shall be filled in the same manner in which the 

20 original appointment was made. 

21 (4) SUCCESSORS.—Notwithstanding the expira22 tion of a 5-year term of a member of the Commis23 sion, a member of the Commission may continue to 

24 serve on the Commission until the date on which— 


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1 (A) the member is reappointed by the Sec2 retary; or 

3 (B) a successor is appointed by the Sec4 retary. 

5 (d) CHAIR; BYLAWS.—The Commission shall— 

6 (1) have a Chair, who shall be elected by the 

7 members of the Commission; and 

8 (2) adopt such bylaws as the Commission con9 siders necessary to carry out the functions of the 

10 Commission under this Act. 

11 (e) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the 

12 call of— 

13 (1) the Chair; or 

14 (2) a majority of the members of the Commis15 sion. 

16 (f) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the 

17 Commission shall constitute a quorum. 

18 (g) COMPENSATION.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Commission 

20 shall serve without compensation. 

21 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members of the Com22 mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including 

23 per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized 

24 for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of 

25 chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 


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1 away from the home or regular place of business of 

2 the member in the performance of the duties of the 

3 Commission. 

4 (h) FACA NONAPPLICABILITY.—Section 1013(b) of 

5 title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the Commis6 sion. 

7 (i) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 

8 10 years after the date on which the National Monument 

9 is established. 

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