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Calendar No. 589 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2742 

To establish the Fort Ontario National Monument in the State of New 

York as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following 

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

Natural Resources 

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Reported by Mr. MANCHIN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To establish the Fort Ontario National Monument in the 

State of New York as a unit 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 ‘‘Fort Ontario National 

5 Monument Establishment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) NATIONAL MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Na4 tional Monument’’ means the Fort Ontario National 

5 Monument established by section 3(a)(1). 

6 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of the Interior. 

8 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

9 of New York. 

10 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF FORT ONTARIO NATIONAL 

11 MONUMENT. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 

14 there is established in the State as a unit of the Na15 tional Park System the Fort Ontario National 

16 Monument. 

17 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the National 

18 Monument is to preserve, protect, and interpret for 

19 the benefit of present and future generations re20 sources associated with— 

21 (A) acknowledging, documenting, and hon22 oring the history of Indigenous people who once 

23 inhabited the land on which Fort Ontario is lo24 cated; 

25 (B) Fort Ontario and the history of the 3 

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1 tario, at which 3 battles of the French and In2 dian War and 2 battles of the War of 1812 oc3 curred; and 

4 (C) memorializing the stories of the 982 

5 refugees from World War II who were housed 

6 at Fort Ontario from August of 1944 until 

7 February of 1946. 

8 (3) CONDITIONS OF ESTABLISHMENT.— 

9 (A) DETERMINATION BY THE SEC10 RETARY.—The National Monument shall not be 

11 established until the date on which the Sec12 retary determines that a sufficient quantity of 

13 land or interests in land has been acquired to 

14 constitute a manageable park unit. 

15 (B) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days 

16 after the date on which the Secretary makes a 

17 determination under subparagraph (A), the 

18 Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register 

19 notice of the establishment of the National 

20 Monument. 

21 (4) MAP; BOUNDARY.— 

22 (A) MAP.— 

23 (i) IN GENERAL.—As soon as prac24 ticable after the date of enactment of this 

25 Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the 


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1 State and the city of Oswego, New York, 

2 shall prepare a map of the National Monu3 ment. 

4 (ii) AVAILABILITY.—The map pre5 pared under clause (i) shall be on file and 

6 available for public inspection in the appro7 priate offices of the National Park Service. 

8 (B) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of the 

9 National Monument shall be as generally de10 picted on the map prepared under subpara11 graph (A)(i). 

12 (b) ADMINISTRATION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin14 ister the National Monument in accordance with— 

15 (A) this section; and 

16 (B) the laws generally applicable to units 

17 of the National Park System, including— 

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

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

20 and 102101 of title 54, United States 

21 Code; and 

22 (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 

23 States Code. 

24 (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

2 enter into cooperative agreements with the 

3 State or other public and private entities— 

4 (i) to provide interpretive and edu5 cational services within the National 

6 Monument; and 

7 (ii) to identify, interpret, and provide 

8 assistance for the maintenance of— 

9 (I) non-Federal land within the 

10 boundary of the National Monument; 

11 and 

12 (II) sites in close proximity to 

13 the National Monument that are lo14 cated outside the boundary of the Na15 tional Monument. 

16 (B) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Any cooperative 

17 agreement entered into under subparagraph (A) 

18 to provide assistance to non-Federal land shall 

19 provide for reasonable public access to the non20 Federal land. 

21 (3) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara23 graph (B), the Secretary may acquire land and 

24 interests in land located within the boundary of 

25 the National Monument by— 


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1 (i) donation; 

2 (ii) purchase with donated or appro3 priated funds; or 

4 (iii) exchange. 

5 (B) LIMITATION.—Any land owned by the 

6 State or a political subdivision of the State may 

7 be acquired for inclusion in the National Monu8 ment only by donation. 

9 (4) TECHNICAL AND ASSISTANCE.—The Sec10 retary may provide public interpretation and tech11 nical assistance relating to the National Monument 

12 within the boundaries of the National Monument. 

13 (5) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 3 fis14 cal years after the date on which funds are first 

15 made available to carry out this section, the Sec16 retary, in consultation with the State, shall complete 

17 a general management plan for the National Monu18 ment in accordance with— 

19 (A) section 100502 of title 54, United 

20 States Code; and 

21 (B) any other applicable laws. 

22 (6) ACCESS TO CERTAIN ATHLETIC FACILI23 TIES.—The establishment of the National Monument 

24 shall not affect the use of, or public access to, any 

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1 tional Monument with respect to which the use or 

2 public access is authorized as of the date of enact3 ment of this Act. 

4 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort Ontario Holocaust 

6 Refugee Shelter National Historical Park Establishment 

7 Act’’. 

8 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this Act: 

10 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti11 tled ‘‘Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter Na12 tional Historical Park Proposed Boundary’’, num13 bered 962/194,681, and dated September 2024. 

14 (2) NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.—The term 

15 ‘‘National Historical Park’’ means the Fort Ontario 

16 Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park 

17 established by section 3(a)(1). 

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

19 the Secretary of the Interior. 

20 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

21 of New York. 

22 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF FORT ONTARIO HOLOCAUST 

23 REFUGEE SHELTER NATIONAL HISTORICAL 

24 PARK. 

25 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 

2 there is established in the State as a unit of the Na3 tional Park System the Fort Ontario Holocaust Ref4 ugee Shelter National Historical Park. 

5 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the National His6 torical Park is to preserve, protect, and interpret for 

7 the benefit of present and future generations resources 

8 associated with the stories of the 982 refugees from 

9 World War II who were housed at Fort Ontario from 

10 August of 1944 until February of 1946. 

11 (3) CONDITIONS OF ESTABLISHMENT.— 

12 (A) DETERMINATION BY THE SECRETARY.— 

13 The National Historical Park shall not be estab14 lished until the date on which the Secretary de15 termines that a sufficient quantity of land or in16 terests in land has been acquired from land iden17 tified as ‘‘Proposed Boundary’’ on the map to 

18 constitute a manageable park unit. 

19 (B) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after 

20 the date on which the Secretary makes a deter21 mination under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 

22 shall publish in the Federal Register notice of the 

23 establishment of the National Historical Park. 


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1 (4) MAP.—The map shall be on file and avail2 able for public inspection in the appropriate offices of 

3 the National Park Service. 

4 (5) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of the National 

5 Historical Park shall include any land or interests in 

6 land acquired by the Secretary under this section. 

7 (b) ADMINISTRATION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin9 ister the National Historical Park in accordance 

10 with— 

11 (A) this section; and 

12 (B) the laws generally applicable to units of 

13 the National Park System, including— 

14 (i) sections 100101(a), 100751(a), 

15 100752, 100753, and 102101 of title 54, 

16 United States Code; and 

17 (ii) chapters 1003 and 3201 of title 54, 

18 United States Code. 

19 (2) AGREEMENTS.— 

20 (A) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In ac21 cordance with section 101702 of title 54, United 

22 States Code, the Secretary may enter into coop23 erative agreements with the State or other public 

24 and private entities to provide interpretive and 


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1 educational services within the National Histor2 ical Park. 

3 (B) INTERPRETATION AND RESTORATION

4 AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary may enter into 

5 agreements to identify, interpret, and restore na6 tionally significant historic or cultural resources 

7 located on non-Federal land within the boundary 

8 of, or in close proximity to, the National Histor9 ical Park. 

10 (C) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Any cooperative 

11 agreement entered into under subparagraph (B) 

12 to provide assistance to non-Federal land shall 

13 provide for reasonable public access to the non14 Federal land. 

15 (3) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 

17 (B), the Secretary may acquire land and inter18 ests in land located within the boundary of the 

19 National Historical Park by— 

20 (i) donation; 

21 (ii) purchase with donated or appro22 priated funds; or 

23 (iii) exchange. 

24 (B) LIMITATION.—Any land owned by the 

25 State or a political subdivision of the State may 


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1 be acquired for inclusion in the National Histor2 ical Park only by donation. 

3 (4) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 3 fiscal 

4 years after the date on which funds are made avail5 able to carry out this section, the Secretary, in con6 sultation with the State, shall complete a general 

7 management plan for the National Historical Park in 

8 accordance with— 

9 (A) section 100502 of title 54, United States 

10 Code; and 

11 (B) any other applicable laws. 


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Calendar No. 589 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2742 

A BILL 

To establish the Fort Ontario National Monument 

tional Park System, and for other purposes. in the State of New York as a unit of the NaNOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Reported with an amendment 


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