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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2642 

To establish the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical 

Park in Collinsville, Illinois, Monroe, Madison, and St. Clair Counties, 

Illinois, and St. Louis City County, Missouri, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 19, 2021 

Mr. BOST (for himself and Ms. BUSH) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park in Collinsville, Illinois, Monroe, 

Madison, and St. Clair Counties, Illinois, and St. Louis 

City County, 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 ‘‘Cahokia Mounds Mis5 sissippian Culture National Historical Park Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CAHOKIA MOUNDS MISSISSIPPIAN CULTURE NA2 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, ILLINOIS AND 

3 MISSOURI. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) HISTORICAL PARK.—The term ‘‘historical 

6 park’’ means the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian 

7 Culture National Historical Park established by sub8 section (b). 

9 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en10 titled ‘‘Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture Na11 tional Historical Park, Boundary’’, numbered 

12 CMMC–NHP–107, and dated 05–31–2019. 

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

14 the Secretary of the Interior. 

15 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘States’’ means the 

16 States of Illinois and Missouri. 

17 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

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

19 order to preserve and interpret for the benefit of 

20 present and future generations the historical, cul21 tural, and natural resources associated with the life 

22 of the Mississippian Culture as well as access for 

23 American Indian spiritual practices and expressions, 

24 there is established, as a unit of the National Park 

25 System, the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture 

26 National Historical Park in Collinsville, Illinois, and 


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1 Monroe, Madison, and St. Clair Counties, Illinois, 

2 and St. Louis City County, Missouri. 

3 (2) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.—The his4 torical park shall not be established until the date on 

5 which the Secretary determines that a sufficient 

6 quantity of land, or interests in land, has been ac7 quired to constitute a manageable unit. 

8 (3) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after the 

9 date on which the Secretary acquires the land under 

10 subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall publish in the 

11 Federal Register notice of the establishment of the 

12 historical park. 

13 (4) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be 

14 on file and available for public inspection in the ap15 propriate offices of the National Park Service. 

16 (c) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of the historical park 

17 shall be the boundary as depicted on the map. 

18 (d) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire 

19 land and interests in land within the boundary of the his20 torical park by donation, purchase from a willing seller 

21 with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, except 

22 that land owned by the States or their political subdivi23 sions may be acquired only by donation. 

24 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin2 ister the historical park in accordance with this sec3 tion and the laws generally applicable to units of the 

4 National Park System, including— 

5 (A) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and 

6 sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753 and 

7 102101 of title 54, United States Code (for8 merly known as the National Park System Or9 ganic Act); and 

10 (B) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States 

11 Code (formerly known as the Act of August 21, 

12 1935). 

13 (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

15 enter into cooperative agreements with the 

16 States and their political subdivisions, colleges 

17 and universities, non-profit organizations, In18 dian Tribes, and individuals— 

19 (i) to mark, interpret, and restore na20 tionally significant historic or cultural and 

21 natural resources relating to the life of the 

22 Mississippian Culture within the bound23 aries of the historical park, if the agree24 ment provides for reasonable public access; 

25 and 


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1 (ii) to conduct research relating to the 

2 Mississippian Culture. 

3 (B) COST-SHARING.— 

4 (i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal 

5 share of the total cost of any activity car6 ried out under this paragraph shall not ex7 ceed 50 percent. 

8 (ii) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL

9 SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the 

10 cost of carrying out an activity under this 

11 paragraph may be in the form of in-kind 

12 contributions or goods or services fairly 

13 valued. 

14 (f) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

16 the date on which funds are made available to carry 

17 out this section, the Secretary shall prepare a gen18 eral management plan for the historical park in ac19 cordance with section 100502 of title 54, United 

20 States Code. 

21 (2) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the General 

22 Management Plan, the Secretary shall consult with 

23 the States and their political subdivisions, colleges 

24 and universities, non-profit organizations, Indian 

25 Tribes, and individuals, including— 


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1 (A) the Illinois Department of Natural Re2 sources; 

3 (B) the Osage Tribe; and 

4 (C) HeartLands Conservancy. 

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