IIB 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4895 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 16, 2018 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To establish the Medgar Evers Home National Monument 

in the State of Mississippi, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medgar Evers Home 

3 National Monument Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ 

7 means the Medgar Evers Home National Monument 

8 established by section 3. 

9 (2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Historic 

10 District’’ means the Medgar Evers Historic District, 

11 as included on the National Register of Historic 

12 Places, and as generally depicted on the Map. 

13 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en14 titled ‘‘Medgar Evers Home National Monument’’, 

15 numbered 515/142561, and dated February 2018. 

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

17 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di18 rector of the National Park Service. 

19 (5) COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘College’’ means 

20 Tougaloo College, a private educational institution 

21 located in Tougaloo, Mississippi. 

22 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDGAR EVERS HOME NA23 TIONAL MONUMENT. 

24 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

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

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1 tional Monument in the State of Mississippi as a 

2 unit of the National Park System to preserve, pro3 tect, and interpret for the benefit of present and fu4 ture generations resources associated with Medgar 

5 Evers’ pivotal role in the American Civil Rights 

6 Movement. 

7 (2) CONDITIONS.—The Monument shall not be 

8 established until the date on which the Secretary— 

9 (A) has entered into a written agreement 

10 with the College providing that all parcels with11 in the Medgar Evers Home National Monument 

12 boundary as depicted on the Map shall be do13 nated to the United States for inclusion in the 

14 Monument to be managed consistently with the 

15 purposes of the Monument; and 

16 (B) has otherwise acquired sufficient land 

17 or interests in land within the boundaries of the 

18 Monument to constitute a manageable unit. 

19 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Monument 

20 shall be the boundaries as generally depicted on the Map. 

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

22 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of23 fices of the National Park Service. 


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1 (d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 

2 only acquire any land or interest in land located within 

3 the boundary of the Monument by— 

4 (1) donation; 

5 (2) purchase with donated funds; or 

6 (3) exchange. 

7 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin9 ister the Monument in accordance with— 

10 (A) this Act; and 

11 (B) the laws generally applicable to units 

12 of the National Park System, including— 

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

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

15 and 102101 of title 54, United States 

16 Code; and 

17 (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 

18 States Code. 

19 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

20 (A) Not later than 3 years after the date 

21 on which funds are first made available to the 

22 Secretary for this purpose, the Secretary shall 

23 prepare a general management plan for the 

24 Monument in accordance with section 100502 

25 of title 54, United States Code. 


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1 (B) On completion of the general manage2 ment plan under subparagraph (A), the Sec3 retary shall submit it to the Committee on Nat4 ural Resources of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re6 sources of the Senate. 

7 (f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

8 (1) MONUMENT.—The Secretary shall enter 

9 into a cooperative agreement with the College for in10 terpretive and educational programming related to 

11 the Monument, and may enter into other cooperative 

12 agreements for the purposes of carrying out this 

13 Act. 

14 (2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The Secretary may 

15 enter into cooperative agreements with the owner of 

16 a nationally significant property within the Historic 

17 District, to identify, mark, interpret, improve, re18 store, and provide technical assistance with respect 

19 to the preservation and interpretation of the prop20 erty. 

21 (g) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act, the 

22 establishment of the Monument, or the management of the 

23 Monument shall be construed to create buffer zones out24 side of the Monument. The fact that an activity or use 

25 can be seen, heard, or detected from within the Monument 


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1 shall not preclude the conduct of that activity or use out2 side of the Monument. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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