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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4895 

To establish the Medgar Evers National Monument in the State of 

Mississippi, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2018 

Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Medgar Evers 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medgar Evers National 

5 Monument Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) HOME.—The term ‘‘Home’’ means the 

9 Medgar Evers Home in Jackson, Mississippi, as gen10 erally depicted on the Map. 


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

2 means the Medgar Evers National Monument estab3 lished by section 3. 

4 (3) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Historic 

5 District’’ means the Medgar Evers Historic District, 

6 as included on the National Register of Historic 

7 Places, and as generally depicted on the Map and lo8 cated within the boundaries of the Monument. 

9 (4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en10 titled ‘‘Medgar Evers National Monument’’, num11 bered ll/ll, and dated January 2018. 

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

13 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di14 rector of the National Park Service. 

15 (6) COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘College’’ means 

16 Tougaloo College, a private educational institution 

17 located in Tougaloo, Mississippi. 

18 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDGAR EVERS NATIONAL 

19 MONUMENT. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

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

22 there is established the Medgar Evers National 

23 Monument in the State of Mississippi as a unit of 

24 the National Park System to preserve, protect, and 

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1 erations the Home and the history of Medgar Evers’ 

2 pivotal role in the American Civil Rights Movement. 

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

4 established until the date on which the Secretary— 

5 (A) has entered into a written agreement 

6 with the College providing that the Home shall 

7 be donated to the United States for inclusion in 

8 the Monument to be managed consistently with 

9 the purposes of the Monument; and 

10 (B) has otherwise acquired sufficient land 

11 or interests in land within the boundaries of the 

12 Monument to constitute a manageable unit. 

13 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of Monument 

14 shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the Map. 

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

16 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of17 fices of the National Park Service. 

18 (d) ACQUISITION OF AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 

19 may only acquire any land or interest in land located with20 in the boundary of the Monument by— 

21 (1) donation; 

22 (2) purchase with donated funds; or 

23 (3) exchange. 

24 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin2 ister the Monument in accordance with— 

3 (A) this Act; and 

4 (B) the laws generally applicable to units 

5 of the National Park System. 

6 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

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

8 on which funds are first made available to the 

9 Secretary for this purpose, the Secretary shall 

10 prepare a general management plan for the 

11 Monument in accordance with section 100502 

12 of title 54, United States Code. 

13 (B) On completion of the general manage14 ment plan under subparagraph (A), the Sec15 retary shall submit it to the Committee on Nat16 ural Resources of the House of Representatives 

17 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re18 sources of the Senate. 

19 (f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

20 (1) INTERPRETATION.—The Secretary shall 

21 enter into a cooperative agreement with the College 

22 for interpretive and educational programming re23 lated to the Monument. 

24 (2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The Secretary may 

25 enter into cooperative agreements with the owner of 


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1 a nationally significant property within the Historic 

2 District, to identify, mark, interpret, improve, re3 store, and provide technical assistance with respect 

4 to the preservation and interpretation of the prop5 erty. 

6 (g) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER.—No private 

7 property or non-Federal public property shall be included 

8 within the boundaries of the Monument or managed as 

9 part of the Monument without the written consent of the 

10 owner of such property. 

11 (h) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act, the 

12 establishment of the Monument, or the management of the 

13 Monument shall be construed to create buffer zones out14 side of the Monument. The fact that an activity or use 

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

16 shall not preclude the conduct of that activity or use out17 side of the Monument. 

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