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Union Calendar No. 483 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4895 

[Report No. 115–632] 

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 

APRIL 11, 2018 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 29, 2018] 


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A BILL 

To establish the Medgar Evers National Monument in the 

State of Mississippi, and for other purposes. 


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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 Home 

5 National Monument Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ means 

9 the Medgar Evers Home National Monument estab10 lished by section 3. 

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

12 District’’ means the Medgar Evers Historic District, 

13 as included on the National Register of Historic 

14 Places, and as generally depicted on the Map. 

15 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map enti16 tled ‘‘Medgar Evers Home National Monument’’, 

17 numbered 515/142561, and dated February 2018. 

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

19 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di20 rector of the National Park Service. 

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

22 Tougaloo College, a private educational institution lo23 cated in Tougaloo, Mississippi. 


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1 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDGAR EVERS HOME NA2 TIONAL MONUMENT. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

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

5 there is established the Medgar Evers Home National 

6 Monument in the State of Mississippi as a unit of the 

7 National Park System to preserve, protect, and inter8 pret for the benefit of present and future generations 

9 resources associated with Medgar Evers’ pivotal role 

10 in the American Civil Rights Movement. 

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

12 established until the date on which the Secretary— 

13 (A) has entered into a written agreement 

14 with the College providing that all parcels with15 in the Medgar Evers Home National Monument 

16 boundary as depicted on the Map shall be do17 nated to the United States for inclusion in the 

18 Monument to be managed consistently with the 

19 purposes of the Monument; and 

20 (B) has otherwise acquired sufficient land 

21 or interests in land within the boundaries of the 

22 Monument to constitute a manageable unit. 

23 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of Monument shall 

24 be the boundaries generally depicted on the Map. 


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

2 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of3 fices of the National Park Service. 

4 (d) ACQUISITION OF AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 

5 only acquire any land or interest in land located within 

6 the boundary of the Monument by— 

7 (1) donation; 

8 (2) purchase with donated funds; or 

9 (3) exchange. 

10 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin12 ister the Monument in accordance with— 

13 (A) this Act; and 

14 (B) the laws generally applicable to units of 

15 the National Park System. 

16 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

17 (A) Not later than 3 years after the date on 

18 which funds are first made available to the Sec19 retary for this purpose, the Secretary shall pre20 pare a general management plan for the Monu21 ment in accordance with section 100502 of title 

22 54, United States Code. 

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1 ural Resources of the House of Representatives 

2 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re3 sources of the Senate. 

4 (f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

5 (1) MONUMENT.—The Secretary shall enter into 

6 a cooperative agreement with the College for interpre7 tive and educational programming related to the 

8 Monument, and may enter into other cooperative 

9 agreements for the purposes of carrying out this Act. 

10 (2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The Secretary may 

11 enter into cooperative agreements with the owner of a 

12 nationally significant property within the Historic 

13 District, to identify, mark, interpret, improve, restore, 

14 and provide technical assistance with respect to the 

15 preservation and interpretation of the property. 

16 (g) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act, the es17 tablishment of the Monument, or the management of the 

18 Monument shall be construed to create buffer zones outside 

19 of the Monument. The fact that an activity or use can be 

20 seen, heard, or detected from within the Monument shall 

21 not preclude the conduct of that activity or use outside of 

22 the Monument. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to establish 

the Medgar Evers Home National Monument in the State 

of Mississippi, and for other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 483 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4895 

[Report No. 115–632] 

A BILL 

To establish the Medgar Evers National Monument 

in the State of Mississippi, and for other purposes. 

APRIL 11, 2018 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:55 Apr 11, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H4895.RH H4895

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