S. 270 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two 

An Act 

To amend the Act entitled ‘‘Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown 

v. Board of Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, and for 

other purposes’’ to provide for inclusion of additional related sites in the National 

Park System, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Brown v. Board of Education 

National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act’’. 

SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF THE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION 

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Brown v. Board of Education National 

Historic Site established by section 103(a) of Public Law 102– 

525 (106 Stat. 3439) shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Brown 

v. Board of Education National Historical Park’’. 

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to the 

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site shall be considered to be a reference to the ‘‘Brown v. Board of Education National 

Historical Park’’. 

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title I of Public Law 102– 

525 (106 Stat. 3438) is amended— 

(1) in the title heading, by striking ‘‘HISTORIC SITE’’ 

and inserting ‘‘HISTORICAL PARK’’; 

(2) in sections 101(2) and 103(a), by striking ‘‘National 

Historic Site’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘National 

Historical Park’’; 

(3) in the section heading for each of sections 103 and 

105, by striking ‘‘HISTORIC SITE’’ each place it appears and 

inserting ‘‘HISTORICAL PARK’’; and 

(4) by striking ‘‘historic site’’ each place it appears and 

inserting ‘‘historical park’’. 

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF THE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION 

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND ESTABLISHMENT OF 

AFFILIATED AREAS. 

(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to honor the civil 

rights stories of struggle, perseverance, and activism in the pursuit 

of education equity. 

(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 of Public Law 102–525 (106 Stat. 

3438) (as amended by section 2(c)) is amended— 
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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘As 

used in this title—’’ and inserting ‘‘In this title:’’; 

(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the term’’ and inserting 

the ‘‘The term’’; 

(3) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting a paragraph heading, the text of which is comprised of the term 

defined in that paragraph; 

(4) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs 

(3) and (2), respectively, and moving the paragraphs so as 

to appear in numerical order; and 

(5) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 

the following: 

‘‘(1) AFFILIATED AREA.—The term ‘affiliated area’ means 

a site associated with a court case included in Brown v. Board 

of Education of Topeka described in paragraph (8), (9), or 

(10) of section 102(a) that is designated as an affiliated area 

of the National Park System by section 106(a).’’. 

(c) FINDINGS.—Section 102(a) of Public Law 102–525 (106 Stat. 

3438) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 

(5) and (6), respectively; 

(2) by inserting after paragraph (2), the following: 

‘‘(3) The Brown case was joined by 4 other cases relating 

to school segregation pending before the Supreme Court (Briggs 

v. Elliott, filed in South Carolina, Davis v. County School 

Board of Prince Edward County, filed in Virginia, Gebhart 

v. Belton, filed in Delaware, and Bolling v. Sharpe, filed in 

the District of Columbia) that were consolidated into the case 

of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. 

‘‘(4) A 1999 historic resources study examined the 5 cases 

included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and found 

that each case— 

‘‘(A) is nationally significant; and 

‘‘(B) contributes unique stories to the case for educational equity.’’; and 

(3) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), 

the following: 

‘‘(7) With respect to the case of Briggs v. Elliott— 

‘‘(A) Summerton High School in Summerton, South 

Carolina, the all-White school that refused to admit the 

plaintiffs in the case— 

‘‘(i) has been listed on the National Register of 

Historic Places in recognition of the national significance of the school; and 

‘‘(ii) is used as administrative offices for Clarendon 

School District 1; and 

‘‘(B) the former Scott’s Branch High School, an ‘equalization school’ in Summerton, South Carolina constructed 

for African-American students in 1951 to provide facilities 

comparable to those of White students, is now the Community Resource Center owned by Clarendon School District 

1. 

‘‘(8) Robert Russa Moton High School, the all-Black school 

in Farmville, Virginia, which was the location of a studentled strike leading to Davis v. County School Board of Prince 

Edward County— 
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‘‘(A) has been designated as a National Historic Landmark in recognition of the national significance of the 

school; and 

‘‘(B) is now the Robert Russa Moton Museum, which 

is administered by the Moton Museum, Inc., and affiliated 

with Longwood University. 

‘‘(9) With respect to the case of Belton v. Gebhart— 

‘‘(A) Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware, 

an all-Black school to which the plaintiffs in the case 

were forced to travel— 

‘‘(i) has been designated as a National Historic 

Landmark in recognition of the national significance 

of the school; and 

‘‘(ii) is now the Howard High School of Technology, 

an active school administered by the New Castle 

County Vocational-Technical School District; 

‘‘(B) the all-White Claymont High School, which denied 

admission to the plaintiffs, is now the Claymont Community Center administered by the Brandywine Community 

Resource Council, Inc.; and 

‘‘(C) the Hockessin School #107C (Hockessin Colored 

School)— 

‘‘(i) is the all-Black school in Hockessin, Delaware, 

that 1 of the plaintiffs in the case was required to 

attend with no public transportation provided; and 

‘‘(ii) is now used as a community facility by Friends 

of Hockessin Colored School #107, Inc. 

‘‘(10) John Philip Sousa Junior High School in the District 

of Columbia, the all-White school that refused to admit plaintiffs in Bolling v. Sharpe— 

‘‘(A) has been designated as a National Historic Landmark in recognition of the national significance of the 

school; 

‘‘(B) is now known as the ‘John Philip Sousa Middle 

School’; and 

‘‘(C) is owned by the District of Columbia Department 

of General Services and administered by the District of 

Columbia Public Schools.’’. 

(d) PURPOSES.—Section 102(b)(3) of Public Law 102–525 (106 

Stat. 3438) is amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘, protection,’’ after ‘‘preservation’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘the city of Topeka’’ and inserting ‘‘Topeka, 

Kansas, Summerton, South Carolina, Farmville, Virginia, Wilmington, Claymont, and Hockessin, Delaware, and the District 

of Columbia’’; and 

(3) by inserting ‘‘and the context of Brown v. Board of 

Education’’ after ‘‘civil rights movement’’. 

(e) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Section 103 of Public Law 102– 

525 (106 Stat. 3439) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.— 

‘‘(1) ADDITIONS.—In addition to the land described in subsection (b), the historical park shall include the land and 

interests in land, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

‘Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park 

Boundary Additions and Affiliated Areas’, numbered 462/ 

178,449, and dated February 2022, and more particularly 

described as— 
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‘‘(A) the Summerton High School site in Summerton, 

Clarendon County, South Carolina; 

‘‘(B) the former Scott’s Branch High School site in 

Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina; and 

‘‘(C) approximately 1 acre of land adjacent to Monroe 

Elementary School in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. 

‘‘(2) MAP.—The map described in paragraph (1) shall be 

on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 

offices of the National Park Service.’’. 

(f) PROPERTY ACQUISITION.—Section 104 of Public Law 102– 

525 (106 Stat. 3439) is amended— 

(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘section 103(b)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and (c) of section 103’’; 

(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘States of Kansas’’ 

and inserting ‘‘State of Kansas or South Carolina’’; and 

(3) in the proviso— 

(A) by striking ‘‘: Provided, however, That the’’ and 

inserting ‘‘. The’’; and 

(B) by inserting ‘‘or by condemnation of any land or 

interest in land within the boundaries of the historical 

park’’ after ‘‘without the consent of the owner’’. 

(g) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Section 105 of Public Law 

102–525 (106 Stat. 3439) is amended by striking subsection (c) 

and inserting the following: 

‘‘(c) AMENDMENT TO GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and 

Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 

Resources of the House of Representatives an amendment to the 

management plan for the historical park to include the portions 

of the historical park in Summerton, Clarendon County, South 

Carolina.’’. 

(h) AFFILIATED AREAS.—Public Law 102–525 (106 Stat. 3438) 

is amended— 

(1) by redesignating section 106 as section 107; and 

(2) by inserting after section 105 the following: 

‘‘SEC. 106. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION 

AFFILIATED AREAS. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On the date on which the Secretary determines that an appropriate management entity has been identified 

for the applicable affiliated area, as generally depicted on the map 

described in section 103(c)(1), the following shall be established 

as affiliated areas of the National Park System: 

‘‘(1) The Robert Russa Moton Museum in Farmville, Virginia. 

‘‘(2) The Delaware Brown v. Board of Education Civil Rights 

Sites, to include— 

‘‘(A) the former Howard High School in Wilmington, 

Delaware; 

‘‘(B) Claymont High School in Claymont, Delaware; 

and 

‘‘(C) Hockessin Colored School #107 in Hockessin, Delaware. 

‘‘(3) The John Philip Sousa Middle School in the District 

of Columbia. 

‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Each affiliated area shall be managed 

in a manner consistent with— 
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‘‘(1) this title; and 

‘‘(2) the laws generally applicable to units of the National 

Park System. 

‘‘(c) MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with the 

management entity for the applicable affiliated area, shall 

develop a management plan for each affiliated area. 

‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A management plan under paragraph 

(1) shall— 

‘‘(A) be prepared in consultation and coordination with 

interested State, county, and local governments, management entities, organizations, and interested members of 

the public associated with the affiliated area; 

‘‘(B) identify, as appropriate, the roles and responsibilities of the National Park Service and the management 

entity in administering and interpreting the affiliated area 

in a manner that does not interfere with existing operations 

and continued use of existing facilities; and 

‘‘(C) require the Secretary to coordinate the preparation 

and implementation of the management plan and 

interpretation of the affiliated area with the historical park. 

‘‘(3) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Secretary shall— 

‘‘(A) hold not less than 1 public meeting in the general 

proximity of each affiliated area on the proposed management plan, which shall include opportunities for public 

comment; and 

‘‘(B)(i) publish the draft management plan on the internet; and 

‘‘(ii) provide an opportunity for public comment on 

the draft management plan. 

‘‘(4) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

on which funds are made available to carry out this section, 

the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 

Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 

Resources of the House of Representatives the management 

plan for each affiliated area developed under paragraph (1). 

‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary may provide 

technical and financial assistance to, and enter into cooperative 

agreements with, the management entity for each affiliated area 

to provide financial assistance for the marketing, marking, 

interpretation, and preservation of the applicable affiliated area. 

‘‘(e) LAND USE.—Nothing in this section affects— 

‘‘(1) land use rights of private property owners within or 

adjacent to an affiliated area, including activities or uses on 

private land that can be seen or heard within an affiliated 

area; or 

‘‘(2) the authority of management entities to operate and 

administer the affiliated areas. 

‘‘(f) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section authorizes the 

Secretary— 

‘‘(A) to acquire land in an affiliated area; or 

‘‘(B) to assume financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or management of an affiliated area. 
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‘‘(2) OWNERSHIP.—Each affiliated area shall continue to 

be owned, operated, and managed by the applicable public 

or private owner of the land in the affiliated area.’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.