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Calendar No. 267 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 247 

[Report No. 112–105] 

To establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New 

York, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2011 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. MIKULSKI, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

JANUARY 13, 2012 

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of December 17, 2011, 

by Mr. BINGAMAN, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park 

in Auburn, New York, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, 

Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, 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 ‘‘Harriet Tubman Na5 tional Historical Parks Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. HARRIET TUBMAN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD NA7 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, MARYLAND. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

10 park’’ means the Harriet Tubman Underground 

11 Railroad National Historical Park established by 

12 subsection (b)(1)(A). 

13 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en14 titled ‘‘Authorized Acquisition Area for the Proposed 

15 Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National 

16 Historical Park’’, numbered T20/80,001, and dated 

17 July 2010. 

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

19 the Secretary of the Interior. 

20 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

21 of Maryland. 

22 (b) HARRIET TUBMAN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

23 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.— 

24 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara2 graph (B), there is established the Harriet Tub3 man Underground Railroad National Historical 

4 Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Coun5 ties, Maryland, as a unit of the National Park 

6 System. 

7 (B) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.— 

8 The historical park shall not be established 

9 until the date on which the Secretary deter10 mines that a sufficient quantity of land, or in11 terests in land, has been acquired to constitute 

12 a manageable park unit. 

13 (C) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after 

14 the date on which the Secretary makes a deter15 mination under subparagraph (B), the Sec16 retary shall publish in the Federal Register no17 tice of the establishment of the historical park, 

18 including an official boundary map for the his19 torical park. 

20 (D) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The official 

21 boundary map published under subparagraph 

22 (C) shall be on file and available for public in23 spection in appropriate offices of the National 

24 Park Service. 


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1 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the historical 

2 park is to preserve and interpret for the benefit of 

3 present and future generations the historical, cul4 tural, and natural resources associated with the life 

5 of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. 

6 (3) LAND ACQUISITION.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac8 quire land and interests in land within the 

9 areas depicted on the map as ‘‘Authorized Ac10 quisition Areas’’ by purchase from willing sell11 ers, donation, or exchange. 

12 (B) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—On acqui13 sition of land or an interest in land under sub14 paragraph (A), the boundary of the historical 

15 park shall be adjusted to reflect the acquisition. 

16 (c) ADMINISTRATION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin18 ister the historical park in accordance with this sec19 tion and the laws generally applicable to units of the 

20 National Park System, including— 

21 (A) the National Park System Organic Act 

22 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and 

23 (B) the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 

24 461 et seq.). 


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1 (2) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.—Not later 

2 than 1 year after the date on which the historical 

3 park is established, the Director of the National 

4 Park Service and the Director of the United States 

5 Fish and Wildlife Service shall enter into an agree6 ment to allow the National Park Service to provide 

7 for public interpretation of historic resources located 

8 within the boundary of the Blackwater National 

9 Wildlife Refuge that are associated with the life of 

10 Harriet Tubman, consistent with the management 

11 requirements of the Refuge. 

12 (3) INTERPRETIVE TOURS.—The Secretary may 

13 provide interpretive tours to sites and resources lo14 cated outside the boundary of the historical park in 

15 Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Mary16 land, relating to the life of Harriet Tubman and the 

17 Underground Railroad. 

18 (4) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

20 enter into a cooperative agreement with the 

21 State, political subdivisions of the State, col22 leges and universities, non-profit organizations, 

23 and individuals— 

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1 sources relating to the life of Harriet Tub2 man or the Underground Railroad within 

3 the boundaries of the historical park, if the 

4 agreement provides for reasonable public 

5 access; or 

6 (ii) to conduct research relating to the 

7 life of Harriet Tubman and the Under8 ground Railroad. 

9 (B) VISITOR CENTER.—The Secretary may 

10 enter into a cooperative agreement with the 

11 State to design, construct, operate, and main12 tain a joint visitor center on land owned by the 

13 State— 

14 (i) to provide for National Park Serv15 ice visitor and interpretive facilities for the 

16 historical park; and 

17 (ii) to provide to the Secretary, at no 

18 additional cost, sufficient office space to 

19 administer the historical park. 

20 (C) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 

21 (i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal 

22 share of the total cost of any activity car23 ried out under this paragraph shall not ex24 ceed 50 percent. 


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1 (ii) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL

2 SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the 

3 cost of carrying out an activity under this 

4 paragraph may be in the form of in-kind 

5 contributions or goods or services fairly 

6 valued. 

7 (d) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

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

9 the date on which funds are made available to carry 

10 out this section, the Secretary shall prepare a gen11 eral management plan for the historical park in ac12 cordance with section 12(b) of Public Law 91–383 

13 (commonly known as the ‘‘National Park Service 

14 General Authorities Act’’) the National Park Service 

15 General Authorities Act (16 U.S.C. 1a–7(b)). 

16 (2) CONSULTATION.—The general management 

17 plan shall be prepared in consultation with the State 

18 (including political subdivisions of the State). 

19 (3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall co20 ordinate the preparation and implementation of the 

21 management plan with— 

22 (A) the Blackwater National Wildlife Ref23 uge; 

24 (B) the Harriet Tubman National Histor25 ical Park established by section 3(b)(1)(A); and 


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1 (C) the National Underground Railroad 

2 Network to Freedom. 

3 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec5 essary to carry out this section. 

6 SEC. 3. HARRIET TUBMAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, 

7 AUBURN, NEW YORK. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

10 park’’ means the Harriet Tubman National Histor11 ical Park established by subsection (b)(1)(A). 

12 (2) HOME.—The term ‘‘Home’’ means The 

13 Harriet Tubman Home, Inc., located in Auburn, 

14 New York. 

15 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en16 titled ‘‘Harriet Tubman National Historical Park’’, 

17 numbered T18/80,000, and dated March 2009. 

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

19 the Secretary of the Interior. 

20 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

21 of New York. 

22 (b) HARRIET TUBMAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL

23 PARK.— 

24 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara2 graph (B), there is established the Harriet Tub3 man National Historical Park in Auburn, New 

4 York, as a unit of the National Park System. 

5 (B) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.— 

6 The historical park shall not be established 

7 until the date on which the Secretary deter8 mines that a sufficient quantity of land, or in9 terests in land, has been acquired to constitute 

10 a manageable park unit. 

11 (C) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after 

12 the date on which the Secretary makes a deter13 mination under subparagraph (B), the Sec14 retary shall publish in the Federal Register no15 tice of the establishment of the historical park. 

16 (D) MAP.—The map shall be on file and 

17 available for public inspection in appropriate of18 fices of the National Park Service. 

19 (2) BOUNDARY.—The historical park shall in20 clude the Harriet Tubman Home, the Tubman 

21 Home for the Aged, the Thompson Memorial AME 

22 Zion Church and Rectory, and associated land, as 

23 identified in the area entitled ‘‘National Historical 

24 Park Proposed Boundary’’ on the map. 


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1 (3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the historical 

2 park is to preserve and interpret for the benefit of 

3 present and future generations the historical, cul4 tural, and natural resources associated with the life 

5 of Harriet Tubman. 

6 (4) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may 

7 acquire land and interests in land within the areas 

8 depicted on the map by purchase from a willing sell9 er, donation, or exchange. 

10 (c) ADMINISTRATION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin12 ister the historical park in accordance with this sec13 tion and the laws generally applicable to units of the 

14 National Park System, including— 

15 (A) the National Park System Organic Act 

16 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and 

17 (B) the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 

18 461 et seq.). 

19 (2) INTERPRETIVE TOURS.—The Secretary may 

20 provide interpretive tours to sites and resources lo21 cated outside the boundary of the historical park in 

22 Auburn, New York, relating to the life of Harriet 

23 Tubman. 

24 (3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

2 enter into a cooperative agreement with the 

3 owner of any land within the historical park to 

4 mark, interpret, or restore nationally significant 

5 historic or cultural resources relating to the life 

6 of Harriet Tubman, if the agreement provides 

7 that— 

8 (i) the Secretary shall have the right 

9 of access to any public portions of the land 

10 covered by the agreement to allow for— 

11 (I) access at reasonable times by 

12 historical park visitors to the land; 

13 and 

14 (II) interpretation of the land for 

15 the public; and 

16 (ii) no changes or alterations shall be 

17 made to the land except by mutual agree18 ment of the Secretary and the owner of the 

19 land. 

20 (B) RESEARCH.—The Secretary may enter 

21 into a cooperative agreement with the State, po22 litical subdivisions of the State, institutions of 

23 higher education, the Home and other nonprofit 

24 organizations, and individuals to conduct re25 search relating to the life of Harriet Tubman. 


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1 (C) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 

2 (i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal 

3 share of the total cost of any activity car4 ried out under this paragraph shall not ex5 ceed 50 percent. 

6 (ii) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL

7 SHARE.—The non-Federal share may be in 

8 the form of in-kind contributions or goods 

9 or services fairly valued. 

10 (D) ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 

11 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

12 submit to the Attorney General for review 

13 any cooperative agreement under this 

14 paragraph involving religious property or 

15 property owned by a religious institution. 

16 (ii) FINDING.—No cooperative agree17 ment subject to review under this subpara18 graph shall take effect until the date on 

19 which the Attorney General issues a find20 ing that the proposed agreement does not 

21 violate the Establishment Clause of the 

22 first amendment to the Constitution. 

23 (d) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

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

25 the date on which funds are made available to carry 


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1 out this section, the Secretary shall prepare a gen2 eral management plan for the historical park in ac3 cordance with section 12(b) of Public Law 91–383 

4 (commonly known as the ‘‘National Park Service 

5 General Authorities Act’’) the National Park Service 

6 General Authorities Act (16 U.S.C. 1a–7(b)). 

7 (2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall co8 ordinate the preparation and implementation of the 

9 management plan with— 

10 (A) the Harriet Tubman Underground 

11 Railroad National Historical Park established 

12 by section 2(b)(1); and 

13 (B) the National Underground Railroad 

14 Network to Freedom. 

15 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec17 essary to carry out this Act, except that not more than 

18 $7,500,000 shall be available to provide financial assist19 ance under subsection (c)(3). 


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Calendar No. 267 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 247 

[Report No. 112–105] 

A BILL 

To establish the Harriet Tubman National HistorCounties, Maryland, and for other purposes. ical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Tubman Underground Railroad National Histor- ical Park in Auburn, New York, and the Harriet 

JANUARY 13, 2012 

Reported with amendments 


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