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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 247 

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 

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. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HARRIET TUBMAN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD NA2 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, MARYLAND. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

5 park’’ means the Harriet Tubman Underground 

6 Railroad National Historical Park established by 

7 subsection (b)(1)(A). 

8 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en9 titled ‘‘Authorized Acquisition Area for the Proposed 

10 Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National 

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

12 July 2010. 

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

14 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

16 of Maryland. 

17 (b) HARRIET TUBMAN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

18 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.— 

19 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara21 graph (B), there is established the Harriet Tub22 man Underground Railroad National Historical 

23 Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Coun24 ties, Maryland, as a unit of the National Park 

25 System. 


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1 (B) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.— 

2 The historical park shall not be established 

3 until the date on which the Secretary deter4 mines that a sufficient quantity of land, or in5 terests in land, has been acquired to constitute 

6 a manageable park unit. 

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

8 the date on which the Secretary makes a deter9 mination under subparagraph (B), the Sec10 retary shall publish in the Federal Register no11 tice of the establishment of the historical park, 

12 including an official boundary map for the his13 torical park. 

14 (D) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The official 

15 boundary map published under subparagraph 

16 (C) shall be on file and available for public in17 spection in appropriate offices of the National 

18 Park Service. 

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

20 park is to preserve and interpret for the benefit of 

21 present and future generations the historical, cul22 tural, and natural resources associated with the life 

23 of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. 

24 (3) LAND ACQUISITION.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac2 quire land and interests in land within the 

3 areas depicted on the map as ‘‘Authorized Ac4 quisition Areas’’ by purchase from willing sell5 ers, donation, or exchange. 

6 (B) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—On acqui7 sition of land or an interest in land under sub8 paragraph (A), the boundary of the historical 

9 park shall be adjusted to reflect the acquisition. 

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) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.—Not later 

20 than 1 year after the date on which the historical 

21 park is established, the Director of the National 

22 Park Service and the Director of the United States 

23 Fish and Wildlife Service shall enter into an agree24 ment to allow the National Park Service to provide 

25 for public interpretation of historic resources located 


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1 within the boundary of the Blackwater National 

2 Wildlife Refuge that are associated with the life of 

3 Harriet Tubman, consistent with the management 

4 requirements of the Refuge. 

5 (3) INTERPRETIVE TOURS.—The Secretary may 

6 provide interpretive tours to sites and resources lo7 cated outside the boundary of the historical park in 

8 Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Mary9 land, relating to the life of Harriet Tubman and the 

10 Underground Railroad. 

11 (4) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

13 enter into a cooperative agreement with the 

14 State, political subdivisions of the State, col15 leges and universities, non-profit organizations, 

16 and individuals— 

17 (i) to mark, interpret, and restore na18 tionally significant historic or cultural re19 sources relating to the life of Harriet Tub20 man or the Underground Railroad within 

21 the boundaries of the historical park, if the 

22 agreement provides for reasonable public 

23 access; or 


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1 (ii) to conduct research relating to the 

2 life of Harriet Tubman and the Under3 ground Railroad. 

4 (B) VISITOR CENTER.—The Secretary may 

5 enter into a cooperative agreement with the 

6 State to design, construct, operate, and main7 tain a joint visitor center on land owned by the 

8 State— 

9 (i) to provide for National Park Serv10 ice visitor and interpretive facilities for the 

11 historical park; and 

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

13 additional cost, sufficient office space to 

14 administer the historical park. 

15 (C) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 

16 (i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal 

17 share of the total cost of any activity car18 ried out under this paragraph shall not ex19 ceed 50 percent. 

20 (ii) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL

21 SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the 

22 cost of carrying out an activity under this 

23 paragraph may be in the form of in-kind 

24 contributions or goods or services fairly 

25 valued. 


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1 (d) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

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

3 the date on which funds are made available to carry 

4 out this section, the Secretary shall prepare a gen5 eral management plan for the historical park in ac6 cordance with section 12(b) of Public Law 91–383 

7 (commonly known as the ‘‘National Park Service 

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

9 (2) CONSULTATION.—The general management 

10 plan shall be prepared in consultation with the State 

11 (including political subdivisions of the State). 

12 (3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall co13 ordinate the preparation and implementation of the 

14 management plan with— 

15 (A) the Blackwater National Wildlife Ref16 uge; 

17 (B) the Harriet Tubman National Histor18 ical Park established by section 3(b)(1)(A); and 

19 (C) the National Underground Railroad 

20 Network to Freedom. 

21 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

22 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec23 essary to carry out this section. 


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1 SEC. 3. HARRIET TUBMAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, 

2 AUBURN, NEW YORK. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

5 park’’ means the Harriet Tubman National Histor6 ical Park established by subsection (b)(1)(A). 

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

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

9 New York. 

10 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en11 titled ‘‘Harriet Tubman National Historical Park’’, 

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

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

14 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

16 of New York. 

17 (b) HARRIET TUBMAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL

18 PARK.— 

19 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara21 graph (B), there is established the Harriet Tub22 man National Historical Park in Auburn, New 

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

24 (B) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.— 

25 The historical park shall not be established 

26 until the date on which the Secretary deterVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:28 Feb 02, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S247.IS S247

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1 mines that a sufficient quantity of land, or in2 terests in land, has been acquired to constitute 

3 a manageable park unit. 

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

5 the date on which the Secretary makes a deter6 mination under subparagraph (B), the Sec7 retary shall publish in the Federal Register no8 tice of the establishment of the historical park. 

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

10 available for public inspection in appropriate of11 fices of the National Park Service. 

12 (2) BOUNDARY.—The historical park shall in13 clude the Harriet Tubman Home, the Tubman 

14 Home for the Aged, the Thompson Memorial AME 

15 Zion Church and Rectory, and associated land, as 

16 identified in the area entitled ‘‘National Historical 

17 Park Proposed Boundary’’ on the map. 

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

19 park is to preserve and interpret for the benefit of 

20 present and future generations the historical, cul21 tural, and natural resources associated with the life 

22 of Harriet Tubman. 

23 (4) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may 

24 acquire land and interests in land within the areas 


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1 depicted on the map by purchase from a willing sell2 er, donation, or exchange. 

3 (c) ADMINISTRATION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin5 ister the historical park in accordance with this sec6 tion and the laws generally applicable to units of the 

7 National Park System, including— 

8 (A) the National Park System Organic Act 

9 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and 

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

11 461 et seq.). 

12 (2) INTERPRETIVE TOURS.—The Secretary may 

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

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

16 Tubman. 

17 (3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

19 enter into a cooperative agreement with the 

20 owner of any land within the historical park to 

21 mark, interpret, or restore nationally significant 

22 historic or cultural resources relating to the life 

23 of Harriet Tubman, if the agreement provides 

24 that— 


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1 (i) the Secretary shall have the right 

2 of access to any public portions of the land 

3 covered by the agreement to allow for— 

4 (I) access at reasonable times by 

5 historical park visitors to the land; 

6 and 

7 (II) interpretation of the land for 

8 the public; and 

9 (ii) no changes or alterations shall be 

10 made to the land except by mutual agree11 ment of the Secretary and the owner of the 

12 land. 

13 (B) RESEARCH.—The Secretary may enter 

14 into a cooperative agreement with the State, po15 litical subdivisions of the State, institutions of 

16 higher education, the Home and other nonprofit 

17 organizations, and individuals to conduct re18 search relating to the life of Harriet Tubman. 

19 (C) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 

20 (i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal 

21 share of the total cost of any activity car22 ried out under this paragraph shall not ex23 ceed 50 percent. 

24 (ii) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL

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


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1 the form of in-kind contributions or goods 

2 or services fairly valued. 

3 (D) ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

5 submit to the Attorney General for review 

6 any cooperative agreement under this 

7 paragraph involving religious property or 

8 property owned by a religious institution. 

9 (ii) FINDING.—No cooperative agree10 ment subject to review under this subpara11 graph shall take effect until the date on 

12 which the Attorney General issues a find13 ing that the proposed agreement does not 

14 violate the Establishment Clause of the 

15 first amendment to the Constitution. 

16 (d) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

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

18 the date on which funds are made available to carry 

19 out this section, the Secretary shall prepare a gen20 eral management plan for the historical park in ac21 cordance with section 12(b) of Public Law 91–383 

22 (commonly known as the ‘‘National Park Service 

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


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1 (2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall co2 ordinate the preparation and implementation of the 

3 management plan with— 

4 (A) the Harriet Tubman Underground 

5 Railroad National Historical Park established 

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

7 (B) the National Underground Railroad 

8 Network to Freedom. 

9 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec11 essary to carry out this Act, except that not more than 

12 $7,500,000 shall be available to provide financial assist13 ance under subsection (c)(3). 

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