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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5305 

To establish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site in the State of 

Missouri, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2016 

Mr. SMITH of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site in 

the State of Missouri, 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 ‘‘Ste. Genevieve Na5 tional Historic Site Establishment Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Historic 

9 District’’ means the Ste. Genevieve Historic District 


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1 National Historic Landmark, as generally depicted 

2 on the Map. 

3 (2) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘Historic Site’’ 

4 means the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site es5 tablished by section 3(a). 

6 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en7 titled ‘‘Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site Pro8 posed Boundary’’, numbered 571/132,626, and 

9 dated May 2016. 

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

11 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

13 of Missouri. 

14 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STE. GENEVIEVE NA15 TIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

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

18 there is established the Ste. Genevieve National His19 toric Site in the State as a unit of the National Park 

20 System to preserve, protect, and interpret for the 

21 benefit of present and future generations the themes 

22 of French settlement, vernacular architecture, and 

23 community form and farming on the frontier associ24 ated with Ste. Genevieve. 


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1 (2) CONDITIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT.—The 

2 Historic Site shall not be established until the date 

3 on which the Secretary determines that— 

4 (A) sufficient land has been acquired for 

5 the Historic Site to constitute a manageable 

6 unit; and 

7 (B) the Secretary has entered into a writ8 ten agreement providing that land owned by the 

9 State, the City of Ste. Genevieve, or other enti10 ty within the Historic District shall be managed 

11 consistent with the purposes of this Act. 

12 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Historic 

13 Site shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the 

14 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 AUTHORITY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 

20 any land or interest in land located within the 

21 boundary of the Historic Site or any nationally sig22 nificant property identified in the special resource 

23 study within the Historic District by— 

24 (A) donation; 


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1 (B) purchase with donated or appropriated 

2 funds; or 

3 (C) exchange. 

4 (2) BOUNDARY REVISION.—On the acquisition 

5 of any property within the Historic District under 

6 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall revise the bound7 ary of the Historic Site to include the property. 

8 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin10 ister the Historic Site in accordance with— 

11 (A) this Act; and 

12 (B) the laws generally applicable to units 

13 of the National Park System, including— 

14 (i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, 

15 and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 

16 and 102101 of title 54, United States 

17 Code; and 

18 (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 

19 States Code. 

20 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 

22 after the date on which funds are made avail23 able to prepare a general management plan for 

24 the Historic Site, the Secretary shall prepare 

25 the general management plan in accordance 


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1 with section 100502 of title 54, United States 

2 Code. 

3 (B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On com4 pletion of the general management plan under 

5 subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit to 

6 the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Committee 

8 on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

9 the general management plan. 

10 (3) RELATED SITES.—The Secretary may pro11 vide interpretative tours and educational programs 

12 at related historic and cultural sites within the His13 toric District associated with the purposes for which 

14 the Historic Site is established. 

15 (f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide 

17 technical assistance and enter into cooperative 

18 agreements with the owner of a nationally signifi19 cant property within the Historic Site or the His20 toric District, to identify, mark, interpret, improve, 

21 and restore the property. 

22 (2) RIGHT OF ACCESS.—A cooperative agree23 ment entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide 

24 that the Secretary, acting through the Director of 

25 the National Park Service, shall have the right of 


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1 access at all reasonable times to all public portions 

2 of the property covered by the agreement for the 

3 purposes of— 

4 (A) conducting visitors through the prop5 erty; and 

6 (B) interpreting the property for the pub7 lic. 

8 (3) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 

9 (A) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share 

10 of the total cost of any activity carried out 

11 under a cooperative agreement entered into 

12 under this subsection shall be not more than 50 

13 percent. 

14 (B) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The 

15 non-Federal share of an activity carried out 

16 under a cooperative agreement entered into 

17 under this subsection may be in the form of do18 nated property, goods, or services fairly valued. 

19 (4) CHANGES OR ALTERATIONS.—No changes 

20 or alterations shall be made to any property covered 

21 by a cooperative agreement entered into under para22 graph (1) unless the Secretary and the other party 

23 to the agreement agree to the changes or alterations. 

24 (5) CONVERSION, USE, OR DISPOSAL.—Any 

25 payment by the Secretary under this subsection shall 


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1 be subject to an agreement that the conversion, use, 

2 or disposal of a property for purposes contrary to 

3 the purposes of this section, as determined by the 

4 Secretary, shall entitle the United States to reim5 bursement in any amount equal to the greater of— 

6 (A) the amounts made available to the 

7 property by the United States; or 

8 (B) the portion of the increased value of 

9 the property attributable to the amounts made 

10 available under this subsection, as determined 

11 at the time of the conversion, use, or disposal. 

12 (g) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Nothing in 

13 this Act authorizes the Secretary to assume overall finan14 cial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or man15 agement of the Historic District. 

16 SEC. 4. LAND ACQUISITION; NO BUFFER ZONES. 

17 (a) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary is author18 ized to acquire land and interests in land within the 

19 boundaries of the Historic Site and Historic District by 

20 donation or exchange only (and in the case of an exchange, 

21 no payment may be made by the Secretary to any land22 owner). The Secretary may not acquire by condemnation 

23 any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the 

24 Historic Site and Historic District. No private property 

25 or non-Federal public property shall be included within the 


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1 boundaries of the Historic Site and Historic District with2 out the written consent of the owner of such property. 

3 (b) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act, the 

4 establishment of the Historic Site and Historic District, 

5 or the management of the Historic Site and Historic Dis6 trict shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of 

7 the Historic Site and Historic District. That an activity 

8 or use can be seen or heard from within the Historic Site 

9 and Historic District shall not preclude the conduct of 

10 that activity or use outside the Historic Site and Historic 

11 District. 

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