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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2340 

To establish the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical 

Park in the States of Illinois and Missouri, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 30, 2019 

Mr. DURBIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park in the States of Illinois and 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 ‘‘Cahokia Mounds Mis5 sissippian Culture National Historical Park Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CAHOKIA MOUNDS MISSISSIPPIAN CULTURE NA7 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, ILLINOIS AND 

8 MISSOURI. 

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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

2 park’’ means the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian 

3 Culture National Historical Park established by sub4 section (b). 

5 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en6 titled ‘‘Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture Na7 tional Historical Park, Boundary’’, numbered 

8 CMMC–NHP–107, and dated 05–31–2019. 

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

10 the Secretary of the Interior. 

11 (4) STATES.—The term ‘‘States’’ means the 

12 States of Illinois and Missouri. 

13 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

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

15 order to preserve and interpret for the benefit of 

16 present and future generations the historical, cul17 tural, and natural resources associated with the life 

18 of the Mississippian Culture, there is established, as 

19 a unit of the National Park System, the Cahokia 

20 Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical 

21 Park in— 

22 (A) Collinsville, Illinois; 

23 (B) Monroe, Madison, and St. Clair Coun24 ties, Illinois; and 

25 (C) St. Louis City County, Missouri. 


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1 (2) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.—The his2 torical park shall not be established until the date on 

3 which the Secretary determines that a sufficient 

4 quantity of land, or interests in land, has been ac5 quired in accordance with subsection (d) to con6 stitute a manageable unit. 

7 (3) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be 

8 on file and available for public inspection in the ap9 propriate offices of the National Park Service. 

10 (c) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of the historical park 

11 shall be the boundary as depicted on the map. 

12 (d) LAND ACQUISITION.— 

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

14 the Secretary may acquire land and interests in land 

15 within the boundary of the historical park by— 

16 (A) donation; 

17 (B) purchase from a willing seller with do18 nated or appropriated funds; or 

19 (C) exchange. 

20 (2) LIMITATION.—Any land owned by the 

21 States or a political subdivision of 1 of the States 

22 may be acquired only by donation. 

23 (3) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after the 

24 date on which the Secretary acquires sufficient land 

25 under this subsection to achieve compliance with 


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1 subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall publish in the 

2 Federal Register a notice of the establishment of the 

3 historical park. 

4 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin6 ister the historical park in accordance with— 

7 (A) this section; and 

8 (B) the laws generally applicable to units 

9 of the National Park System, including— 

10 (i) sections 100101(a), 100751(a), 

11 100752, 100753, and 102101 of title 54, 

12 United States Code; and 

13 (ii) chapters 1003 and 3201 of title 

14 54, United States Code. 

15 (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

17 enter into cooperative agreements with the 

18 States and political subdivisions of the States, 

19 institutions of higher education, nonprofit orga20 nizations, Indian Tribes, and individuals— 

21 (i) to identify, interpret, and restore 

22 nationally significant historical or cultural 

23 and natural resources relating to the life of 

24 the Mississippian Culture within the 

25 boundaries of the historical park, subject 


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1 to the condition that such an agreement 

2 shall provide for reasonable public access; 

3 and 

4 (ii) to conduct research relating to the 

5 Mississippian Culture. 

6 (B) COST-SHARING.— 

7 (i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal 

8 share of the total cost of any activity car9 ried out under this paragraph shall be not 

10 more than 50 percent. 

11 (ii) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL

12 SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the 

13 cost of carrying out an activity under this 

14 paragraph may be in the form of— 

15 (I) in-kind contributions; or 

16 (II) goods or services fairly val17 ued. 

18 (f) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

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

20 the date on which funds are made available to carry 

21 out this section, the Secretary shall prepare a gen22 eral management plan for the historical park in ac23 cordance with section 100502 of title 54, United 

24 States Code. 


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1 (2) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the general 

2 management plan under paragraph (1), the Sec3 retary shall consult with— 

4 (A) the States and appropriate political 

5 subdivisions of the States; 

6 (B) institutions of higher education; 

7 (C) nonprofit organizations; 

8 (D) Indian Tribes; and 

9 (E) other affected individuals and entities, 

10 including— 

11 (i) the Illinois Department of Natural 

12 Resources; 

13 (ii) the Osage Tribe; and 

14 (iii) the HeartLands Conservancy. 

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