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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2889 

To establish the Medgar Evers National Monument in the State of 

Mississippi, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 21, 2018 

Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, and Mr. JONES) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Medgar Evers National Monument in the 

State of Mississippi, 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 ‘‘Medgar Evers Home 

5 National Monument Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ 

9 means the Medgar Evers Home National Monument 

10 established by section 3. 


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

2 District’’ means the Medgar Evers Historic District, 

3 as included on the National Register of Historic 

4 Places, and as generally depicted on the Map. 

5 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en6 titled ‘‘Medgar Evers Home National Monument’’, 

7 numbered 515/142561, and dated February 2018. 

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

9 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di10 rector of the National Park Service. 

11 (5) COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘College’’ means 

12 Tougaloo College, a private educational institution 

13 located in Tougaloo, Mississippi. 

14 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDGAR EVERS HOME NA15 TIONAL MONUMENT. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

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

18 there is established the Medgar Evers Home Na19 tional Monument in the State of Mississippi as a 

20 unit of the National Park System to preserve, pro21 tect, and interpret for the benefit of present and fu22 ture generations resources associated with Medgar 

23 Evers’ pivotal role in the American Civil Rights 

24 Movement. 


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1 (2) CONDITIONS.—The Monument shall not be 

2 established until the date on which the Secretary— 

3 (A) has entered into a written agreement 

4 with the College providing that all parcels with5 in the Medgar Evers Home National Monument 

6 boundary as depicted on the Map shall be do7 nated to the United States for inclusion in the 

8 Monument to be managed consistently with the 

9 purposes of the Monument; and 

10 (B) has otherwise acquired sufficient land 

11 or interests in land within the boundaries of the 

12 Monument to constitute a manageable unit. 

13 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of Monument 

14 shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the 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 OF AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 

19 may only acquire any land or interest in land located with20 in the boundary of the Monument by— 

21 (1) donation; 

22 (2) purchase with donated funds; or 

23 (3) exchange. 

24 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin2 ister the Monument in accordance with— 

3 (A) this Act; and 

4 (B) the laws generally applicable to units 

5 of the National Park System. 

6 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

7 (A) Not later than 3 years after the date 

8 on which funds are first made available to the 

9 Secretary for this purpose, the Secretary shall 

10 prepare a general management plan for the 

11 Monument in accordance with section 100502 

12 of title 54, United States Code. 

13 (B) On completion of the general manage14 ment plan under subparagraph (A), the Sec15 retary shall submit it to the Committee on Nat16 ural Resources of the House of Representatives 

17 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re18 sources of the Senate. 

19 (f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

20 (1) MONUMENT.—The Secretary shall enter 

21 into a cooperative agreement with the College for in22 terpretive and educational programming related to 

23 the Monument, and may enter into other cooperative 

24 agreements for the purposes of carrying out this 

25 Act. 


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1 (2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The Secretary may 

2 enter into cooperative agreements with the owner of 

3 a nationally significant property within the Historic 

4 District, to identify, mark, interpret, improve, re5 store, and provide technical assistance with respect 

6 to the preservation and interpretation of the prop7 erty. 

8 (g) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act, the 

9 establishment of the Monument, or the management of the 

10 Monument shall be construed to create buffer zones out11 side of the Monument. The fact that an activity or use 

12 can be seen, heard, or detected from within the Monument 

13 shall not preclude the conduct of that activity or use out14 side of the Monument. 

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