Pullman National Historical Park Act

To redesignate the Pullman National Monument in the State of Illinois as the Pullman National Historical Park, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pullman National Historical Park Act 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Historical park The term historical park (2) Map The term map Pullman National Historical Park, Chicago, Illinois, Boundary (2) Map The term map Pullman National Historical Park Boundary (3) Secretary The term Secretary 3. Redesignation of Pullman National Monument (a) In general The Pullman National Monument, established by Proclamation Number 9233, dated February 19, 2015, is redesignated as the Pullman National Historical Park. (b) Availability of funds Any funds available for purposes of the Pullman National Monument shall be available for purposes of the historical park. (c) References Any references in a law, regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to the Pullman National Monument shall be considered to be a reference to the historical park. (d) Proclamation Proclamation Number 9233, dated February 19, 2015, shall have no force or effect. 4. Purposes The purposes of the historical park are to preserve, protect, and interpret Pullman’s nationally significant cultural and historical resources associated with— (1) the Nation’s labor history and creation of a national Labor Day holiday; (2) the first planned industrial community in the United States; (3) the architecture and landscape design of the planned community; (4) the pivotal role of the Pullman porter in the rise of the African-American middle class; and (5) the entirety of history, culture, and historic figures embodied in Presidential Proclamation Number 9233. 5. Administration The Secretary shall administer the land within the boundary of the historical park in accordance with— (1) this Act; and (2) the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including— (A) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753 and 102101 of title 54, United States Code; and (B) chapter 3201 6. Cooperative agreements To further the purposes of this subsection and notwithstanding chapter 63 (1) to support collaborative interpretive and educational programs at non-Federal historic properties within the boundaries of the historical park; and (2) to identify, interpret, and provide assistance for the preservation of non-Federal land within the boundaries of the historical park and at sites in close proximity to the historical park, but located outside the boundaries of the historical park, including providing for placement of directional and interpretive signage, exhibits, and technology-based interpretive devices ; and , if the cooperative agreement provides for reasonable public access. 7. Use of funds The Secretary may use appropriated funds to mark, interpret, improve, restore, and provide technical assistance with respect to the preservation and interpretation of the properties. Any payment made by the Secretary under this clause shall be subject to an agreement that the conversion, use, or disposal of the project for purposes that are inconsistent with the purposes of this subsection, as determined by the Secretary, shall result in a right of the United States to reimbursement of the greater of— (1) the amount provided by the Secretary to the project; or (2) an amount equal to the increase in the value of the project that is attributable to the funds, as determined by the Secretary at the time of the conversion, use, or disposal. Any cooperative agreement entered into under this subparagraph shall provide for reasonable public access to the resources covered by the cooperative agreement. 8. Acquisition of land The Secretary may acquire for inclusion in the historical park any land (including interests in land), buildings, or structures owned by the State, or any other political, private, or nonprofit entity by donation, transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller. 9. Management plan Not later than 3 fiscal years after the date on which funds are first made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall complete a general September 27, 2022 Reported with amendments

Summary: Pullman National Historical Park Act This bill redesignates the Pullman National Monument in Illinois as the Pullman National Historical Park. The Department of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with interested parties to support collaborative interpretive and educational programs at nonfederal historic properties within the boundaries of the historical park, and identify, interpret, and provide assistance for the preservation of nonfederal land within the boundaries of the historical park and at sites in close proximity to the historical park. Interior may acquire any land (including interests in land), buildings, or structures by donation, transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller for inclusion in the historical park. Interior must complete a management plan for the historical park.