(5) Public School 103, now better known as the 
Justice Thurgood Marshall School, located at 1315 
Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland, was the site 
of Thurgood Marshall’s elementary education. 
(6) The Justice Thurgood Marshall School is 
owned and operated as a museum by the Beloved 
Community Services Corporation, which has com-
pleted a historic restoration for adaptive re-use of 
the School. 
(7) Congress authorized the National Park 
Service to prepare a special resource study of Public 
School 103 in 2019, which the National Park Serv-
ice transmitted to Congress in 2023. The National 
Park Service found that Public School 103 met its 
criteria for national significance and suitability for 
addition to the National Park System. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to pre-
serve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of future gen-
erations the significant historic contributions of Justice 
Thurgood Marshall by establishing the elementary school 
he attended as a national historic site and providing for 
the site’s administration as an affiliated area of the Na-
tional Park System. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Historic Site’’ means the Justice Thurgood 
Marshall National Historic Site established by sec-
tion 4 of this Act. 
(2) SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘School’’ means the 
building located at 1315 Division Street in Balti-
more, Maryland, known as Public School 103, which 
is owned and managed by the Beloved Community 
Services Corporation, a nonprofit organization estab-
lished in Baltimore, Maryland. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JUSTICE THURGOOD MAR-
SHALL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established as an affili-
ated area of the National Park System the Justice 
Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site. 
(b) DESCRIPTION.—The National Historic Site shall 
consist of the School, as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Justice Thurgood Marshall School National His-
toric Site Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 962/194939, 
and dated September 2024. 
(c) OWNERSHIP.—The School shall continue to be 
owned, operated, and managed by the Beloved Community 
Services Corporation. 
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(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The National Historic Site 
shall be managed in a manner consistent with— 
(1) this Act; and 
(2) laws generally applicable to units of the Na-
tional Park System. 
(e) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The Beloved Commu-
nity Services Corporation shall be the management entity 
for the National Historic Site. 
(f) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary— 
(1) may provide technical assistance and enter 
into cooperative agreements with the management 
entity for the purpose of providing financial assist-
ance for the marketing, marking, interpretation, and 
preservation of the National Historic Site; and 
(2) shall enter into an agreement with the man-
agement entity that delineates the roles and respon-
sibilities for the management of the area consistent 
with the policies and standards that apply to units 
of the National Park System. 
(g) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Nothing in 
this Act authorizes the Secretary to acquire the property 
at 1315 Division Street or to assume overall financial re-
sponsibility for the operation, maintenance, or manage-
ment of the National Historic Site. 
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SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act. 
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