I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4986 
To establish the Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site as a unit 
of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 18, 2016 
Ms. MCCOLLUM (for herself and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Sewall-Belmont House National Historic 
Site as a unit of the National Park System, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sewall-Belmont House 
Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) the Sewall-Belmont House was designated 
as a National Historic Landmark, National Historic 
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Site, and an affiliated area of the National Park 
Service in 1974; 
(2) beginning in 1929, the Sewall-Belmont 
House served as the headquarters of the National 
Woman’s Party, founded by Alice Paul (1885– 
1977), the most significant figure in the final phase 
of the struggle for a constitutional amendment 
granting women the right to vote; 
(3) Alice Paul revived the movement, employing 
dramatic techniques, White House demonstrations, 
hunger strikes, and relentless political pressure, to 
achieve victory just prior to the 1920 election; and 
(4) in June 2015, the National Park Service 
completed a feasibility study of the Sewall-Belmont 
House National Historic Site, in which the National 
Park Service determined that— 
(A) the Sewall-Belmont House National 
Historic Site met the criteria for inclusion in 
the National Park System, confirming national 
significance, suitability, feasibility, and the need 
for direct National Park Service management; 
and 
(B) the Sewall-Belmont House would help 
fill identified gaps in the National Park System 
related to the 20th century women’s rights 
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movement and strengthening the overall inter-
pretation of women’s history. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to estab-
lish the Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site as 
a unit of the National Park System to preserve and pro-
tect the site and to interpret the nationally significant re-
sources related to the women’s rights movement. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site 
Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 896/129106, and 
dated July 2015. 
(3) NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘na-
tional historic site’’ means the Sewall-Belmont 
House National Historic Site established under sec-
tion 4(a). 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF SEWALL-BELMONT HOUSE AS A 
UNIT OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site is estab-
lished as a unit of the National Park System, to be known 
as the ‘‘Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site’’. 
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(b) CONDITIONS.—The national historic site shall not 
be established as a unit of the National Park System until 
the date on which the Secretary determines that— 
(1) the National Woman’s Party has trans-
ferred the land and any improvements to the land 
within the boundaries described in subsection (c) to 
the Secretary; and 
(2) the Secretary and the National Woman’s 
Party have entered into a Management Agreement 
in accordance with subsection (d). 
(c) BOUNDARIES.—The national historic site shall 
consist of the Sewall-Belmont House National Historic 
Site, also known as the ‘‘Sewall-Belmont House and Mu-
seum’’, located at 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, 
Washington, DC, as depicted on the map. 
(d) MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may 
enter into a management agreement with the National 
Woman’s Party that provides for— 
(1) National Park Service operation and main-
tenance of the national historic site; 
(2) the National Woman’s Party to retain own-
ership and management of the National Woman’s 
Party collection, which includes an extensive library 
and archival and museum holdings relating to the 
women’s suffrage movement; and 
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