I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4895 
To establish the Medgar Evers National Monument in the State of 
Mississippi, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2018 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Medgar Evers National Monument in the 
State of Mississippi, 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 ‘‘Medgar Evers National 
Monument Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HOME.—The term ‘‘Home’’ means the 
Medgar Evers Home in Jackson, Mississippi, as gen-
erally depicted on the Map. 
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(2) 
MONUMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Monument’’ 
means the Medgar Evers National Monument estab-
lished by section 3. 
(3) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Historic 
District’’ means the Medgar Evers Historic District, 
as included on the National Register of Historic 
Places, and as generally depicted on the Map and lo-
cated within the boundaries of the Monument. 
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Medgar Evers National Monument’’, num-
bered ll/ll, and dated January 2018. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
(6) COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘College’’ means 
Tougaloo College, a private educational institution 
located in Tougaloo, Mississippi. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDGAR EVERS NATIONAL 
MONUMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
there is established the Medgar Evers National 
Monument in the State of Mississippi as a unit of 
the National Park System to preserve, protect, and 
interpret for the benefit of present and future gen-
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erations the Home and the history of Medgar Evers’ 
pivotal role in the American Civil Rights Movement. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—The Monument shall not be 
established until the date on which the Secretary— 
(A) has entered into a written agreement 
with the College providing that the Home shall 
be donated to the United States for inclusion in 
the Monument to be managed consistently with 
the purposes of the Monument; and 
(B) has otherwise acquired sufficient land 
or interests in land within the boundaries of the 
Monument to constitute a manageable unit. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of Monument 
shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the Map. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service. 
(d) ACQUISITION
OF AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 
may only acquire any land or interest in land located with-
in the boundary of the Monument by— 
(1) donation; 
(2) purchase with donated funds; or 
(3) exchange. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-
ister the Monument in accordance with— 
(A) this Act; and 
(B) the laws generally applicable to units 
of the National Park System. 
(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(A) Not later than 3 years after the date 
on which funds are first made available to the 
Secretary for this purpose, the Secretary shall 
prepare a general management plan for the 
Monument in accordance with section 100502 
of title 54, United States Code. 
(B) On completion of the general manage-
ment plan under subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary shall submit it to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate. 
(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) INTERPRETATION.—The Secretary shall 
enter into a cooperative agreement with the College 
for interpretive and educational programming re-
lated to the Monument. 
(2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The Secretary may 
enter into cooperative agreements with the owner of 
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a nationally significant property within the Historic 
District, to identify, mark, interpret, improve, re-
store, and provide technical assistance with respect 
to the preservation and interpretation of the prop-
erty. 
(g) WRITTEN CONSENT
OF OWNER.—No private 
property or non-Federal public property shall be included 
within the boundaries of the Monument or managed as 
part of the Monument without the written consent of the 
owner of such property. 
(h) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act, the 
establishment of the Monument, or the management of the 
Monument shall be construed to create buffer zones out-
side of the Monument. The fact that an activity or use 
can be seen, heard, or detected from within the Monument 
shall not preclude the conduct of that activity or use out-
side of the Monument. 
Æ 
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