IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4895 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 16, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To establish the Medgar Evers Home 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medgar Evers Home 
National Monument Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
MONUMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Monument’’ 
means the Medgar Evers Home National Monument 
established by section 3. 
(2) 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. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Medgar Evers Home National Monument’’, 
numbered 515/142561, and dated February 2018. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
(5) COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘College’’ means 
Tougaloo College, a private educational institution 
located in Tougaloo, Mississippi. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDGAR EVERS HOME NA-
TIONAL MONUMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
there is established the Medgar Evers Home Na-
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tional Monument in the State of Mississippi as a 
unit of the National Park System to preserve, pro-
tect, and interpret for the benefit of present and fu-
ture generations resources associated with 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 all parcels with-
in the Medgar Evers Home National Monument 
boundary as depicted on the Map shall be do-
nated 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 the Monument 
shall be the boundaries as 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. 
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(d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
only acquire any land or interest in land located within 
the boundary of the Monument by— 
(1) donation; 
(2) purchase with donated funds; or 
(3) exchange. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(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, including— 
(i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, 
and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 
and 102101 of title 54, United States 
Code; and 
(ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 
States Code. 
(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. 
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(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) MONUMENT.—The Secretary shall enter 
into a cooperative agreement with the College for in-
terpretive and educational programming related to 
the Monument, and may enter into other cooperative 
agreements for the purposes of carrying out this 
Act. 
(2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The Secretary may 
enter into cooperative agreements with the owner of 
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) 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 
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shall not preclude the conduct of that activity or use out-
side of the Monument. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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