I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5882 
To establish the Freedom Riders National Historical Park in Anniston, 
Alabama, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2016 
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Freedom Riders National Historical Park 
in Anniston, Alabama, 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 ‘‘Freedom Riders Na-
tional Historical Park Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDING. 
Congress finds that on May 4, 1961, a Greyhound 
bus traveling from Atlanta, Georgia, to Alabama made a 
routine stop at the Anniston Greyhound station. When the 
bus stopped in Anniston, Alabama, it was violently at-
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tacked by a mob at the Greyhound bus station. As the 
Freedom Riders bus attempted to continue down the high-
way it was attacked again and broke down. A fire bomb 
was thrown inside the bus. The group was able to escape 
the bus and separate transportation had to be arranged 
for their continued travel. The violent confrontations the 
Freedom Riders faced demonstrated to the Nation the 
struggle for equality and justice. Their brave effort was 
part of the courageous struggle of the Civil Rights move-
ment. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FREEDOM RIDERS NA-
TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK IN ANNISTON, 
ALABAMA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is here-
by established Freedom Riders National Historical Park 
in Anniston, Alabama, for the purposes of— 
(1) providing an internationally significant 
place for public education focused on the Freedom 
Riders, Civil Rights, and the bus burning; and 
(2) preserving the historical site for the herit-
age of the area and tourist destination. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Park is located at 1031 
Gurnee Avenue in downtown Anniston, Alabama, at the 
Greyhound Bus Station site where the attack began on 
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May 14, 1961. The property includes the site of the origi-
nal bus station. 
(c) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The Secretary may ac-
quire additional buildings, assets, lands, and interests in 
lands for addition to the park by donation, transfer, or 
exchange only. 
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer 
the Park in accordance with this Act and laws generally 
applicable to units of the National Park System. Nothing 
in this Act shall modify any authority of the United States 
to carry out Federal laws on Federal land located within 
the Park. 
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may 
enter into cooperative agreements with Federal, State, 
City, and other public or nonprofit institutions under 
which the Secretary may identify, interpret, and provide 
assistance for the perseveration of non-Federal properties 
within the Park and at sites in close proximity to the 
Park, including providing for placement of directional and 
interpretive signage, exhibits, and technology-based inter-
pretive devices. 
(c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 3 fiscal 
years after the dates on which funds are first made avail-
able to carry out this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 
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with the City, shall complete a general management plan 
for the Park in accordance with applicable laws, including 
section 100502 of title 54, United States Code. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 
Anniston, Alabama. 
(2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Free-
dom Riders National Historical Park. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Interior. 
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