and political advancement. However, Hispanics and 
Latinos have not always had equitable opportunities 
and access to quality educational facilities in the 
United States. 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BLACKWELL SCHOOL NA-
TIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
there is established the Blackwell School National 
Historic Site in the State of Texas as a unit of the 
National Park System to preserve, protect and inter-
pret for the benefit of present and future genera-
tions the Blackwell School, its role as both an aca-
demic and cultural cornerstone in the community in 
Marfa, Texas, and its function within a segregated 
system of education in Texas and the United States 
from 1885 through 1965. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—The national historic site 
shall not be established until the date on which the 
Secretary has— 
(A) entered into a written agreement with 
the Marfa Unified School District providing 
that the Blackwell School shall be donated to or 
placed by agreement into co-management with 
the United States for inclusion in a national 
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historic site to be managed consistently with the 
purposes of a national historic site; and 
(B) acquired sufficient land or interests in 
land within the boundaries of the national his-
toric site to constitute a manageable unit. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the national 
historic site 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 national historic site by— 
(1) donation; 
(2) purchase with donated funds; or 
(3) exchange. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-
ister this national historic site in accordance with— 
(A) this Act; and 
(B) the laws generally applicable to units 
of the National Park System. 
(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
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(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 na-
tional historic site in accordance with section 
100502 of title 54, United States Code. 
(B) Upon completion, the Secretary shall 
submit the general management plan prepared 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives and Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate. 
(f) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall enter into cooperative agreements with the Blackwell 
School Alliance (and other local, regional, State, academic 
and non-profit partners) for interpretive and educational 
programming, technical assistance, and rehabilitation re-
lated to the national historic site. 
(g) WRITTEN CONSENT
OF OWNER.—No private 
property or non-Federal public property shall be included 
within the boundaries of the national historic site or man-
aged as part of the national historic site without the writ-
ten consent of the owner of such property. 
Æ 
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