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Union Calendar No. 483 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4895 
[Report No. 115–632] 
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 
APRIL 11, 2018 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 29, 2018] 
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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 Home 
National Monument Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ means 
the Medgar Evers Home National Monument estab-
lished 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 enti-
tled ‘‘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 lo-
cated in Tougaloo, Mississippi. 
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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 National 
Monument in the State of Mississippi as a unit of the 
National Park System to preserve, protect, and inter-
pret for the benefit of present and future 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 Monument shall 
be the boundaries generally depicted on the Map. 
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(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 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. 
(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(A) Not later than 3 years after the date on 
which funds are first made available to the Sec-
retary for this purpose, the Secretary shall pre-
pare a general management plan for the Monu-
ment 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-
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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 interpre-
tive 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, restore, 
and provide technical assistance with respect to the 
preservation and interpretation of the property. 
(g) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act, the es-
tablishment of the Monument, or the management of the 
Monument shall be construed to create buffer zones outside 
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 outside of 
the Monument. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to establish 
the Medgar Evers Home National Monument in the State 
of Mississippi, and for other purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 483 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4895 
[Report No. 115–632] 
A BILL 
To establish the Medgar Evers National Monument 
in the State of Mississippi, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 11, 2018 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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