Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act
Bill: H.R.920 | Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. (D-SC)
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act
This bill redesignates the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site currently located in Topeka, Kansas, as the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park.
Further, the bill expands the park to include additional sites in Clarendon County, South Carolina, and establishes as affiliated areas specified sites in Farmville, Virginia; Wilmington, Claymont, and Hockessin, Delaware; and the District of Columbia.


To amend the Act entitled ``Act to provide for the establishment of the 
  Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in the State of 
Kansas, and for other purposes'' to provide for inclusion of additional 
   related sites in the National Park System, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Brown v. Board of Education National 
Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act''.

SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF THE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION NATIONAL 
              HISTORICAL PARK.

    (a) In General.--The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic 
Site established by Public Law 102-525 shall be known and designated as 
the ``Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in any law, regulation, document, 
record, map, or other paper of the United States to the Brown v. Board 
of Education National Historic Site shall be considered to be a 
reference to the ``Brown v. Board of Education National Historical 
Park''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF THE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION NATIONAL 
              HISTORICAL PARK AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATED AREAS.

    In order to honor the civil rights stories of struggle, 
perseverance, and activism in the pursuit of education equity, Public 
Law 102-525 is amended as follows:
            (1) In section 101, by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph--
            ``(3) The terms `affiliated area' and `affiliated areas' 
        mean one or more of the locations associated with the four 
        court cases included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 
        described in section 102(a)(8), (9), and (10).''.
            (2) In section 102(a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
                paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (2), the 
                following:
            ``(3) The Brown case was joined by four other cases related 
        to school segregation pending before the Supreme Court (Briggs 
        v. Elliott, filed in South Carolina; Davis v. County School 
        Board of Prince Edward County, Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et 
        al., Petitioners, v. C. Melvin Sharpe, President of the 
        District of Columbia Board of Education, et al., filed in 
        Virginia; Gebhart v. Belton, filed in Delaware; and Bolling v. 
        Sharpe, filed in the District of Columbia) and consolidated 
        into one case named Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
            ``(4) A 1999 historic resources study examined the five 
        cases included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and 
        found each to be nationally significant and to contribute 
        unique stories to the case for educational equity.''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so 
                redesignated by this section), the following--
            ``(7)(A) Summerton High School in Summerton, South 
        Carolina, the all-White school that refused to admit the 
        plaintiffs in Briggs v. Elliott, has been listed on the 
        National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its 
        national significance and is used as administrative offices for 
        Clarendon School District 1.
            ``(B) The former Scott's Branch High School, an 
        `equalization school' in Summerton, South Carolina, constructed 
        for African-American students in 1951 to provide facilities 
        comparable to those of White students and that is now the 
        Community Resource Center owned by Clarendon School District 1.
            ``(8) Robert Russa Moton High School, the all-Black school 
        in Farmville, Virginia, which was the location of a student-led 
        strike leading to Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward 
        County, Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et al., Petitioners, v. C. 
        Melvin Sharpe, President of the District of Columbia Board of 
        Education, et al., has been designated a National Historic 
        Landmark in recognition of its national significance and is now 
        the Robert Russa Moton Museum, governed by the Moton Museum, 
        Inc. and affiliated with Longwood University.
            ``(9)(A) Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware, an 
        all-Black school to which plaintiffs in Belton v. Gebhart were 
        forced to travel, has been designated a National Historic 
        Landmark in recognition of its national significance and is now 
        the Howard High School of Technology, an active school 
        administered by the New Castle County Vocational-Technical 
        School District.
            ``(B) The all-White Claymont High School, which denied 
        plaintiffs admission, and is now the Claymont Community Center 
        administered by the Brandywine Community Resource Council, Inc.
            ``(C) The Hockessin School #107C (Hockessin Colored School) 
        is the all-Black school in Hockessin, Delaware that one of the 
        plaintiffs in Belton v. Gebhart was required to attend with no 
        public transportation provided and is now used by Friends of 
        Hockessin Colored School #107, Inc. as a community facility.
            ``(10) John Philip Sousa Junior High School in the District 
        of Columbia, the all-White school that refused to admit 
        plaintiffs in Bolling v. Sharpe, has been designated a National 
        Historic Landmark in recognition of its national significance, 
        is now the John Philip Sousa Middle School and is owned by the 
        District of Columbia Department of General Services and 
        administered by the District of Columbia Public Schools.''.
            (3) In section 102(b)(3)--
                    (A) by inserting ``, protection,'' after 
                ``preservation'';
                    (B) by inserting ``, Kansas; Summerton, South 
                Carolina; Farmville, Virginia; Wilmington, Claymont, 
                and Hockessin, Delaware; and the District of Columbia'' 
                after ``Topeka''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``and the context of Brown v. 
                Board of Education'' after ``civil rights movement''.
            (4) In section 103, by inserting after subsection (b) the 
        following:
    ``(c) Boundary Adjustment.--
            ``(1) Additions.--In addition to land described in 
        subsection (b), the historical park shall consist of the 
        following land and interests in land as generally depicted on 
        the map entitled `Brown v. Board of Education National 
        Historical Park Boundary Additions and Affiliated Areas', 
        numbered 462/178,449 and dated February 2022--
                    ``(A) Summerton High School site, in Summerton, 
                Clarendon County, South Carolina;
                    ``(B) The former Scott's Branch High School site, 
                in Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina; and
                    ``(C) approximately one acre of land adjacent to 
                Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Shawnee County, 
                Kansas.
            ``(2) Map.--The map described in paragraph (1) shall be on 
        file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
        offices of the National Park Service, Department of the 
        Interior.''.
            (5) In section 104--
                    (A) by striking ``section 103(b)'' and inserting 
                ``subsections (b) and (c) of section 103'';
                    (B) by striking ``States of Kansas'' and inserting 
                ``State of Kansas or South Carolina'';
                    (C) by striking ``: Provided, however, That the'' 
                and inserting ``. The''; and
                    (D) by adding before the final period the 
                following: ``nor by condemnation of any land or 
                interest in land within the boundaries of the historic 
                site''.
            (6) By amending subsection (c) of section 105 to read as 
        follows:
    ``(c) Management Plan.--The Secretary shall prepare and submit to 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an 
amendment to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park 
management plan for the historical park to include the locations in 
Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina.''.
            (7) By inserting after section 105, the following:

``SEC. 106. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION AFFILIATED 
              AREAS.

    ``(a) In General.--Upon the date that the Secretary determines that 
an appropriate managing entity has been identified for that location, 
the following locations, as generally depicted on the map described in 
section 103(c), shall be established as affiliated areas of the 
National Park System--
            ``(1) `Robert Russa Moton Museum', in Farmville, Virginia;
            ``(2) `Delaware Brown v. Board of Education Civil Rights 
        Sites', to include--
                    ``(A) the former Howard High School in Wilmington, 
                Delaware,
                    ``(B) Claymont High School in Claymont, Delaware, 
                and
                    ``(C) Hockessin Colored School #107 in Hockessin, 
                Delaware; and
            ``(3) `John Philip Sousa Middle School' in Washington, 
        District of Columbia.
    ``(b) Administration.--Upon establishment, each affiliated area 
shall be managed in a manner consistent with--
            ``(1) this Act; and
            ``(2) laws generally applicable to units of the National 
        Park System.
    ``(c) Management Plans.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than three years after an 
        affiliated area has been established in accordance with 
        subsection (a), subject to the availability of appropriations, 
        the Secretary, in consultation with the management entity of 
        each established affiliated area, shall develop a management 
        plan for each of the affiliated areas that shall--
                    ``(A) be prepared in consultation and coordination 
                with the interested State, county, and local 
                governments; management entities; organizations and 
                interested members of the public associated with the 
                affiliated areas;
                    ``(B) identify, as appropriate, the roles and 
                responsibilities of the National Park Service and each 
                management entity in administering and interpreting the 
                affiliated area in such a manner that it does not 
                interfere with existing operations and continued use of 
                existing facilities; and
                    ``(C) require the Secretary to coordinate the 
                preparation and implementation of the management plan 
                and interpretation of the affiliated area with the 
                Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park.
            ``(2) Public comment.--The Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) hold not less than one public meeting in the 
                general proximity of each affiliated area on the 
                proposed management plan, including opportunities for 
                public comment; and
                    ``(B) publish the draft management plan on the 
                internet and provide an opportunity for public comment.
            ``(3) Transmittal.--Not later than 3 years after the date 
        on which funds are made available to carry out this section, 
        the Secretary shall transmit the management plan for each 
        affiliated area developed under this subsection to the 
        Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
        and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
        Senate.
    ``(d) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may provide technical 
and financial assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with the 
management entity for each affiliated area to provide financial 
assistance for the marketing, marking, interpretation, and preservation 
of the respective affiliated area.
    ``(e) Land Use.--Nothing in this section shall affect the land use 
rights of private property owners within or adjacent to the affiliated 
areas, including activities or uses on private land that can be seen or 
heard within the affiliated areas and the authorities for management 
entities to operate and administer the affiliated areas.
    ``(f) Limited Role of the Secretary.--Nothing in this section 
authorizes the Secretary to acquire property in an affiliated area or 
to assume financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or 
management of an affiliated area.
    ``(g) Ownership.--Each affiliated area shall continue to be owned, 
operated, and managed by its respective public and private owners.''.
            (8) By redesignating section 106 as section 107.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to expand and 
        redesignate Brown v. Board National Historic Site as Brown v. 
        Board National Historical Park, and for other purposes.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 451

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 920

                          [Report No. 117-627]

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