Title: New Philadelphia National Historical Park Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
New Philadelphia National Historical Park Act
This bill establishes the New Philadelphia National Historical Park in Illinois as a unit of the National Park System.
The purposes of the park are to (1) protect, preserve, and interpret the many significant aspects of the park; and (2) coordinate preservation and interpretation activities with Illinois and other public and nonpublic entities through cooperative agreements entered into under this bill.
The park shall consist of the approximately 124.33 acres of land within the boundary generally identified as Legislative Boundary on the map titled New Philadelphia National Historic Site Proposed Boundary and dated July 2021.
The Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Illinois shall be responsible for the management and operations of the park.
The Department of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with Illinois or other entities under which Interior may identify, interpret, and provide assistance for the preservation of nonfederal land within the park's boundaries and at sites in close proximity to the park but located outside its boundaries.
Interior may acquire for inclusion in the park any land and interests in land (including any buildings and structures) by donation, purchase, or exchange. Any land owned by Illinois or a political subdivision of Illinois may be acquired for inclusion in the park only by donation.
Interior shall complete a general management plan for the park.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3141 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3141

To establish the New Philadelphia National Historical Park in the State 
   of Illinois as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 2021

  Mr. Durbin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish the New Philadelphia National Historical Park in the State 
   of Illinois as a unit of 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 ``New Philadelphia National Historical 
Park Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) Frank McWorter, an enslaved man, bought his freedom and 
        the freedom of 15 family members by--
                    (A) mining for crude niter in Kentucky caves and 
                processing the mined material into saltpeter;
                    (B) hiring his time to other settlers; and
                    (C) selling lots in New Philadelphia, which was--
                            (i) the town founded by Frank McWorter; and
                            (ii) the first town planned and legally 
                        registered by a free African American before 
                        the Civil War;
            (2) the first railroad constructed in the area of New 
        Philadelphia bypassed New Philadelphia, which led to the 
        decline of New Philadelphia; and
            (3) the site of New Philadelphia is a registered National 
        Historic Landmark.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the New Philadelphia 
        National Historical Park established by section 4(a).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Illinois.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the State as a unit of 
the National Park System the New Philadelphia National Historical Park.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Park are--
            (1) to protect, preserve, and interpret the many 
        significant aspects of the Park; and
            (2) to the extent feasible, to coordinate preservation and 
        interpretation activities with the State and other public and 
        nonpublic entities through cooperative agreements entered into 
        under section 5(c).
    (c) Boundary.--The Park shall consist of the approximately 124.33 
acres of land within the boundary generally depicted as ``Legislative 
Boundary'' on the map prepared by the National Park Service entitled 
``New Philadelphia National Historic Site Proposed Boundary'', numbered 
591/176,516, and dated July 2021.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall administer land within the 
boundary of the Park in accordance with--
            (1) this Act; and
            (2) the laws generally applicable to units of the National 
        Park System, including--
                    (A) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 
                100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of title 54, 
                United States Code; and
                    (B) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States Code.
    (b) Management and Operations.--The Lincoln Home National Historic 
Site shall be responsible for the management and operations of the 
Park.
    (c) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may enter into 
cooperative agreements with the State or other public and nonpublic 
entities under which the Secretary may identify, interpret, and provide 
assistance for the preservation of non-Federal land within the 
boundaries of the Park and at sites in close proximity to the Park but 
located outside the boundaries of the Park, including providing for--
            (1) the placement of directional and interpretive signage;
            (2) exhibits; and
            (3) technology-based interpretive devices.
    (d) Acquisition of Land.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
        may acquire land and interests in land (including any buildings 
        or structures) for inclusion in the Park by--
                    (A) donation;
                    (B) purchase with donated or appropriated funds; or
                    (C) exchange.
            (2) Limitation.--Any land owned by the State or a political 
        subdivision of the State may be acquired for inclusion in the 
        Park only by donation.
    (e) Technical and Preservation Assistance.--The Secretary may 
provide public interpretation and technical assistance for the 
preservation of historic structures of, the maintenance of the cultural 
landscape of, and local preservation planning for, related historic and 
cultural resources within the boundaries of the Park.
    (f) Management Plan.--Not later than 3 fiscal years after the date 
on which funds are first made available to carry out this Act, the 
Secretary, in consultation with the State, shall complete a general 
management plan for the Park in accordance with--
            (1) section 100502 of title 54, United States Code; and
            (2) any other applicable laws.
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