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

Summary:
Pullman National Historical Park Act
This bill redesignates the Pullman National Monument in Illinois as the Pullman National Historical Park.
The Department of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with interested parties to
Interior may acquire any land (including interests in land), buildings, or structures by donation, transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller for inclusion in the historical park.
Interior must complete a general management plan for the historical park.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2626 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2626

 To redesignate the Pullman National Monument in the State of Illinois 
    as the Pullman National Historical Park, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2021

Ms. Kelly of Illinois (for herself, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
Quigley, Mr. Casten, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Rush, and Ms. Newman) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To redesignate the Pullman National Monument in the State of Illinois 
    as the Pullman National Historical Park, 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 ``Pullman National Historical Park 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Historical park.--The term ``historical park'' means 
        the Pullman National Historical Park.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION OF PULLMAN NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Pullman National Monument, established by 
Proclamation Number 9233, dated February 19, 2015, is redesignated as 
the ``Pullman National Historical Park.''.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Any funds available for purposes of the 
Pullman National Monument shall be available for purposes of the 
historical park.
    (c) References.--Any references in a law, regulation, document, 
record, map, or other paper of the United States to the Pullman 
National Monument shall be considered to be a reference to the 
historical park.

SEC. 4. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of the historical park are to preserve, protect, and 
interpret Pullman's nationally significant cultural and historical 
resources associated with--
            (1) the Nation's labor history and creation of a national 
        Labor Day holiday;
            (2) the first planned industrial community in the United 
        States;
            (3) the architecture and landscape design of the planned 
        community;
            (4) the pivotal role of the Pullman porter in the rise of 
        the African-American middle class; and
            (5) the entirety of history, culture, and historic figures 
        embodied in Presidential Proclamation Number 9233.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

    The Secretary shall administer the land within the boundary of the 
historical 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.

SEC. 6. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

    To further the purposes of this subsection and notwithstanding 
chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may enter 
into cooperative agreements with the State, other public and non-profit 
entities, and other interested parties--
            (1) to support collaborative interpretive and educational 
        programs at non-Federal historic properties within the 
        boundaries of the historical park; and
            (2) to identify, interpret, and provide assistance for the 
        preservation of non-Federal land within the boundaries of the 
        historical park and at sites in close proximity to the 
        historical park, but located outside the boundaries of the 
        historical park, including providing for placement of 
        directional and interpretive signage, exhibits, and technology-
        based interpretive devices; and

SEC. 7. USE OF FUNDS.

     The Secretary may use appropriated funds to mark, interpret, 
improve, restore, and provide technical assistance with respect to the 
preservation and interpretation of the properties. Any payment made by 
the Secretary under this clause shall be subject to an agreement that 
the conversion, use, or disposal of the project for purposes that are 
inconsistent with the purposes of this subsection, as determined by the 
Secretary, shall result in a right of the United States to 
reimbursement of the greater of--
            (1) the amount provided by the Secretary to the project; or
            (2) an amount equal to the increase in the value of the 
        project that is attributable to the funds, as determined by the 
        Secretary at the time of the conversion, use, or disposal. Any 
        cooperative agreement entered into under this subparagraph 
        shall provide for reasonable public access to the resources 
        covered by the cooperative agreement.

SEC. 8. ACQUISITION OF LAND.

    The Secretary may acquire for inclusion in the historical park any 
land (including interests in land), buildings, or structures owned by 
the State, or any other political, private, or nonprofit entity by 
donation, transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller.

SEC. 9. 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 shall 
complete a general management plan for the historical park.
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