Title: New Philadelphia National Historic Site Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
New Philadelphia National Historical Park Act
This bill establishes the New Philadelphia Historical Park in Illinois as a unit of the National Park System to coordinate (1) the preservation, protection, and interpretation efforts of the park by the federal government, Illinois, units of local government, and private and nonprofit organizations; and (2) appropriate management options necessary to ensure the protection, preservation, and interpretation of the many significant aspects of the park.
The Department of the Interior may acquire for inclusion in the park any land (including interests in land), buildings, or structures by donation, transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller.
Interior shall complete a general management plan for the park.
Interior may not use eminent domain or condemnation in carrying out this bill.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 820 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 820

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2021

  Mr. LaHood introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on 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 mining for crude niter in 
        Kentucky caves and processing the mined material into 
        saltpeter, by hiring his time to other settlers, and by selling 
        lots in New Philadelphia, the town he founded;
            (2) New Philadelphia, founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, 
        was the first town planned and legally registered by a free 
        African American before the Civil War;
            (3) the first railroad constructed in the area of New 
        Philadelphia bypassed New Philadelphia, which led to the 
        decline of New Philadelphia; and
            (4) the New Philadelphia site is a registered National 
        Historic Landmark.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the New Philadelphia 
        Historical Park established by this Act.
            (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.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the State a unit of the 
National Park System to be known as the ``New Philadelphia Historical 
Park'' to coordinate--
            (1) preservation, protection, and interpretation efforts of 
        the Park by the Federal Government, the State, units of local 
        government, and private and nonprofit organizations; and
            (2) appropriate management options necessary to ensure the 
        protection, preservation, and interpretation of the many 
        significant aspects of the Park.
    (b) Boundary.--The Park shall consist of the approximately ___ 
acres generally depicted as ``____'' on the map titled ``________'' and 
dated ______.

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) 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 
placement of directional and interpretive signage, exhibits, and 
technology-based interpretive devices.
    (c) Acquisition of Land.--The Secretary may acquire for inclusion 
in the 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.
    (d) 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.
    (e) 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.
    (f) No Buffer Zone Created.--Nothing in this Act, the acquisition 
of the land or an interest in land authorized by this Act, or the 
management plan for the Park shall be construed to create buffer zones 
outside of the Park. That activities or uses can be seen, heard, or 
detected from the acquired land shall not preclude, limit, control, 
regulate, or determine the conduct or management of activities or uses 
outside of the Park.
    (g) Eminent Domain or Condemnation.--In carrying out this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior may not use eminent domain or condemnation.
    (h) Effect.--Nothing in this Act modifies any authority of the 
Federal Government to carry out Federal laws on Federal land located in 
the Park.
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