Title: Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park Act
This bill provides for the establishment of the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park in Collinsville, Illinois; Monroe, Madison, and St. Clair Counties, Illinois; and St. Louis City County, Missouri, as a unit of the National Park System.
The Department of the Interior may acquire lands and interests within the boundary of the park by donation, purchase, or exchange, except that any land owned by such states or a political subdivision of one the states may be acquired only by donation.
Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with such states and their political subdivisions, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, Indian tribes, and individuals to (1) identify, interpret, and restore nationally significant historical or cultural and natural resources related to the life of the Mississippi culture within the park, subject to the condition that such an agreement must provide for reasonable public access; and (2) conduct research related to Mississippian culture.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1211 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1211

    To establish the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National 
  Historical Park in Collinsville, Illinois, Monroe, Madison, and St. 
Clair Counties, Illinois, and St. Louis City County, Missouri, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 19, 2021

  Mr. Durbin (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) 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 Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National 
  Historical Park in Collinsville, Illinois, Monroe, Madison, and St. 
Clair Counties, Illinois, and St. Louis City County, Missouri, 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 ``Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture 
National Historical Park Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Historical park.--The term ``historical park'' means 
        the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical 
        Park established by section 3(a).
            (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Cahokia 
        Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park, 
        Boundary'', numbered CMMC-NHP-107, and dated 05-31-2019.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (4) States.--The term ``States'' means the States of 
        Illinois and Missouri.

SEC. 3. CAHOKIA MOUNDS MISSISSIPPIAN CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, 
              ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), in order to 
        preserve and interpret for the benefit of present and future 
        generations the historical, cultural, and natural resources 
        associated with the life of the Mississippian Culture and to 
        preserve access for Native American spiritual practices and 
        expressions, there is established, as a unit of the National 
        Park System, the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National 
        Historical Park in--
                    (A) Collinsville, Illinois;
                    (B) Monroe, Madison, and St. Clair Counties, 
                Illinois; and
                    (C) St. Louis City County, Missouri.
            (2) Determination by secretary.--The historical park shall 
        not be established until the date on which the Secretary 
        determines that a sufficient quantity of land, or interests in 
        land, has been acquired in accordance with subsection (c) to 
        constitute a manageable unit.
            (3) Notice.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
        the Secretary acquires sufficient land under subsection (c) to 
        achieve compliance with paragraph (2), the Secretary shall 
        publish in the Federal Register a notice of the establishment 
        of the historical park.
            (4) Availability of map.--The map shall be on file and 
        available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of 
        the National Park Service.
    (b) Boundary.--The boundary of the historical park shall be the 
boundary as depicted on the map.
    (c) Land Acquisition.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
        may acquire land and interests in land within the boundary of 
        the historical park by--
                    (A) donation;
                    (B) purchase from a willing seller with donated or 
                appropriated funds; or
                    (C) exchange.
            (2) Limitation.--Any land owned by the States or a 
        political subdivision of 1 of the States may be acquired only 
        by donation.
    (d) Administration.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall administer the 
        historical park in accordance with--
                    (A) this section; and
                    (B) the laws generally applicable to units of the 
                National Park System, including--
                            (i) sections 100101(a), 100751(a), 100752, 
                        100753, and 102101 of title 54, United States 
                        Code; and
                            (ii) chapters 1003 and 3201 of title 54, 
                        United States Code.
            (2) Cooperative agreements.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary may enter into 
                cooperative agreements with the States and political 
                subdivisions of the States, institutions of higher 
                education, nonprofit organizations, Indian Tribes, and 
                individuals--
                            (i) to identify, interpret, and restore 
                        nationally significant historical or cultural 
                        and natural resources relating to the life of 
                        the Mississippian Culture within the boundaries 
                        of the historical park, subject to the 
                        condition that such an agreement shall provide 
                        for reasonable public access; and
                            (ii) to conduct research relating to the 
                        Mississippian Culture.
                    (B) Cost-sharing.--
                            (i) Federal share.--The Federal share of 
                        the total cost of any activity carried out 
                        under this paragraph shall be not more than 50 
                        percent.
                            (ii) Form of non-federal share.--The non-
                        Federal share of the cost of carrying out an 
                        activity under this paragraph may be in the 
                        form of--
                                    (I) in-kind contributions; or
                                    (II) goods or services fairly 
                                valued.
    (e) General Management Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the date on 
        which funds are made available to carry out this section, the 
        Secretary shall prepare a general management plan for the 
        historical park in accordance with section 100502 of title 54, 
        United States Code.
            (2) Consultation.--In preparing the general management plan 
        under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with--
                    (A) the States and political subdivisions of the 
                States;
                    (B) institutions of higher education;
                    (C) nonprofit organizations;
                    (D) Indian Tribes; and
                    (E) other affected individuals and entities, 
                including--
                            (i) the Illinois Department of Natural 
                        Resources;
                            (ii) the Osage Tribe; and
                            (iii) the HeartLands Conservancy.
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