New Philadelphia National Historical Park Act

Bill: 117-s-3141
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Illinois
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

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.

action_date: 2022-10-18
text: 

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 protect, preserve, and interpret the historic resources associated with the town of New Philadelphia, the first town in the United States planned and legally registered by a free African American before the Civil War. 
 
The park shall consist of the approximately 124.33 acres of land within the boundary generally identified on the map titled
 New Philadelphia National Historic Site Proposed Boundary 
and dated July 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 534.
action_date: 2022-10-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/14/2022 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-183.
action_date: 2022-10-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/14/2022 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-183.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S7605)
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate