Historic Greenwood District—Black Wall Street National Monument Establishment Act

Bill: 118-s-3543
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Historic sites and heritage areas
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Oklahoma
Property rights
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: 

Historic Greenwood District—Black Wall Street National Monument Establishment Act

This bill establishes the Historic Greenwood District—Black Wall Street National Monument in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The monument is established within the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret resources associated with Black Wall Street, the Historic Greenwood District, and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. 

(The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 occurred in the neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, referred to as America's Black Wall Street. Racial violence resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Black residents and the displacement of thousands, in what came to be known as one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history.)

Under the bill, the Department of the Interior may acquire land within a specified area by donation, purchase, or exchange to constitute the monument. 

Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with public or private entities to provide and facilitate interpretive and educational services, administrative support, and technical assistance related to the monument. Interior may also enter into agreements to mark or interpret significant historical or cultural resources or locations within the monument. 

The bill also establishes a commission to advise Interior on the development and management of the monument, including the construction of visitor facilities and infrastructure. Members of the commission must serve without compensation. Interior must consult with the commission to prepare a management plan for the monument.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7079; text: CR S7079)
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 602.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2024-05-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate