Stonewall National Historic Site Establishment Act

Bill: 114-s-2386
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-12-10
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas

New York City

Protest and dissent

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Stonewall National Historic Site Establishment Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes the Stonewall National Historic Site in New York as a unit of the National Park System. </p> <p>The boundary of the Historic Site shall be identical to that of the Stonewall National Historic Landmark. </p> <p>The Department of the Interior may enter into an agreement with New York City, New York, delineating the respective roles and responsibilities of the National Park Service and New York City in operating, maintaining, and interpreting the Historic Site. </p> <p>Interior shall prepare a general management plan for the Historic Site.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2386 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 10, 2015 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself and Mr. Schumer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the establishment of the Stonewall National Historic Site in the State of New York as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stonewall National Historic Site Establishment Act . 2. Findings; purposes (a) Findings Congress finds that— (1) the Stonewall National Historic Landmark in New York City, New York, which was designated in 2000, commemorates the site of the citizen uprising during June 28 through July 3, 1969, that inspired the modern Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) civil rights movement in the United States; (2) the Stonewall uprising— (A) became the major catalyst for change in— (i) the self-awareness of the LGBT community; and (ii) the perception and acceptance of LGBT individuals within the United States; and (B) represents to the United States and the world the struggle for LGBT civil rights; and (3) the Stonewall National Historic Landmark, within the Greenwich Village Historic District, consists of— (A) the former Stonewall Inn at 51–53 Christopher Street, which was raided by police on June 28, 1969; and (B) Christopher Park, Christopher Street, Grove Street, Gay Street, Waverly Place, Greenwich Avenue, Sixth Avenue, and West 10th Street between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue South, which are all associated with the Stonewall uprising. (b) Purposes The purposes of this Act are— (1) to help preserve, protect, and interpret the site of the Stonewall uprising for the benefit of present and future generations; and (2) to enhance understanding of— (A) the discrimination against LGBT individuals that led to the Stonewall uprising; and (B) the ongoing struggle to achieve civil rights. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) City The term City means New York City, New York. (2) Map The term Map means the map entitled Stonewall National Historic Site, Proposed Boundary , numbered 668/129,921, and dated September 2015. (3) National historic site The term National Historic Site means the Stonewall National Historic Site. (4) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (5) State The term State means the State of New York. 4. Stonewall national historic site (a) Establishment (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), there is established in the State a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the Stonewall National Historic Site . (2) Conditions for establishment The National Historic Site shall not be established as a unit of the National Park System until the date on which the Secretary has determined that— (A) the Secretary has acquired sufficient land or an interest in land within the boundary of the National Historic Site to constitute a manageable unit, as determined by the Secretary; and (B) the Secretary has entered into a written agreement with the City, in accordance with subsection (c). (b) Boundary (1) In general The boundary of the National Historic Site shall be the boundary of the Stonewall National Historic Landmark, as generally depicted on the Map. (2) Availability of map The Map shall be available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. (c) Agreement The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the City that delineates the respective roles and responsibilities of the National Park Service and the City with respect to the operation, maintenance, and interpretation of the National Historic Site. (d) Publication of notice Not later than 60 days after the date on which the conditions in subsection (a)(2) have been met, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice of the establishment of the National Historic Site as a unit of the National Park System. (e) Land acquisition The Secretary may acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds from a willing seller, or exchange— (1) land or interests in land within the boundary of the National Historic Site; and (2) land or interests in land in the vicinity of the National Historic Site for the purpose of providing administration of, and visitor service facilities for, the National Historic Site, as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary. (f) Administration (1) In general The Secretary shall administer the National Historic Site in accordance with— (A) this Act; and (B) the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including— (i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753 and 102101 of title 54, United States Code; and (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States Code. (2) Cooperative agreements (A) In general The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the State, the City, units of local government, organizations, or individuals to further the purposes of this Act. (B) Cost-sharing requirement (i) Federal share The Federal share of the total cost of any activity carried out under this paragraph shall not exceed 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 in-kind contributions or goods or services, fairly valued. (g) General management plan Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the City, shall prepare a general management plan for the National Historic Site in accordance with section 100502 of title 54, United States Code.