Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act

Bill: 117-hr-920
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2021-02-08
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Delaware

District of Columbia

Elementary and secondary education

Historic sites and heritage areas

Kansas

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Racial and ethnic relations

South Carolina

Virginia
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 451.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site currently located in Topeka, Kansas, to include additional sites in Clarendon County, South Carolina, and establishes as affiliated areas specified sites in Farmville, Virginia; Wilmington and Hockessin, Delaware; and the District of Columbia.</p> </p>

action_date: 2022-12-14
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><strong>Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act</strong></p> <p>This bill redesignates the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site currently located in Topeka, Kansas, as the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park.</p> <p>Further, the bill expands the park to include additional sites in Clarendon County, South Carolina, and establishes as affiliated areas specified sites in Farmville, Virginia; Wilmington, Claymont, and Hockessin, Delaware; and the District of Columbia.</p> </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 920 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 8, 2021 Mr. Clyburn (for himself, Ms. Blunt Rochester , Ms. Norton , and Mr. Good of Virginia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Act entitled Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, and for other purposes to provide for inclusion of additional related sites in the National Park System, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act . 2. Expansion of the Brown v. Board of Education national historic site In order to honor the civil rights stories of struggle, perseverance, and activism in the pursuit of education equity, the Act entitled Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, and for other purposes approved October 26, 1992 ( Public Law 102–525 ; 106 Stat. 3438 et seq.), is amended as follows: (1) In section 101, by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) The terms affiliated area and affiliated areas mean one or more of the locations associated with the four court cases included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka described in section 102(a)(8), (9), and (10). . (2) In section 102(a)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; (B) by inserting after paragraph (2), the following: (3) The Brown case was joined by four other cases related to school segregation pending before the Supreme Court (Briggs v. Elliott, filed in South Carolina; Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et al., Petitioners, v. C. Melvin Sharpe, President of the District of Columbia Board of Education, et al., filed in Virginia; Gebhart v. Belton, filed in Delaware; and Bolling v. Sharpe, filed in the District of Columbia) and consolidated into one case named Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. (4) A 1999 historic resources study examined the five cases included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and found each to be nationally significant and to contribute unique stories to the case for educational equity. ; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so redesignated by this section), the following: (7) Summerton High School in South Carolina, the all-White school that refused to admit the plaintiffs in Briggs v. Elliott, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its national significance and is used as administrative offices for Clarendon School District 1. Other sites include former Scott’s Branch High School, an equalization school constructed for African-American students in 1951 to provide facilities comparable to those of White students and that is now the Community Resource Center owned by Clarendon School District 1. (8) Robert Russa Moton School, the all-Black school in Farmville, Virginia, which was the location of a student-led strike leading to Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et al., Petitioners, v. C. Melvin Sharpe, President of the District of Columbia Board of Education, et al., has been designated a National Historic Landmark in recognition of its national significance. The school, now the Robert Russa Moton Museum, is governed by the Moton Museum, Inc. and affiliated with Longwood University. (9) Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware, an all-Black school to which plaintiffs in Belton v. Gebhart were forced to travel, has been designated a National Historic Landmark in recognition of its national significance. Now the Howard High School of Technology, it is an active school administered by the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District. The all-White Claymont High School, which denied plaintiffs admission, is now the Claymont Community Center administered by the Brandywine Community Resource Council, Inc. The Hockessin School #107C (Hockessin Colored School) is the all-Black school in Hockessin, Delaware that one of the plaintiffs in Belton v. Gebhart was required to attend with no public transportation provided. The former Hockessin School building is utilized by Friends of Hockessin Colored School #107, Inc. as a community facility. (10) John Philip Sousa Junior High School in the District of Columbia, the all-White school that refused to admit plaintiffs in Bolling v. Sharpe, has been designated a National Historic Landmark in recognition of its national significance. John Philip Sousa Junior High School, now John Philip Sousa Middle School, is owned by the District of Columbia Department of General Services and administered by the District of Columbia Public Schools. . (3) In section 102(b)(3)— (A) by inserting , protection, after preservation ; (B) by inserting , Kansas; Summerton, South Carolina; Farmville, Virginia; Wilmington and Hockessin, Delaware; and the District of Columbia after Topeka ; and (C) by inserting and the context of Brown v. Board of Education after civil rights movement . (4) In section 103, by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Boundary adjustment (1) In general In addition to land described in subsection (b), the historic site shall consist of land and interests in land identified as Summerton High School and Scott’s Branch High School located in Clarendon County, South Carolina, after such land, or interests in land, is acquired by the Secretary and the determination is made under paragraph (2). (2) Determination by Secretary The historic site shall not be expanded until the date on which the Secretary determines that a sufficient quantity of land, or interests in land, has been acquired to constitute a manageable park unit. (3) Notice Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary makes a determination under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice of the expansion of the historic site. (4) Map After the determination in subsection (2), the Secretary shall publish a new map of the historic site to include land or interests in land acquired under this subsection. . (5) In section 104— (A) by striking section 103(b) and inserting subsections (b) and (c) of section 103 ; (B) by striking : Provided, however, That the inserting The ; and (C) by adding before the final period the following: nor by condemnation of any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the historic site . (6) In section 105(c), by inserting before the final period the following: in Topeka, Kansas. After the boundary adjustment under section 103(c), the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a general management plan for the historic site locations in Clarendon County, South Carolina . (7) By inserting after section 105, the following: 106. Establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education affiliated areas (a) In General The locations associated with the three court cases included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka described in sections 102(a) (8), (9), and (10) are established as affiliated areas of the National Park System. (b) Administration The affiliated areas shall be managed in accordance with— (1) this section; and (2) any law generally applicable to units of the National Park System. (c) General management plan (1) In general Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the management entity of each affiliated area, shall develop a general management plan for each of the affiliated areas in accordance with section 100502 of title 54, United States Code. The general management plan shall— (A) be prepared in consultation and coordination with the interested State, county, and local governments, management entities, organizations, and interested members of the public associated with the affiliated area; (B) identify, as appropriate, the roles and responsibilities of the National Park Service and management entity in administering and interpreting the affiliated area in such a manner that it does not interfere with existing operations and continued use of existing facilities; and (C) require the Secretary to coordinate the preparation and implementation of the management plan and interpretation of the affiliated area with the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. (2) Public comment The Secretary shall— (A) hold not less than one public meeting in the general proximity of each affiliated area on the proposed general management plan, including opportunities for public comment; and (B) publish the draft general management plan on the internet and provide an opportunity for public comment. (3) Transmittal Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall transmit the general management plan for each affiliated area developed under subparagraph (1) to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. (d) Management entity The organizations described in paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) of section 102(a) shall be the management entity for its respective affiliated area. (e) Cooperative agreements The Secretary may provide technical assistance and grants and enter into cooperative agreements with the management entity for each affiliated area to provide financial assistance for the marketing, marking, interpretation, and preservation of the respective affiliated area. (f) Land use Nothing in this section affects land use rights of private property owners within or adjacent to the affiliated areas, including activities or uses on private land that can be seen or heard within the affiliated areas and the authorities for management entities to operate and administer the affiliated areas. (g) Limited role of the Secretary Nothing in this section authorizes the Secretary to acquire property in an affiliated area or to assume overall financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or management of an affiliated area. Each affiliated area shall continue to be owned, operated, and managed by its respective public and private owners. . (8) By redesignating section 106 as section 107. (9) In section 107 (as so redesignated by this subsection), by inserting before the period the following: at the historic site, and there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out sections 103(c) and 106 .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 451 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 920 [Report No. 117–627] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 8, 2021 Mr. Clyburn (for himself, Ms. Blunt Rochester , Ms. Norton , and Mr. Good of Virginia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources December 14, 2022 Additional sponsors: Mr. Foster , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Kuster , Ms. McCollum , and Ms. Williams of Georgia December 14, 2022 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 8, 2021 A BILL To amend the Act entitled Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, and for other purposes to provide for inclusion of additional related sites in the National Park System, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act . 2. Redesignation of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park (a) In general The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site established by Public Law 102–525 shall be known and designated as the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park . (b) References Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site shall be considered to be a reference to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park . 3. Expansion of the brown v. board of education national historical park and establishment of affiliated areas In order to honor the civil rights stories of struggle, perseverance, and activism in the pursuit of education equity, Public Law 102–525 is amended as follows: (1) In section 101, by adding at the end the following new paragraph— (3) The terms affiliated area and affiliated areas mean one or more of the locations associated with the four court cases included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka described in section 102(a)(8), (9), and (10). . (2) In section 102(a)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; (B) by inserting after paragraph (2), the following: (3) The Brown case was joined by four other cases related to school segregation pending before the Supreme Court ( Briggs v. Elliott , filed in South Carolina; Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County , Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et al., Petitioners, v. C. Melvin Sharpe, President of the District of Columbia Board of Education, et al. , filed in Virginia; Gebhart v. Belton , filed in Delaware; and Bolling v. Sharpe , filed in the District of Columbia) and consolidated into one case named Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka . (4) A 1999 historic resources study examined the five cases included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and found each to be nationally significant and to contribute unique stories to the case for educational equity. ; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so redesignated by this section), the following— (7) (A) Summerton High School in Summerton, South Carolina, the all-White school that refused to admit the plaintiffs in Briggs v. Elliott , has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its national significance and is used as administrative offices for Clarendon School District 1. (B) The former Scott’s Branch High School, an equalization school in Summerton, South Carolina, constructed for African-American students in 1951 to provide facilities comparable to those of White students and that is now the Community Resource Center owned by Clarendon School District 1. (8) Robert Russa Moton High School, the all-Black school in Farmville, Virginia, which was the location of a student-led strike leading to Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et al., Petitioners, v. C. Melvin Sharpe, President of the District of Columbia Board of Education, et al. , has been designated a National Historic Landmark in recognition of its national significance and is now the Robert Russa Moton Museum, governed by the Moton Museum, Inc. and affiliated with Longwood University. (9) (A) Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware, an all-Black school to which plaintiffs in Belton v. Gebhart were forced to travel, has been designated a National Historic Landmark in recognition of its national significance and is now the Howard High School of Technology, an active school administered by the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District. (B) The all-White Claymont High School, which denied plaintiffs admission, and is now the Claymont Community Center administered by the Brandywine Community Resource Council, Inc. (C) The Hockessin School #107C (Hockessin Colored School) is the all-Black school in Hockessin, Delaware that one of the plaintiffs in Belton v. Gebhart was required to attend with no public transportation provided and is now used by Friends of Hockessin Colored School #107, Inc. as a community facility. (10) John Philip Sousa Junior High School in the District of Columbia, the all-White school that refused to admit plaintiffs in Bolling v. Sharpe , has been designated a National Historic Landmark in recognition of its national significance, is now the John Philip Sousa Middle School and is owned by the District of Columbia Department of General Services and administered by the District of Columbia Public Schools. . (3) In section 102(b)(3)— (A) by inserting , protection, after preservation ; (B) by inserting , Kansas; Summerton, South Carolina; Farmville, Virginia; Wilmington, Claymont, and Hockessin, Delaware; and the District of Columbia after Topeka ; and (C) by inserting and the context of Brown v. Board of Education after civil rights movement . (4) In section 103, by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Boundary adjustment (1) Additions In addition to land described in subsection (b), the historical park shall consist of the following land and interests in land as generally depicted on the map entitled Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Boundary Additions and Affiliated Areas , numbered 462/178,449 and dated February 2022— (A) Summerton High School site, in Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina; (B) The former Scott’s Branch High School site, in Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina; and (C) approximately one acre of land adjacent to Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. (2) Map The map described in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. . (5) In section 104— (A) by striking section 103(b) and inserting subsections (b) and (c) of section 103 ; (B) by striking States of Kansas and inserting State of Kansas or South Carolina ; (C) by striking : Provided, however, That the and inserting . The ; and (D) by adding before the final period the following: nor by condemnation of any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the historic site . (6) By amending subsection (c) of section 105 to read as follows: (c) Management plan The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an amendment to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park management plan for the historical park to include the locations in Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina. . (7) By inserting after section 105, the following: 106. Establishment of the brown v. board of education affiliated areas (a) In general Upon the date that the Secretary determines that an appropriate managing entity has been identified for that location, the following locations, as generally depicted on the map described in section 103(c), shall be established as affiliated areas of the National Park System— (1) Robert Russa Moton Museum , in Farmville, Virginia; (2) Delaware Brown v. Board of Education Civil Rights Sites , to include— (A) the former Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware, (B) Claymont High School in Claymont, Delaware, and (C) Hockessin Colored School #107 in Hockessin, Delaware; and (3) John Philip Sousa Middle School in Washington, District of Columbia. (b) Administration Upon establishment, each affiliated area shall be managed in a manner consistent with— (1) this Act; and (2) laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System. (c) Management plans (1) In general Not later than three years after an affiliated area has been established in accordance with subsection (a), subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary, in consultation with the management entity of each established affiliated area, shall develop a management plan for each of the affiliated areas that shall— (A) be prepared in consultation and coordination with the interested State, county, and local governments; management entities; organizations and interested members of the public associated with the affiliated areas; (B) identify, as appropriate, the roles and responsibilities of the National Park Service and each management entity in administering and interpreting the affiliated area in such a manner that it does not interfere with existing operations and continued use of existing facilities; and (C) require the Secretary to coordinate the preparation and implementation of the management plan and interpretation of the affiliated area with the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park. (2) Public comment The Secretary shall— (A) hold not less than one public meeting in the general proximity of each affiliated area on the proposed management plan, including opportunities for public comment; and (B) publish the draft management plan on the internet and provide an opportunity for public comment. (3) Transmittal Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall transmit the management plan for each affiliated area developed under this subsection to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. (d) Cooperative agreements The Secretary may provide technical and financial assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with the management entity for each affiliated area to provide financial assistance for the marketing, marking, interpretation, and preservation of the respective affiliated area. (e) Land use Nothing in this section shall affect the land use rights of private property owners within or adjacent to the affiliated areas, including activities or uses on private land that can be seen or heard within the affiliated areas and the authorities for management entities to operate and administer the affiliated areas. (f) Limited role of the secretary Nothing in this section authorizes the Secretary to acquire property in an affiliated area or to assume financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or management of an affiliated area. (g) Ownership Each affiliated area shall continue to be owned, operated, and managed by its respective public and private owners. . (8) By redesignating section 106 as section 107.

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to expand and redesignate Brown v. Board National Historic Site as Brown v. Board National Historical Park, and for other purposes. .

December 14, 2022 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed