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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1031
To establish the Fort Ontario National Monument in the State of New
York as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY5, 2025
Ms. T
ENNEY(for herself and Mr. SUOZZI) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To establish the Fort Ontario National Monument in the
State of New York as a unit of the National Park
System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort Ontario Holo-4
caust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park Establish-5
ment Act’’. 6
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 7
In this Act: 8
(1) M
AP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-9
titled ‘‘Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter Na-10
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tional Historical Park Proposed Boundary’’, num-1
bered 962/194,681, and dated September 2024. 2
(2) N
ATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK .—The term 3
‘‘National Historical Park’’ means the Fort Ontario 4
Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park 5
established by section 3(a)(1). 6
(3) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 7
the Secretary of the Interior. 8
(4) S
TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 9
of New York. 10
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF FORT ONTARIO HOLOCAUST 11
REFUGEE SHELTER NATIONAL HISTORICAL 12
PARK. 13
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.— 14
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 15
there is established in the State as a unit of the Na-16
tional Park System the Fort Ontario Holocaust Ref-17
ugee Shelter National Historical Park. 18
(2) P
URPOSE.—The purpose of the National 19
Historical Park is to preserve, protect, and interpret 20
for the benefit of present and future generations re-21
sources associated with the stories of the 982 refu-22
gees from World War II who were housed at Fort 23
Ontario from August of 1944 until February of 24
1946. 25
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(3) CONDITIONS OF ESTABLISHMENT .— 1
(A) D
ETERMINATION BY THE SEC -2
RETARY.—The National Historical Park shall 3
not be established until the date on which the 4
Secretary determines that a sufficient quantity 5
of land or interests in land has been acquired 6
from land identified as ‘‘Proposed Boundary’’ 7
on the map to constitute a manageable park 8
unit. 9
(B) N
OTICE.—Not later than 30 days 10
after the date on which the Secretary makes a 11
determination under subparagraph (A), the 12
Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register 13
notice of the establishment of the National His-14
torical Park. 15
(4) M
AP.—The map shall be on file and avail-16
able for public inspection in the appropriate offices 17
of the National Park Service. 18
(5) B
OUNDARY.—The boundary of the National 19
Historical Park shall include any land or interests in 20
land acquired by the Secretary under this section. 21
(b) A
DMINISTRATION.— 22
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-23
ister the National Historical Park in accordance 24
with— 25
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(A) this section; and 1
(B) the laws generally applicable to units 2
of the National Park System, including— 3
(i) sections 100101(a), 100751(a), 4
100752, 100753, and 102101 of title 54, 5
United States Code; and 6
(ii) chapters 1003 and 3201 of title 7
54, United States Code. 8
(2) A
GREEMENTS.— 9
(A) C
OOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS .—In ac-10
cordance with section 101702 of title 54, 11
United States Code, the Secretary may enter 12
into cooperative agreements with the State or 13
other public and private entities to provide in-14
terpretive and educational services within the 15
National Historical Park. 16
(B) I
NTERPRETATION AND RESTORATION 17
AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary may enter into 18
agreements to identify, interpret, and restore 19
nationally significant historic or cultural re-20
sources located on non-Federal land within the 21
boundary of, or in close proximity to, the Na-22
tional Historical Park. 23
(C) P
UBLIC ACCESS.—Any cooperative 24
agreement entered into under subparagraph (B) 25
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to provide assistance to non-Federal land shall 1
provide for reasonable public access to the non- 2
Federal land. 3
(3) A
CQUISITION OF LAND.— 4
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-5
graph (B), the Secretary may acquire land and 6
interests in land located within the boundary of 7
the National Historical Park by— 8
(i) donation; 9
(ii) purchase with donated or appro-10
priated funds; or 11
(iii) exchange. 12
(B) L
IMITATION.—Any land owned by the 13
State or a political subdivision of the State may 14
be acquired for inclusion in the National His-15
torical Park only by donation. 16
(4) M
ANAGEMENT PLAN .—Not later than 3 fis-17
cal years after the date on which funds are made 18
available to carry out this section, the Secretary, in 19
consultation with the State, shall complete a general 20
management plan for the National Historical Park 21
in accordance with— 22
(A) section 100502 of title 54, United 23
States Code; and 24
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(B) any other applicable laws. 1
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