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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1581
5	5	To establish the Fort Monroe National Historical Park in the Commonwealth
6	6	of Virginia, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY25, 2025
9	9	Mr. S
10	10	COTTof Virginia (for himself, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. MCCLELLAN, and
11	11	Mrs. K
12	12	IGGANSof Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was re-
13	13	ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To establish the Fort Monroe National Historical Park in
16	16	the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort Monroe National 4
21	21	Historical Park Establishment Act’’. 5
22	22	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
23	23	In this Act: 7
24	24	(1) C
25	25	OMMONWEALTH .—The term ‘‘Common-8
26	26	wealth’’ means the Commonwealth of Virginia. 9
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30	30	(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map ti-1
31	31	tled ‘‘Fort Monroe National Historical Park Pro-2
32	32	posed Boundary’’, numbered 250/193734, and dated 3
33	33	June 2024. 4
34	34	(3) H
35	35	ISTORICAL PARK.—The term ‘‘Historical 5
36	36	Park’’ means the Fort Monroe National Historical 6
37	37	Park established by section (3)(a). 7
38	38	(4) S
39	39	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 8
40	40	the Secretary of the Interior. 9
41	41	SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF FORT MONROE NATIONAL HIS-10
42	42	TORICAL PARK. 11
43	43	(a) I
44	44	NGENERAL.—There is established the Fort 12
45	45	Monroe National Historical Park in the Commonwealth to 13
46	46	preserve the historic, natural, and recreational resources 14
47	47	of Fort Monroe and interpret for the benefit of present 15
48	48	and future generations— 16
49	49	(1) Old Point Comfort, its relationship to the 17
50	50	voyages of Captain John Smith, its location as the 18
51	51	first entry place of captive Africans into English 19
52	52	North America, its use for successive fortifications, 20
53	53	and its role in the War of 1812; 21
54	54	(2) the development and use of Fort Monroe as 22
55	55	a coastal defense facility and artillery training cen-23
56	56	ter, including its military and community life; 24
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60	60	(3) the fort’s role in the Civil War, including 1
61	61	the 1861 Contraband Decision providing a pathway 2
62	62	to freedom for those escaping enslavement during 3
63	63	that war, and the formation and service of United 4
64	64	States Colored Troop units stationed at Fort Mon-5
65	65	roe; 6
66	66	(4) persons and events associated with the fort, 7
67	67	which contributed to its and the Nation’s history, 8
68	68	and their relevance to modern society; and 9
69	69	(5) the natural and recreational resource values 10
70	70	associated with Fort Monroe. 11
71	71	(b) A
72	72	BOLISHMENT OF NATIONALMONUMENT.—The 12
73	73	Fort Monroe National Monument, established by Presi-13
74	74	dential Proclamation 8750 of November 1, 2011 (54 14
75	75	U.S.C. 320301 note), is abolished and all land or interests 15
76	76	in land therein are incorporated into, and shall be consid-16
77	77	ered to be part of, the Historical Park. 17
78	78	(c) A
79	79	VAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any unobligated 18
80	80	funds available for purposes of the Fort Monroe National 19
81	81	Monument shall be available for purposes of the Historical 20
82	82	Park. 21
83	83	(d) R
84	84	EFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, regula-22
85	85	tion, document, record, map, or other paper of the United 23
86	86	States to Fort Monroe National Monument shall be 24
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90	90	deemed to be a reference to ‘‘Fort Monroe National His-1
91	91	torical Park’’. 2
92	92	SEC. 4. BOUNDARY; ACQUISITION OF LAND. 3
93	93	(a) B
94	94	OUNDARY.—The boundary of the Historical 4
95	95	Park shall be as generally depicted on the Map. 5
96	96	(b) A
97	97	VAILABILITY OFMAP.—The Map shall be on file 6
98	98	and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-7
99	99	fices of the National Park Service. 8
100	100	(c) A
101	101	CQUISITION OFLAND.—The Secretary may ac-9
102	102	quire land, including interests in land, within the bound-10
103	103	aries of the Historical Park by donation, transfer, ex-11
104	104	change, or purchase from a willing seller using donated 12
105	105	or appropriated funds. 13
106	106	SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 14
107	107	(a) I
108	108	NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer 15
109	109	the Historical Park in accordance with— 16
110	110	(1) this Act; and 17
111	111	(2) the laws generally applicable to units of the 18
112	112	National Park System, including— 19
113	113	(A) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and 20
114	114	sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753 and 21
115	115	102101 of title 54, United States Code; and 22
116	116	(B) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States 23
117	117	Code. 24
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121	121	(b) FEDERAL, COMMONWEALTH , ANDLOCALJURIS-1
122	122	DICTION.— 2
123	123	(1) F
124	124	EDERAL AUTHORITY .—Except as other-3
125	125	wise provided in this Act, nothing shall enlarge, di-4
126	126	minish or modify any authority of the United States 5
127	127	to carry out Federal laws and regulations on Federal 6
128	128	land located within the boundary of the Historical 7
129	129	Park. 8
130	130	(2) C
131	131	OMMONWEALTH AUTHORITY .—Nothing in 9
132	132	this Act enlarges, diminishes, or modifies any au-10
133	133	thority of the Commonwealth, or any political sub-11
134	134	division of the Commonwealth— 12
135	135	(A) to exercise civil and criminal jurisdic-13
136	136	tion unless an agreement for concurrent juris-14
137	137	diction is executed and modifies Commonwealth 15
138	138	or local government jurisdiction in any way; or 16
139	139	(B) to carry out Commonwealth laws, reg-17
140	140	ulations and rules on non-Federal land located 18
141	141	within the boundary of the Historical Park. 19
142	142	(c) N
143	143	ONETLOSS OFCOMMONWEALTH OWNED 20
144	144	B
145	145	UILDINGS ANDSTRUCTURES.—In the event of loss or 21
146	146	authorized demolition of buildings or structures within the 22
147	147	Fort Monroe National Historic Landmark District, re-23
148	148	placement of the square footage from such loss or demoli-24
149	149	tion shall be permitted provided that such construction 25
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153	153	complies with the Secretary’s Standards for the Treat-1
154	154	ment of Historic Properties, and section 306108 of title 2
155	155	54, United States Code (formerly section 106 of the Na-3
156	156	tional Historic Preservation Act), as applicable. 4
157	157	(d) A
158	158	UTHORIZATION OF EX-OFFICIOAPPOINT-5
159	159	MENTS.—The Superintendent of the Historical Park is au-6
160	160	thorized to serve as an ex-officio member of such boards 7
161	161	or committees affecting Fort Monroe that the Secretary 8
162	162	considers beneficial to the preservation of Historical Park 9
163	163	resources and which further the interpretive or edu-10
164	164	cational purposes of the Historical Park. 11
165	165	(e) C
166	166	OOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 12
167	167	may enter into cooperative agreements with the Common-13
168	168	wealth or other public or private entities to identify, inter-14
169	169	pret, and provide financial and technical assistance for the 15
170	170	preservation of non-Federal resources within the boundary 16
171	171	of the Historical Park and outside of the boundary in close 17
172	172	proximity to the Historical Park provided that— 18
173	173	(1) any cooperative agreement entered into to 19
174	174	provide assistance to non-Federal land shall provide 20
175	175	for reasonable public access to the non-Federal land; 21
176	176	(2) no changes or alterations shall be made to 22
177	177	the exterior of the properties except by mutual 23
178	178	agreement of the other parties to the agreements; 24
179	179	and 25
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183	183	(3) the Federal share of the total cost of any 1
184	184	activity carried out under the agreement shall be not 2
185	185	more than 50 percent, with in-kind contributions or 3
186	186	goods or services fairly valued authorized, as appro-4
187	187	priate, for the non-Federal share. 5
188	188	(f) A
189	189	DAPTIVEREUSE.—Nothing in this Act shall be 6
190	190	construed to inhibit the Commonwealth from providing for 7
191	191	the adaptive reuse of the interior of any non-federally 8
192	192	owned historic resource in accordance with the Secretary’s 9
193	193	Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. 10
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