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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 603 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth |
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| 6 | 6 | | of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. K |
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| 11 | 11 | | AINE(for himself and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural |
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| 13 | 13 | | Resources |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To designate the General George C. Marshall House, in |
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| 16 | 16 | | the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the National Park System, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GENERAL GEORGE C. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | MARSHALL HOUSE AS AN AFFILIATED AREA. 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—The General George C. Marshall 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | House in the Commonwealth of Virginia is established as 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | an affiliated area of the National Park System (referred 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | to in this section as the ‘‘affiliated area’’) to promote pub-8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | lic appreciation of the significant historic contributions 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | made by United States military leader and statesman 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | George Catlett Marshall, Jr. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) D |
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| 34 | 34 | | ESCRIPTION OFAFFILIATEDAREA.—The affili-3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ated area shall consist of the area generally depicted as 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the ‘‘General George C. Marshall House Property, Lees-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | burg, Virginia’’ on the map entitled ‘‘General George C. 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Marshall House, Proposed Affiliated Area’’, numbered 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 999/189,974, and dated September 2023. 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (c) A |
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| 41 | 41 | | DMINISTRATION.—The affiliated area shall be 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | managed in a manner consistent with— 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) this section; and 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) any law generally applicable to units of the 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | National Park System. 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (d) M |
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| 47 | 47 | | ANAGEMENTENTITY.—The George C. Marshall 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | International Center shall be the management entity for 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the affiliated area. 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (e) A |
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| 51 | 51 | | GREEMENTS.—The Secretary of the Interior (re-17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’)— 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (1) may provide technical assistance and enter 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | into cooperative agreements with the management 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | entity designated by subsection (d) for the purpose 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | of providing financial assistance for the marketing, 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | marking, interpretation, and preservation of the af-23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | filiated area; and 24 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) shall enter into an agreement with the man-1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | agement entity designated by subsection (d) that de-2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | scribes the roles and responsibilities for the manage-3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ment of the affiliated area consistent with the poli-4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | cies and standards that apply to units of the Na-5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | tional Park System. 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (f) L |
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| 69 | 69 | | IMITEDROLE OF THESECRETARY.—Nothing in 7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | this section authorizes the Secretary— 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (1) to acquire property at the affiliated area; or 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (2) to assume overall financial responsibility for 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | the operation, maintenance, or management of the 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | affiliated area. 12 |
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