To designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park ...
Officially: “To designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.” Read the full text
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1Establishment of the General George C. Marshall House as an affiliated area
This section would establish the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System. The affiliated area would be the property generally shown on a map titled "General George C. Marshall House, Proposed Affiliated Area," numbered 999/189,974 and dated September 2023, located at the General George C. Marshall House property in Leesburg, Virginia. The affiliated area would be managed consistent with this Act and with any law that generally applies to units of the National Park System. The George C. Marshall International Center would be the management entity for the affiliated area. The Secretary of the Interior could provide technical assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with the management entity to provide financial assistance for marketing, marking, interpreting, and preserving the affiliated area, and the Secretary would be required to enter into an agreement with the management entity that lays out each party's roles and responsibilities for managing the area, consistent with the policies and standards that apply to units of the National Park System. Nothing in this Act would authorize the Secretary to acquire property at the affiliated area or to take on managerial or financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or management of the affiliated area. Nothing in this Act would affect the land use rights of private property owners whose land is next to the General George C. Marshall House. Nothing in this Act would be read to create buffer zones outside the General George C. Marshall House. If an activity or use outside the General George C. Marshall House can be seen, heard, or otherwise detected from inside the House, that fact alone would not block, limit, control, regulate, or determine how activities or uses outside the House are carried out or managed.
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1. Establishment of the General George C. Marshall House as an affiliated area (a) In general The General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, is established as an affiliated area of the National Park System. (b) Description of affiliated area The affiliated area shall consist of the area generally depicted as the General George C. Marshall House Property, Leesburg, Virginia on the map titled General George C. Marshall House, Proposed Affiliated Area , numbered 999/189,974, and dated September 2023. (c) Administration The affiliated area shall be managed in a manner consistent with— (1) this Act; and (2) any law generally applicable to units of the National Park System. (d) Management entity The George C. Marshall International Center shall be the management entity for the affiliated area. (e) Agreements The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the Secretary )— (1) may provide technical assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with the management entity for the purpose of providing financial assistance for the marketing, marking, interpretation, and preservation of the affiliated area; and (2) shall enter into an agreement with the management entity that delineates the roles and responsibilities for the management of the area consistent with the policies and standards that apply to units of the National Park System. (f) Limited role of the secretary Nothing in this Act authorizes the Secretary to acquire property at the affiliated area or to assume managerial or financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or management of the affiliated area. (g) Private property protection Nothing in this Act affects the land use rights of private property owners adjacent to the General George C. Marshall House. (h) No buffer zones (1) In general Nothing in this Act shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of the General George C. Marshall House. (2) Activity or use outside the general george c. marshall house The fact that an activity or use can be seen, heard, or detected from within the George C. Marshall House shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate, or determine the conduct or management of activities or uses outside of the George C. Marshall House.
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In the House.