Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park Establishment Act
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1Short title
This section would let the Act be cited as the Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park Establishment Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park Establishment Act .
2Definitions
This section would define four terms used throughout the Act. Map would mean the map titled Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park Proposed Boundary, numbered 962/194,681 and dated September 2024. National Historical Park would mean the Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park that section 3(a)(1) establishes. Secretary would mean the Secretary of the Interior. State would mean the State of New York.
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2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Map The term map means the map entitled Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park Proposed Boundary , numbered 962/194,681, and dated September 2024. (2) National Historical Park The term National Historical Park means the Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park established by section 3(a)(1). (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (4) State The term State means the State of New York.
3Establishment of Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park
This section would establish the Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park in New York as a unit of the National Park System, but the park would not actually come into being until the Secretary of the Interior determines that enough land or land interests within the area marked as the proposed boundary on the map have been acquired to form a manageable park unit. Within 30 days after making that determination, the Secretary would have to publish a notice of the park's establishment in the Federal Register. The park's purpose would be to preserve, protect, and interpret for present and future generations the resources connected to the stories of the 982 refugees from World War II who were housed at Fort Ontario from August 1944 to February 1946. The map would be kept on file and available for public inspection at the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, and the park's boundary would include any land or land interests the Secretary acquires under this section. The Secretary would have to administer the park under this section and under the laws that generally apply to units of the National Park System, including sections 100101(a), 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of title 54, United States Code, and chapters 1003 and 3201 of that title. Under section 101702 of title 54, the Secretary could enter into cooperative agreements with the State or other public and private entities to provide interpretive and educational services within the park. The Secretary could also enter into agreements to identify, interpret, and restore nationally significant historic or cultural resources located on non-federal land within the park's boundary or close to it, and any such agreement providing assistance to non-federal land would have to provide for reasonable public access to that land. The Secretary could acquire land or land interests within the park's boundary by donation, by purchase using donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange, except that land owned by the State or one of its political subdivisions could be acquired for the park only by donation. Not later than 3 fiscal years after funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the State, would have to complete a general management plan for the park in accordance with section 100502 of title 54, United States Code, and any other applicable laws.
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3. Establishment of Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park (a) Establishment (1) In general Subject to paragraph (3), there is established in the State as a unit of the National Park System the Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park. (2) Purpose The purpose of the National Historical Park is to preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and future generations resources associated with the stories of the 982 refugees from World War II who were housed at Fort Ontario from August of 1944 until February of 1946. (3) Conditions of establishment (A) Determination by the secretary The National Historical Park shall not be established until the date on which the Secretary determines that a sufficient quantity of land or interests in land has been acquired from land identified as Proposed Boundary on the map to constitute a manageable park unit. (B) Notice Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary makes a determination under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice of the establishment of the National Historical Park. (4) Map The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. (5) Boundary The boundary of the National Historical Park shall include any land or interests in land acquired by the Secretary under this section. (b) Administration (1) In general The Secretary shall administer the National Historical Park in accordance with— (A) this section; and (B) the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including— (i) sections 100101(a), 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of title 54, United States Code; and (ii) chapters 1003 and 3201 of title 54, United States Code. (2) Agreements (A) Cooperative agreements In accordance with section 101702 of title 54, United States Code, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the State or other public and private entities to provide interpretive and educational services within the National Historical Park. (B) Interpretation and restoration agreements The Secretary may enter into agreements to identify, interpret, and restore nationally significant historic or cultural resources located on non-Federal land within the boundary of, or in close proximity to, the National Historical Park. (C) Public access Any cooperative agreement entered into under subparagraph (B) to provide assistance to non-Federal land shall provide for reasonable public access to the non-Federal land. (3) Acquisition of land (A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary may acquire land and interests in land located within the boundary of the National Historical Park by— (i) donation; (ii) purchase with donated or appropriated funds; or (iii) exchange. (B) Limitation Any land owned by the State or a political subdivision of the State may be acquired for inclusion in the National Historical Park only by donation. (4) Management plan Not later than 3 fiscal years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the State, shall complete a general management plan for the National Historical Park in accordance with— (A) section 100502 of title 54, United States Code; and (B) any other applicable laws.
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