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A bill to designate the General George C. Marshall House in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National...

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Introduced 2025-02-13
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Officially: “A bill 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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What it does

The bill designates the General George C. Marshall House in Virginia as an affiliated area of the National Park System to promote public appreciation of the historic contributions of military leader and statesman George Marshall. The George C. Marshall International Center would manage the site under an agreement with the Secretary of the Interior, who may also provide technical and financial help for marketing and preservation. The bill does not let the Secretary buy the property or take over its overall funding, operation, or maintenance.
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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, in order to promote public appreciation of the historic contributions made by United States military leader and statesman George Catlett Marshall, Jr. The affiliated area would consist of the area generally shown 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. The affiliated area would be managed consistent with this section 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 may give technical assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with the management entity to provide financial assistance for marketing, marking, interpretation, and preservation of the affiliated area, and must enter into an agreement with the management entity that describes the roles and responsibilities for managing the affiliated area consistent with the policies and standards that apply to National Park System units. This section would not authorize the Secretary to acquire property at the affiliated area or to take on overall financial responsibility for the affiliated area's operation, maintenance, or management.

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Official text, verbatim from the record

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 (referred to in this section as the affiliated area ) to promote public appreciation of the significant historic contributions made by United States military leader and statesman George Catlett Marshall, Jr. (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 entitled 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 section; 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 designated by subsection (d) 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 designated by subsection (d) that describes the roles and responsibilities for the management of the affiliated 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 section authorizes the Secretary— (1) to acquire property at the affiliated area; or (2) to assume overall financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or management of the affiliated area.

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-02-13

In the Senate.

Passed the Senate · 2026-05-20
House floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.

The numbers

29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
2
sponsors, out of 51 needed to pass
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Held at the desk. (2026-05-20).