Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Pullman National Historical Park Act”.
Pullman National Historical Park Act
A BILL
To redesignate the Pullman National Monument in the State of Illinois as the Pullman National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Definitions
In this Act:
Historical park— The term historical park means the Pullman National Historical Park.
Map— The term map means the map entitled “Pullman National Historical Park, Chicago, Illinois, Boundary”, numbered ____, and dated _____.
Map— The term map means the map entitled “Pullman National Historical Park Boundary”, numbered 590/125,485, and dated November 2021.
Secretary— The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 3 Redesignation of Pullman National Monument
In general— The Pullman National Monument, established by Proclamation Number 9233, dated February 19, 2015, is redesignated as the “Pullman National Historical Park.”.
Availability of funds— Any funds available for purposes of the Pullman National Monument shall be available for purposes of the historical park.
References— Any references in a law, regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to the Pullman National Monument shall be considered to be a reference to the historical park.
Proclamation— Proclamation Number 9233, dated February 19, 2015, shall have no force or effect.
Sec. 4 Purposes
The purposes of the historical park are to preserve, protect, and interpret Pullman’s nationally significant cultural and historical resources associated with—
the Nation’s labor history and creation of a national Labor Day holiday;
the first planned industrial community in the United States;
the architecture and landscape design of the planned community;
the pivotal role of the Pullman porter in the rise of the African-American middle class; and
the entirety of history, culture, and historic figures embodied in Presidential Proclamation Number 9233.
Sec. 5 Administration
The Secretary shall administer the land within the boundary of the historical park in accordance with—
this Act; and
the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including—
section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753 and 102101 of title 54, United States Code; and
chapter 3201 of title 54, United States Code.
Sec. 6 Cooperative agreements
To further the purposes of this subsection and notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the State, other public and non-profit entities, and other interested parties—
to support collaborative interpretive and educational programs at non-Federal historic properties within the boundaries of the historical park; and
to identify, interpret, and provide assistance for the preservation of non-Federal land within the boundaries of the historical park and at sites in close proximity to the historical park, but located outside the boundaries of the historical park, including providing for placement of directional and interpretive signage, exhibits, and technology-based interpretive devices; and, if the cooperative agreement provides for reasonable public access.
Sec. 7 Use of funds
The Secretary may use appropriated funds to mark, interpret, improve, restore, and provide technical assistance with respect to the preservation and interpretation of the properties. Any payment made by the Secretary under this clause shall be subject to an agreement that the conversion, use, or disposal of the project for purposes that are inconsistent with the purposes of this subsection, as determined by the Secretary, shall result in a right of the United States to reimbursement of the greater of—
the amount provided by the Secretary to the project; or
an amount equal to the increase in the value of the project that is attributable to the funds, as determined by the Secretary at the time of the conversion, use, or disposal. Any cooperative agreement entered into under this subparagraph shall provide for reasonable public access to the resources covered by the cooperative agreement.
Sec. 8 Acquisition of land
The Secretary may acquire for inclusion in the historical park any land (including interests in land), buildings, or structures owned by the State, or any other political, private, or nonprofit entity by donation, transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller.
Sec. 9 Management plan
Not later than 3 fiscal years after the date on which funds are first made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall complete a general management plan for the historical park.