16 U.S.C. § 410iiii–5 — Establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education affiliated areas

(a) In general Once the Secretary decides an appropriate managing organization exists for each site shown on the map described in section 410iiii–2(c)(1), the following become affiliated areas of the National Park System: (1) the Robert Russa Moton Museum in Farmville, Virginia; (2) the Delaware Brown v. Board of Education Civil Rights Sites, made up of (A) the former Howard High School, (B) Claymont High School, and (C) Hockessin Colored School #107, all in Delaware; and (3) the John Philip Sousa Middle School in the District of Columbia. (b) Administration Each affiliated area must be managed consistent with (1) this subchapter, and (2) the laws generally applying to units of the National Park System. (c) Management plans (1) The Secretary, working with each affiliated area's managing organization, must develop a management plan for that area. (2) Each plan must (A) be prepared with input from interested state, county, and local governments, managing organizations, and members of the public connected to the area; (B) identify the National Park Service's and the managing organization's roles in running and interpreting the area without disrupting its existing operations and facilities; and (C) require the Secretary to coordinate preparing and carrying out the plan, and interpreting the area, with the historical park. (3) The Secretary must (A) hold at least one public meeting near each affiliated area on the draft plan, allowing public comment, and (B) post the draft plan online and allow public comment there too. (4) Within three years of funding becoming available, the Secretary must submit each affiliated area's management plan to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee. (d) Cooperative agreements The Secretary may give technical and financial assistance to, and make cooperative agreements with, each affiliated area's managing organization, to help market, mark, interpret, and preserve that area. (e) Land use Nothing in this section affects (1) the land-use rights of private property owners in or near an affiliated area, including activities or uses on private land that can be seen or heard from inside the area, or (2) the managing organizations' authority to run and administer the affiliated areas. (f) Limited role of the Secretary (1) Nothing in this section lets the Secretary (A) acquire land in an affiliated area, or (B) take on financial responsibility for operating, maintaining, or managing an affiliated area. (2) Each affiliated area stays owned, operated, and managed by its current public or private landowner.