54 U.S.C. § 308302 — Program

(a) Establishment; Responsibilities of Secretary^*. The Secretary must set up the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom within the National Park Service^*. Running the national network^*, the Secretary must (1) produce and share educational materials, like handbooks, maps, interpretive guides, or electronic information; (2) sign appropriate cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding to provide technical assistance under subsection (c); and (3) create and adopt an official, uniform symbol or device for the national network, and issue regulations on how it can be used.

(b) Elements. The national network includes (1) every National Park System^* unit and program that the Secretary decides relates to the Underground Railroad; (2) other federal, state, local, and privately owned properties connected to the Underground Railroad that have a verifiable link to it and are listed on, or eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places; and (3) other government and nongovernment facilities and programs of an educational, research, or interpretive nature that directly relate to the Underground Railroad.

(c) Cooperative Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding. To achieve the national network's goals and coordinate its federal and non-federal parts with National Park Service units and programs, the Secretary may sign cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding, and provide technical assistance, (1) to the heads of other federal agencies, states, localities, regional government bodies, and private entities, and (2) working with the Secretary of State, to the governments of Canada, Mexico, and any appropriate Caribbean country.