Bill > S3490

This bill establishes two key initiatives: the Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park in New York and the designation of America's National Churchill Museum as a National Historic Landmark in Missouri. For the Fort Ontario park, the bill creates a new national park unit to preserve and interpret the historic site where 982 Jewish refugees were housed during World War II from August 1944 to February 1946. The park's establishment is contingent on acquiring sufficient land, and the Secretary of the Interior will have authority to manage the park, enter into cooperative agreements, and acquire land through donation, purchase, or exchange. For the Churchill Museum, located at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, the bill officially designates the museum and its Winston Churchill Memorial as a National Historic Landmark, allowing the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical and financial assistance through cooperative agreements. Additionally, the bill requires a special resource study to evaluate the museum's national significance and potential for inclusion in the National Park System, with a report to be submitted to congressional committees within three years. Importantly, the landmark designation does not restrict property owners' actions or change the museum's current administration.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3490/all-info