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§410xxx Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–VV— - STE. GENEVIEVE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410xxx

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park in Missouri as part of the National Park System to protect and explain French settlement, local building styles, community form, and frontier farming. The park will not be set up until the Secretary of the Interior says enough land has been collected to make a manageable unit and there is a written agreement that State, City of Ste. Genevieve, or other owners in the Historic District will manage their land to meet the park’s purposes. The park’s boundary is shown on a map titled “Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Proposed Boundary Addition,” number 571/177,464, dated September 2021. That map will be kept on file with the National Park Service and can be fixed for clerical or typing errors. Definitions: Historic District = the Ste. Genevieve Historic District National Historic Landmark; Historical Park = the new park; Map = the September 2021 map named above; Secretary = Secretary of the Interior; special resource study = the May 2016 study; State = Missouri. The Secretary may get land inside the park boundary or nationally significant properties in the Historic District by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. Any land bought or donated will be added to the park boundary. The Secretary may accept the city visitor center land shown as “Proposed Boundary Addition” and include it, and may acquire up to 20 acres nearby for park offices. The park will be run under this law and the usual National Park rules. A general management plan must be prepared within 3 years after funds are made available for it and sent to the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The Secretary may offer tours and programs and may give technical help or make cooperative agreements with property owners for marking, restoring, and interpreting sites. Under those agreements, the Secretary may visit public areas for tours, federal funding cannot be more than 50 percent, non-federal contributions can be donations, changes need both parties’ agreement, and the United States can be repaid if a property is later used against the park’s purposes. The Secretary may not take on full financial responsibility for running or maintaining the Historic District.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410xxx

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(a)In this section:
(1)The term “Historic District” means the Ste. Genevieve Historic District National Historic Landmark, as generally depicted on the Map.
(2)The term “Historical Park” means the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park established by subsection (b).
(3)The term “Map” means the map entitled “Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Proposed Boundary Addition”, numbered 571/177,464, and dated September 2021.
(4)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
(5)The term “special resource study” means the study entitled “Ste. Genevieve Final Special Resources Study and Environmental Assessment, Missouri” and dated May 2016.
(6)The term “State” means the State of Missouri.
(b)(1)Subject to paragraph (2), there is established the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park in the State as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and future generations the themes of French settlement, vernacular architecture, and community form and farming on the frontier associated with Ste. Genevieve.
(2)The Historical Park shall not be established until the date on which the Secretary determines that—
(A)sufficient land has been acquired for the Historical Park to constitute a manageable unit; and
(B)the Secretary has entered into a written agreement providing that land owned by the State, the City of Ste. Genevieve, or other entity within the Historic District shall be managed consistent with the purposes of this section.
(c)The boundaries of the Historical Park shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the Map.
(d)(1)The Map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
(2)The Secretary may correct any clerical or typographical errors in the Map.
(e)(1)The Secretary may acquire any land or interest in land located within the boundary of the Historical Park or any nationally significant property identified in the special resource study within the Historic District by—
(A)donation;
(B)purchase with donated or appropriated funds; or
(C)exchange.
(2)On the acquisition of any property within the Historic District under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall revise the boundary of the Historical Park to include the property.
(3)The Secretary—
(A)may acquire, by donation, the land (including any improvements to the land) owned by the city of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, and used as the visitor center for the Historical Park, as generally depicted on the Map as “Proposed Boundary Addition”; and
(B)on acquisition of the land described in subparagraph (A), shall revise the boundary of the Historical Park to include the acquired land.
(4)The Secretary may acquire, by purchase from a willing seller or by donation, not more than 20 acres of land in the vicinity of the Historical Park for administrative facilities for the Historical Park.
(f)(1)The Secretary shall administer the Historical Park in accordance with—
(A)this section; and
(B)the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including—
(i)section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and section 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of title 54; and
(ii)chapter 3201 of title 54.
(2)(A)Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to prepare a general management plan for the Historical Park, the Secretary shall prepare the general management plan in accordance with section 100502 of title 54.
(B)On completion of the general management plan under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate the general management plan.
(3)The Secretary may provide interpretative tours and educational programs at related historic and cultural sites within the Historic District associated with the purposes for which the Historical Park is established.
(g)(1)The Secretary may provide technical assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with the owner of a nationally significant property within the Historical Park or the Historic District, to identify, mark, interpret, improve, and restore the property.
(2)A cooperative agreement entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide that the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall have the right of access at all reasonable times to all public portions of the property covered by the agreement for the purposes of—
(A)conducting visitors through the property; and
(B)interpreting the property for the public.
(3)(A)The Federal share of the total cost of any activity carried out under a cooperative agreement entered into under this subsection shall be not more than 50 percent.
(B)The non-Federal share of an activity carried out under a cooperative agreement entered into under this subsection may be in the form of donated property, goods, or services fairly valued.
(4)No changes or alterations shall be made to any property or project covered by a cooperative agreement entered into under paragraph (1) unless the Secretary and the other party to the agreement agree to the changes or alterations.
(5)Any payment by the Secretary under this subsection shall be subject to an agreement that the conversion, use, or disposal of a property or project for purposes contrary to the purposes of this section, as determined by the Secretary, shall entitle the United States to reimbursement in any amount equal to the greater of—
(A)the amounts made available to the property or project by the United States; or
(B)the portion of the increased value of the property or project attributable to the amounts made available under this subsection, as determined at the time of the conversion, use, or disposal.
(h)Nothing in this section authorizes the Secretary to assume overall financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or management of the Historic District.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 460cccc of this title. Section is based on section 7134 of S. 1460, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, as placed on the calendar of the Senate on June 29, 2017, which was enacted into law by Pub. L. 115–141.

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 117–328, § 617(a)(1), substituted “numbered 571/177,464, and dated September 2021” for “numbered 571/149,942, and dated December 2018”. Subsec. (a)(4) to (6). Pub. L. 117–328, § 617(a)(2), (3), added par. (4) and redesignated former pars. (4) and (5) as (5) and (6), respectively. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–328, § 617(b), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2). Subsec. (e)(3), (4). Pub. L. 117–328, § 617(c), added pars. (3) and (4). 2019—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 116–9 substituted “ ‘Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Proposed Boundary Addition’, numbered 571/149,942, and dated December 2018” for “ ‘Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Proposed Boundary’ ”.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410xxx

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73