§430vv River Raisin National Battlefield Park

Summary

If people in Monroe County or Wayne County, Michigan, or other willing landowners there offer to donate land tied to the Battles of the River Raisin on January 18 and 22, 1813, or the events after those battles, the Secretary of the Interior must accept the gift. If enough acreage is given to allow efficient management, the Secretary must make that land a unit of the National Park System called the River Raisin National Battlefield Park. The Secretary must write a legal description of the park land, make a map, and keep that map and description on file in National Park Service offices for the public to see. The Secretary must manage the park to preserve and explain the battles under National Park Service law. Within 3 years after money is provided, the Secretary must finish a general management plan that defines the Secretary’s role, includes chances for state, local, and nonprofit involvement, lists steps to protect the site and their costs, and is developed with advice from state, local, and civic groups. The Secretary must send the plan to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, may enter cooperative agreements to help run the park, and must report progress on land acquisition and park designation to those two committees within 3 years after March 30, 2009. Money as needed may be appropriated to carry out these duties.