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119-s-791119th Congress

Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]

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Summary

Creates a Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site as an affiliated area of the National Park Service centered on the elementary school he attended. The bill would designate Public School 103 at 1315 Division Street in Baltimore as the site boundary and set out how the school and the Park Service share responsibility for preservation and interpretation.

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  • Families and visitors would get a preserved, interpreted site at Public School 103 with National Park Service technical help and cooperative agreements for marketing, marking, interpretation, and preservation.
  • Beloved Community Services Corporation remains the owner, operator, and designated management entity responsible for day-to-day operations under an agreement that clarifies roles with the Secretary of the Interior.
  • The Secretary of the Interior could provide technical and financial assistance through cooperative agreements but would not be authorized to acquire the school or assume overall financial responsibility for its operation or maintenance.
  • Congressional findings highlight Thurgood Marshall’s national significance, note his role in Brown v. Board of Education and other legal milestones, and cite a 2019 National Park Service study transmitted in 2023 that found the school suitable for inclusion.

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Create Thurgood Marshall historic site

If enacted, the bill would create the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site as an affiliated area of the National Park Service. The site would be Public School 103 at 1315 Division Street, Baltimore, with the boundary shown on map number 962/194939 dated September 2024. The Beloved Community Services Corporation would keep ownership, continue to operate the school, and be named the site's management entity. The Secretary of the Interior would need to sign an agreement with that nonprofit and could give technical help and enter cooperative agreements. Financial help would be limited to marketing, signs, interpretation, and preservation. The Secretary would not be allowed to acquire the school or assume overall financial responsibility. Congress could appropriate "such sums as are necessary" to carry out the bill.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]

MD • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 10/16/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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