{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-4706","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 4706","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Blackwell School National Historic Site Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To establish the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To establish the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Blackwell School National Historic Site Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Blackwell School National Historic Site Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Blackwell School National Historic Site Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Blackwell School National Historic Site Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Blackwell School National Historic Site Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-07-27","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-12-08","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h429","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Blackwell School National Historic Site Act","result":"Passed","yea":417,"nay":8,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll429.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","date":"2021-12-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-12-08","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Blackwell School National Historic Site Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Texas as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and future generations the Blackwell School, its role as both an academic and cultural cornerstone in the community in Marfa, Texas, and its function within a segregated system of education in Texas and the United States from 1885-1965."},{"k":"p","t":"The historic site shall not be established until the date on which the Department of the Interior has (1) entered into a written agreement with the Marfa Unified School District providing that the Blackwell School shall be donated to or placed by agreement into comanagement with the United States for inclusion in a national historic site to be managed consistently with the purposes of such a site, and (2) acquired sufficient land or interests in land within the boundaries of the historic site to constitute a manageable unit."},{"k":"p","t":"Interior may only acquire by donation, purchase with donated funds, or exchange any land or interest in land located within the boundary of the historic site."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill prohibits any private property or nonfederal public property from being included within the boundaries of the historic site or managed as part of such site without the written consent of the owner."},{"k":"p","t":"Interior shall prepare a general management plan for the historic site."}],"words":232},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Establishes the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, as a unit of the National Park System, subject to conditions, and sets rules for its land acquisition and administration.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4706/text/eh#HCB0AEA44BBA048C883D0E9C330655561"}]},"core_areas":["Establishment of the Blackwell School National Historic Site as a National Park System unit","Land acquisition and boundaries of the historic site","Administration, management planning and cooperative agreements for the historic site"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Establishes the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Texas as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect and interpret the Blackwell School, its role in the Marfa community, and its function within a segregated system of education from 1885 through 1965.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4706/text/eh#HCB0AEA44BBA048C883D0E9C330655561"}},{"text":"Bars the site from being established until the Secretary of the Interior has a written agreement with the Marfa Unified School District for donation or co-management of the Blackwell School and has acquired sufficient land or interests in land to constitute a manageable unit.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4706/text/eh#HCB0AEA44BBA048C883D0E9C330655561"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary to acquire land or interests in land within the site's boundary only by donation, purchase with donated funds, or exchange.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4706/text/eh#HCB0AEA44BBA048C883D0E9C330655561"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to prepare a general management plan within 3 years after funds are first made available for that purpose, and to submit it to the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4706/text/eh#HCB0AEA44BBA048C883D0E9C330655561"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the Blackwell School Alliance and other local, regional, State, academic and nonprofit partners for interpretive and educational programming, technical assistance, and rehabilitation.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4706/text/eh#HCB0AEA44BBA048C883D0E9C330655561"}},{"text":"Prohibits including private property or non-Federal public property within the site's boundaries, or managing it as part of the site, without the written consent of the owner.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4706/text/eh#HCB0AEA44BBA048C883D0E9C330655561"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-12-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4706/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4706","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4706/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-4706.png","v":"57b8634c0403","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4706, 117th Congress: Blackwell School National Historic Site Act. House: 417 Yea, 8 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 8 Dec 2021."}}