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Calendar No. 621
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-244
AFRICAN AMERICAN BURIAL GROUNDS PRESERVATION
PROGRAM
DECEMBER 12, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 3667]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 3667), to amend title 54, United States Code,
to establish within the National Park Service the United States Af-
rican-American Burial Grounds Preservation Program, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 3667 is to establish within the National Park
Service the United States African-American Burial Grounds Pres-
ervation Program.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Cemeteries are places of tribute and memory, connecting commu-
nities with their past. Unfortunately, many African-American
cemeteries, many dating back before the Civil War, are in a state
of disarray or are inaccessible. Beginning with slavery and con-
tinuing through the Jim Crow era, African-Americans were often
restricted in where they could bury their loved ones. Local laws
segregated burial grounds by race. African-American cemetery sites
were often confined to remote areas or marginal property and they
frequently were not provided the same sort of state or local mainte-
nance support or assistance as predominantly white cemeteries. As
a result, many jurisdictions are unaware of the existence of these
historic sites. Even when their location is known, the task of re-
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