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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-672
HOLCOMBE RUCKER PARK NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE
SITE ACT
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 6852]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6852) to designate Holcombe Rucker Park, in Harlem,
New York, as a National Commemorative Site, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Holcombe Rucker Park National Commemorative
Site Act.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE SITE.
(a) DESIGNATION.-Holcombe Rucker Park, in Harlem, New York, is hereby des-
ignated as the Holcombe Rucker Park National Commemorative Site (referred to
in this section as the Commemorative Site).
(b) ADMINISTRATION.-
(1) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.-The Secretary of the Interior may enter into
cooperative agreements with appropriate public or private entities, including
the Mayor of New York City or the Mayor's designee, for interpretive and edu-
cational purposes related to the Commemorative Site, including installing a
plaque, interpretive exhibit, or other marker, as appropriate, at the Commemo-
rative Site, with the written consent of the owner of the Commemorative Site,
to memorialize the achievements of Holcombe Rucker and to provide recognition
of the historic role of Holcombe Rucker Park in the development of the game
of basketball and of many of its most talented players.
(2) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.-The Commemorative Site shall not be a unit of
the National Park System.
(3) LIMITATIONS.-Nothing in this Act-
(A) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to interfere with the rights
of any person with respect to private property or any local zoning ordinance
or land use plan of the State of New York or any political subdivision there-
of, including prohibiting any actions that may otherwise be taken by a prop-
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