Official Summaries

This bill designates the General George C. Marshall House in Leesburg, Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System (NPS). (George Catlett Marshall, Jr. served as Army Chief of Staff during World War II, and later as Secretary of State, president of the American Red Cross, and Secretary of Defense.)

The bill designates the George C. Marshall International Center as the management entity for the affiliated area. The Department of the Interior must enter into an agreement with the center that delineates the roles and responsibilities for management of the affiliated area that are in accordance with policies and standards applicable to NPS. Further, Interior may provide technical assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with the center for the purpose of providing financial assistance for the marketing, marking, interpretation, and preservation of the affiliated area. 

Interior must complete a management plan for the affiliated area within three years of funds being made available to carry out this bill.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1352 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 418
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1352


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2026

            Received; read twice and placed on the calendar

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
To designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth 
of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GENERAL GEORGE C. MARSHALL HOUSE AS AN 
              AFFILIATED AREA.

    (a) In General.--The General George C. Marshall House, in the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, is established as an affiliated area of the 
National Park System.
    (b) Description of Affiliated Area.--The affiliated area shall 
consist of the area generally depicted as the ``General George C. 
Marshall House Property, Leesburg, Virginia'' on the map titled 
``General George C. Marshall House, Proposed Affiliated Area'', 
numbered 999/189,974, and dated September 2023.
    (c) Administration.--The affiliated area shall be managed in a 
manner consistent with--
            (1) this Act; and
            (2) any law generally applicable to units of the National 
        Park System.
    (d) Management Entity.--The George C. Marshall International Center 
shall be the management entity for the affiliated area.
    (e) Agreements.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this 
section as the ``Secretary'')--
            (1) may provide technical assistance and enter into 
        cooperative agreements with the management entity for the 
        purpose of providing financial assistance for the marketing, 
        marking, interpretation, and preservation of the affiliated 
        area; and
            (2) shall enter into an agreement with the management 
        entity that delineates the roles and responsibilities for the 
        management of the area consistent with the policies and 
        standards that apply to units of the National Park System.
    (f) Limited Role of the Secretary.--Nothing in this Act authorizes 
the Secretary to acquire property at the affiliated area or to assume 
managerial or financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, 
or management of the affiliated area.
    (g) Private Property Protection.--Nothing in this Act affects the 
land use rights of private property owners adjacent to the General 
George C. Marshall House.
    (h) No Buffer Zones.--
            (1) In general.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
        create buffer zones outside of the General George C. Marshall 
        House.
            (2) Activity or use outside the general george c. marshall 
        house.--The fact that an activity or use can be seen, heard, or 
        detected from within the George C. Marshall House shall not 
        preclude, limit, control, regulate, or determine the conduct or 
        management of activities or uses outside of the George C. 
        Marshall House.
    (i) Management Plan.--Not later than 3 years after the date on 
which funds are made available to carry out this section, the 
Secretary, in consultation with the management entity, shall complete a 
management plan for the affiliated area in accordance with section 
100502 of title 54, United States Code.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2026.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.
                                                       Calendar No. 418

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1352

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth 
of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 20, 2026

            Received; read twice and placed on the calendar