Summary

Creates a National Historic Site at Justice Thurgood Marshall’s childhood elementary school in Baltimore as an affiliated area of the National Park System. The site remains privately owned and managed by the Beloved Community Services Corporation. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to provide technical and financial assistance through agreements, but bars the federal government from purchasing the property or assuming overall financial responsibility. Funding is authorized as “such sums as necessary,” with no set amount or start date.

Key Points

• Designates Thurgood Marshall’s former elementary school as a National Historic Site affiliated with the National Park System.
• Keeps the property in private ownership and management by the Beloved Community Services Corporation.
• Allows the Interior Department to provide technical and financial assistance via agreements.
• Prohibits the federal government from buying the property or taking on overall financial responsibility.
• Defines the site boundary as the school building shown on a referenced NPS map.
• Aims to preserve and interpret Marshall’s life and legacy for public benefit.
• Authorizes open‑ended funding (“such sums as necessary”) without a set amount or start date.
• Creates no new federal mandates on states or localities and makes no tax changes.

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