This Act may be cited as the “Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act”.

(a) In general.—The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site established by section 103(a) of Public Law 102–525 (106 Stat. 3439) shall be known and designated as the “Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park”.

(b) References.—Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site shall be considered to be a reference to the “Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park”.

(c) Conforming amendments.—Title I of Public Law 102–525 (106 Stat. 3438) is amended—

(1) in the title heading, by striking “historic site” and inserting “historical park”;

(2) in sections 101(2) and 103(a), by striking “National Historic Site” each place it appears and inserting “National Historical Park”;

(3) in the section heading for each of sections 103 and 105, by striking “historic site” each place it appears and inserting “historical park”; and

(4) by striking “historic site” each place it appears and inserting “historical park”.

(a) Purpose.—The purpose of this section is to honor the civil rights stories of struggle, perseverance, and activism in the pursuit of education equity.

(b) Definitions.—Section 101 of Public Law 102–525 (106 Stat. 3438) (as amended by section 2(c)) is amended—

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “As used in this title—” and inserting “In this title:”;

(2) in paragraph (1), by striking “the term” and inserting the “The term”;

(3) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting a paragraph heading, the text of which is comprised of the term defined in that paragraph;

(4) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (3) and (2), respectively, and moving the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical order; and

(5) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:

“(1) AFFILIATED AREA.—The term ‘affiliated area’ means a site associated with a court case included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka described in paragraph (8), (9), or (10) of section 102(a) that is designated as an affiliated area of the National Park System by section 106(a).”.

(c) Findings.—Section 102(a) of Public Law 102–525 (106 Stat. 3438) is amended—

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;

(2) by inserting after paragraph (2), the following:

“(3) The Brown case was joined by 4 other cases relating to school segregation pending before the Supreme Court (Briggs v. Elliott, filed in South Carolina, Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, filed in Virginia, Gebhart v. Belton, filed in Delaware, and Bolling v. Sharpe, filed in the District of Columbia) that were consolidated into the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

“(4) A 1999 historic resources study examined the 5 cases included in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and found that each case—

“(A) is nationally significant; and

“(B) contributes unique stories to the case for educational equity.”; and

(3) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), the following:

“(7) With respect to the case of Briggs v. Elliott—

“(A) Summerton High School in Summerton, South Carolina, the all-White school that refused to admit the plaintiffs in the case—

“(i) has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of the national significance of the school; and

“(ii) is used as administrative offices for Clarendon School District 1; and

“(B) the former Scott’s Branch High School, an ‘equalization school’ in Summerton, South Carolina constructed for African-American students in 1951 to provide facilities comparable to those of White students, is now the Community Resource Center owned by Clarendon School District 1.

“(8) Robert Russa Moton High School, the all-Black school in Farmville, Virginia, which was the location of a student-led strike leading to Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County—

“(A) has been designated as a National Historic Landmark in recognition of the national significance of the school; and

“(B) is now the Robert Russa Moton Museum, which is administered by the Moton Museum, Inc., and affiliated with Longwood University.

“(9) With respect to the case of Belton v. Gebhart—

“(A) Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware, an all-Black school to which the plaintiffs in the case were forced to travel—

“(i) has been designated as a National Historic Landmark in recognition of the national significance of the school; and

“(ii) is now the Howard High School of Technology, an active school administered by the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District;

“(B) the all-White Claymont High School, which denied admission to the plaintiffs, is now the Claymont Community Center administered by the Brandywine Community Resource Council, Inc.; and

“(C) the Hockessin School #107C (Hockessin Colored School)—

“(i) is the all-Black school in Hockessin, Delaware, that 1 of the plaintiffs in the case was required to attend with no public transportation provided; and

“(ii) is now used as a community facility by Friends of Hockessin Colored School #107, Inc.

“(10) John Philip Sousa Junior High School in the District of Columbia, the all-White school that refused to admit plaintiffs in Bolling v. Sharpe—

“(A) has been designated as a National Historic Landmark in recognition of the national significance of the school;

“(B) is now known as the ‘John Philip Sousa Middle School’; and

“(C) is owned by the District of Columbia Department of General Services and administered by the District of Columbia Public Schools.”.

(d) Purposes.—Section 102(b)(3) of Public Law 102–525 (106 Stat. 3438) is amended—

(1) by inserting “, protection,” after “preservation”;

(2) by striking “the city of Topeka” and inserting “Topeka, Kansas, Summerton, South Carolina, Farmville, Virginia, Wilmington, Claymont, and Hockessin, Delaware, and the District of Columbia”; and

(3) by inserting “and the context of Brown v. Board of Education” after “civil rights movement”.

(e) Boundary adjustment.—Section 103 of Public Law 102–525 (106 Stat. 3439) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(c) Boundary adjustment.—

“(1) ADDITIONS.—In addition to the land described in subsection (b), the historical park shall include the land and interests in land, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Boundary Additions and Affiliated Areas’, numbered 462/178,449, and dated February 2022, and more particularly described as—

“(A) the Summerton High School site in Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina;

“(B) the former Scott’s Branch High School site in Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina; and

“(C) approximately 1 acre of land adjacent to Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

“(2) MAP.—The map described in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.”.

(f) Property acquisition.—Section 104 of Public Law 102–525 (106 Stat. 3439) is amended—

(1) in the first sentence, by striking “section 103(b)” and inserting “subsections (b) and (c) of section 103”;

(2) in the second sentence, by striking “States of Kansas” and inserting “State of Kansas or South Carolina”; and

(3) in the proviso—

(A) by striking “: Provided, however, That the” and inserting “. The”; and

(B) by inserting “or by condemnation of any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the historical park” after “without the consent of the owner”.

(g) General management plan.—Section 105 of Public Law 102–525 (106 Stat. 3439) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:

“(c) Amendment to general management plan.—The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives an amendment to the management plan for the historical park to include the portions of the historical park in Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina.”.

(h) Affiliated areas.—Public Law 102–525 (106 Stat. 3438) is amended—

(1) by redesignating section 106 as section 107; and

(2) by inserting after section 105 the following: