Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
This bill would establish the Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park in New York as a unit of the National Park System. Its stated purpose is to preserve, protect, and interpret resources associated with the 982 World War II refugees housed at Fort Ontario from August 1944 to February 1946.
Concerns over federal costs and new federal land management obligations.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a focused park-establishment statute that adequately defines purpose, boundary, and legal authorities while leaving significant implementation, fiscal, and detailed operational elements to future actions or appropriations.
This bill would establish the Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park in New York as a unit of the National Park System.
Its stated purpose is to preserve, protect, and interpret resources associated with the 982 World War II refugees housed at Fort Ontario from August 1944 to February 1946.
The park boundary will be defined by a September 2024 proposed map and the park will not be established until the Secretary of the Interior determines sufficient land or interests in land have been acquired.
Content is narrowly focused and non-ideological, so prospects are reasonably good, contingent on appropriations and avoiding procedural obstacles.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a focused park-establishment statute that adequately defines purpose, boundary, and legal authorities while leaving significant implementation, fiscal, and detailed operational elements to future actions or appropriations.
Concerns over federal costs and new federal land management obligations.
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Concerns over federal costs and new federal land management obligations.
Likely favorable: views the bill as preserving an important human-rights and refugee-history narrative.
Supports federal stewardship and interpretive programming to educate about refugee protection and Holocaust history.
Generally supportive while cautious about costs and implementation details.
Sees merit in preserving a narrowly defined historic site but wants clear funding and land-acquisition plans.
Mildly supportive to cautious: respects Holocaust remembrance but concerned about federal expansion, ongoing costs, and federal control over local land.
Prefers limited federal obligations and clear cost limits.
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Content is narrowly focused and non-ideological, so prospects are reasonably good, contingent on appropriations and avoiding procedural obstacles.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Concerns over federal costs and new federal land management obligations.
Content is narrowly focused and non-ideological, so prospects are reasonably good, contingent on appropriations and avoiding procedural obs…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a focused park-establishment statute that adequately defines purpose, boundary, and legal authorities while leaving significant implementation, fiscal, and detaile…
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