This bill establishes Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter as a National Historical Park in New York, creating a new unit of the National Park System dedicated to preserving the stories of 982 World War II refugees who were sheltered at Fort Ontario between August 1944 and February 1946. The Secretary of the Interior will manage the park according to standard National Park System rules and must first acquire a sufficient amount of land from the proposed boundary area before officially establishing it. The government can acquire land through donation, purchase, or exchange, though land owned by New York State can only be acquired through donation. The Secretary must complete a management plan for the park within three years of receiving funding and may enter into cooperative agreements with the state and other public or private entities to provide educational services and interpret historic resources in and around the park. No specific federal funding amount is specified in the legislation.
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