This bill establishes a new national historical park in New York and designates a national historic landmark in Missouri. The Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park would preserve the site where 982 World War II refugees were housed from August 1944 to February 1946, though the park will only be officially established once the Interior Department determines sufficient land has been acquired. The bill also designates America's National Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri as a National Historic Landmark, which includes the existing Winston Churchill Memorial already listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Interior Secretary must complete a management plan for the new park within three years of receiving funding and conduct a study within three years to determine whether the Churchill Museum should become a full National Park Service unit. The legislation does not specify funding amounts but authorizes the acquisition of land through donation, purchase, or exchange, with state-owned land only acquirable through donation.
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