This bill would establish the Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park in the State of New York as a unit of the National Park System. Its stated purpose is to preserve, protect, and interpret resources linked to the 982 refugees who were housed at Fort Ontario from August 1944 until February 1946. The park will not be formally established until the Secretary of the Interior determines that a sufficient quantity of land or interests in land shown on the map (numbered 962/194,681, dated September 2024) has been acquired. The Secretary must publish a notice in the Federal Register within 30 days after that determination. The map will be on file for public inspection, and the park boundary will include any land or interests acquired by the Secretary.
No publicly available information on total costs, specific appropriations, or estimated budget impacts is included in the bill text. The bill does authorize land acquisition by purchase with donated or appropriated funds and requires a management plan after funds are made available, but it does not set dollar amounts.
The bill’s stated purpose is to preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and future generations the resources and stories associated with the 982 World War II refugees who stayed at Fort Ontario from August 1944 to February 1946.
No publicly available information in the bill text or provided metadata about opposition viewpoints or objections.