Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. National Historic Site Act

This bill would establish the Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. National Historic Site in the State of Georgia as a unit of the National Park System, dedicated to preserving and interpreting the life of civil rights leader Ralph David Abernathy and his role as pastor of West Hunter Street Baptist Church during the modern civil rights movement. The site would include land within a defined boundary shown on a map and would be subject to acquisition standards and federal park management rules. Establishment would occur only after the Secretary of the Interior determines a sufficient quantity of land and interests in land have been acquired to create a manageable park unit, with a Federal Register notice published within 30 days of that determination. The bill also authorizes the National Park Service (NPS) to develop a management plan within three years of funding and to enter cooperative agreements to support interpretation, education, and preservation activities at the site. In practical terms, the bill creates a new federal historic site focused on Abernathy’s civil rights leadership, sets how land within the boundary may be acquired (primarily by donation or purchase with donated/appropriated funds, plus exchanges; State land must be donated), and outlines how the site would be administered and developed with public interpretation and educational resources.