54 U.S.C. § 308302
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- (a)The Secretary shall establish in the Service the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Under the national network, the Secretary shall—
- (1)produce and disseminate appropriate educational materials, such as handbooks, maps, interpretive guides, or electronic information;
- (2)enter into appropriate cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding to provide technical assistance under subsection (c); and
- (3)create and adopt an official, uniform symbol or device for the national network and issue regulations for its use.
- (b)The national network shall encompass the following elements:
- (1)All System units and programs of the Service determined by the Secretary to pertain to the Underground Railroad.
- (2)Other Federal, State, local, and privately owned properties pertaining to the Underground Railroad that have a verifiable connection to the Underground Railroad and that are included on, or determined by the Secretary to be eligible for inclusion on, the National Register of Historic Places.
- (3)Other governmental and nongovernmental facilities and programs of an educational, research, or interpretive nature that are directly related to the Underground Railroad.
- (c)To achieve the purposes of this chapter and to ensure effective coordination of the Federal and non-Federal elements of the national network with System units and programs of the Service, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding with, and provide technical assistance—