Sec. 3. First State National Historical Park

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Subject to paragraph (3), there is established the First State National Historical Park, to be administered as a unit of the National Park System. The purposes of the historical park are to preserve, protect, and interpret the nationally significant cultural and historic resources in the State that are associated with— early Dutch, Swedish, and English settlement of the Colony of Delaware and portions of the Colony of Pennsylvania; and the role of Delaware — in the birth of the United States; and as the first State to ratify the Constitution.

The historical park shall not be established until the date on which the Secretary determines that sufficient land or interests in land have been acquired from among the sites described in subsection

(b)to constitute a manageable park unit. Not later than 30 days after making a determination under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register of the establishment of the historical park, including an official boundary map for the historical park. The map published under subparagraph

(B)shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. The Secretary may include the following sites within the boundary of the historical park as generally depicted on the maps numbered 1 through 6, entitled First State National Historical Park, New Castle, Kent, Sussex Counties, DE and Delaware County, PA and First State National Historical Park, Woodlawn , numbered T19/80,000G, and dated February 2013: The Old Sherriff’s House in New Castle County, Delaware, as depicted on map 4 of 6. Fort Christina National Historic Landmark in New Castle County, Delaware, as depicted on map 3 of 6. Old Swedes Church National Historic Landmark in New Castle County, Delaware, as depicted on map 3 of 6. Old New Castle Courthouse in New Castle, Delaware, as depicted on map 4 of 6. John Dickinson Plantation National Historic Landmark in Kent County, Delaware, as depicted on map 5 of 6. Dover Green in Kent County, Delaware, as depicted on map 5 of 6. Ryves Holt House in Sussex County, Delaware, as depicted on map 6 of 6. The Woodlawn property in New Castle County, Delaware, and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, as depicted on map 2 of 6. Old New Castle Green, in New Castle, Delaware, as depicted on map 4 of 6.