1. Short title This Act may be cited as the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act . 2. Findings The Congress finds that— (1) the African Burial Ground National Historic Landmark in New York, New York, holds the remains of up to 20,000 enslaved Africans and early-generation African-Americans from the colonial era; (2) the Africans and African-Americans that suffered under slavery show us the strength of the human character and provide us with a model of courage, commitment, and perseverance; (3) as President George W. Bush stated on July 8, 2003, during his remarks at Goree Island, Senegal: “For 250 years the captives endured an assault on their culture and their dignity. The spirit of Africans in America did not break. … All the generations of oppression under the laws of man could not crush the hope of freedom and defeat the purposes of God.”; (4) on February 27, 2006, President George W. Bush established the National Monument, which was comprised of the approximately 15,000-square-foot parcel of the National Historic Landmark that was bounded by Duane and Elk Streets in Lower Manhattan; (5) an international memorial museum facility dedicated to those individuals who suffered the grave injustice of slavery in the United States, while at the same time helping to build the country, would— (A) reflect the significance of the African Burial Ground; and (B) help the people of the United States understand the past and honor the history of all people in the United States; (6) in 1998, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution— (A) stated that the African Burial Ground affords the perfect opportunity to gain insight into— (i) the institution of slavery, as practiced in urban, rural, northern, and southern parts of the United States; and (ii) the international slave trade; and (B) proposed that a partnership be formed among the Smithsonian, the National Park Service, and the General Services Administration to further develop the African Burial Ground