; 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; (7) the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act ( 20 U.S.C. 80r et seq.), which authorized construction of a museum in Washington, DC, identified the period of slavery as one of the periods of the African-American diaspora that would be encompassed by the museum; (8) the African Burial Ground— (A) is unlike any other anthropological and symbolic site in the United States or the world; (B) includes DNA samples from the remarkably well-preserved human remains that will enable researchers to trace the home roots in Africa of those individuals buried at the African Burial Ground; and (C) provides a fitting location for a national memorial facility, relating to the National Museum of African American History and Culture that would— (i) pay special tribute to— (I) the thousands of enslaved individuals who are buried at the African Burial Ground; and (II) all of the individuals who were enslaved during the history of the United States; (ii) examine the African cultural traditions brought to the United States by the enslaved; and (iii) explore in-depth the institution of slavery; (9) a memorial museum at the site of the African Burial Ground— (A) was first recommended by a Federal steering committee in 1992; and (B) in conjunction with the World Trade Center memorial and other nearby sites, would attract millions of visitors from the United States and abroad, making a substantial contribution to the development and revitalization of Lower Manhattan in response to the attacks on the World Trade Center of September 11, 2001