; and (17) creating and maintaining a network of previously abandoned, underserved, and other African-American burial grounds would help communities identify and record burial grounds and preserve local history, while better informing development decisions and community planning. 3. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to authorize the National Park Service to coordinate and facilitate Federal activities and non-Federal activities to identify, interpret, preserve, and record unmarked, previously abandoned, underserved, and other African-American burial grounds. 4. U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network Program (a) In general Subdivision 1 of division B of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 3085 the following: 3086 U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network Sec. 308601. Definitions. 308602. U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network. 308603. Authority to make grants. 308604. Cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding. 308605. Private property protection. 308601. Definitions In this chapter: (1) Burial ground The term burial ground means any natural or prepared physical location, whether originally below, on, or above the surface of the earth, into which human remains are deposited as a part of the death rite or ceremony of a culture. (2) Historic The term historic , with respect to a property, means a property that can reasonably be considered to date back at least 50 years. (3) Network The term Network means the U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network established under section 308602(a). 308602. U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network (a) In general The Secretary shall establish within the Service, in accordance with this chapter, a program to be known as the U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network . (b) Inclusions The Network shall include burial grounds determined by the Secretary to relate to the historic African-American experience from applications for inclusion submitted by an individual, private or nonprofit organization,