1. Short title This Act may be cited as the U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network Act . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) during the period beginning in 1619 and ending in 1865, millions of African Americans throughout the United States were enslaved; (2) slaveholders often— (A) controlled where and how deceased slaves were buried; and (B) prohibited the burial of slaves on valuable land; (3) as a result of the practices described in paragraph (2), slave burial grounds were often confined to remote areas or marginal property; (4) slave burial grounds— (A) were rarely documented; and (B) infrequently appear on historical maps; (5) a lack of accurate information is typical of African-American cemeteries originating before the Civil War; (6) following the end of slavery, many African-American families continued to face restrictions on where the deceased could be buried; (7) across many areas of the United States, local laws segregated burial sites by race; (8) African-American burial grounds often failed to receive the type of maintenance and recordkeeping that predominantly White burial grounds enjoyed; (9) many African-American burial grounds from before and after the Civil War are in a state of disrepair or inaccessibility due to overgrowth of vegetation, crumbling physical structures, and other challenges; (10) there is no official national record or database for African-American burial ground locations; (11) the location of many African-American burial sites is unknown; (12) as a result of the issues described in paragraphs (10) and (11), the family members and descendants of the individuals interred are unable to visit the burial sites to honor and remember their ancestors; (13) abandoned African-American burial grounds are often discovered when construction projects inadvertently disturb human remains, which slows or halts completion of the projects; (14) the presence and location of historic African-American burial grounds should be recorded