State, local, and Tribal efforts to preserve and restore these sites. (9) African-American burial grounds are an integral component of the heritage of the United States. (10) Creating and maintaining a network of previously abandoned, underserved, and other African-American burial grounds will help communities identify and record burial grounds and preserve local history while better informing development decisions and community planning. 3. Purposes The purposes of this Act are to authorize the National Park Service to coordinate and facilitate Federal 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 308601. Definitions In this chapter: (1) Network The term Network means the African-American Burial Grounds Network established under section 308602(a). (2) Burial ground(s) The term burial ground means any natural or prepared physical location, whether originally below, on, or above the surface of the earth, into which as a part of the death rite or ceremony of a culture, human remains are deposited. (3) Historic The term historic means properties that can reasonably be considered to date back at least 50 years. 308602. U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network (a) In general The Secretary, in consultation with the National Parks Service, shall establish, within the Service, a program in accordance with this chapter to be known as the U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network . The Network shall include burial grounds determined by the Secretary to relate to the historic African-American experience from among applications for inclusion submitted by an individual, private or non-profit organization, State, local, or Tribal government, or other