1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prairie du Rocher French Colonial National Historical Park Establishment Act . 2. Findings and purposes (a) Findings Congress finds that— (1) Prairie du Rocher and the French Colonial Historic District are the finest historical and architectural examples of French colonial heritage in the United States; (2) Kaskaskia, Fort de Chartres, and Prairie du Rocher once served as the western boundary of the United States; (3) the 1752 French census documents that Kaskaskia was a multi-ethnic community, with a population of— (A) 275 White people; (B) 246 Black people; (C) 75 Indian people; and (D) 77 people of mixed blood (White and Indian ancestry); (4) enslaved people from Africa began arriving in Kaskaskia by 1720 with the skills needed to build the Fort of Kaskaskia in 1759, such as blacksmiths, joiners, and masons; (5) Fort de Chartres was— (A) erected in 1720 by France; (B) one of the most imposing French fortifications in North America; (C) the administrative center in the era of French colonial control over Louisiana and the Illinois country; and (D) designated as a National Historic Landmark on October 9, 1960; (6) the powder magazine at Fort de Chartres is the oldest stone building in the State; (7) the guard house at Fort de Chartres contains— (A) a Catholic chapel furnished in the style of the 1750s; (B) a priest’s room; (C) a gunner’s room; (D) an officer-of-the-day room; and (E) a guard’s room; (8) missionary Father Pierre Gibault taught and ministered to the settlers and Native Americans at the guard house at Fort de Chartres; (9) the King of France made land concessions to certain entrepreneurs that evolved into villages, including the village of Chartres, which was located close to Fort de Chartres