[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 558 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 86
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 558
[Report No. 115-68]
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 31, 2017
Received
February 1, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
May 16, 2017
Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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AN ACT
To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield
Park to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Kennesaw Mountain National
Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> The Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
was authorized as a unit of the National Park System on June
26, 1935. Prior to 1935, parts of the park had been acquired
and protected by Civil War veterans and the War
Department.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
protects Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb's Farm, which are battle
sites along the route of General Sherman's 1864 campaign to
take Atlanta.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Most of the park protects Confederate
positions and strategy. The Wallis House is one of the few
original structures remaining from the Battle of Kennesaw
Mountain associated with Union positions and
strategy.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) The Wallis House is strategically located next
to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION;
ADMINISTRATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundary of the Kennesaw
Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified to include the
approximately 8 acres identified as ``Wallis House and Harriston
Hill'', and generally depicted on the map titled ``Kennesaw Mountain
National Battlefield Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment'', numbered
325/80,020, and dated February 2010.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Map.--The map referred to in subsection (a) shall be
on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the
National Park Service.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Land Acquisition.--The Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to acquire, from willing owners only, land or interests in
land described in subsection (a) by donation or exchange.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Administration of Acquired Lands.--The Secretary of
the Interior shall administer land and interests in land acquired under
this section as part of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Written Consent of Owner.--No non-Federal property may
be included in the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park without
the written consent of the owner. This provision shall apply only to
those portions of the Park added under subsection (a).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (f) No Use of Condemnation.--The Secretary of the Interior
may not acquire by condemnation any land or interests in land under
this Act or for the purposes of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (g) No Buffer Zone Created.--Nothing in this Act, the
establishment of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, or
the management plan for the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of the Park. That
activities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected from areas within
the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park shall not preclude,
limit, control, regulate or determine the conduct or management of
activities or uses outside the Park.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Kennesaw Mountain National
Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this section:
(1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled
``Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Proposed
Boundary Adjustment'', numbered 325/80,020, and dated February
2010.
(2) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Kennesaw Mountain
National Battlefield Park.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
SEC. 3. KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT.
(a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundary of the Park is modified to
include the approximately 8 acres of land or interests in land
identified as ``Wallis House and Harriston Hill'', as generally
depicted on the map.
(b) Map.--The map shall be on file and available for inspection in
the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
(c) Land Acquisition.--The Secretary may acquire land or interests
in land described in subsection (a) by donation, purchase from willing
sellers, or exchange.
(d) Administration of Acquired Land.--The Secretary shall
administer land and interests in land acquired under this Act as part
of the Park in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations).
Calendar No. 86
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 558
[Report No. 115-68]
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield
Park to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other
purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
May 16, 2017
Reported with an amendment