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Calendar No. 86
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 558
[Report No. 115–68]
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
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.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act
.
Findings
The Congress finds the following:
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.
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.
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.
The Wallis House is strategically located next to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill.
Boundary adjustment; land acquisition; administration
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act
.
Definitions
In this section:
Map
The term map
means the map entitled Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment
, numbered 325/80,020, and dated February 2010.
Park
The term Park
means the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
Secretary
The term Secretary
means the Secretary of the Interior.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary adjustment
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.
Map
The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
Land acquisition
The Secretary may acquire land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by donation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange.
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).
May 16, 2017
Reported with an amendment