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S. 5129Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)In Committee

Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2022

Sponsored by Mitch McConnellSen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Introduced November 17, 2022

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The Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2022 changes the 1942 law that created the park so the Interior Secretary can add about 980 acres of land in southern Edmonson and Barren Counties, Kentucky, to the park. It also updates the funding language to allow any necessary sums rather than a capped amount. The bill mainly affects the National Park Service and any private owners of the land being added.

Key Provisions

  • Amends the 1942 act to replace the phrase “the sum of not to exceed …” with “such sums as are necessary,” giving flexibility for funding the acquisition.
  • Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire roughly 980 acres shown on a specific map dated April 28, 2022, and add that land to Mammoth Cave National Park.

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-523.

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

December 1, 2022

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Introduced in Senate

November 17, 2022

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S6781)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

November 17, 2022

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-523.

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

December 1, 2022

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Mitch McConnell
Sen. Mitch McConnellR-KY · Nov 17, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

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Mitch McConnell
Sen. Mitch McConnellR-KY · Nov 17, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

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Introduced in SenateIssued November 17, 2022

II

117th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 5129

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 17, 2022

Mr. McConnell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2022.

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Mammoth Cave National Park boundary modification

Section 11 of the Act of June 5, 1942 (56 Stat. 319, chapter 341; 16 U.S.C. 404c–11), is amended—

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in the second paragraph, by striking the sum of not to exceed in the first sentence and all that follows through the period at the end of the paragraph and inserting such sums as are necessary.; and

(2)

by inserting after the second paragraph the following:

The Secretary of the Interior may acquire approximately 980 acres of the land and any interests in the land generally depicted on the map entitled Mammoth Cave National Park Proposed Southern Boundary Expansion Edmonson and Barren Counties, Kentucky, numbered 135/177, 967, and dated April 28, 2022, for inclusion in the Mammoth Cave National Park.

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