S. 5129

Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2022

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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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