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[H.R. 1665 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 Union Calendar No. 205
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1665

                          [Report No. 106-362]

To allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition 
to the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized by 
          law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 1999

 Mr. Bateman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

                            October 4, 1999

Additional sponsors: Mr. Traficant, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Boucher, 
 Mr. Fossella, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
     Skelton, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Snyder

                            October 4, 1999

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition 
to the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized by 
          law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. ADDITION TO WILDERNESS BATTLEFIELD, 
              VIRGINIA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Removal of Condition on Battlefield Addition.--Section 
2(a)(2) of Public Law 102-541 (16 U.S.C. 525k note; 106 Stat. 3565) is 
amended by striking ``: Provided,'' and all that follows through 
``Interior''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Authorized Methods of Acquisition.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Acquisition of certain lands by donation.--
        Section 3(a) of Public Law 101-214 (16 U.S.C. 425l(a)) is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
        ``However, the lands designated `P04-04' on the map referred to 
        in section 2(a) numbered 326-40072E/89/A and dated September 
        1990 may be acquired only by donation.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Removal of restriction on acquisition of 
        addition.--Section 2 of Public Law 102-541 (16 U.S.C. 525k 
        note; 106 Stat. 3565) is amended by striking subsection 
        (b).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Technical Correction.--Section 2(a) of Public Law 101-
214 (16 U.S.C. 425k(a)) is amended by striking ``Spotslyvania'' and 
inserting ``Spotsylvania''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. ADDITION TO WILDERNESS BATTLEFIELD, VIRGINIA.

    (a) Removal of Condition on Battlefield Addition.--Section 2(a)(2) 
of Public Law 102-541 (16 U.S.C. 425k note; 106 Stat. 3565) is amended 
by striking ``: Provided,'' and all that follows through ``Interior''.
    (b) Authorized Methods of Acquisition.--
            (1) Limitations on acquisition methods.--Section 3(a) of 
        Public Law 101-214 (16 U.S.C. 425l(a)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting 
                ``(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
                Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(2) The lands designated `P04-04' on the map referred to in 
section 2(a) numbered 326-40072E/89/A and dated September 1990 may be 
acquired only by donation, and the lands designated `P04-01', `P04-02', 
and `P04-03' on such map may be acquired only by donation, purchase 
from willing sellers, or exchange.''.
            (2) Removal of restriction on acquisition of addition.--
        Section 2 of Public Law 102-541 (16 U.S.C. 425k note; 106 Stat. 
        3565) is amended by striking subsection (b).
    (c) Technical Correction.--Section 2(a) of Public Law 101-214 (16 
U.S.C. 425k(a)) is amended by striking ``Spotslyvania'' and inserting 
``Spotsylvania''.
                                     

                                                 Union Calendar No. 205

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1665

                          [Report No. 106-362]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition 
to the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized by 
          law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 4, 1999

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed