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[H.R. 2541 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 Union Calendar No. 257
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2541

                          [Report No. 106-447]

   To adjust the boundaries of the Gulf Islands National Seashore to 
                    include Cat Island, Mississippi.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 1999

  Mr. Taylor of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

                            November 4, 1999

  Additional sponsors: Mr. Wicker, Mr. Shows, Mr. Pickering, and Mr. 
                        Thompson of Mississippi

                            November 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 adjust the boundaries of the Gulf Islands National Seashore to 
                    include Cat Island, Mississippi.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTED TO INCLUDE CAT ISLAND.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The first section of Public Law 91-660 (16 U.S.C. 459h; 84 
Stat. 1967) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (F);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking ``shall comprise the following 
        gulf coast'' and inserting the following: ``shall comprise the 
        following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) The gulf coast''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Cat Island, Mississippi, and the water area 
        adjacent to the shoreline of Cat Island that is not owned by 
        the State of Mississippi on the date of the enactment of this 
        paragraph.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) In General.--The first section of Public Law 91-660 (16 U.S.C. 
459h; 84 Stat. 1967) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (F) and adjusting the margin 2 ems to 
        the right;
            (2) by striking ``shall comprise the following gulf coast'' 
        and inserting the following: ``shall comprise the following:
            ``(1) The gulf coast''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2)(A) Only after acquisition by the Secretary from a 
        willing seller, (i) the water area adjacent to the shoreline of 
        Cat Island that is not owned by the State of Mississippi on the 
        date of the enactment of this paragraph, and (ii) all of the 
        property on Cat Island, Mississippi, except that property 
        described in subparagraph (B).
            ``(B) The property to be excluded from the boundaries of 
        the seashore pursuant to subparagraph (A) is as follows:
                    ``(i) A parcel of land situated and being located 
                in Sections 32 and 33 of the Claim of Juan de Cuevas as 
                patented on February 23, 1882, Township 9 South, Range 
                11 West, First Judicial District of Harrison County, 
                Mississippi and being more particularly described as 
                follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Northeast corner of 
                Lot 2 of the Survey of Bayou Marie Ridge, Unit 1-A 
                (Plat Book 27, Page 10); thence run South 77 degrees 21 
                minutes 26 seconds East 77.73 feet to the Northeast 
                corner of Lot 1 of the Survey of Bayou Marie Ridge, 
                Unit 1-A; thence run South 12 degrees 09 minutes 44 
                seconds West 115.64 feet to the Southeast corner of 
                said Lot 1; thence run South 78 degrees 22 minutes 34 
                seconds East 80.00 feet to a point on the easterly end 
                of a canal; thence run South 11 degrees 55 minutes 46 
                seconds West 80.49 feet to a point on the southerly 
                margin of a canal; thence run North 78 degrees 07 
                minutes 53 seconds West 700.32 feet along the southerly 
                margin of a canal to the Northeast corner of Lot 20 of 
                the Survey of Bayou Marie Ridge, Unit 2-A; thence run 
                South 10 degrees 23 minutes 52 seconds West 124.47 feet 
                to the Southeast corner of said Lot 20; thence run 
                North 78 degrees 27 minutes 44 seconds West 166.82 feet 
                along the south line of Lots 20 and 19 of the Survey of 
                Bayou Marie Ridge, Unit 2-A; thence run North 11 
                degrees 12 minutes 19 seconds East 124.71 feet to the 
                Northwest corner of said Lot 19; thence run North 78 
                degrees 22 minutes 10 seconds West 1,436.58 feet along 
                the northerly line of Lot 18 through 1, inclusive of 
                the Survey of Bayou Marie Ridge, Unit 2-A to the 
                Northwest corner of said Lot 1; thence run South 11 
                degrees 37 minutes 50 seconds West along the westerly 
                line of said Lot 1 and a southerly projection thereof a 
distance of 395 feet, more or less to the centerline of a shell road; 
thence generally westerly 2,943 feet, more or less, along the 
centerline of said shell road; thence run South 00 degrees 00 minutes 
00 seconds East 835 feet, more or less, to a point on the shoreline of 
an inlet to Little Bay/South Bayou; thence run generally easterly, 
westerly, and easterly along the shoreline of the inlet to Little Bay/
South Bayou and along the northerly shoreline of Little Bay/South Bayou 
a meandering distance of 12,127 feet, more or less, to a point at the 
easterly end of Little Bay/South Bayou; thence run North 33 degrees 02 
minutes 51 seconds East 806 feet, more or less; thence run North 06 
degrees 17 minutes 53 seconds West 455 feet, more or less, to a point 
on a marsh line; thence run generally westerly, northwesterly, 
easterly, and westerly along said marsh line a distance of 1,362 feet, 
more or less, to a point that is North 10 degrees 05 minutes 33 seconds 
East from the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence run South 10 degrees 05 
minutes 33 seconds West 247 feet, more or less, to the POINT OF 
BEGINNING.
                    ``(ii) That land marked as 1-A and 1-C on the map 
                entitled `Survey of Bayou Marie Ridge; Units 1-A, 1-B, 
                and 1-C', dated February 10, 1969.
                    ``(iii) That land marked as 19 and 20 on the map 
                entitled `Survey of Bayou Marie Ridge; Unit 2-A', dated 
                July, 10, 1970.''.
    (b) Acquisition Authority.--Section 2(a) of Public Law 91-660 (84 
Stat. 1967) is amended by inserting after ``consent of the owner.'' the 
following: ``The Secretary may acquire, from a willing seller only, the 
property described in paragraph (2)(A) of the first section of this 
Act.''.
    (c) Regulation of Fishing.--Section 3 of Public Law 91-660 (84 
Stat. 1968) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``The Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) The proviso in subsection (a) shall not apply to the property 
described in paragraph (2)(A) of the first section of this Act to the 
extent that such proviso relates to fishing activities, including 
shrimping.''.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 11 of Public Law 91-
660 (84 Stat. 1970) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``There''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) In addition to the funds authorized by subsection (a), there 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to acquire 
the property described in paragraph (2)(A) of the first section of this 
Act.''.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 257

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2541

                          [Report No. 106-447]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To adjust the boundaries of the Gulf Islands National Seashore to 
                    include Cat Island, Mississippi.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            November 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