[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 980 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 980

 To establish the Moccasin Bend National Historic Site in the State of 
            Tennessee as a unit of the National Park System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2001

    Mr. Wamp (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Bryant, Mr. 
Hilleary, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Clement, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Tanner, and 
  Mr. Ford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish the Moccasin Bend National Historic Site in the State of 
            Tennessee as a unit of the National Park System.

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

SECTION 1. MOCCASIN BEND NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, TENNESSEE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Historic site.--The term ``historic site'' means the 
        Moccasin Bend National Historic Site established by subsection 
        (b).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
    (b) Establishment of Historic Site.--In order to preserve for the 
benefit and education of the people of the United States certain 
archaeological and historic resources located on a portion of the 
peninsula bounded by the Tennessee River and known as Moccasin Bend 
near Chattanooga, Tennessee, there is established the Moccasin Bend 
National Historic Site as a unit of the National Park System. No other 
unit of the National Park System possesses the extensive range of 
historic themes and cultural resources available for interpretation at 
the historic site, and the establishment of the historic site enhances 
the collective significance and interpretive potential of these 
resources.
    (c) Boundaries.--
            (1) Main area.--The historic site shall consist of 
        approximately 911.5 acres, as depicted on the map entitled 
        ``Boundary Map, __________'', numbered ____, and dated ____.
            (2) Trail of tears and civil war corridor.--The historic 
        site shall also consist of the 97-acre parcel of land known as 
        the Rock-Tenn property, containing the Federal Road (designated 
        in 1807) between Ross Landing and Browns Ferry that served as a 
        portion of the overland route traveled by the Cherokee during 
        their removal from ancestral lands to Oklahoma during 1838 and 
        1839 and was used by the Union Army to break the Confederate 
        siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1863.
            (3) Serodino and klimsch property.--The lands encompassed 
        by the boundaries of the historic site described in paragraph 
        (1) include the 14.5-acre parcel known as the Serodino and 
        Klimsch property.
            (4) Filing and availability of maps.--The map referred to 
        in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public 
        inspection in appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 
        The Secretary may make minor revisions in the boundaries of the 
        historic site in accordance with section 7(c) of the Land and 
        Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4(c)).
    (d) Acquisition Authority.--
            (1) Acceptance of lands.--The Secretary may accept, on 
        behalf of the United States, lands within the boundaries of the 
        historic site that are donated by the State of Tennessee, the 
        county of Hamilton, Tennessee, the city of Chattanooga, 
        Tennessee, or any individual, corporation, organization, or 
        other entity.
            (2) Delayed acceptance of incompatible use.--In the case of 
        the parcel of land within the boundaries of the historic site 
        containing the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute, the 
        Secretary may accept donation of the parcel for inclusion in 
        the historic site only after the facility is no longer used to 
        provide health care services.
            (3) Purchase authority.--Private lands within the 
        boundaries of the historic site may be acquired by the 
        Secretary only by purchase from willing sellers with 
        appropriated or donated funds, by donation, or by exchange.
    (e) Administration.--The Secretary shall administer the historic 
site in accordance with this section and the laws generally applicable 
to units of the National Park System, including the Act of August 25, 
1916 (commonly known as the National Park Service Organic Act; 16 
U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of August 21, 1935 (commonly known as 
the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act; 16 U.S.C. 461 et 
seq.).
    (f) Cooperative Agreements.--
            (1) Authorized.--The Secretary may consult with and enter 
        into cooperative agreements with interested entities and 
        individuals to provide for the preservation, development, 
        interpretation, and use of the historic site.
            (2) Conditions.--Any payment made by the Secretary pursuant 
        to such a cooperative agreement shall be subject to an 
        agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of the project 
        assisted under the cooperative agreement for purposes contrary 
        to the purposes of the historic site, as determined by the 
        Secretary, shall result in a right of the United States to 
        reimbursement of all funds made available to such project or 
        the proportion of the increased value of the project 
        attributable to such finds as determined at the time of such 
        conversion, use, or disposal, whichever is greater.
    (g) Moccasin Bend Golf Course.--The Moccasin Bend Golf Course of 
the city of Chattanooga is not within the boundaries of the historic 
site described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (c). The golf 
course is managed under a lease that is set to expire in 2005, but that 
may be renewed or extended. Until such time as the lands covered by the 
golf course are no longer used as either a public or municipal golf 
course, the Secretary may not request an adjustment in the boundaries 
of the historic site to include the lands and permit possible future 
acquisition of the lands.
    (h) Visitor Interpretive Center.--The Secretary may use a portion 
of the visitor center established for the historic site as an 
additional interpretive center for the Trail of Tears National Historic 
Trail and to interpret the forcible removal of southeastern Indian 
tribes to Oklahoma. To assist in the establishment and operation of the 
visitor center, the Secretary may accept and use gifts, bequests, or 
devises of services, funds, and real and personal property.
    (i) Repeal of Previous Acquisition Authority.--The Act of August 3, 
1950 (Chapter 532; 16 U.S.C. 424a-4), is repealed.
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