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                                                 Union Calendar No. 395
108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4481

                          [Report No. 108-651]

    To amend Public Law 86-434 establishing Wilson's Creek National 
 Battlefield in the State of Missouri to expand the boundaries of the 
                     park, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 2, 2004

Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mr. Graves, Mr. Akin, Mr. Clay, Ms. McCarthy of 
  Missouri, Mr. Skelton, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Gephardt, and Mr. Hulshof) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               Resources

                           September 7, 2004

  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]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 2, 
                                 2004]

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend Public Law 86-434 establishing Wilson's Creek National 
 Battlefield in the State of Missouri to expand the boundaries of the 
                     park, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wilson's Creek National Battlefield 
Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF BOUNDARIES, WILSON'S CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD, 
              MISSOURI.

    (a) Boundary Expansion; Private Property Protections.--The first 
section of Public Law 86-434 (16 U.S.C. 430kk) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``That the Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:

``SECTION 1. WILSON'S CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD: ESTABLISHMENT AND 
              ACQUISITION OF LANDS.

    ``(a) Establishment, Initial Boundaries.--The Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
    ``(b) Expansion of Boundaries.--(1) The boundaries of the Wilson's 
Creek National Battlefield are revised to include lands and interests 
therein consisting of six parcels totaling 615 acres and identified as 
parcels `1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6' on the map entitled `Wilson's Creek 
National Battlefield Proposed Boundary', numbered 410/80,037 and dated 
January 27, 2004. The map shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
    ``(2) The Secretary is authorized to acquire the lands referred to 
in paragraph (1) by donation, by purchase from willing sellers with 
donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange. The Secretary may 
acquire by the same methods personal property associated with, and 
appropriate for, interpretation of the park.
    ``(c) Access to Private Property.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to--
            ``(1) require any private property owner to allow public 
        access (including Federal, State, or local government access) 
        to such private property; or
            ``(2) modify any provision of Federal, State, or local law 
        with regard to public access to or use of private property.
    ``(d) Liability.--The revision of the boundaries of the Wilson's 
Creek National Battlefield by subsection (b) shall not be considered to 
create any liability for, or to have any effect on any liability under 
any other law of, any owner of private property with respect to any 
person injured on that private property.
    ``(e) Recognition of Authority to Control Land Use.--Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to modify the authority of Federal, State, 
or local governments to regulate land use.
    ``(f) Participation of Private Property Owners.--Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to require the owner of any private property 
located within the boundaries of the Wilson's Creek National 
Battlefield to participate in, or be associated with, the National 
Battlefield.
    ``(g) Effect of Expansion.--The boundaries of the Wilson's Creek 
National Battlefield, as revised by subsection (b), represent the area 
within which Federal funds appropriated for the purpose of this Act may 
be expended. The boundary revision shall not be construed to provide 
any nonexisting regulatory authority on land use within the National 
Battlefield or its viewshed by the Secretary or the National Park 
Service.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 3 of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 430mm) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out section 1(b).''.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 395

108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4481

                          [Report No. 108-651]

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                                 A BILL

    To amend Public Law 86-434 establishing Wilson's Creek National 
                           Battlefield in the