[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 524 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
                                 S. 524


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2004

                 Referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To expand the boundaries of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield to 
 authorize the acquisition and interpretation of lands associated with 
the campaign that resulted in the capture of the fort in 1862, 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 ``Fort Donelson National Battlefield 
Expansion Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. FORT DONELSON NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD.

    (a) Designation; Purpose.--There exists as a unit of the National 
Park System the Fort Donelson National Battlefield to commemorate--
            (1) the Battle of Fort Donelson in February 1862; and
            (2) the campaign conducted by General Ulysses S. Grant and 
        Admiral Andrew H. Foote that resulted in the capture of Fort 
        Donelson by Union forces.
    (b) Boundaries.--The boundary of the Fort Donelson National 
Battlefield is revised to include the site of Fort Donelson and 
associated land that has been acquired by the Secretary of the Interior 
for administration by the National Park Service, including Fort 
Donelson National Cemetery, in Stewart County, Tennessee and the site 
of Fort Heiman and associated land in Calloway County, Kentucky, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ``Fort Donelson National 
Battlefield Boundary Adjustment'' numbered 328/80024, and dated 
September 2003. The map shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
    (c) Expansion of Boundaries.--The Fort Donelson National 
Battlefield shall also include any land acquired pursuant to section 3.

SEC. 3. LAND ACQUISITION RELATED TO FORT DONELSON NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD.

    (a) Acquisition Authority.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the 
Secretary of the Interior may acquire land, interests in land, and 
improvements thereon for inclusion in the Fort Donelson National 
Battlefield. Such land, interests in land, and improvements may be 
acquired by the Secretary only by purchase from willing sellers with 
appropriated or donated funds, by donation, or by exchange with willing 
owners.
    (b) Land Eligible for Acquisition.--The Secretary of the Interior 
may acquire land, interests in land, and improvements thereon under 
subsection (a)--
            (1) within the boundaries of the Fort Donelson National 
        Battlefield described in section 2(b); and
            (2) outside such boundaries if the land has been identified 
        by the American Battlefield Protection Program as part of the 
        battlefield associated with Fort Donelson or if the Secretary 
        otherwise determines that acquisition under subsection (a) will 
        protect critical resources associated with the Battle of Fort 
        Donelson in 1862 and the Union campaign that resulted in the 
        capture of Fort Donelson.
    (c) Boundary Revision.--Upon acquisition of land or interests in 
land described in subsection (b)(2), the Secretary of the Interior 
shall revise the boundaries of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield 
to include the acquired property.
    (d) Limitation on Total Acreage of Park.--The total area 
encompassed by the Fort Donelson National Battlefield may not exceed 
2,000 acres.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF FORT DONELSON NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall administer the Fort Donelson 
National Battlefield in accordance with this Act 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.).

SEC. 5. RELATION TO LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.

    The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to facilitate 
cooperatively protecting and interpreting the remaining vestige of Fort 
Henry and other remaining Civil War resources in the Land Between the 
Lakes National Recreation Area affiliated with the Fort Donelson 
campaign.

SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    The first section of Public Law 86-738 (16 U.S.C. 428k) is amended 
by striking ``Tennessee'' and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ``Tennessee.''.

            Passed the Senate May 19, 2004.

            Attest:

                                             EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

                                                             Secretary.