[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3947 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3947

   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of 
   Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the 
             Natchez Trace Parkway, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 17, 2010

Mr. Cochran (for himself and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of 
   Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the 
             Natchez Trace Parkway, 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 ``Natchez Trace Parkway Land 
Conveyance Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Natchez 
        Trace Parkway, Proposed Boundary Change'', numbered 604/105392, 
        and dated November 2010.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
        Mississippi.

SEC. 3. LAND CONVEYANCE; BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) Conveyance Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary shall, not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, convey to the State, by quitclaim deed and 
without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to 2 parcels of land in the city of Natchez, Mississippi, 
described in subsection (b).
    (b) Land Subject to Conveyance.--The parcels of land referred to in 
subsection (a) consist of a total of approximately 67 acres of land 
that are generally depicted as ``Proposed Conveyance'' on the map.
    (c) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service.
    (d) Boundary Adjustments.--
            (1) Exclusion of conveyed land.--On completion of the 
        conveyance to the State of the land described in subsection 
        (b), the Secretary shall adjust the boundary of the Natchez 
        Trace Parkway to exclude the conveyed land.
            (2) Inclusion of additional land.--Effective on the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the boundary of the Natchez Trace 
        Parkway is adjusted to include the approximately 10 acres of 
        land that are generally depicted as ``Proposed Addition'' on 
        the map.
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