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[S. 3027 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 607
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3027

                          [Report No. 114-334]

    To clarify the boundary of Acadia National Park, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 2016

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

                           September 6, 2016

              Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
    To clarify the boundary of Acadia National Park, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Acadia National Park 
Boundary Clarification Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 101 of Public Law 99-420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note; 100 
Stat. 955) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``In order 
        to'' and inserting the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--In order to'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``The 
        map'' and inserting the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Availability of Map.--The map described in 
subsection (a)''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Schoodic Peninsula Addition.--The boundary of the 
Park is modified to include approximately 1,441 acres of land and 
interests in land, as generally depicted on the map entitled `Acadia 
National Park, Hancock County, Maine, Schoodic Peninsula Boundary 
Revision', numbered 123/129102, and dated July 15, 2015.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY 
              AUTHORITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior may only 
acquire land or interests in land within the boundary of Acadia 
National Park in accordance with section 102 of Public Law 99-420 (16 
U.S.C. 341 note; 100 Stat. 955).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Land Outside Boundary of the Park.--No land or 
interest in land located outside of the boundary of Acadia National 
Park may be acquired except as provided in Public Law 99-420 (16 U.S.C. 
341 note; 100 Stat. 955).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Clarification on Applicability of Certain Laws.--The 
Secretary of the Interior may not use any authority under section 3 of 
the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179, chapter 45), or the Act of 
January 19, 1929 (45 Stat. 1083, chapter 77), to acquire land or 
interests in land for addition to Acadia National Park.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK ADVISORY COMMISSION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
reestablish and appoint members to the Acadia National Park Advisory 
Commission in accordance with section 103 of Public Law 99-420 (16 
U.S.C. 341 note; 100 Stat. 959).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 103 of Public Law 99-
420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note; 100 Stat. 959) is amended by striking 
subsection (f).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. USE RESTRICTION REMOVED.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Act of August 1, 1950 (64 Stat. 383, chapter 511), is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``That the Secretary'' and 
        inserting the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LAND IN ACADIA NATIONAL 
              PARK.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Use of Land.--The land conveyed to the town of 
Tremont, Maine, under this Act known as `NPS Tract 06-126', which was 
conveyed by the National Park Service in the deed recorded at the 
Hancock County Registry of Deeds Book 737, Page 467, National Park 
Service deed 377, shall no longer be required to be used exclusively 
and perpetually for school purposes if the land is being used for 
public purposes.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Acadia National Park Schoodic 
Peninsula Land Ratification and Approval Act''.

SEC. 2. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY.

    Section 101 of Public Law 99-420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note; 100 Stat. 
955) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``In order to'' and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(a) Boundaries.--In order to'';
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``The map'' and all 
        that follows through ``made'' and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Availability of Maps.--The maps described in subsections (a) 
and (b) shall be--
            ``(1) on file and available for public inspection in the 
        appropriate offices of the National Park Service; and
            ``(2) made''; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (a) (as so designated) 
        the following:
    ``(b) Schoodic Peninsula Addition.--The boundary of the Park is 
confirmed to include approximately 1,441 acres of land and interests in 
land, as depicted on the map entitled `Acadia National Park, Hancock 
County, Maine, Schoodic Peninsula Boundary Revision', numbered 123/
129102, and dated July 10, 2015.''.

SEC. 3. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY AUTHORITY.

    (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Interior may only acquire 
land or interests in land within the boundary of Acadia National Park 
in accordance with Public Law 99-420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note; 100 Stat. 
955).
    (b) Repeals.--The following provisions are repealed:
            (1) Section 3 of the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 
        1179, chapter 45).
            (2) The first section of the Act of January 19, 1929 (45 
        Stat. 1083, chapter 77).

SEC. 4. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK ADVISORY COMMISSION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall reestablish 
and appoint members to the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission in 
accordance with section 103 of Public Law 99-420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note; 
100 Stat. 959).
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 103 of Public Law 99-420 (16 
U.S.C. 341 note; 100 Stat. 959) is amended by striking subsection (f).

SEC. 5. USE RESTRICTION MODIFIED.

    The Act of August 1, 1950 (64 Stat. 383, chapter 511), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``That the Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:

``SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LAND IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK.

    ``The Secretary''; and
            (2) by striking ``for school purposes'' and inserting ``for 
        public purposes, subject to the conditions that use of the 
        property shall not degrade or adversely impact the resources or 
        values of Acadia National Park, and the land shall remain in 
        public ownership for recreational, educational, or similar 
        public purposes''.
                                                       Calendar No. 607

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3027

                          [Report No. 114-334]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To clarify the boundary of Acadia National Park, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 6, 2016

                       Reported with an amendment