[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 558 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                        Calendar No. 86
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 558

                          [Report No. 115-68]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 2017

                                Received

                            February 1, 2017

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                               Resources

                              May 16, 2017

              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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                                 AN ACT


 
 To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
  Park to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, 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 ``Kennesaw Mountain National 
Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park 
        was authorized as a unit of the National Park System on June 
        26, 1935. Prior to 1935, parts of the park had been acquired 
        and protected by Civil War veterans and the War 
        Department.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park 
        protects Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb's Farm, which are battle 
        sites along the route of General Sherman's 1864 campaign to 
        take Atlanta.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Most of the park protects Confederate 
        positions and strategy. The Wallis House is one of the few 
        original structures remaining from the Battle of Kennesaw 
        Mountain associated with Union positions and 
        strategy.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) The Wallis House is strategically located next 
        to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; 
              ADMINISTRATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundary of the Kennesaw 
Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified to include the 
approximately 8 acres identified as ``Wallis House and Harriston 
Hill'', and generally depicted on the map titled ``Kennesaw Mountain 
National Battlefield Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment'', numbered 
325/80,020, and dated February 2010.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Map.--The map referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Land Acquisition.--The Secretary of the Interior is 
authorized to acquire, from willing owners only, land or interests in 
land described in subsection (a) by donation or exchange.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Administration of Acquired Lands.--The Secretary of 
the Interior shall administer land and interests in land acquired under 
this section as part of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park 
in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Written Consent of Owner.--No non-Federal property may 
be included in the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park without 
the written consent of the owner. This provision shall apply only to 
those portions of the Park added under subsection (a).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) No Use of Condemnation.--The Secretary of the Interior 
may not acquire by condemnation any land or interests in land under 
this Act or for the purposes of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) No Buffer Zone Created.--Nothing in this Act, the 
establishment of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, or 
the management plan for the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park 
shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of the Park. That 
activities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected from areas within 
the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park shall not preclude, 
limit, control, regulate or determine the conduct or management of 
activities or uses outside the Park.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Kennesaw Mountain National 
Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this section:
            (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled 
        ``Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Proposed 
        Boundary Adjustment'', numbered 325/80,020, and dated February 
        2010.
            (2) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Kennesaw Mountain 
        National Battlefield Park.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK BOUNDARY 
              ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundary of the Park is modified to 
include the approximately 8 acres of land or interests in land 
identified as ``Wallis House and Harriston Hill'', as generally 
depicted on the map.
    (b) Map.--The map shall be on file and available for inspection in 
the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
    (c) Land Acquisition.--The Secretary may acquire land or interests 
in land described in subsection (a) by donation, purchase from willing 
sellers, or exchange.
    (d) Administration of Acquired Land.--The Secretary shall 
administer land and interests in land acquired under this Act as part 
of the Park in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations).
                                                        Calendar No. 86

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 558

                          [Report No. 115-68]

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                                 AN ACT

 To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
  Park to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 16, 2017

                       Reported with an amendment