[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2329 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2329
To provide for the acquisition of non-Federal land for inclusion in the
Fort Monroe National Monument in the State of Virginia, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 30, 2019
Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Kaine) 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 provide for the acquisition of non-Federal land for inclusion in the
Fort Monroe National Monument in the State of Virginia, 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 Monroe National Monument Land
Acquisition Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map prepared by the
National Park Service entitled ``Fort Monroe National Monument
Proposed Land Conveyance'', numbered 250/154572A, and dated
July 2019.
(2) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Fort Monroe
National Monument in the State.
(3) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means
the approximately 40 acres of land in the State depicted on the
map as ``Commonwealth of Virginia Land (Fee) Proposed for
Conveyance to the NPS''.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National
Park Service.
(5) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Virginia.
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF NON-FEDERAL LAND FOR THE FORT MONROE NATIONAL
MONUMENT.
(a) In General.--If the State offers to convey to the United States
the non-Federal land--
(1) the Secretary shall accept the offer; and
(2) on conveyance to the United States of the non-Federal
land, the non-Federal land shall be added to, and administered
by the Secretary as part of, the Monument.
(b) Map.--
(1) Availability.--The map shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the
National Park Service.
(2) Corrections.--The Secretary and the State may, by
mutual agreement--
(A) make minor boundary adjustments to the non-
Federal land to be conveyed under subsection (a); and
(B) correct any minor errors in the map.
(c) Reservation of Rights.--As part of the conveyance of the non-
Federal land to the United States under subsection (a), the State may
reserve and retain the rights of the State under any leases in
existence on the non-Federal land on the day before the date of the
conveyance.
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