[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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