[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[S. 1277 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 278
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1277

                          [Report No. 118-134]

 To modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State 
                  of Kentucky, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2023

 Mr. McConnell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                           December 12, 2023

               Reported by Mr. Manchin, without amendment

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                                 A BILL


 
 To modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State 
                  of Kentucky, 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 ``Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.

    Section 11 of the Act of June 5, 1942 (56 Stat. 319, chapter 341; 
16 U.S.C. 404c-11), is amended--
            (1) in the second paragraph, by striking ``the sum of not 
        to exceed'' in the first sentence and all that follows through 
        the period at the end of the paragraph and inserting ``such 
        sums as are necessary.''; and
            (2) by inserting after the second paragraph the following:
    ``The Secretary of the Interior may acquire approximately 980 acres 
of the land and any interests in the land generally depicted on the map 
entitled `Mammoth Cave National Park Proposed Southern Boundary 
Expansion Edmonson and Barren Counties, Kentucky', numbered 135/177, 
967, and dated April 28, 2022, for inclusion in the Mammoth Cave 
National Park.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 278

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1277

                          [Report No. 118-134]

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                                 A BILL

 To modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State 
                  of Kentucky, and for other purposes.

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                           December 12, 2023

                       Reported without amendment