[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 110 (Wednesday, September 15, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S9353]
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JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND PRESERVE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT 
                              ACT OF 2004

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 2287) to adjust the 
boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte National 
Historical Park and Preserve in the State of Louisiana, and for other 
purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources, with amendments, as follows:
  (Strike the part shown in black brackets and insert the part shown in 
the italic.)

                                S. 2287

       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 ``Jean Lafitte National 
     Historical Park and Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 
     2004''.

     SEC. 2. JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND PRESERVE 
                   BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

       (a) In General.--Section 901 of the National Parks and 
     Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230) is amended in the 
     second sentence by striking ``twenty thousand acres generally 
     depicted on the map entitled `Barataria Marsh Unit-Jean 
     Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve' numbered 
     90,000B and dated April 1978,'' and inserting ``23,000 acres 
     generally depicted on the map entitled `Boundary Map, 
     Barataria Preserve Unit, Jean Lafitte National Historical 
     Park and Preserve', numbered 467/[81000] 80100, and dated 
     August 2002,''.
       (b) Acquisition of Land.--Section 902 of the National Parks 
     and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230a) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``(a) Within the'' and all that follows 
     through the first sentence and inserting the following:
       ``(a) In General.--
       ``(1) Barataria preserve unit.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may acquire any land, 
     water, and interests in land and water within the boundary of 
     the Barataria Preserve Unit, as depicted on the map described 
     in section 901, by donation, purchase with donated or 
     appropriated funds, transfer from any other Federal agency, 
     or exchange.
       ``[(B) Limitations.--With respect to the areas on the map 
     identified as `Bayou aux Carpes Addition' and `CIT Tract 
     Addition'--
       ``[(i) any Federal land acquired in the areas shall be 
     transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the 
     National Park Service; and
       ``[(ii) any private land in the areas may be acquired by 
     the Secretary only with the consent of the owner of the 
     land.'';]
       ``(B) Limitations.--
       ``(i) In general.--With respect to the areas on the map 
     identified as `Bayou aux Carpes Addition' and `CIT Tract 
     Addition'--

       ``(I) any Federal land acquired in the areas shall be 
     transferred without consideration to the administrative 
     jurisdiction of the National Park Service; and
       ``(II) any private land in the areas may be acquired by the 
     Secretary only with the consent of the owner of the land.

       ``(ii) Easements.--Any Federal land in the area identified 
     on the map as `CIT Tract Addition' that is transferred under 
     clause (i)(I) shall be subject to any easements that have 
     been agreed to by the Secretary and the Secretary of the 
     Army.'';
       (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``The Secretary may 
     also'' and inserting the following:
       ``(2) French quarter.--The Secretary may'';
       (C) in the third sentence, by striking ``Lands, waters, and 
     interests therein'' and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Acquisition of state land.--Land, water, and 
     interests in land and water''; and
       (D) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``In acquiring'' 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(4) Acquisition of oil and gas rights.-- In acquiring'';
       (2) by striking subsections (b) through (f) and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(b) Resource Protection.--With respect to the land, 
     water, and interests in land and water of the Barataria 
     Preserve Unit, the Secretary shall preserve and protect--
       ``(1) fresh water drainage patterns;
       ``(2) vegetative cover;
       ``(3) the integrity of ecological and biological systems; 
     and
       ``(4) water and air quality.''; and
       (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (c).
       (c) Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping.--Section 905 of the 
     National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230d) is 
     amended in the first sentence by striking ``within the core 
     area and on those lands acquired by the Secretary pursuant to 
     section 902(c) of this title, he'' and inserting ``the 
     Secretary''.
       (d) Administration.--Section 906 of the National Parks and 
     Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230e) is amended--
       (1) by striking the first sentence; and
       (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Pending such 
     establishment and thereafter the'' and inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 3. REFERENCES IN LAW.

       (a) In General.--Any reference in a law (including 
     regulations), map, document, paper, or other record of the 
     United States--
       (1) to the Barataria Marsh Unit shall be considered to be a 
     reference to the Barataria Preserve Unit; or
       (2) to the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park shall be 
     considered to be a reference to the Jean Lafitte National 
     Historical Park and Preserve.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--Title IX of the National Parks 
     and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230 et seq.) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``Barataria Marsh Unit'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``Barataria Preserve Unit''; and
       (2) by striking ``Jean Lafitte National Historical Park'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``Jean Lafitte National 
     Historical Park and Preserve''.
  The committee amendments were agreed to.
  The bill (S. 2287), as amended, was read the third time and passed, 
as follows:
  (The bill will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)

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