[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 127 (Friday, October 8, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H9008-H9009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        FORT DONELSON NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD EXPANSION ACT OF 2004

  Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Resources be discharged from further consideration of the Senate 
bill (S. 524) to expand the boundaries of the Fort Donelson National 
Battlefield to authorize the acquisition and interpretation of lands 
associated with the campaign that resulted in the capture of the fort 
in 1862, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Utah?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate bill as follows:

                                 S. 524

       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 Donelson National 
     Battlefield Expansion Act of 2004''.

     SEC. 2. FORT DONELSON NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD.

       (a) Designation; Purpose.--There exists as a unit of the 
     National Park System the Fort Donelson National Battlefield 
     to commemorate--
       (1) the Battle of Fort Donelson in February 1862; and
       (2) the campaign conducted by General Ulysses S. Grant and 
     Admiral Andrew H. Foote that resulted in the capture of Fort 
     Donelson by Union forces.
       (b) Boundaries.--The boundary of the Fort Donelson National 
     Battlefield is revised to include the site of Fort Donelson 
     and associated land that has been acquired by the Secretary 
     of the Interior for administration by the National Park 
     Service, including Fort Donelson National Cemetery, in 
     Stewart County, Tennessee and the site of Fort Heiman and 
     associated land in Calloway County, Kentucky, as generally 
     depicted on the map entitled ``Fort Donelson National 
     Battlefield Boundary Adjustment'' numbered 328/80024, and 
     dated September 2003. The map shall be on file and available 
     for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
     National Park Service.
       (c) Expansion of Boundaries.--The Fort Donelson National 
     Battlefield shall also include any land acquired pursuant to 
     section 3.

     SEC. 3. LAND ACQUISITION RELATED TO FORT DONELSON NATIONAL 
                   BATTLEFIELD.

       (a) Acquisition Authority.--Subject to subsections (b) and 
     (c), the Secretary of the Interior may acquire land, 
     interests in land, and improvements thereon for inclusion in 
     the Fort Donelson National Battlefield. Such land, interests 
     in land, and improvements may be acquired by the Secretary 
     only by purchase from willing sellers with appropriated or 
     donated funds, by donation, or by exchange with willing 
     owners.
       (b) Land Eligible for Acquisition.--The Secretary of the 
     Interior may acquire land, interests in land, and 
     improvements thereon under subsection (a)--
       (1) within the boundaries of the Fort Donelson National 
     Battlefield described in section 2(b); and
       (2) outside such boundaries if the land has been identified 
     by the American Battlefield Protection Program as part of the 
     battlefield associated with Fort Donelson or if the Secretary 
     otherwise determines that acquisition under subsection (a) 
     will protect critical resources associated with the Battle of 
     Fort Donelson in 1862 and the Union campaign that resulted in 
     the capture of Fort Donelson.
       (c) Boundary Revision.--Upon acquisition of land or 
     interests in land described in subsection (b)(2), the 
     Secretary of the Interior shall revise the boundaries of the 
     Fort Donelson National Battlefield to include the acquired 
     property.
       (d) Limitation on Total Acreage of Park.--The total area 
     encompassed by the Fort Donelson National Battlefield may not 
     exceed 2,000 acres.

     SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF FORT DONELSON NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD.

       The Secretary of the Interior shall administer the Fort 
     Donelson National Battlefield in accordance with this Act and 
     the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park 
     System, including the Act of August 25, 1916 (commonly known 
     as the National Park Service Organic Act; 16 U.S.C. 1 et 
     seq.), and the Act of August 21, 1935 (commonly known as the 
     Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act; 16 U.S.C. 461 
     et seq.).

     SEC. 5. RELATION TO LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES NATIONAL 
                   RECREATION AREA.

       The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall enter into a

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     memorandum of understanding to facilitate cooperatively 
     protecting and interpreting the remaining vestige of Fort 
     Henry and other remaining Civil War resources in the Land 
     Between the Lakes National Recreation Area affiliated with 
     the Fort Donelson campaign.

     SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

       The first section of Public Law 86-738 (16 U.S.C. 428k) is 
     amended by striking ``Tennessee'' and all that follows 
     through the period at the end and inserting ``Tennessee.''.

  The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the 
third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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