[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AND PARKER'S 
                 CROSSROADS BATTLEFIELD DESIGNATION ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 61, H.R. 88.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 88) to modify the boundary of the Shiloh 
     National Military Park located in Tennessee and Mississippi, 
     to establish Parker's Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated 
     area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause 
and insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Shiloh National Military 
     Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield 
     Designation Act''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Affiliated area.--The term ``affiliated area'' means 
     the Parker's Crossroads Battlefield established as an 
     affiliated area of the National Park System by section 4(a).
       (2) Park.--The term ``Park'' means Shiloh National Military 
     Park, a unit of the National Park System.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.

     SEC. 3. AREAS TO BE ADDED TO SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK.

       (a) Additional Areas.--The boundary of the Park is modified 
     to include the areas that are generally depicted on the map 
     entitled ``Shiloh National Military Park, Proposed Boundary 
     Adjustment'', numbered 304/80,011, and dated July 2014, and 
     which are comprised of the following:
       (1) Fallen Timbers Battlefield.
       (2) Russell House Battlefield.
       (3) Davis Bridge Battlefield.
       (b) Acquisition Authority.--The Secretary may acquire the 
     land described in subsection (a) by donation, purchase from 
     willing sellers with donated or appropriated funds, or 
     exchange.
       (c) Administration.--Any land acquired under this section 
     shall be administered as part of the Park.

     SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATED AREA.

       (a) In General.--Parker's Crossroads Battlefield in the 
     State of Tennessee is established as an affiliated area of 
     the National Park System.
       (b) Description of Affiliated Area.--The affiliated area 
     shall consist of the area generally depicted within the 
     ``Proposed Boundary'' on the map entitled ``Parker's 
     Crossroads Battlefield, Proposed Boundary'', numbered 903/
     80,073, and dated July 2014.
       (c) Administration.--The affiliated area shall be managed 
     in accordance with--
       (1) this Act; and
       (2) any law generally applicable to units of the National 
     Park System.
       (d) Management Entity.--The City of Parkers Crossroads and 
     the Tennessee Historical Commission shall jointly be the 
     management entity for the affiliated area.
       (e) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may provide 
     technical assistance and enter into cooperative agreements 
     with the management entity for the purpose of providing 
     financial assistance for the marketing, marking, 
     interpretation, and preservation of the affiliated area.
       (f) Limited Role of the Secretary.--Nothing in this Act 
     authorizes the Secretary to acquire property at the 
     affiliated area or to assume overall financial responsibility 
     for the operation, maintenance, or management of the 
     affiliated area.
       (g) General Management Plan.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
     management entity, shall develop a general management plan 
     for the affiliated area in accordance with section 100502 of 
     title 54, United States Code.
       (2) Transmittal.--Not later than 3 years after the date on 
     which funds are made available to carry out this Act, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources of the Senate the general management 
     plan developed under paragraph (1).
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
amendment be agreed to, the Murkowski amendment at the desk be agreed 
to, the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed, 
and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2349) was agreed to, as follows:

       (Purpose: To modify the authorized methods for the 
     acquisition of land to be added to the Shiloh National 
     Military Park.)
       In section 3(b), strike ``, purchase from willing sellers 
     with donated or appropriated funds,''.

  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
amended, was agreed to.
  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill was read the third time.
  The bill (H.R. 88), as amended, was passed.

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