[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 178 (Thursday, November 17, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S6781]
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          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

      By Mr. McCONNELL:
  S. 5129. A bill to modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National 
Park in the State of Kentucky; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text 
of the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 5129

       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 2022''.

     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.''.

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