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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 216

To establish as a unit of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military 

Park, the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2003

Mr. WAMP (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL

To establish as a unit of Chickamauga and Chattanooga 

National Military Park, the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. MOCCASIN BEND NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL 

4 DISTRICT ACT. 

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

6 ‘‘Moccasin Bend National Archeological District Act’’. 

7 (b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 

8 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

9 the Secretary of the Interior. 
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1 (2) ARCHEOLOGICAL DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘ar2 cheological district’’ means the Moccasin Bend Na3 tional Archeological District. 

4 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

5 of Tennessee. 

6 (4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en7 titled, ‘‘Boundary Map Moccasin Bend National Ar8 cheological District’’, numbered 301/80098, and 

9 dated September 2002. 

10 (c) ESTABLISHMENT.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to preserve, protect, 

12 and interpret for the benefit of the public the na13 tionally significant archeological and historic re14 sources located on the peninsula known as Moccasin 

15 Bend, Tennessee, there is established as a unit of 

16 Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military 

17 Park, the Moccasin Bend National Archeological 

18 District. 

19 (2) BOUNDARIES.—The archeological district 

20 shall consist of approximately 780 acres generally 

21 depicted on the Map. The Map shall be on file and 

22 available for public inspection in the appropriate of23 fices of the National Park Service, Department of 

24 the Interior. 
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1 (3) ACQUISITION OF LAND AND INTERESTS IN

2 LAND.—

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac4 quire by donation, purchase from willing sellers 

5 using donated or appropriated funds, or ex6 change, lands and interests in lands within the 

7 exterior boundary of the archeological district. 

8 The Secretary may acquire the State, county 

9 and city-owned land and interests in land for 

10 inclusion in the archeological district only by 

11 donation. 

12 (B) EASEMENT OUTSIDE BOUNDARY.—To 

13 allow access between areas of the archeological 

14 district that on the date of the enactment of 

15 this section are noncontiguous, the Secretary 

16 may acquire by donation or purchase from will17 ing owners using donated or appropriated 

18 funds, or exchange, easements connecting the 

19 areas generally depicted on the Map. 

20 (d) ADMINISTRATION.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The archeological district 

22 shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance 

23 with this section, with laws applicable to Chicka24 mauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, 
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1 and with the laws generally applicable to units of the 

2 National Park System. 

3 (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary 

4 may consult and enter into cooperative agreements 

5 with culturally affiliated federally recognized Indian 

6 tribes, governmental entities, and interested persons 

7 to provide for the restoration, preservation, develop8 ment, interpretation, and use of the archeological 

9 district. 

10 (3) VISITOR INTERPRETIVE CENTER.—For pur11 poses of interpreting the historical themes and cul12 tural resources of the archeological district, the Sec13 retary may establish and administer a visitor center 

14 in the archeological district. 

15 (4) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later 

16 than three years after funds are made available 

17 under this section, the Secretary shall develop a gen18 eral management plan for the archeological district. 

19 The general management plan shall describe the ap20 propriate protection and preservation of natural, cul21 tural, and scenic resources, visitor use, and facility 

22 development within the archeological district con23 sistent with the purposes of this section, while en24 suring continued access by private landowners to 

25 their property. 
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1 (e) REPEAL OF PREVIOUS ACQUISITION AUTHOR2 ITY.—The Act of August 3, 1950 (Chapter 532; 16 U.S.C. 

3 424a–4) is repealed.

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