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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 114–701 

FORT FREDERICA NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY 

EXPANSION ACT 

JULY 25, 2016.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 3480] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 

bill (H.R. 3480) to expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National 

Monument in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes, having 

considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment 

and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. 

The amendment is as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FORT FREDERICA NATIONAL MONUMENT, GEORGIA. 

(a) MAXIMUM ACREAGE.—The first section of the Act of May 26, 1936 (16 U.S.C. 

433g), is amended by striking ‘‘two hundred and fifty acres’’ and inserting ‘‘305 

acres’’. 

(b) BOUNDARY EXPANSION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Fort Frederica National Monument in 

the State of Georgia is modified to include the land generally depicted as ‘‘Proposed Acquisition Areas’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Fort Frederica National Monument Proposed Boundary Expansion’’, numbered 369/132,469, and dated April 

2016. 

(2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described in paragraph (1) shall be on file 

and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 

Park Service. 

(3) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The Secretary of the Interior may acquire the land 

and interests in land described in paragraph (1) by donation or purchase with 

donated or appropriated funds from willing sellers only. 

(4) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER.—No non-Federal property may be included 

in the Fort Frederica National Monument without the written consent of the 

owner. 


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1 National Park Service, ‘‘Fort Frederica: History & Culture,’’ https://www.nps.gov/fofr/ 

learn/historyculture/index.htm 2 Ibid. 

(5) NO USE OF CONDEMNATION OR EMINENT DOMAIN.—The Secretary of the Interior may not acquire by condemnation or eminent domain any land or interests in land under this Act or for the purposes of this Act. 

(6) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing in this Act, the establishment of the 

Fort Frederica National Monument, or the management plan for the Fort Frederica National Monument shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of 

the Monument. That activities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected from 

areas within the Fort Frederica National Monument shall not preclude, limit, 

control, regulate, or determine the conduct or management of activities or uses 

outside of the Monument. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 3480 is to expand the boundary of Fort 

Frederica National Monument in the State of Georgia. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 3480, as amended, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 

to acquire, for inclusion in the boundary of Fort Frederica National 

Monument, approximately 21 acres by donation, or purchase with 

donated or appropriated funds. The parcel authorized to be acquired is owned by the St. Simons Land Trust. 

Fort Frederica National Monument, on St. Simons Island, Georgia, preserves the archaeological remnants of a fort established in 

1736 by James Oglethorpe. Oglethorpe built the fort to protect the 

southern boundary of his new colony of Georgia from the Spanish 

in Florida. Named for Frederick Louis, the Prince of Wales (1702– 

1754), Frederica consisted of a fort and town fortified by a palisade 

wall and earthen rampart. The fort’s location on the Frederica 

River allowed it to control ship travel.1

Oglethorpe’s foresight in establishing Fort Frederica was rewarded in 1742 when Spanish and British forces clashed on St. Simons Island. Fort Frederica’s troops defeated the Spanish in the 

Battle of Bloody Marsh. The British victory not only confirmed that 

Georgia was British territory, but also signaled the end for Fort 

Frederica. In 1749, Fort Frederica’s regiment disbanded and eventually the town fell into decline.2

On May 26, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established 

Fort Frederica as a National Monument. The National Park Service owns and preserves the archeological remains of Fort Frederica. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 3480 was introduced on September 10, 2015, by Congressman Earl L. ‘‘Buddy’’ Carter (R–GA). The bill was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the 

Subcommittee on Federal Lands. On May 24, 2016, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On June 14, 2016, the Natural Resources Committee met to consider the bill. The Subcommittee was discharged by unanimous consent. Congressman 

Jody B. Hice offered an amendment designated #1; it was adopted 

by unanimous consent. No additional amendments were offered, 

and the bill, as amended, was ordered favorably reported to the 

House of Representatives by unanimous consent on June 15, 2016. 


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COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

Natural Resources’ oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in the body of this report. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII 

1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(2)(B) of that rule provides 

that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Under clause 

3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 

section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate for this bill from the 

Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Washington, DC, July 20, 2016. 

Hon. ROB BISHOP, 

Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources, 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 3480, the Fort Frederica 

National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2015. 

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Marin Burnett. 

Sincerely, 

KEITH HALL. 

Enclosure. 

H.R. 3480—Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2015 

H.R. 3480 would authorize the expansion of the Fort Frederica 

National Monument on St. Simons Island, Georgia, by increasing 

the maximum acreage from 250 to 305 acres. The monument preserves the archaeological remnants of a fort established in 1736 by 

James Oglethorpe, the founder of the state of Georgia. 

The National Park Service (NPS) would be permitted to expand 

the monument boundary only through donations or purchases of 

land made using appropriated funds. According to the NPS, the existing park boundary exceeds the current acreage cap. The legislation would expand the cap to accommodate the current size of the 

monument and permit the NPS to acquire about 20 additional 

acres. Based on information the county provided to the NPS about 

the value of different parcels, CBO estimates that the cost of acquiring certain properties that are adjacent to the monument 

would be about $1 million. 

Enacting H.R. 3480 would not affect direct spending or revenues; 

therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO estimates 


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that enacting H.R. 3480 would not increase net direct spending or 

on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027. 

H.R. 3480 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform act and would 

impose no costs on state, local, and tribal governments. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Marin Burnett. The estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant 

Director for Budget Analysis. 

2. Section 308(a) of Congressional Budget Act. As required by 

clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

this bill does not contain any new spending authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or tax expenditure. 

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), acquiring the 

land in the expanded boundary would cost about $1,000,000; this 

land may be acquired by donation or using appropriated funds. 

CBO estimates that the bill ‘‘would not increase net direct spending 

or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10 year periods 

beginning in 2027’’. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 

clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or objective 

of this bill is to expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National 

Monument in the State of Georgia. 

EARMARK STATEMENT

This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks, limited 

tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined under clause 9(e), 

9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104–4 

This bill contains no unfunded mandate as defined by Public Law 

104–4. 

COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5 

Directed Rule Making. The Chairman does not believe that this 

bill directs any executive branch official to conduct any specific 

rule-making proceedings. 

Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not establish or 

reauthorize a program of the federal government known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was not included in 

any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress 

pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111–139 or identified in the 

most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program Information Act (Public Law 95–220, 

as amended by Public Law 98–169) as relating to other programs. 

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or tribal law. 


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CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, 

and existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in 

roman): 

ACT OF MAY 26, 1936 

(Public Law Chapter 451–74th Congress) 

AN ACT To provide for the establishment of the Fort Frederica National Monument, 

at Saint Simon Island, Georgia, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

United States of America in Congress assembled, That when title 

to the site of Fort Frederica, on Saint Simon Island, Georgia, and 

such other related sites located thereon, as may be designated by 

the Secretary of the Interior, in the exercise of his discretion, as 

necessary or desirable for national-monument purposes, shall have 

been vested in the United States, said area not to exceed øtwo hundred and fifty¿ 350 acres shall be, and is hereby, set apart as a national monument for the benefit and inspiration of the people, and 

shall be called the ‘‘Fort Frederica National Monument’’. 

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