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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3305

To revise the boundary of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 16, 2003

Mrs. CAPITO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Resources 

A BILL

To revise the boundary of Harpers Ferry National Historical 

Park, and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Harpers Ferry Na5 tional Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. HARPERS FERRY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 

7 The first section of the Act of June 30, 1944 (58 

8 Stat. 645, chapter 328; 16 U.S.C. 450bb), is amended to 

9 read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘SECTION 1. HARPERS FERRY NATIONAL HISTORICAL 

2 PARK. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the purposes of this 

4 Act, the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act 

5 as the ‘Secretary’) is authorized to acquire, by purchase 

6 from a willing seller with donated or appropriated funds, 

7 by donation, or by exchange, land or an interest in land 

8 within the boundaries as generally depicted on the map 

9 entitled ‘Boundary Map, Harpers Ferry National Histor10 ical Park’, numbered 385–80,021A, and dated April 1979. 

11 ‘‘(b) BRADLEY AND RUTH NASH ADDITION.—The 

12 Secretary is authorized to acquire, by donation only, ap13 proximately 27 acres of land or interests in land that are 

14 outside the boundary of the Harpers Ferry National His15 torical Park and generally depicted on the map entitled 

16 ‘Proposed Bradley and Ruth Nash Addition—Harpers 

17 Ferry National Historical Park’, numbered 385–80056, 

18 and dated April 1, 1989. 

19 ‘‘(c) BOUNDARY EXPANSION.—

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 

21 to acquire, by purchase from a willing seller with do22 nated or appropriated funds, by donation, or by ex23 change, land or an interest in land within the area 

24 depicted as ‘Private Lands’ on the map entitled 

25 ‘Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Proposed 
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1 Boundary Expansion,’ numbered 385/80,126, and 

2 dated July 14, 2003. 

3 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall—

4 ‘‘(A) transfer to the National Park Service 

5 for inclusion in the Harpers Ferry National 

6 Historical Park (referred to in this Act as the 

7 ‘Park’) the land depicted on the map referred 

8 to in paragraph (1) as ‘U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

9 Service Lands’ and revise the boundary of the 

10 Park accordingly; and 

11 ‘‘(B) revise the boundary of the Park to in12 clude the land depicted on the map referred to 

13 in paragraph (1) as ‘Appalachian NST’ and ex14 clude that land from the boundary of the Appa15 lachian National Scenic Trail. 

16 ‘‘(d) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ACRES.—The number of 

17 acres of the Park shall not exceed 3,745. 

18 ‘‘(e) MAPS.—The maps referred to in this section 

19 shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 

20 appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 

21 ‘‘(f) ACQUIRED LAND.—Land or an interest in land 

22 acquired under this section shall become a part of the 

23 Park, subject to the laws (including regulations) applicable 

24 to the Park. 
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1 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec3 essary to carry out this section.’’. 

4 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

5 Sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 30, 1944 (58 

6 Stat. 646, chapter 328; 16 U.S.C. 450bb–1, 450bb–2), are 

7 amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ each 

8 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’.

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