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107TH CONGRESS REPORT " HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ! 2d Session 107–712

AMENDING THE ACT ENTITLED ‘‘AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ANDERSONVILLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE IN THE 

STATE OF GEORGIA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES’’, TO PROVIDE FOR THE 

ADDITION OF CERTAIN DONATED LANDS TO THE ANDERSONVILLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

OCTOBER 1, 2002.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. HANSEN, from the Committee on Resources, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 4692] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill 

(H.R. 4692) to amend the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Establishment of the Andersonville National Historic Site in the State 

of Georgia, and for other purposes’’, to provide for the addition of 

certain donated lands to the Andersonville National Historic Site, 

having considered the same, report favorably thereon without 

amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 4692 is to amend the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 

to Authorize the Establishment of Andersonville National Historic 

Site in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes’’, and to provide 

for the addition of certain donated lands to the Andersonville National Historic Site. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

Known as Camp Sumter during the American Civil War, Andersonville was the site of the largest of several Confederate military 

prisons. It was built early in 1864 and during the 14 months of its 

existence held more than 45,000 Union soldiers. Of these prisoners, 

nearly 13,000 died from starvation, malnutrition, and exposure to 

the elements. The prison was closed in May of 1865. 

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The enabling legislation designated the Andersonville National 

Historic Site as a memorial to all American prisoners of war 

throughout the nation’s history stating that the site ‘‘to provide an 

understanding of the overall prisoner of war story of the Civil War, 

to interpret the role of prisoner of war camps in history, to commemorate the sacrifice of Americans who lost their lives in such 

camps, and to preserve the monuments located within the site.’’ In 

1998, the National Prisoner of War Museum was dedicated at 

Andersonville. 

Prior to the opening of the Museum, three families living near 

the site on Country Road 49 used an intersecting road known as 

191 to access their homes. The road was unpaved and very dangerous due to blind curves. Following the authorization of the Museum, these residents, for safety reasons, were allowed by the park 

to use the new park entrance road as a courtesy. As a result of this 

use, NPS decided to leave this road open at night. Since that time, 

it has been determined that leaving the entrance open during the 

night creates a security risk for the park. The legislation amends 

the enabling legislation to increase the acreage ceiling allowing the 

park to accept the land needed to reroute the road. The land has 

been purchased and will be donated upon authorization by the nonprofit group, the Friends of Andersonville. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 4692 was introduced on May 9, 2002 by Congressman Sanford Bishop (D–GA). The bill was referred to the Committee on Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands. On September 5, 2002, 

the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On September 12, 

2002, the Full Resources Committee met to consider the bill and 

the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands 

was discharged from further consideration. No amendments were 

offered and the bill was then ordered favorably reported to the 

House of Representatives by unanimous consent. 

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 Resources’ oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in 

the body of this report. 

CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States 

grants Congress the authority to enact this bill. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII 

1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(2) 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)(3)(B) of that rule provides 

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pared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

2. 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 budget authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. This bill does not 

authorize funding and therefore, clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the 

Rules of the House of Representatives does not apply. 

4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. 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, September 30, 2002. 

Hon. JAMES V. HANSEN, 

Chairman, Committee on Resources, 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 4692, a bill to amend the 

act entitled ‘‘An act to authorize the establishment of the Andersonville National Historic Site in the state of Georgia, and for other 

purposes,’’ to provide for the addition of certain donated lands to 

the Andersonville National Historic Site. 

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

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Deborah Reis. 

Sincerely, 

BARRY B. ANDERSON

(For Dan L. Crippen, Director). 

Enclosure. 

H.R. 4692—A bill to amend the act entitled ‘‘An act to authorize the 

establishment of the Andersonville National Historic Site in the 

state of Georgia, and for other purposes,’’ to provide for the addition of certain donated lands to the Andersonville National 

Historic Site 

H.R. 4692 would expand the boundary of the Andersonville National Historic Site in Georgia from 500 acres to 520 acres. The bill 

would enable the National Park Service (NPS) to accept the donation of 20 acres from the Friends of Andersonville, a local nonprofit 

organization. 

CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 4692 would result in no 

significant cost to the federal government because the donated 

land, which is contiguous to the existing park entrance, would not 

be developed. Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or 

revenues. 

H.R. 4692 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded mandates Reform Act and would 

have no significant impact on the budgets of state, local, or tribal 

governments. 

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The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Deborah Reis. This estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104–4 

This bill contains no unfunded mandates. 

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

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

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, 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): 

SECTION 1 OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 16, 1970

AN ACT To authorize the establishment of the Andersonville National Historic Site 

in the State of 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, in order to 

provide an understanding of the overall prisoner-of-war story of the 

Civil War, to interpret the role of prisoner-of-war camps in history, 

to commemorate the sacrifice of Americans who lost their lives in 

such camps, and to preserve the monuments located therein, the 

Secretary is hereby authorized to designate not more than øfive 

hundred acres¿ 520 acres in Macon and Sumter Counties, Georgia, 

for establishment as the Andersonville National Historic Site.

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