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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 136 

To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park 

to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 12, 2017 

Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. PERDUE) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National 

Battlefield Park to include the Wallis House and 

Harriston Hill, 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 ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain 

5 National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

9 Park was authorized as a unit of the National Park 


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1 System on June 26, 1935. Prior to 1935, parts of 

2 the park had been acquired and protected by Civil 

3 War veterans and the War Department. 

4 (2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

5 Park protects Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb’s 

6 Farm, which are battle sites along the route of Gen7 eral Sherman’s 1864 campaign to take Atlanta. 

8 (3) Most of the park protects Confederate posi9 tions and strategy. The Wallis House is one of the 

10 few original structures remaining from the Battle of 

11 Kennesaw Mountain associated with Union positions 

12 and strategy. 

13 (4) The Wallis House is strategically located 

14 next to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill. 

15 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; AD16 MINISTRATION. 

17 (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 

18 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified 

19 to include the approximately 8 acres identified as ‘‘Wallis 

20 House and Harriston Hill’’, and generally depicted on the 

21 map titled ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

22 Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 325/ 

23 80,020, and dated February 2010. 


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1 (b) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (a) 

2 shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro3 priate offices of the National Park Service. 

4 (c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Inte5 rior is authorized to acquire, from willing owners only, 

6 land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by 

7 donation or exchange. 

8 (d) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—The 

9 Secretary of the Interior shall administer land and inter10 ests in land acquired under this section as part of the Ken11 nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in accordance 

12 with applicable laws and regulations. 

13 (e) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER.—No non-Fed14 eral property may be included in the Kennesaw Mountain 

15 National Battlefield Park without the written consent of 

16 the owner. This provision shall apply only to those por17 tions of the Park added under subsection (a). 

18 (f) NO USE OF CONDEMNATION.—The Secretary of 

19 the Interior may not acquire by condemnation any land 

20 or interests in land under this Act or for the purposes 

21 of this Act. 

22 (g) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing in this 

23 Act, the establishment of the Kennesaw Mountain Na24 tional Battlefield Park, or the management plan for the 

25 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park shall be 


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1 construed to create buffer zones outside of the Park. That 

2 activities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected from 

3 areas within the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

4 Park shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate or deter5 mine the conduct or management of activities or uses out6 side the Park. 

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