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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 113–222 

REVISING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY 

PARK TO INCLUDE THE GETTYSBURG TRAIN STATION AND CERTAIN 

LAND ALONG PLUM RUN IN CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIP, TO LIMIT THE 

MEANS BY WHICH PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH REVISED BOUNDARIES MAY 

BE ACQUIRED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Natural 

Resources, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 1513] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 

bill (H.R. 1513) to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National 

Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain 

land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to limit the means 

by which property within such revised boundaries may be acquired, 

and for other purposes, 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. 1513 is to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train 

Station and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, and to limit the means by which property within such revised 

boundaries may be acquired. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 1513 would revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the site known as Gettysburg Train 

Station in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and 45 acres of land located 

along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania, into Gettysburg National Military Park. The historic train depot was where 

President Abraham Lincoln arrived and left town via train in 1863, 

when he gave the immortal Gettysburg Address. Currently, the 

depot is owned by the Borough of Gettysburg, but will be donated 


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to the National Park Service. However, the depot would continue 

to be operated by local or nonprofit organizations. The 45 acres in 

Cumberland Township has already been donated to the Park Service, but needs to be incorporated into the boundaries to be part of 

the Park. 

H.R. 1513 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire 

these properties by donation only. Additionally, owners would have 

to provide written consent prior to property being included into the 

boundary. The creation of buffer zones is also prohibited. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 1513 was introduced on April 11, 2013, by Congressman 

Scott Perry (R–PA). The bill was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee on 

Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. On June 6, 2013, the 

Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On July 24, 2013, the Full 

Natural Resources Committee met to consider the bill. The Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation was discharged by unanimous consent. No amendments were offered, and 

the bill was adopted and 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 

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: 

H.R. 1513—A bill to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station 

and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to 

limit the means by which property within such revised boundaries may be acquired, and for other purposes 

H.R. 1513 would expand the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania to include two nearby properties. CBO expects that the National Park Service (NPS), which 

administers the park, would accept the donation of a small parcel 

of land containing the newly refurbished Gettysburg Train Station 

and a 45-acre tract of land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township. 


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Based on information provided by NPS, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1513 would have no significant impact on the federal budget. Under the legislation, the additional properties could 

only be acquired through donations. We estimate that annual costs 

to operate and maintain the new properties would be minimal because the train station would continue to be operated by local or 

nonprofit organizations and the Plum Run acreage would be left 

undeveloped. Enacting H.R. 1513 would not affect direct spending 

or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. 

H.R. 1513 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would 

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

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Martin von Gnechten. 

The estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, 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 budget authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or 

tax expenditures. Based on information provided by NPS, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1513 would have no significant impact on the federal budget. 

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 revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National 

Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain 

land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, and to limit the 

means by which property within such revised boundaries may be 

acquired. 

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 mandates. 

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. 


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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 (new matter is printed in italic 

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

roman): 

PUBLIC LAW 101–377 

AN ACT To revise the boundary of Gettysburg National Military park in the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes. 

SECTION 1. GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK BOUNDARY REVISION. 

(a) LANDS INCLUDED IN THE PARK.—In furtherance of the purposes of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a national military 

park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania’’, approved February 11, 1895 

(16 U.S.C. 430g et seq.), the Gettysburg National Military Park 

(hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘park’’) shall hereafter comprise the lands and interests in lands within the boundary generally depicted as ‘‘Park Boundary’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Gettysburg National Military Park Boundary Map’’, numbered NPS 305/ 

80034–B, and dated March 1990, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Director of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 

(b) ADDITIONAL LAND.—In addition to the land identified in subsection (a), the park shall also include the property commonly 

known as the Wills House located in the Borough of Gettysburg 

and identified as Tract P02–1 on the map entitled ‘Gettysburg National Military Park’ numbered MARO 305/80,011 Segment 2, and 

dated April 1981, revised May 14, 1999. 

(c) LANDS EXCLUDED FROM THE PARK.—Lands and interests in 

lands outside of the boundary so depicted as ‘‘Park Boundary’’ on 

the maps referred to in subsections (a) and (b) are hereby excluded 

from the park and shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of section 2(c). 

(d) ADDITIONAL LAND.— (1) COVERED LAND; CONDITION.—In addition to the land identified in subsections (a) and (b), the park shall include the following, as depicted on the maps titled ‘‘Gettysburg National 

Military Park Proposed Boundary Addition’’, numbered 305/ 

80,045, and dated January 2010, if the owner of the property 

has provided written consent to inclusion: 

(A) The land and interests in land commonly known as 

the ‘‘Gettysburg Train Station’’ and its immediate surroundings in the Borough of Gettysburg. 

(B) The land and interests in land located along Plum 

Run in Cumberland Township. 

(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in paragraph (1), the 

acquisition of property within the area described in such paragraph, or the management plan for such acquired property 

shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of such property. That an activity or use can be seen or heard from within 


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such acquired property shall not preclude the conduct of that 

activity or use outside such property. 

SEC. 2. ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF LANDS. 

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is authorized to acquire 

lands and interests in lands within the park by donation, purchase 

with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or otherwise, except 

that the Secretary is authorized to acquire property within the area 

described in section 1(d) by donation only. In acquiring lands and 

interests in lands under this Act, the Secretary shall acquire the 

minimum Federal interests necessary to achieve the objectives 

identified for specific areas and the park. 

(b) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INTERESTS

WITHIN PARK.—The Secretary may convey lands and interests in 

lands within the park authorized in accordance with subsection (a) 

of the Act of July 15, 1968 (16 U.S.C. 460l–22), except that, notwithstanding subsection (d) of that section, the net proceeds from 

any such conveyance may be used, subject to appropriations, to acquire lands and interests within the park. 

(c) CONVEYANCE OF LANDS EXCLUDED FROM PARK.—(1) The Secretary is authorized, in accordance with applicable existing law, to 

exchange Federal lands and interests excluded from the park pursuant to section 1(c) for the purpose of acquiring lands within the 

park boundary. 

(2) If any such Federal lands or interests are not exchanged 

within five years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may sell any or all such lands or interests to the highest 

bidder, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may 

prescribe, but any such conveyance shall be at not less than the 

fair market value of the land or interest, as determined by the Secretary. 

(3) All Federal lands and interests sold or exchanged pursuant 

to this subsection shall be subject to such terms and conditions as 

will assure the use of the property in a manner which, in the judgment of the Secretary, will protect the park and the Gettysburg 

Battlefield Historic District (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 

‘‘historic district’’). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

net proceeds from any such sale or exchange shall be used, subject 

to appropriations, to acquire lands and interests within the park. 

(d) RELINQUISHMENT OF LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION TO PENNSYLVANIA.—With respect to any lands over which the United States exercises exclusive or concurrent legislative jurisdiction and which 

are excluded from the park pursuant to section 1(c), the Secretary 

may relinquish to the State of Pennsylvania such exclusive or concurrent legislative jurisdiction by filing with the Governor a notice 

of relinquishment to take effect upon acceptance thereof, unless 

otherwise provided by the laws of the State. 

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