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112TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 112–449 

REVISING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK TO INCLUDE THE GETTYSBURG TRAIN STATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

APRIL 19, 2012.—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. 1335] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 

bill (H.R. 1335) to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National 

Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, and for 

other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended 

do pass. 

The amendment is as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK BOUNDARY REVISION. 

Section 1 of the Act titled ‘‘An Act to revise the boundary of the Gettysburg National Military Park in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes’’, 

approved August 17, 1990 (16 U.S.C. 430g–4), is amended by adding at the end the 

following: 

‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL LAND.—In addition to the land identified in subsections (a) and 

(b), the park shall include the following, as depicted on the map 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: 

‘‘(1) The land and interests in land commonly known as the ‘Gettysburg Train 

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

‘‘(2) The land and interests in land located along Plum Run in Cumberland 

Township.’’. 

SEC. 2. ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF LAND. 

Section 2 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 430g–5) is amended by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following: ‘‘The Secretary is also authorized to acquire publicly or privately owned property within the area defined in section 1(d) by purchase, from 

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hausted. The Secretary may not acquire property within the area defined in section 

1(d) by eminent domain.’’. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 1335, as ordered reported, is to revise the 

boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the 

Gettysburg Train Station. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 1335 authorizes the inclusion of the site known as Gettysburg Train Station in the Borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 

and 45 acres located along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, 

Pennsylvania, into Gettysburg National Military Park. 

The Gettysburg Train Station is the historic depot where President Abraham Lincoln arrived and departed via train in 1863, 

when he gave the historic Gettysburg Address. Currently, the depot 

is owned by the Borough of Gettysburg, but with this legislation 

may be transferred to the National Park Service. Its value is estimated to be approximately $700,000. The other 45 acres, located in 

Cumberland Township, has already been donated to the National 

Park Service, but needs to be incorporated into the boundaries to 

be part of the National Military Park. 

The Secretary of the Interior would be authorized to acquire the 

publicly-owned train station by purchase from willing sellers only 

if efforts to acquire it without cost have been exhausted. The bill 

authorizes no funding for this acquisition. H.R. 1335 specifically 

prohibits the acquisition of property within the areas of the Train 

Station and along Plum Run by eminent domain. Additionally, during full committee markup, the committee adopted an amendment 

offered by Congressman Rob Bishop (R–UT) to require written consent from owners before their property could be included into the 

boundary of the Park. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 1335 was introduced on April 1, 2011, by Congressman 

Todd Platts (R–PA). The bill was referred to the Committee on 

Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee 

on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. On October 4, 2011, 

the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On February 29, 

2012, the Full Natural Resources Committee met to consider the 

bill. The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 

Lands was discharged by unanimous consent. Congressman Rob 

Bishop (R–UT) offered amendment designated #1 to the bill; the 

amendment was approved by voice vote. The bill, as amended, was 

then ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by 

voice vote. 

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. 


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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. 1335—A bill to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, 

and for other purposes 

H.R. 1335 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 purchase a small parcel of land containing the newly refurbished Gettysburg Train Station and would 

accept (from the Gettysburg Foundation) the donation of a 45-acre 

tract of land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township. 

Based on information provided by NPS, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1335 would cost about $1 million over the next 

two years, assuming the availability of appropriated funds. That 

sum would be used to purchase the train station and conduct minor 

development projects at the added sites. We estimate that annual 

costs to operate and maintain the new properties after that time 

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. 1335 would not 

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

H.R. 1335 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. If enacted, 

the bill would benefit the Borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 

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

Based on information provided by the National Park Service, CBO 

estimates that implementing H.R. 1335 would cost about $1 million 

over the next two years, assuming the availability of appropriated 

funds. 

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, as ordered reported, is to revise the boundaries of the 


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Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train 

Station. 

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 as defined under Public 

Law 104–4. 

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): 

ACT OF AUGUST 17, 1990 

(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) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(d) ADDITIONAL LAND.—In addition to the land identified in subsections (a) and (b), the park shall include the following, as depicted 

on the map 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: 

(1) The land and interests in land commonly known as the 

‘‘Gettysburg Train Station’’ and its immediate surroundings in 

the Borough of Gettysburg. 

(2) The land and interests in land located along Plum Run 

in Cumberland Township. 

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. 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. The Secretary is also authorized to acquire publicly or privately owned 


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property within the area defined in section 1(d) by purchase, from 

willing sellers only, if efforts to acquire that property without cost 

have been exhausted. The Secretary may not acquire property within 

the area defined in section 1(d) by eminent domain. 

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