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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 87 

To modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military Park located in 

Tennessee and Mississippi, to establish Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield 

as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2015 

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

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military 

Park located in Tennessee and Mississippi, to establish 

Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of 

the National Park System, 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 ‘‘Shiloh National Mili5 tary Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker’s Crossroads 

6 Battlefield Designation Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act, the following definitions apply: 


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1 (1) AFFILIATED AREA.—The term ‘‘affiliated 

2 area’’ means the Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield es3 tablished as an affiliated area of the National Park 

4 System under section 4. 

5 (2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means Shiloh 

6 National Military Park, a unit of the National Park 

7 System. 

8 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

9 the Secretary of the Interior. 

10 SEC. 3. AREAS TO BE ADDED TO SHILOH NATIONAL MILI11 TARY PARK. 

12 (a) ADDITIONAL AREAS.—The boundary of Shiloh 

13 National Military Park is modified to include the areas 

14 that are generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Shiloh 

15 National Military Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, 

16 numbered 304/80,011, and dated April 2012 as follows: 

17 (1) Fallen Timbers Battlefield. 

18 (2) Russell House Battlefield. 

19 (3) Davis Bridge Battlefield. 

20 (b) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 

21 acquire lands described in subsection (a) by donation, pur22 chase from willing sellers with donated or appropriated 

23 funds, or exchange. 

24 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—Any lands acquired under 

25 this section shall be administered as part of the Park. 


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1 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATED AREA. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield in 

3 the State of Tennessee is hereby established as an affili4 ated area of the National Park System. 

5 (b) DESCRIPTION.—The affiliated area shall consist 

6 of the area generally depicted within the ‘‘Proposed 

7 Boundary’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Parker’s Crossroads Bat8 tlefield, Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 903/80,073, and 

9 dated April 2012. 

10 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The affiliated area shall be 

11 managed in accordance with this Act and all laws gen12 erally applicable to units of the National Park System. 

13 (d) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The City of Parkers 

14 Crossroads and the Tennessee Historical Commission 

15 shall jointly be the management entity for the affiliated 

16 area. 

17 (e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 

18 may provide technical assistance and enter into coopera19 tive agreements with the management entity for the pur20 pose of providing financial assistance with marketing, 

21 marking, interpretation, and preservation of the affiliated 

22 area. 

23 (f) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Nothing in 

24 this Act authorizes the Secretary to acquire property at 

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1 bility for the operation, maintenance, or management of 

2 the affiliated area. 

3 (g) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta5 tion with the management entity, shall develop a 

6 general management plan for the affiliated area. 

7 The plan shall be prepared in accordance with sec8 tion 12(b) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–1 

9 et seq.; commonly known as the National Park Sys10 tem General Authorities Act). 

11 (2) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 3 years 

12 after the date that funds are made available for this 

13 Act, the Secretary shall provide a copy of the com14 pleted general management to the Committee on 

15 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 

16 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re17 sources of the Senate. 

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