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Calendar No. 151 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 494 

[Report No. 115–114] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 7 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 6), 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

JUNE 20, 2017 

Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

To expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National 

Monument in the State of Georgia, 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 ‘‘Fort Frederica Na5 tional Monument Boundary Expansion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FORT FREDERICA NATIONAL MONUMENT, GEORGIA. 

7 (a) MAXIMUM ACREAGE.—The first section of the 

8 Act of May 26, 1936 (16 U.S.C. 433g), is amended by 


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1 striking ‘‘two hundred and fifty acres’’ and inserting ‘‘305 

2 acres’’. 

3 (b) BOUNDARY EXPANSION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Fort 

5 Frederica National Monument in the State of Geor6 gia is modified to include the land generally depicted 

7 as ‘‘Proposed Acquisition Areas’’ on the map enti8 tled ‘‘Fort Frederica National Monument Proposed 

9 Boundary Expansion’’, numbered 369/132,469, and 

10 dated April 2016. 

11 (2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described 

12 in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 

13 public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

14 National Park Service. 

15 (3) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The Secretary of 

16 the Interior may acquire the land and interests in 

17 land described in paragraph (1) by donation or pur18 chase with donated or appropriated funds from will19 ing sellers only. 

20 (4) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER.—No non21 Federal property may be included in the Fort Fred22 erica National Monument without the written con23 sent of the owner. 

24 (5)(4) NO USE OF CONDEMNATION OR EMINENT

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1 quire by condemnation or eminent domain any land 

2 or interests in land under this Act or for the pur3 poses of this Act. 

4 (6) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing in 

5 this Act, the establishment of the Fort Frederica 

6 National Monument, or the management plan for 

7 the Fort Frederica National Monument shall be con8 strued to create buffer zones outside of the Monu9 ment. That activities or uses can be seen, heard, or 

10 detected from areas within the Fort Frederica Na11 tional Monument shall not preclude, limit, control, 

12 regulate, or determine the conduct or management 

13 of activities or uses outside of the Monument. 


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Calendar No. 151 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 494 

[Report No. 115–114] 

AN ACT 

To expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National 

purposes. Monument in the State of Georgia, and for other 

JUNE 20, 2017 

Reported with amendments 


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