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Union Calendar No. 331 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3371 

[Report No. 114–434] 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Mr. LOUDERMILK (for himself, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, and Mr. WESTMORELAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

FEBRUARY 24, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia and Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of 

Georgia 

FEBRUARY 24, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

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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. 

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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 of 

6 2015’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 The Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

10 Park was authorized as a unit of the National Park 

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

12 the park had been acquired and protected by Civil 

13 War veterans and the War Department. 

14 (2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

15 Park protects Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb’s 

16 Farm, which are battle sites along the route of Gen17 eral Sherman’s 1864 campaign to take Atlanta. 

18 (3) Most of the park protects Confederate posi19 tions and strategy. The Wallis House is one of the 

20 few original structures remaining from the Battle of 

21 Kennesaw Mountain associated with Union positions 

22 and strategy. 

23 (4) The Wallis House is strategically located 

24 next to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill. 

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1 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; AD2 MINISTRATION. 

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

4 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified 

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

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

7 map titled ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

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

9 80,020, and dated February 2010. 

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

11 shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro12 priate offices of the National Park Service. 

13 (c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Inte14 rior is authorized to acquire, from willing owners only, 

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

16 donation or exchange. 

17 (d) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—The 

18 Secretary of the Interior shall administer land and inter19 ests in land acquired under this section as part of the Ken20 nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in accordance 

21 with applicable laws and regulations. 

22 (e) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER.—No non-Fed23 eral property may be included in the Kennesaw Mountain 

24 National Battlefield Park without the written consent of 

25 the owner. This provision shall apply only to those por26 tions of the Park added under subsection (a). 

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

2 the Interior may not acquire by condemnation any land 

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

4 of this Act. 

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

6 Act, the establishment of the Kennesaw Mountain Na7 tional Battlefield Park, or the management plan for the 

8 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park shall be 

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

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

11 areas within the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

12 Park shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate or deter13 mine the conduct or management of activities or uses out14 side the Park. 

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Union Calendar No. 331 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3371 

[Report No. 114–434] 

A BILL 

To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain 

poses. House and Harriston Hill, and for other purNational Battlefield Park to include the Wallis 

FEBRUARY 24, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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