IIB 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3371 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2016 

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

Resources 

AN ACT 

To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National 

Battlefield Park to include the Wallis House and 

Harriston Hill, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain 

3 National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 

4 2015’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 The Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

8 Park was authorized as a unit of the National Park 

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

10 the park had been acquired and protected by Civil 

11 War veterans and the War Department. 

12 (2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

13 Park protects Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb’s 

14 Farm, which are battle sites along the route of Gen15 eral Sherman’s 1864 campaign to take Atlanta. 

16 (3) Most of the park protects Confederate posi17 tions and strategy. The Wallis House is one of the 

18 few original structures remaining from the Battle of 

19 Kennesaw Mountain associated with Union positions 

20 and strategy. 

21 (4) The Wallis House is strategically located 

22 next to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill. 

23 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; AD24 MINISTRATION. 

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

26 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified 


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

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

3 map titled ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

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

5 80,020, and dated February 2010. 

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

7 shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro8 priate offices of the National Park Service. 

9 (c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Inte10 rior is authorized to acquire, from willing owners only, 

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

12 donation or exchange. 

13 (d) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—The 

14 Secretary of the Interior shall administer land and inter15 ests in land acquired under this section as part of the Ken16 nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in accordance 

17 with applicable laws and regulations. 

18 (e) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER.—No non-Fed19 eral property may be included in the Kennesaw Mountain 

20 National Battlefield Park without the written consent of 

21 the owner. This provision shall apply only to those por22 tions of the Park added under subsection (a). 

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

24 the Interior may not acquire by condemnation any land 


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

2 of this Act. 

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

4 Act, the establishment of the Kennesaw Mountain Na5 tional Battlefield Park, or the management plan for the 

6 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park shall be 

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

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

9 areas within the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

10 Park shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate or deter11 mine the conduct or management of activities or uses out12 side the Park. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 24, 

2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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