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Union Calendar No. 349 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1350 

[Report No. 115–470] 

To modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of 

Minnesota, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2017 

Mr. NOLAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 18, 2017 

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 modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in 

the State of Minnesota, 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. MODIFICATION OF VOYAGEURS NATIONAL 

4 PARK. 

5 (a) BOUNDARIES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(a) of Public 

7 Law 91–661 (16 U.S.C. 160a–1(a)) is amended— 

8 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the 

9 drawing entitled’’ and all that follows through 

10 ‘‘February 1969’’ and inserting ‘‘the map enti11 tled ‘Voyageurs National Park, Proposed Land 

12 Transfer & Boundary Adjustment’, numbered 

13 172/80,056, and dated June 2009 (22 sheets)’’; 

14 and 

15 (B) in the second and third sentences, by 

16 striking ‘‘drawing’’ each place it appears and 

17 inserting ‘‘map’’. 

18 (2) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 

19 102(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 91–661 (16 U.S.C. 

20 160a–1(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(C) and 

22 (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (C) and (D) 

23 of paragraph (1)’’; and 


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1 (B) in the second proviso, by striking 

2 ‘‘paragraph 1(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

3 (1)(E)’’. 

4 (b) LAND ACQUISITIONS.—Section 201 of Public 

5 Law 91–661 (16 U.S.C. 160b) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking the section designation and 

7 heading and all that follows through ‘‘(a) The Sec8 retary’’ and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 201. LAND ACQUISITIONS. 

10 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (a)— 

13 (A) in the second sentence, by striking 

14 ‘‘When any tract of land is only partly within 

15 such boundaries’’ and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(2) CERTAIN PORTIONS OF TRACTS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which 

18 only a portion of a tract of land is within the 

19 boundaries of the park’’; 

20 (B) in the third sentence, by striking 

21 ‘‘Land so acquired’’ and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(B) EXCHANGE.— 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any land acquired 

24 pursuant to subparagraph (A)’’; 


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1 (C) in the fourth sentence, by striking 

2 ‘‘Any portion’’ and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(ii) PORTIONS NOT EXCHANGED.— 

4 Any portion’’; 

5 (D) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘Any 

6 Federal property’’ and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(C) TRANSFERS OF FEDERAL PROP8 ERTY.—Any Federal property’’; and 

9 (E) by striking the last sentence and in10 serting the following: 

11 ‘‘(D) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.— 

12 Effective beginning on the date of enactment of 

13 this subparagraph, there is transferred to the 

14 National Park Service administrative jurisdic15 tion over— 

16 ‘‘(i) any land managed by the Bureau 

17 of Land Management within the bound18 aries of the park, as depicted on the map 

19 described in section 102(a); and 

20 ‘‘(ii) any additional public land identi21 fied by the Bureau of Land Management 

22 as appropriate for transfer within the 

23 boundaries of the park. 

24 ‘‘(E) LAND OWNED BY STATE.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) DONATIONS AND EXCHANGES.— 

2 Any land located within or adjacent to the 

3 boundaries of the park that is owned by 

4 the State of Minnesota (or a political sub5 division of the State) may be acquired by 

6 the Secretary only through donation or ex7 change. 

8 ‘‘(ii) REVISION.—On completion of an 

9 acquisition from the State under clause (i), 

10 the Secretary shall revise the boundaries of 

11 the park to reflect the acquisition.’’; and 

12 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(b) In exer13 cising his’’ and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(b) OFFERS BY INDIVIDUALS.—In exercising the’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 349 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1350 

[Report No. 115–470] 

A BILL 

To modify the boundary of Voyageurs National 

purposes. Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other 

DECEMBER 18, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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