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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4944 

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

Minnesota, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 14, 2016 

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

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in 

the State of Minnesota, 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. 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 

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1 tled ‘Voyageurs National Park, Proposed Land 

2 Transfer & Boundary Adjustment’, numbered 

3 172/80,056, and dated June 2009’’; and 

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

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

6 inserting ‘‘map’’. 

7 (2) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 

8 102(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 91–661 (16 U.S.C. 

9 160a–1(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 

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

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

12 of paragraph (1)’’; and 

13 (B) in the second proviso, by striking 

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

15 (1)(E)’’. 

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

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

18 (1) by striking the section designation and 

19 heading and all that follows through ‘‘(a) The Sec20 retary’’ and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 201. LAND ACQUISITIONS. 

22 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 

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

24 (2) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) in the second sentence, by striking 

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

3 such boundaries’’ and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘(2) CERTAIN PORTIONS OF TRACTS.— 

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

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

7 boundaries of the park’’; 

8 (B) in the third sentence, by striking 

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

10 ‘‘(B) EXCHANGE.— 

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

12 pursuant to subparagraph (A)’’; 

13 (C) in the fourth sentence, by striking 

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

15 ‘‘(ii) PORTIONS NOT EXCHANGED.— 

16 Any portion’’; 

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

18 Federal property’’ and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(C) TRANSFERS OF FEDERAL PROP20 ERTY.—Any Federal property’’; and 

21 (E) by striking the last sentence and in22 serting the following: 

23 ‘‘(D) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.— 

24 Effective beginning on the date of enactment of 

25 this subparagraph, there is transferred to the 


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1 National Park Service administrative jurisdic2 tion over— 

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

4 of Land Management within the bound5 aries of the park, as depicted on the map 

6 described in section 102(a); and 

7 ‘‘(ii) any additional public land identi8 fied by the Bureau of Land Management 

9 as appropriate for transfer within the 

10 boundaries of the park. 

11 ‘‘(E) LAND OWNED BY STATE.— 

12 ‘‘(i) DONATIONS AND EXCHANGES.— 

13 Any land located within or adjacent to the 

14 boundaries of the park that is owned by 

15 the State of Minnesota (or a political sub16 division of the State) may be acquired by 

17 the Secretary only through donation or ex18 change. 

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

20 acquisition from the State under clause (i), 

21 the Secretary shall revise the boundaries of 

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

23 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(b) In exer24 cising his’’ and inserting the following: 


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

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