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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 87 

To establish the Castle Nugent National Historic Site at St. Croix, United 

States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2013 

Mrs. CHRISTENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Castle Nugent National Historic Site at 

St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, 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 ‘‘Castle Nugent Na5 tional Historic Site Establishment Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘historic site’’ 

9 means the Castle Nugent National Historic Site es10 tablished in section 3. 


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1 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 SEC. 3. CASTLE NUGENT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established as a unit 

5 of the National Park System the Castle Nugent National 

6 Historic Site on the Island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Is7 lands, in order to preserve, protect, and interpret, for the 

8 benefit of present and future generations, a Caribbean cul9 tural landscape that spans more than 300 years of agricul10 tural use, significant archeological resources, mangrove 

11 forests, endangered sea turtle nesting beaches, an exten12 sive barrier coral reef system, and other outstanding nat13 ural features. 

14 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The historic site consists of the 

15 approximately 2,900 acres of land extending from Lowrys 

16 Hill and Laprey Valley to the Caribbean Sea and from 

17 Manchenil Bay to Great Pond, along with associated sub18 merged lands to the three-mile territorial limit, as gen19 erally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Castle Nugent National 

20 Historic Site Proposed Boundary Map’’, numbered T22/ 

21 100,447, and dated October 2009. 

22 (c) MAP AVAILABILITY.—The map referred to in sub23 section (b) shall be on file and available for public inspec24 tion in the appropriate offices of the National Park Serv25 ice, Department of the Interior. 


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1 (d) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para3 graph (2), the Secretary is authorized to acquire 

4 lands and interests in lands within the boundaries of 

5 the historic site by donation, purchase with donated 

6 or appropriated funds, or exchange. 

7 (2) U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND LANDS.—The Sec8 retary is authorized to acquire lands and interests in 

9 lands owned by the U.S. Virgin Islands or any polit10 ical subdivision thereof only by donation or ex11 change. 

12 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer 

14 the historic site in accordance with this Act and with laws 

15 generally applicable to units of the National Park System, 

16 including— 

17 (1) the National Park Service Organic Act (39 

18 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and 

19 (2) the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 

20 16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). 

21 (b) SHARED RESOURCES.—To the greatest extent 

22 practicable, the Secretary shall use the resources of other 

23 sites administered by the National Park Service on the 

24 Island of St. Croix to administer the historic site. 


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1 (c) CONTINUED USE.—In order to maintain an im2 portant feature of the cultural landscape of the historic 

3 site, the Secretary may lease to the University of the Vir4 gin Islands certain lands within the boundary of the his5 toric site for the purpose of continuing the university’s op6 eration breeding Senepol cattle, a breed developed on St. 

7 Croix. A lease under this subsection shall contain such 

8 terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appro9 priate, including those necessary to protect the values of 

10 the historic site. 

11 (d) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than three years 

12 after funds are made available for this subsection, the Sec13 retary shall prepare a general management plan for the 

14 historic site. 

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