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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1515 

To adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte 

National Historical Park and Preserve in the State of Louisiana, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2005 

Mr. JINDAL (for himself, Mr. BAKER, and Mr. MCCRERY) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

To adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of 

the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve 

in the State of Louisiana, 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 ‘‘Jean Lafitte National 

5 Historical Park and Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act 

6 of 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND 

2 PRESERVE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of the National Parks 

4 and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230) is amended 

5 in the second sentence by striking ‘‘twenty thousand acres 

6 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Barataria Marsh 

7 Unit-Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’ 

8 numbered 90,000B and dated April 1978,’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘23,000 acres generally depicted on the map entitled 

10 ‘Boundary Map, Barataria Preserve Unit, Jean Lafitte 

11 National Historical Park and Preserve’, numbered 467/ 

12 80100, and dated August 2002,’’. 

13 (b) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—Section 902 of the Na14 tional Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230a) 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘(a) Within the’’ and all 

18 that follows through the first sentence and in19 serting the following: 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

21 ‘‘(1) BARATARIA PRESERVE UNIT.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

23 acquire any land, water, and interests in land 

24 and water within the boundary of the Barataria 

25 Preserve Unit, as depicted on the map de26 scribed in section 901, by donation, purchase 
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1 with donated or appropriated funds, transfer 

2 from any other Federal agency, or exchange. 

3 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—With respect to 

5 the areas on the map identified as ‘Bayou 

6 aux Carpes Addition’ and ‘CIT Tract Ad7 dition’— 

8 ‘‘(I) any Federal land acquired in 

9 the areas shall be transferred without 

10 consideration to the administrative ju11 risdiction of the National Park Serv12 ice; and 

13 ‘‘(II) any private land in the 

14 areas may be acquired by the Sec15 retary only with the consent of the 

16 owner of the land. 

17 ‘‘(ii) EASEMENTS.—Any Federal land 

18 in the area identified on the map as ‘CIT 

19 Tract Addition’ that is transferred under 

20 clause (i)(I) shall be subject to any ease21 ments that have been agreed to by the Sec22 retary and the Secretary of the Army.’’; 

23 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

24 ‘‘The Secretary may also’’ and inserting the fol25 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(2) FRENCH QUARTER.—The Secretary may’’; 

2 (C) in the third sentence, by striking 

3 ‘‘Lands, waters, and interests therein’’ and in4 serting the following: 

5 ‘‘(3) ACQUISITION OF STATE LAND.—Land, 

6 water, and interests in land and water’’; and 

7 (D) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘In 

8 acquiring’’ and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(4) ACQUISITION OF OIL AND GAS RIGHTS.— 

10 In acquiring’’; 

11 (2) by striking subsections (b) through (f) and 

12 inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(b) RESOURCE PROTECTION.—With respect to the 

14 land, water, and interests in land and water of the 

15 Barataria Preserve Unit, the Secretary shall preserve and 

16 protect— 

17 ‘‘(1) fresh water drainage patterns; 

18 ‘‘(2) vegetative cover; 

19 ‘‘(3) the integrity of ecological and biological 

20 systems; and 

21 ‘‘(4) water and air quality.’’; and 

22 (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub23 section (c). 

24 (c) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.—Section 

25 905 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 
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1 (16 U.S.C. 230d) is amended in the first sentence by 

2 striking ‘‘within the core area and on those lands acquired 

3 by the Secretary pursuant to section 902(c) of this title, 

4 he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’. 

5 (d) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 906 of the National 

6 Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230e) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by striking the first sentence; and 

9 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Pend10 ing such establishment and thereafter the’’ and in11 serting ‘‘The’’. 

12 SEC. 3. REFERENCES IN LAW. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any reference in a law (including 

14 regulations), map, document, paper, or other record of the 

15 United States— 

16 (1) to the Barataria Marsh Unit shall be con17 sidered to be a reference to the Barataria Preserve 

18 Unit; or 

19 (2) to the Jean Lafitte National Historical 

20 Park shall be considered to be a reference to the 

21 Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. 

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title IX of the 

23 National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

24 230 et seq.) is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘Barataria Marsh Unit’’ each 

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Barataria Preserve 

3 Unit’’; and 

4 (2) by striking ‘‘Jean Lafitte National Histor5 ical Park’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Jean 

6 Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’’. 

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