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Union Calendar No. 162 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1513 

[Report No. 113–222] 

To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include 

the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in 

Cumberland Township, to limit the means by which property within 

such revised boundaries may be acquired, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 11, 2013 

Mr. PERRY (for himself, Mr. MARINO, Mr. BARLETTA, and Mr. GERLACH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 

Additional sponsor: Mr. DENT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 

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 revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military 

Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain 

land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to limit 

the means by which property within such revised boundaries may be acquired, 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. GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. 

4 (a) BOUNDARY REVISION.—Section 1 of the Act ti5 tled ‘‘An Act to revise the boundary of Gettysburg Na6 tional Military Park in the Commonwealth of Pennsyl7 vania, and for other purposes’’, approved August 17, 1990 

8 (16 U.S.C. 430g–4), is amended by adding at the end the 

9 following new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL LAND.— 

11 ‘‘(1) COVERED LAND; CONDITION.—In addition 

12 to the land identified in subsections (a) and (b), the 

13 park shall include the following, as depicted on the 

14 maps titled ‘Gettysburg National Military Park Pro15 posed Boundary Addition’, numbered 305/80,045, 

16 and dated January 2010, if the owner of the prop17 erty has provided written consent to inclusion: 

18 ‘‘(A) The land and interests in land com19 monly known as the ‘Gettysburg Train Station’ 

20 and its immediate surroundings in the Borough 

21 of Gettysburg. 

22 ‘‘(B) The land and interests in land lo23 cated along Plum Run in Cumberland Town24 ship. 


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1 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

2 paragraph (1), the acquisition of property within the 

3 area described in such paragraph, or the manage4 ment plan for such acquired property shall be con5 strued to create buffer zones outside of such prop6 erty. That an activity or use can be seen or heard 

7 from within such acquired property shall not pre8 clude the conduct of that activity or use outside such 

9 property.’’. 

10 (b) LIMITED ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—Section 

11 2(a) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 430g–5(a)) is amended in the 

12 first sentence by inserting before the period the following: 

13 ‘‘, except that the Secretary is authorized to acquire prop14 erty within the area described in section 1(d) by donation 

15 only’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 162 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1513 

[Report No. 113–222] 

A BILL 

To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg Namay be acquired, and for other purposes. which property within such revised boundaries in Cumberland Township, to limit the means by Train Station and certain land along Plum Run tional Military Park to include the Gettysburg 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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