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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 346 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 22, 2007 

Mr. VITTER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural 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 2007’’. 


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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 titled 

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, but only 

2 with the consent of the owner, transfer from 

3 any other Federal agency, or exchange. 

4 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) FEDERAL LAND.—Any Federal 

6 land acquired in the areas identified on the 

7 map as the ‘Bayou aux Carpes Addition’ 

8 and ‘CIT Tract Addition’ (the ‘Areas’) 

9 shall be transferred without consideration 

10 to the administrative jurisdiction of the 

11 National Park Service. 

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

13 in the Areas that is transferred under 

14 clause (I) shall be subject to any ease15 ments that have been agreed to by the Sec16 retary and the Secretary of the Army. 

17 ‘‘(iii) PRIVATE INTERESTS.—Any pri18 vate land, water, or interests in land and 

19 water in the Barataria Preserve Unit may 

20 be acquired by the Secretary only with the 

21 consent of the owner.’’; 

22 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

23 ‘‘The Secretary may also’’ and inserting the fol24 lowing: 

25 ‘‘(2) FRENCH QUARTER.—The Secretary may’’; 


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1 (C) in the third sentence, by striking 

2 ‘‘Lands, waters, and interests therein’’ and in3 serting the following: 

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

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

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

7 acquiring’’ and inserting the following: 

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

9 In acquiring’’; 

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

11 inserting the following: 

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

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

14 Barataria Preserve Unit, the Secretary shall preserve and 

15 protect— 

16 ‘‘(1) fresh water drainage patterns; 

17 ‘‘(2) vegetative cover; 

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

19 systems; and 

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

21 (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub22 section (c). 

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

24 905 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 

25 (16 U.S.C. 230d) is amended in the first sentence— 


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1 (1) by inserting after ‘‘Barataria Marsh Unit’’ 

2 ‘‘, but only as to land, water, or interests in land 

3 and water managed by the Secretary’’; and 

4 (2) by striking ‘‘within the core area’’ and all 

5 that follows through ‘‘he may’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

6 Secretary may’’. 

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

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

9 amended— 

10 (1) by striking the first sentence; and 

11 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Pend12 ing such establishment and thereafter the’’ and in13 serting ‘‘The’’. 

14 SEC. 3. REFERENCES IN LAW. 

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

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

17 United States— 

18 (1) to the Barataria Marsh Unit shall be con19 sidered to be a reference to the Barataria Preserve 

20 Unit; or 

21 (2) to the Jean Lafitte National Historical 

22 Park shall be considered to be a reference to the 

23 Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. 


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

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

3 230 et seq.) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘Barataria Marsh Unit’’ each 

5 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Barataria Preserve 

6 Unit’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘Jean Lafitte National Histor8 ical Park’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Jean 

9 Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’’. 

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