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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5153 

To amend the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Establishment Act 

of 1999 to modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile National 

Historic Site in South Dakota, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2010 

Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee 

on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site 

Establishment Act of 1999 to modify the boundary of 

the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in South 

Dakota, 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 ‘‘Minuteman Missile Na5 tional Historic Site Boundary Modification Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION AND LAND TRANSFER. 

2 (a) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.—Subsection (a) of 

3 section 3 of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site 

4 Establishment Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–115; 113 

5 Stat. 1540) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

7 paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 

8 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2), the fol9 lowing new paragraph (3): 

10 ‘‘(3) VISITOR FACILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE

11 SITES.—The historic site shall also consist of the 

12 land and interests in land generally depicted on the 

13 map referred to as ‘Minuteman Missile National 

14 Historic Site Boundary Modification’, numbered 

15 406/80,011 and dated July 17, 2009, including— 

16 ‘‘(A) approximately 25 acres of land lo17 cated north of exit 131 on Interstate 90 in 

18 Jackson County, South Dakota, for the con19 struction and use of a visitor facility and ad20 ministrative site; and 

21 ‘‘(B) approximately 3.65 acres of land lo22 cated at the Delta 1 Launch Control Facility, 

23 for the construction and use of a parking lot 

24 and for other administrative purposes.’’; and 

25 (3) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para26 graph (1) of this section)— 


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1 (A) by striking the heading and inserting 

2 the following new heading: ‘‘AVAILABILITY OF

3 MAPS.—’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘The map described in 

5 paragraph (2)’’ and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘The maps described in paragraphs (2) and 

7 (3)’’. 

8 (b) LAND TRANSFER.—Subsection (e) of such section 

9 is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

11 (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 

12 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(3) BUFFALO GAP NATIONAL GRASSLAND

15 BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.— 

16 ‘‘(A) LAND TRANSFER.—The Secretary of 

17 Agriculture shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) transfer administrative jurisdic19 tion over the land described in subsection 

20 (a)(3) to the Secretary; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) modify the boundaries of the 

22 Buffalo Gap National Boundary Grassland 

23 to exclude such land from the boundaries 

24 of the Grassland. 


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1 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—As soon as 

2 is practicable after the transfer specified in sub3 paragraph (A) occurs, the Secretary shall pre4 pare a map and a legal description of the Min5 uteman Missile National Historic Site, includ6 ing the land described in subsection (a)(3) to be 

7 placed on file and available for public inspection 

8 in the appropriate offices of the National Park 

9 Service.’’. 

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