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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 538 

To redesignate Ocmulgee National Monument in the State of Georgia and 

revise its boundary, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2017 

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia (for himself and Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To redesignate Ocmulgee National Monument in the State 

of Georgia and revise its boundary, 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 ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds Na5 tional Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en9 titled ‘‘Ocmulgee National Monument Proposed 


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1 Boundary Adjustment, numbered 363/125996’’, and 

2 dated January 2017. 

3 (2) HISTORICAL PARK.—The term ‘‘Historical 

4 Park’’ means the Ocmulgee Mounds National His5 torical Park in the State of Georgia, as redesignated 

6 in section 3. 

7 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

8 the Secretary of the Interior. 

9 SEC. 3. OCMULGEE MOUNDS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 

10 (a) REDESIGNATION.—Ocmulgee National Monu11 ment, established pursuant to the Act of June 14, 1934 

12 (48 Stat. 958), shall be known and designated as 

13 ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park’’. 

14 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg15 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

16 States to ‘‘Ocmulgee National Monument’’, other than in 

17 this Act, shall be deemed to be a reference to ‘‘Ocmulgee 

18 Mounds National Historical Park’’. 

19 SEC. 4. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Historical 

21 Park is revised to include approximately 2,100 acres, as 

22 generally depicted on the map. 

23 (b) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 

24 and available for public inspection in the appropriate ofVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:13 Jan 26, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H538.IH H538

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1 fices of the National Park Service, the Department of the 

2 Interior. 

3 SEC. 5. LAND ACQUISITION; NO BUFFER ZONES. 

4 (a) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary is author5 ized to acquire land and interests in land within the 

6 boundaries of the Historical Park by donation or exchange 

7 only (and in the case of an exchange, no payment may 

8 be made by the Secretary to any landowner). The Sec9 retary may not acquire by condemnation any land or inter10 est in land within the boundaries of the Historical Park. 

11 No private property or non-Federal public property shall 

12 be included within the boundaries of the Historical Park 

13 without the written consent of the owner of such property. 

14 (b) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act, the 

15 establishment of the Historical Park, or the management 

16 of the Historical Park shall be construed to create buffer 

17 zones outside of the Historical Park. That an activity or 

18 use can be seen or heard from within the Historical Park 

19 shall not preclude the conduct of that activity or use out20 side the Historical Park. 

21 SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION. 

22 The Secretary shall administer any land acquired 

23 under section 5 as part of the Historical Park in accord24 ance with applicable laws and regulations. 


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1 SEC. 7. OCMULGEE RIVER CORRIDOR SPECIAL RESOURCE 

2 STUDY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 

4 special resource study of the Ocmulgee River corridor be5 tween the cities of Macon, Georgia, and Hawkinsville, 

6 Georgia, to determine— 

7 (1) the national significance of the study area; 

8 (2) the suitability and feasibility of adding 

9 lands in the study area to the National Park Sys10 tem; and 

11 (3) the methods and means for the protection 

12 and interpretation of the study area by the National 

13 Park Service, other Federal, State, local government 

14 entities, affiliated federally recognized Indian tribes, 

15 or private or nonprofit organizations. 

16 (b) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall conduct the 

17 study authorized by this Act in accordance with section 

18 100507 of title 54, United States Code. 

19 (c) RESULTS OF STUDY.—Not later than 3 years 

20 after the date on which funds are made available to carry 

21 out this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Com22 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Representa23 tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re24 sources of the Senate— 

25 (1) the results of the study; and 


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1 (2) any findings, conclusions, and recommenda2 tions of the Secretary. 

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