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Calendar No. 86 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 558 

[Report No. 115–68] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 31, 2017 

Received 

FEBRUARY 1, 2017 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

MAY 16, 2017 

Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National 

Battlefield Park to include the Wallis House and 

Harriston Hill, 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 ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain 

5 National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

4 Park was authorized as a unit of the National Park 

5 System on June 26, 1935. Prior to 1935, parts of 

6 the park had been acquired and protected by Civil 

7 War veterans and the War Department. 

8 (2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

9 Park protects Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb’s 

10 Farm, which are battle sites along the route of Gen11 eral Sherman’s 1864 campaign to take Atlanta. 

12 (3) Most of the park protects Confederate posi13 tions and strategy. The Wallis House is one of the 

14 few original structures remaining from the Battle of 

15 Kennesaw Mountain associated with Union positions 

16 and strategy. 

17 (4) The Wallis House is strategically located 

18 next to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill. 

19 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; AD20 MINISTRATION. 

21 (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 

22 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified 

23 to include the approximately 8 acres identified as ‘‘Wallis 

24 House and Harriston Hill’’, and generally depicted on the 

25 map titled ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 


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1 Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 325/ 

2 80,020, and dated February 2010. 

3 (b) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (a) 

4 shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro5 priate offices of the National Park Service. 

6 (c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Inte7 rior is authorized to acquire, from willing owners only, 

8 land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by 

9 donation or exchange. 

10 (d) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—The 

11 Secretary of the Interior shall administer land and inter12 ests in land acquired under this section as part of the Ken13 nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in accordance 

14 with applicable laws and regulations. 

15 (e) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER.—No non-Fed16 eral property may be included in the Kennesaw Mountain 

17 National Battlefield Park without the written consent of 

18 the owner. This provision shall apply only to those por19 tions of the Park added under subsection (a). 

20 (f) NO USE OF CONDEMNATION.—The Secretary of 

21 the Interior may not acquire by condemnation any land 

22 or interests in land under this Act or for the purposes 

23 of this Act. 

24 (g) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing in this 

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1 tional Battlefield Park, or the management plan for the 

2 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park shall be 

3 construed to create buffer zones outside of the Park. That 

4 activities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected from 

5 areas within the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 

6 Park shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate or deter7 mine the conduct or management of activities or uses out8 side the Park. 

9 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain Na11 tional Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act’’. 

12 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

13 In this section: 

14 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti15 tled ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, 

16 Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 325/ 

17 80,020, and dated February 2010. 

18 (2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Ken19 nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. 

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

21 the Secretary of the Interior. 

22 SEC. 3. KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD 

23 PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

24 (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 

25 Park is modified to include the approximately 8 acres of 


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1 land or interests in land identified as ‘‘Wallis House and 

2 Harriston Hill’’, as generally depicted on the map. 

3 (b) MAP.—The map shall be on file and available for 

4 inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 

5 Service. 

6 (c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire 

7 land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by do8 nation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange. 

9 (d) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.—The Sec10 retary shall administer land and interests in land acquired 

11 under this Act as part of the Park in accordance with ap12 plicable laws (including regulations). 


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Calendar No. 86 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 558 

[Report No. 115–68] 

AN ACT 

To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain 

poses. House and Harriston Hill, and for other purNational Battlefield Park to include the Wallis 

MAY 16, 2017 

Reported with an amendment 


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