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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5655 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5655

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2018

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT

 
To establish the Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument in the State of 
Kentucky as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Camp Nelson Heritage National 
Monument Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled ``Camp 
        Nelson Heritage National Monument Nicholasville, Kentucky'', 
        numbered 532/144,148, and dated April 2018.
            (2) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Camp Nelson 
        Heritage National Monument established by section 3(a).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMP NELSON HERITAGE NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), there is 
        established, as a unit of the National Park System, the Camp 
        Nelson Heritage National Monument in the State of Kentucky, to 
        preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and 
        future generations, the nationally significant historic 
        resources of Camp Nelson and its role in the American Civil 
        War, Reconstruction, and African American history and civil 
        rights.
            (2) Conditions.--The Monument shall not be established 
        until after the Secretary--
                    (A) has entered into a written agreement with the 
                owner of any private or non-Federal land within the 
                Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument boundary as 
                depicted on the Map providing that such property shall 
                be donated to the United States for inclusion in the 
                Monument to be managed consistently with the purposes 
                of the Monument; and
                    (B) has determined that sufficient land or 
                interests in land have been acquired within the 
                boundary of the Monument to constitute a manageable 
                unit.
    (b) Boundaries.--The boundaries of the Monument shall be the 
boundaries generally depicted on the Map.
    (c) Availability of Map.--The Map shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service.
    (d) Acquisition Authority.--The Secretary may only acquire any land 
or interest in land located within the boundary of the Monument by--
            (1) donation;
            (2) purchase with donated funds; or
            (3) exchange.
    (e) Administration.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall administer the 
        Monument in accordance with--
                    (A) this Act; and
                    (B) the laws generally applicable to units of the 
                National Park System, including--
                            (i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and 
                        sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 
                        of title 54, United States Code; and
                            (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 
                        States Code.
            (2) Management plan.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the 
                date on which funds are first made available to the 
                Secretary for this purpose, the Secretary shall prepare 
                a general management plan for the Monument in 
                accordance with section 100502 of title 54, United 
                States Code.
                    (B) Submit to congress.--On completion of the 
                general management plan, the Secretary shall submit it 
                to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources of the Senate.
    (f) Private Property Protection.--No private property or non-
Federal public property shall be managed as part of the Monument 
without the written consent of the owner of such property.
    (g) No Buffer Zones.--Nothing in this Act, the establishment of the 
Monument, or the management of the Monument shall be construed to 
create buffer zones outside of the Monument. The fact that an activity 
or use can be seen, heard, or detected from within the Monument shall 
not preclude the conduct of that activity or use outside of the 
Monument.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.
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