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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5979 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 664
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5979

                          [Report No. 115-378]

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 2018

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

                           November 26, 2018

              Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 
  To establish the Mill Springs Battlefield 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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Mill Springs Battlefield 
National Monument Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In this Act:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled 
        ``Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument, Nancy, Kentucky'' 
        numbered 297/145513, and dated June 2018.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the 
        Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument established by 
        section 3(a).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the 
        National Park Service.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MILL SPRINGS BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL 
              MONUMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Establishment.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), there 
        is established, as a unit of the National Park System, the Mill 
        Springs Battlefield 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 the Mill Springs Battlefield and its role in the 
        American Civil War.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Conditions.--The Monument shall not be 
        established until the Secretary--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) has entered into a written agreement 
                with the owner of any private or non-Federal land 
                within the Mill Springs Battlefield 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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) has determined that sufficient land or 
                interests in land have been acquired within the 
                boundary of the Monument to constitute a manageable 
                unit.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Boundaries.--The boundaries of the Monument shall be 
the boundaries generally depicted on the Map.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Availability of Map.--The Map shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Acquisition Authority.--The Secretary may only acquire 
land or an interest in land located within the boundary of the Monument 
by--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) donation;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) purchase with donated funds; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) exchange.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Administration.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The Secretary shall administer 
        the Monument in accordance with--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) this Act; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the laws generally applicable to units 
                of the National Park System, including--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) section 100101(a), chapter 
                        1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 
                        and 102101 of title 54, United States Code; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, 
                        United States Code.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Management plan.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mill Springs Battlefield National 
Monument Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled ``Mill 
        Springs Battlefield National Monument, Nancy, Kentucky'', 
        numbered 297/145513, and dated June 2018.
            (2) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Mill Springs 
        Battlefield National Monument established by section 3(a)(1).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MILL SPRINGS BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), there is 
        established as a unit of the National Park System, the Mill 
        Springs Battlefield National Monument in the State of Kentucky, 
        to preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present 
        and future generations--
                    (A) the nationally significant historic resources 
                of the Mill Springs Battlefield; and
                    (B) the role of the Mill Springs Battlefield in the 
                Civil War.
            (2) Determination by the secretary.--The Monument shall not 
        be established until the date on which the Secretary determines 
        that a sufficient quantity of land or interests in land has 
        been acquired to constitute a manageable park unit.
            (3) Notice.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
        the Secretary makes a determination under paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice of the 
        establishment of the Monument.
            (4) Boundary.--The boundary of the Monument shall be as 
        generally depicted on the Map.
            (5) Availability of map.--The Map shall be on file and 
        available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of 
        the National Park Service.
            (6) Acquisition authority.--The Secretary may only acquire 
        land or an interest in land located within the boundary of the 
        Monument by--
                    (A) donation;
                    (B) purchase from a willing seller with donated or 
                appropriated funds; or
                    (C) exchange.
    (b) 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 prepare 
                a general management plan for the Monument, the 
                Secretary shall prepare the general management plan in 
                accordance with section 100502 of title 54, United 
                States Code.
                    (B) Submission to congress.--On completion of the 
                general management plan, the Secretary shall submit to 
                the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources of the Senate the general management plan.
    (c) Private Property Protection.--Nothing in this Act affects the 
land use rights of private property owners within or adjacent to the 
Monument.
    (d) No Buffer Zones.--
            (1) In general.--Nothing in this Act, the establishment of 
        the Monument, or the management of the Monument creates a 
        buffer zone outside the Monument.
            (2) Activity or use outside monument.--The fact that an 
        activity or use can be seen, heard, or detected from within the 
        Monument shall not preclude the conduct of the activity or use 
        outside the Monument.
                                                       Calendar No. 664

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5979

                          [Report No. 115-378]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

  To establish the Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument in the 
State of Kentucky as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 26, 2018

                       Reported with an amendment
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