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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 304 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Mississippi 

2 parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace 

Parkway, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2013 

Mr. COCHRAN (for himself and Mr. WICKER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the 

State of Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus land within 

the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway, 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 ‘‘Natchez Trace Park5 way Land Conveyance Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en2 titled ‘‘Natchez Trace Parkway, Proposed Boundary 

3 Change’’, numbered 604/105392, and dated Novem4 ber 2010. 

5 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of the Interior. 

7 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

8 of Mississippi. 

9 SEC. 3. LAND CONVEYANCE. 

10 (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

12 the Secretary shall convey to the State, by quitclaim 

13 deed and without consideration, all right, title, and 

14 interest of the United States in and to the parcels 

15 of land described in subsection (b). 

16 (2) COMPATIBLE USE.—The deed of conveyance 

17 to the parcel of land that is located southeast of 

18 U.S. Route 61/84 and which is commonly known as 

19 the ‘‘bean field property’’ shall reserve an easement 

20 to the United States restricting the use of the parcel 

21 to only those uses which are compatible with the 

22 Natchez Trace Parkway. 

23 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The parcels of land re24 ferred to in subsection (a) are the 2 parcels totaling apVerDate Mar 15 2010 01:34 Feb 23, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S304.IS S304

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1 proximately 67 acres generally depicted as ‘‘Proposed 

2 Conveyance’’ on the map. 

3 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 

4 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of5 fices of the National Park Service. 

6 SEC. 4. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS. 

7 (a) EXCLUSION OF CONVEYED LAND.—On comple8 tion of the conveyance to the State of the land described 

9 in section 3(b), the boundary of the Natchez Trace Park10 way shall be adjusted to exclude the conveyed land. 

11 (b) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL LAND.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of en13 actment of this Act, the boundary of the Natchez 

14 Trace Parkway is adjusted to include the approxi15 mately 10 acres of land that is generally depicted as 

16 ‘‘Proposed Addition’’ on the map. 

17 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The land added under 

18 paragraph (1) shall be administered by the Secretary 

19 as part of the Natchez Trace Parkway. 

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