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Union Calendar No. 59 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 162 

[Report No. 110–94] 

To adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte 

National Historical Park and Preserve in the State of Louisiana, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. JINDAL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

APRIL 17, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. 

ALEXANDER, and Mr. BAKER

APRIL 17, 2007 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

To adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of 

the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve 

in the State of Louisiana, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jean Lafitte National 

3 Historical Park and Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act 

4 of 2007’’. 

5 SEC. 2. JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND 

6 PRESERVE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of the National Parks 

8 and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230) is amended 

9 in the second sentence by striking ‘‘twenty thousand acres 

10 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Barataria Marsh 

11 Unit-Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’ 

12 numbered 90,000B and dated April 1978,’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘23,000 acres generally depicted on the map titled 

14 ‘Boundary Map, Barataria Preserve Unit, Jean Lafitte 

15 National Historical Park and Preserve’, numbered 467/ 

16 80100, and dated August 2002,’’. 

17 (b) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—Section 902 of the Na18 tional Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230a) 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘(a) Within the’’ and all 

22 that follows through the first sentence and in23 serting the following: 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

25 ‘‘(1) BARATARIA PRESERVE UNIT.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

2 acquire any land, water, and interests in land 

3 and water within the boundary of the Barataria 

4 Preserve Unit, as depicted on the map de5 scribed in section 901, by donation, purchase 

6 with donated or appropriated funds, but only 

7 with the consent of the owner, transfer from 

8 any other Federal agency, or exchange. 

9 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(i) FEDERAL LAND.—Any Federal 

11 land acquired in the areas identified on the 

12 map as the ‘Bayou aux Carpes Addition’ 

13 and ‘CIT Tract Addition’ (the ‘Areas’) 

14 shall be transferred without consideration 

15 to the administrative jurisdiction of the 

16 National Park Service. 

17 ‘‘(ii) EASEMENTS.—Any Federal land 

18 in the Areas that is transferred under 

19 clause (I) shall be subject to any ease20 ments that have been agreed to by the Sec21 retary and the Secretary of the Army. 

22 ‘‘(iii) PRIVATE INTERESTS.—Any pri23 vate land, water, or interests in land and 

24 water in the Barataria Preserve Unit may 


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1 be acquired by the Secretary only with the 

2 consent of the owner.’’; 

3 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

4 ‘‘The Secretary may also’’ and inserting the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(2) FRENCH QUARTER.—The Secretary may’’; 

7 (C) in the third sentence, by striking 

8 ‘‘Lands, waters, and interests therein’’ and in9 serting the following: 

10 ‘‘(3) ACQUISITION OF STATE LAND.—Land, 

11 water, and interests in land and water’’; and 

12 (D) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘In 

13 acquiring’’ and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(4) ACQUISITION OF OIL AND GAS RIGHTS.— 

15 In acquiring’’; 

16 (2) by striking subsections (b) through (f) and 

17 inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(b) RESOURCE PROTECTION.—With respect to the 

19 land, water, and interests in land and water of the 

20 Barataria Preserve Unit, the Secretary shall preserve and 

21 protect— 

22 ‘‘(1) fresh water drainage patterns; 

23 ‘‘(2) vegetative cover; 

24 ‘‘(3) the integrity of ecological and biological 

25 systems; and 


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1 ‘‘(4) water and air quality.’’; and 

2 (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub3 section (c). 

4 (c) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.—Section 

5 905 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 

6 (16 U.S.C. 230d) is amended in the first sentence— 

7 (1) by inserting after ‘‘Barataria Marsh Unit’’ 

8 ‘‘, but only as to land, water, or interests in land 

9 and water managed by the Secretary’’; and 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘within the core area’’ and all 

11 that follows through ‘‘he may’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

12 Secretary may’’. 

13 (d) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 906 of the National 

14 Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230e) is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by striking the first sentence; and 

17 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Pend18 ing such establishment and thereafter the’’ and in19 serting ‘‘The’’. 

20 SEC. 3. REFERENCES IN LAW. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any reference in a law (including 

22 regulations), map, document, paper, or other record of the 

23 United States— 


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1 (1) to the Barataria Marsh Unit shall be con2 sidered to be a reference to the Barataria Preserve 

3 Unit; or 

4 (2) to the Jean Lafitte National Historical 

5 Park shall be considered to be a reference to the 

6 Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title IX of the 

8 National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

9 230 et seq.) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘Barataria Marsh Unit’’ each 

11 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Barataria Preserve 

12 Unit’’; and 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘Jean Lafitte National Histor14 ical Park’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Jean 

15 Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 59 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 162 

[Report No. 110

–94] 

A BILL 

To adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve 

for other purposes. Park and Preserve in the State of Louisiana, and Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical 

APRIL 17, 2007 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 


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