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Calendar No. 61 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 88 

[Report No. 115–48] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2017 

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

Resources 

MAY 9, 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 modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military 

Park located in Tennessee and Mississippi, to establish 

Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of 

the National Park System, 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 ‘‘Shiloh National Mili5 tary Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker’s Crossroads 

6 Battlefield Designation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act, the following definitions apply: 

3 (1) AFFILIATED AREA.—The term ‘‘affiliated 

4 area’’ means the Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield es5 tablished as an affiliated area of the National Park 

6 System under section 4. 

7 (2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means Shiloh 

8 National Military Park, a unit of the National Park 

9 System. 

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

11 the Secretary of the Interior. 

12 SEC. 3. AREAS TO BE ADDED TO SHILOH NATIONAL MILI13 TARY PARK. 

14 (a) ADDITIONAL AREAS.—The boundary of Shiloh 

15 National Military Park is modified to include the areas 

16 that are generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Shiloh 

17 National Military Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, 

18 numbered 304/80,011, and dated July 2014, as follows: 

19 (1) Fallen Timbers Battlefield. 

20 (2) Russell House Battlefield. 

21 (3) Davis Bridge Battlefield. 

22 (b) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 

23 acquire lands described in subsection (a) by donation, pur24 chase from willing sellers with donated or appropriated 

25 funds, or exchange. 


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1 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—Any lands acquired under 

2 this section shall be administered as part of the Park. 

3 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATED AREA. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield in 

5 the State of Tennessee is hereby established as an affili6 ated area of the National Park System. 

7 (b) DESCRIPTION.—The affiliated area shall consist 

8 of the area generally depicted within the ‘‘Proposed 

9 Boundary’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Parker’s Crossroads Bat10 tlefield, Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 903/80,073, and 

11 dated July 2014. 

12 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The affiliated area shall be 

13 managed in accordance with this Act and all laws gen14 erally applicable to units of the National Park System. 

15 (d) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The City of Parkers 

16 Crossroads and the Tennessee Historical Commission 

17 shall jointly be the management entity for the affiliated 

18 area. 

19 (e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 

20 may provide technical assistance and enter into coopera21 tive agreements with the management entity for the pur22 pose of providing financial assistance with marketing, 

23 marking, interpretation, and preservation of the affiliated 

24 area. 


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1 (f) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Nothing in 

2 this Act authorizes the Secretary to acquire property at 

3 the affiliated area or to assume overall financial responsi4 bility for the operation, maintenance, or management of 

5 the affiliated area. 

6 (g) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta8 tion with the management entity, shall develop a 

9 general management plan for the affiliated area. 

10 The plan shall be prepared in accordance with sec11 tion 100502 of title 54, United States Code. 

12 (2) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 3 years 

13 after the date that funds are made available for this 

14 Act, the Secretary shall provide a copy of the com15 pleted general management to the Committee on 

16 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 

17 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re18 sources of the Senate. 

19 SEC. 5. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION. 

20 (a) 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. 


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1 (b) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER.—No non-Fed2 eral property may be included in the Shiloh National Mili3 tary Park without the written consent of the owner. 

4 (c) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing in this 

5 Act, the establishment of the Shiloh National Military 

6 Park, or the management plan for the Shiloh National 

7 Military Park shall be construed to create buffer zones 

8 outside of the Park. That activities or uses can be seen, 

9 heard, or detected from areas within the Shiloh National 

10 Military shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate, or de11 termine the conduct or management of activities or uses 

12 outside of the Park. 

13 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

14 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shiloh National Mili15 tary Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker’s Crossroads 

16 Battlefield Designation Act’’. 

17 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this Act: 

19 (1) AFFILIATED AREA.—The term ‘‘affiliated 

20 area’’ means the Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield estab21 lished as an affiliated area of the National Park Sys22 tem by section 4(a). 

23 (2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means Shiloh Na24 tional Military Park, a unit of the National Park 

25 System. 


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

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 SEC. 3. AREAS TO BE ADDED TO SHILOH NATIONAL MILI4 TARY PARK. 

5 (a) ADDITIONAL AREAS.—The boundary of the Park 

6 is modified to include the areas that are generally depicted 

7 on the map entitled ‘‘Shiloh National Military Park, Pro8 posed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 304/80,011, and 

9 dated July 2014, and which are comprised of the following: 

10 (1) Fallen Timbers Battlefield. 

11 (2) Russell House Battlefield. 

12 (3) Davis Bridge Battlefield. 

13 (b) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may ac14 quire the land described in subsection (a) by donation, pur15 chase from willing sellers with donated or appropriated 

16 funds, or exchange. 

17 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—Any land acquired under this 

18 section shall be administered as part of the Park. 

19 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATED AREA. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield in 

21 the State of Tennessee is established as an affiliated area 

22 of the National Park System. 

23 (b) DESCRIPTION OF AFFILIATED AREA.—The affili24 ated area shall consist of the area generally depicted within 

25 the ‘‘Proposed Boundary’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Parker’s 


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1 Crossroads Battlefield, Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 

2 903/80,073, and dated July 2014. 

3 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The affiliated area shall be 

4 managed in accordance with— 

5 (1) this Act; and 

6 (2) any law generally applicable to units of the 

7 National Park System. 

8 (d) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The City of Parkers 

9 Crossroads and the Tennessee Historical Commission shall 

10 jointly be the management entity for the affiliated area. 

11 (e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary may 

12 provide technical assistance and enter into cooperative 

13 agreements with the management entity for the purpose of 

14 providing financial assistance for the marketing, marking, 

15 interpretation, and preservation of the affiliated area. 

16 (f) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Nothing in 

17 this Act authorizes the Secretary to acquire property at the 

18 affiliated area or to assume overall financial responsibility 

19 for the operation, maintenance, or management of the affili20 ated area. 

21 (g) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 

23 with the management entity, shall develop a general 

24 management plan for the affiliated area in accordVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:30 May 09, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H88.RS H88

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1 ance with section 100502 of title 54, United States 

2 Code. 

3 (2) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

4 the date on which funds are made available to carry 

5 out this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com6 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep7 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat8 ural Resources of the Senate the general management 

9 plan developed under paragraph (1). 


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Calendar No. 61 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 88 

[Report No. 115–48] 

AN ACT 

To modify the boundary of the Shiloh National 

System, and for other purposes. field as an affiliated area of the National Park sissippi, to establish Parker’s Crossroads BattleMilitary Park located in Tennessee and MisMAY 9, 2017 

Reported with an amendment 


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