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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 88 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2017 

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

Resources 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shiloh National Mili3 tary Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker’s Crossroads 

4 Battlefield Designation Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act, the following definitions apply: 

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

8 area’’ means the Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield es9 tablished as an affiliated area of the National Park 

10 System under section 4. 

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

12 National Military Park, a unit of the National Park 

13 System. 

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

15 the Secretary of the Interior. 

16 SEC. 3. AREAS TO BE ADDED TO SHILOH NATIONAL MILI17 TARY PARK. 

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

19 National Military Park is modified to include the areas 

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

21 National Military Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, 

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

23 (1) Fallen Timbers Battlefield. 

24 (2) Russell House Battlefield. 

25 (3) Davis Bridge Battlefield. 


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1 (b) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 

2 acquire lands described in subsection (a) by donation, pur3 chase from willing sellers with donated or appropriated 

4 funds, or exchange. 

5 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—Any lands acquired under 

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

7 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATED AREA. 

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

9 the State of Tennessee is hereby established as an affili10 ated area of the National Park System. 

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

12 of the area generally depicted within the ‘‘Proposed 

13 Boundary’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Parker’s Crossroads Bat14 tlefield, Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 903/80,073, and 

15 dated July 2014. 

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

17 managed in accordance with this Act and all laws gen18 erally applicable to units of the National Park System. 

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

20 Crossroads and the Tennessee Historical Commission 

21 shall jointly be the management entity for the affiliated 

22 area. 

23 (e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 

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1 pose of providing financial assistance with marketing, 

2 marking, interpretation, and preservation of the affiliated 

3 area. 

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

5 this Act authorizes the Secretary to acquire property at 

6 the affiliated area or to assume overall financial responsi7 bility for the operation, maintenance, or management of 

8 the affiliated area. 

9 (g) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta11 tion with the management entity, shall develop a 

12 general management plan for the affiliated area. 

13 The plan shall be prepared in accordance with sec14 tion 100502 of title 54, United States Code. 

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

16 after the date that funds are made available for this 

17 Act, the Secretary shall provide a copy of the com18 pleted general management to the Committee on 

19 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re21 sources of the Senate. 

22 SEC. 5. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION. 

23 (a) NO USE OF CONDEMNATION.—The Secretary of 

24 the Interior may not acquire by condemnation any land 


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1 or interests in land under this Act or for the purposes 

2 of this Act. 

3 (b) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER.—No non-Fed4 eral property may be included in the Shiloh National Mili5 tary Park without the written consent of the owner. 

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

7 Act, the establishment of the Shiloh National Military 

8 Park, or the management plan for the Shiloh National 

9 Military Park shall be construed to create buffer zones 

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

11 heard, or detected from areas within the Shiloh National 

12 Military shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate, or de13 termine the conduct or management of activities or uses 

14 outside of the Park. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 27, 

2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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