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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2287 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 6, 2004 

Ms. LANDRIEU introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Historical Park and Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act 

6 of 2004’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND 

2 PRESERVE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

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

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

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

6 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Barataria Marsh 

7 Unit-Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’ 

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

9 ‘‘23,000 acres generally depicted on the map entitled 

10 ‘Boundary Map, Barataria Preserve Unit, Jean Lafitte 

11 National Historical Park and Preserve’, numbered 467/ 

12 81000, and dated August 2002,’’. 

13 (b) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—Section 902 of the Na14 tional Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230a) 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

18 that follows through the first sentence and in19 serting the following: 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

21 ‘‘(1) BARATARIA PRESERVE UNIT.— 

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

23 acquire any land, water, and interests in land 

24 and water within the boundary of the Barataria 

25 Preserve Unit, as depicted on the map de26 scribed in section 901, by donation, purchase 
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1 with donated or appropriated funds, transfer 

2 from any other Federal agency, or exchange. 

3 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.—With respect to the 

4 areas on the map identified as ‘Bayou aux 

5 Carpes Addition’ and ‘CIT Tract Addition’— 

6 ‘‘(i) any Federal land acquired in the 

7 areas shall be transferred to the adminis8 trative jurisdiction of the National Park 

9 Service; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) any private land in the areas 

11 may be acquired by the Secretary only with 

12 the consent of the owner of the land.’’; 

13 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

14 ‘‘The Secretary may also’’ and inserting the fol15 lowing: 

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

17 (C) in the third sentence, by striking 

18 ‘‘Lands, waters, and interests therein’’ and in19 serting the following: 

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

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

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

23 acquiring’’ and inserting the following: 

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

25 In acquiring’’; 
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1 (2) by striking subsections (b) through (f) and 

2 inserting the following: 

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

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

5 Barataria Preserve Unit, the Secretary shall preserve and 

6 protect— 

7 ‘‘(1) fresh water drainage patterns; 

8 ‘‘(2) vegetative cover; 

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

10 systems; and 

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

12 (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub13 section (c). 

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

15 905 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 

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

17 striking ‘‘within the core area and on those lands acquired 

18 by the Secretary pursuant to section 902(c) of this title, 

19 he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’. 

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

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

22 amended— 

23 (1) by striking the first sentence; and 
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1 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Pend2 ing such establishment and thereafter the’’ and in3 serting ‘‘The’’. 

4 SEC. 3. REFERENCES IN LAW. 

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

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

7 United States— 

8 (1) to the Barataria Marsh Unit shall be con9 sidered to be a reference to the Barataria Preserve 

10 Unit; or 

11 (2) to the Jean Lafitte National Historical 

12 Park shall be considered to be a reference to the 

13 Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. 

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

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

16 230 et seq.) is amended— 

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

18 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Barataria Preserve 

19 Unit’’; and 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘Jean Lafitte National Histor21 ical Park’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Jean 

22 Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’’. 

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