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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 777 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2005 

Referred to the Committee on Resources 

AN ACT 

To designate Catoctin Mountain Park in the State of Maryland as the ‘‘Catoctin Mountain National Recreation 

Area’’, 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 ‘‘Catoctin Mountain Na5 tional Recreation Area Designation Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

3 (1) the Catoctin Recreation Demonstration 

4 Area, in Frederick County, Maryland— 

5 (A) was established in 1933; and 

6 (B) was transferred to the National Park 

7 Service by executive order in 1936; 

8 (2) in 1942, the presidential retreat known as 

9 ‘‘Camp David’’ was established in the Catoctin 

10 Recreation Demonstration Area; 

11 (3) in 1954, approximately 4,400 acres of land 

12 in the Catoctin Recreation Demonstration Area was 

13 transferred to the State of Maryland and designated 

14 as Cunningham Falls State Park; 

15 (4) in 1954, the Catoctin Recreation Dem16 onstration Area was renamed ‘‘Catoctin Mountain 

17 Park’’; 

18 (5) the proximity of Catoctin Mountain Park, 

19 Camp David, and Cunningham Falls State Park and 

20 the difference between management of the parks by 

21 the Federal and State government has caused long22 standing confusion to visitors to the parks; 

23 (6) Catoctin Mountain Park is 1 of 17 units in 

24 the National Park System and 1 of 9 units in the 

25 National Capital Region that does not have the word 

26 ‘‘National’’ in the title; and 
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1 (7) the history, uses, and resources of Catoctin 

2 Mountain Park make the park appropriate for des3 ignation as a national recreation area. 

4 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to des5 ignate Catoctin Mountain Park as a national recreation 

6 area to— 

7 (1) clearly identify the park as a unit of the 

8 National Park System; and 

9 (2) distinguish the park from Cunningham 

10 Falls State Park. 

11 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

12 (a) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled 

13 ‘‘Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area’’, num14 bered 841/80444B and dated April 2005. 

15 (b) RECREATION AREA.—The term ‘‘recreation area’’ 

16 means the Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area 

17 designated by section 4(a). 

18 (c) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the 

19 Secretary of the Interior. 

20 SEC. 4. CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN NATIONAL RECREATION 

21 AREA. 

22 (a) DESIGNATION.—Catoctin Mountain Park in the 

23 State of Maryland shall be known and designated as the 

24 ‘‘Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area’’. 
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1 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg2 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

3 States to Catoctin Mountain Park shall be deemed to be 

4 a reference to the Catoctin Mountain National Recreation 

5 Area. 

6 (c) BOUNDARY.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The recreation area shall 

8 consist of land within the boundary depicted on the 

9 map. 

10 (2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be 

11 on file and available for public inspection in the ap12 propriate offices of the National Park Service. 

13 (3) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary may make 

14 minor adjustments in the boundary of the recreation 

15 area consistent with section 7(c) of the Land and 

16 Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 

17 460l–9(c)). 

18 (d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 

19 acquire any land, interest in land, or improvement to land 

20 within the boundary of the recreation area by donation, 

21 purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or ex22 change. 

23 (e) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin24 ister the recreation area— 
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1 (1) in accordance with this Act and the laws 

2 generally applicable to units of the National Park 

3 System, including— 

4 (A) the Act of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 

5 1 et seq.); and 

6 (B) the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 

7 461 et seq.); and 

8 (2) in a manner that protects and enhances the 

9 scenic, natural, cultural, historical, and recreational 

10 resources of the recreation area. 

11 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

13 as are necessary to carry out this Act. 

Passed the Senate November 16, 2005. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary.