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Calendar No. 580 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 718 

[Report No. 114–308] 

To modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the 

Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 11, 2015 

Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. KAINE) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AUGUST 30, 2016 

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of July 14, 2016, by Ms. 

MURKOWSKI, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield 

in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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. PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD BOUND2 ARY MODIFICATION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Petersburg 

4 National Battlefield is modified to include the land and 

5 interests in land as generally depicted on the map titled 

6 ‘‘Petersburg National Battlefield Proposed Boundary Ex7 pansion’’, numbered 325/80,080, and dated June 2007 

8 March 2016. The map shall be on file and available for 

9 public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 

10 Park Service. 

11 (b) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES.—The Secretary of 

12 (b) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES.— 

13 (1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Interior 

14 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is au15 thorized to acquire the land and interests in land, 

16 described in subsection (a), from willing sellers only, 

17 by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated 

18 funds, exchange, or transfer. 

19 (2) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 313(a) of 

20 the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (Pub21 lic Law 95–625; 92 Stat. 3479) is amended by strik22 ing ‘‘twenty-one’’ and inserting ‘‘23’’. 

23 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin24 ister any land or interests in land acquired under sub25 section (b) as part of the Petersburg National Battlefield 

26 in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. 


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1 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TRANSFER.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is transferred— 

3 (A) from the Secretary to the Secretary of 

4 the Army administrative jurisdiction over the 

5 approximately 1.170-acre parcel of land de6 picted as ‘‘Area to be transferred to Fort Lee 

7 Military Reservation’’ on the map described in 

8 paragraph (2); and 

9 (B) from the Secretary of the Army to the 

10 Secretary administrative jurisdiction over the 

11 approximately 1.171-acre parcel of land de12 picted as ‘‘Area to be transferred to Petersburg 

13 National Battlefield’’ on the map described in 

14 paragraph (2). 

15 (2) MAP.—The land transferred is depicted on 

16 the map titled ‘‘Petersburg National Battlefield Pro17 posed Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction’’, 

18 numbered 325/80,801A, dated May 2011 March 

19 2016. The map shall be on file and available for pub20 lic inspection in the appropriate offices of the Na21 tional Park Service. 

22 (3) CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER.—The transfer 

23 of administrative jurisdiction under paragraph (1) is 

24 subject to the following conditions: 


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1 (A) NO REIMBURSEMENT OR CONSIDER2 ATION.—The transfer is without reimbursement 

3 or consideration. 

4 (B) MANAGEMENT.—The land conveyed to 

5 the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be in6 cluded within the boundary of the Petersburg 

7 National Battlefield and shall be administered 

8 as part of that park in accordance with applica9 ble laws and regulations. 

10 (B) MANAGEMENT.— 

11 (i) LAND TRANSFERRED TO THE SEC12 RETARY OF THE ARMY.—The land trans13 ferred to the Secretary of the Army under 

14 paragraph (1)(A) shall be excluded from the 

15 boundary of the Petersburg National Battle16 field. 

17 (ii) LAND TRANSFERRED TO THE SEC18 RETARY.—The land transferred to the Sec19 retary under paragraph (1)(B) shall— 

20 (I) be included within the bound21 ary of the Petersburg National Battle22 field; and 

23 (II) be administered as part of the 

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1 cordance with applicable laws (includ2 ing regulations). 


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Calendar No. 580 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 718 

[Report No. 114–308] 

A BILL 

To modify the boundary of Petersburg National 

for other purposes. Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and 

AUGUST 30, 2016 

Reported with amendments 


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