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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3100 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expand the boundary of the 

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, to conduct a study 

of potential land acquisitions, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 5, 2011 

Mr. CANSECO (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. CUELLAR, and Mr. GONZALEZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expand the 

boundary of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, to conduct a study of potential land acquisitions, 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 ‘‘San Antonio Missions 

5 National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) the San Antonio Missions National Histor2 ical Park is important to understanding the history 

3 and development of the City of San Antonio, Bexar 

4 County, the State of Texas, and the United States; 

5 (2) understanding the connection between the 

6 San Antonio River and the San Antonio Missions is 

7 critical to understanding mission life in colonial 

8 Texas; and 

9 (3) the San Antonio Missions National Histor10 ical Park enjoys the strong support of the City of 

11 San Antonio, Bexar County, and their citizens and 

12 businesses. 

13 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY STUDY. 

14 Section 201 of Public Law 95–629 (16 U.S.C. 410ee) 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), 

17 (e), and (f) as subsections (c), (e), (f), (g), and (h) 

18 respectively; and 

19 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol20 lowing new subsection: 

21 ‘‘(b)(1) The Secretary shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) conduct a study of lands within Bexar and 

23 Wilson Counties, Texas, to identify lands that would 

24 be suitable for inclusion within the boundaries of the 

25 park; 


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1 ‘‘(B) in conducting the study, examine the nat2 ural, cultural, recreational, and scenic values and 

3 characteristics of lands within Bexar and Wilson 

4 Counties; 

5 ‘‘(C) examine and include in the study an esti6 mate of the costs the Federal Government is ex7 pected to incur, such as estimates of funding needed 

8 to acquire additional land, and the amount of addi9 tional funding that the Secretary anticipates will be 

10 needed to operate the San Antonio Missions Na11 tional Historical Park should the land identified in 

12 the study be acquired; and 

13 ‘‘(D) examine and denote in the study those 

14 lands in Bexar and Wilson Counties, Texas, that the 

15 Secretary has good reason to believe could be ac16 quired by donation. 

17 ‘‘(2) Not later than 3 years after the date funds are 

18 made available for the study under paragraph (1), the Sec19 retary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Re20 sources of the House of Representatives and the Com21 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

22 a report on the findings, conclusions, and recommenda23 tions of the study.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. BOUNDARY EXPANSION. 

2 Section 201(a) of Public Law 95–629 (16 U.S.C. 

3 410ee(a)) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘In order’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) In 

5 order’’; 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘The park shall also’’ and in7 serting ‘‘(2) The park shall also’’; 

8 (3) by striking ‘‘After advising the’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘(4) After advising the’’; 

10 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so des11 ignated by paragraph (2) above) the following: 

12 ‘‘(3) The boundary of the park is further modi13 fied to include approximately 151 acres, as depicted 

14 on the map titled ‘San Antonio Missions National 

15 Historical Park Proposed Boundary Addition 2009’, 

16 numbered 472/468,027, and dated November 2009. 

17 The map shall be on file and available for inspection 

18 in the appropriate offices of the National Park Serv19 ice, U.S. Department of the Interior. The Secretary 

20 of the Interior may not use condemnation authority 

21 to acquire any lands or interests in lands under this 

22 Act.’’. 

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