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Union Calendar No. 391 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4266 
[Report No. 115–526] 
To clarify the boundary of Acadia National Park, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 7, 2017 
Mr. POLIQUIN (for himself and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
JANUARY 25, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 7, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To clarify the boundary of Acadia National Park, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Acadia National Park 
Boundary Clarification Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY CLARIFICA-
TION. 
Section 101 of Public Law 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 
note) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘In order 
to’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) BOUNDARIES.—Subject to subsections (b) and 
(c)(2), to’’; 
(2) in the second sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The map shall be on file’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY AND REVISIONS OF MAPS.— 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY.—The map, together with the 
map described in subsection (b)(1) and any revised 
boundary map published under paragraph (2), if ap-
plicable, shall be— 
‘‘(A) on file’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Interior, and it shall be 
made’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Interior; 
and 
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‘‘(B) made’’; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) (as des-
ignated by paragraph (1)) the following: 
‘‘(b) SCHOODIC PENINSULA ADDITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Park is 
confirmed to include approximately 1,441 acres of 
land and interests in land, as depicted on the map 
entitled ‘Acadia National Park, Hancock County, 
Maine, Schoodic Peninsula Boundary Revision’, 
numbered 123/129102, and dated July 10, 2015. 
‘‘(2) RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF ACQUISI-
TIONS OF LAND.—Congress ratifies and approves— 
‘‘(A) effective as of September 26, 2013, the 
acquisition by the United States of the land and 
interests in the land described in paragraph (1); 
and 
‘‘(B) effective as of the date on which the al-
teration occurred, any alteration of the land or 
interests in the land described in paragraph (1) 
that is held or claimed by the United States (in-
cluding conversion of the land to fee simple in-
terest) that occurred after the date described in 
subparagraph (A).’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c) (as designated by para-
graph (2)(A)), by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(2) TECHNICAL AND LIMITED REVISIONS.—Sub-
ject to section 102(k), notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this section, the Secretary of the Interior (re-
ferred to in this title as the ‘Secretary’), by publica-
tion in the Federal Register of a revised boundary 
map or other description, may make— 
‘‘(A) such technical boundary revisions as 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate to the 
permanent boundaries of the Park (including 
any property of the Park located within the 
Schoodic Peninsula and Isle Au Haut districts) 
to resolve issues resulting from causes such as 
survey error or changed road alignments; and 
‘‘(B) such limited boundary revisions as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate to the 
permanent boundaries of the Park to take into 
account acquisitions or losses, by exchange, dona-
tion, or purchase from willing sellers using do-
nated or appropriated funds, of land adjacent to 
or within the Park, respectively, in any case in 
which the total acreage of the land to be so ac-
quired or lost is less than 10 acres, subject to the 
condition that— 
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‘‘(i) any such boundary revision shall 
not be a part of a more-comprehensive 
boundary revision; and 
‘‘(ii) all such boundary revisions, con-
sidered collectively with any technical 
boundary revisions made pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A), do not increase the size of 
the Park by more than a total of 100 acres, 
as compared to the size of the Park on the 
date of enactment of this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ACQUISITIONS OF LAND FOR ACA-
DIA NATIONAL PARK. 
Section 102 of Public Law 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 
note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of the Interior (herein-
after in this title referred to as ‘the Secretary’)’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(1), in the first sentence, by 
striking ‘‘the the’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’; 
(3) in subsection (k)— 
(A) by redesignating the subsection as para-
graph (4) and indenting the paragraph appro-
priately; and 
(B) by moving the paragraph so as to ap-
pear at the end of subsection (b); and 
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(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) REQUIREMENTS.—Before revising the boundaries 
of the Park pursuant to this section or section 101(c)(2)(B), 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) certify that the proposed boundary revision 
will contribute to, and is necessary for, the proper 
preservation, protection, interpretation, or manage-
ment of the Park; 
‘‘(2) consult with the governing body of each 
county, city, town, or other jurisdiction with primary 
taxing authority over the land or interest in land to 
be acquired regarding the impacts of the proposed 
boundary revision; 
‘‘(3) obtain from each property owner the land 
or interest in land of which is proposed to be acquired 
for, or lost from, the Park written consent for the pro-
posed boundary revision; and 
‘‘(4) submit to the Acadia National Park Advi-
sory Commission established by section 103(a), the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate, and the Maine Congressional 
Delegation a written notice of the proposed boundary 
revision. 
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