SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park was authorized as a unit of the National Park 
System on June 26, 1935. Prior to 1935, parts of 
the park had been acquired and protected by Civil 
War veterans and the War Department. 
(2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park
protects
Kennesaw
Mountain
and
Kolb’s 
Farm, which are battle sites along the route of Gen-
eral Sherman’s 1864 campaign to take Atlanta. 
(3) Most of the park protects Confederate posi-
tions and strategy. The Wallis House is one of the 
few original structures remaining from the Battle of 
Kennesaw Mountain associated with Union positions 
and strategy. 
(4) The Wallis House is strategically located 
next to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill. 
SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; AD-
MINISTRATION. 
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified 
to include the approximately 8 acres identified as ‘‘Wallis 
House and Harriston Hill’’, and generally depicted on the 
map titled ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
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Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 325/ 
80,020, and dated February 2010. 
(b) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the National Park Service. 
(c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior is authorized to acquire, from willing owners only, 
land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by 
donation or exchange. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—The 
Secretary of the Interior shall administer land and inter-
ests in land acquired under this section as part of the Ken-
nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in accordance 
with applicable laws and regulations. 
(e) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER.—No non-Fed-
eral property may be included in the Kennesaw Mountain 
National Battlefield Park without the written consent of 
the owner. This provision shall apply only to those por-
tions of the Park added under subsection (a). 
(f) NO USE OF CONDEMNATION.—The Secretary of 
the Interior may not acquire by condemnation any land 
or interests in land under this Act or for the purposes 
of this Act. 
(g) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing in this 
Act, the establishment of the Kennesaw Mountain Na-
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tional Battlefield Park, or the management plan for the 
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park shall be 
construed to create buffer zones outside of the Park. That 
activities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected from 
areas within the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate or deter-
mine the conduct or management of activities or uses out-
side the Park. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain Na-
tional Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this section: 
(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti-
tled ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, 
Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 325/ 
80,020, and dated February 2010. 
(2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Ken-
nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD 
PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 
Park is modified to include the approximately 8 acres of 
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land or interests in land identified as ‘‘Wallis House and 
Harriston Hill’’, as generally depicted on the map. 
(b) MAP.—The map shall be on file and available for 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service. 
(c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire 
land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by do-
nation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.—The Sec-
retary shall administer land and interests in land acquired 
under this Act as part of the Park in accordance with ap-
plicable laws (including regulations). 
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Calendar No. 86 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 558 
[Report No. 115–68] 
AN ACT 
To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain 
National Battlefield Park to include the Wallis 
House and Harriston Hill, and for other pur-
poses. 
MAY 16, 2017 
Reported with an amendment 
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