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Union Calendar No. 349 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1350 
[Report No. 115–470] 
To modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of 
Minnesota, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2017 
Mr. NOLAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 18, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in 
the State of Minnesota, 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. MODIFICATION OF VOYAGEURS NATIONAL 
PARK. 
(a) BOUNDARIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 102(a) of Public 
Law 91–661 (16 U.S.C. 160a–1(a)) is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the 
drawing entitled’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘February 1969’’ and inserting ‘‘the map enti-
tled ‘Voyageurs National Park, Proposed Land 
Transfer & Boundary Adjustment’, numbered 
172/80,056, and dated June 2009 (22 sheets)’’; 
and 
(B) in the second and third sentences, by 
striking ‘‘drawing’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘map’’. 
(2) 
TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS.—Section 
102(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 91–661 (16 U.S.C. 
160a–1(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(C) and 
(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (C) and (D) 
of paragraph (1)’’; and 
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(B) in the second proviso, by striking 
‘‘paragraph 1(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(1)(E)’’. 
(b) LAND ACQUISITIONS.—Section 201 of Public 
Law 91–661 (16 U.S.C. 160b) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section designation and 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘(a) The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 201. LAND ACQUISITIONS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘When any tract of land is only partly within 
such boundaries’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN PORTIONS OF TRACTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which 
only a portion of a tract of land is within the 
boundaries of the park’’; 
(B) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘Land so acquired’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) EXCHANGE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any land acquired 
pursuant to subparagraph (A)’’; 
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(C) in the fourth sentence, by striking 
‘‘Any portion’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) PORTIONS
NOT
EXCHANGED.— 
Any portion’’; 
(D) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘Any 
Federal property’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) TRANSFERS
OF
FEDERAL
PROP-
ERTY.—Any Federal property’’; and 
(E) by striking the last sentence and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(D) ADMINISTRATIVE
JURISDICTION.— 
Effective beginning on the date of enactment of 
this subparagraph, there is transferred to the 
National Park Service administrative jurisdic-
tion over— 
‘‘(i) any land managed by the Bureau 
of Land Management within the bound-
aries of the park, as depicted on the map 
described in section 102(a); and 
‘‘(ii) any additional public land identi-
fied by the Bureau of Land Management 
as appropriate for transfer within the 
boundaries of the park. 
‘‘(E) LAND OWNED BY STATE.— 
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‘‘(i) DONATIONS AND EXCHANGES.— 
Any land located within or adjacent to the 
boundaries of the park that is owned by 
the State of Minnesota (or a political sub-
division of the State) may be acquired by 
the Secretary only through donation or ex-
change. 
‘‘(ii) REVISION.—On completion of an 
acquisition from the State under clause (i), 
the Secretary shall revise the boundaries of 
the park to reflect the acquisition.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(b) In exer-
cising his’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) OFFERS BY INDIVIDUALS.—In exercising the’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 349 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1350 
[Report No. 115–470] 
A BILL 
To modify the boundary of Voyageurs National 
Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other 
purposes. 
DECEMBER 18, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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