(ii) administered by the Secretary in 
accordance with section 4. 
(C) PROHIBITION
ON
USE
OF
EMINENT 
DOMAIN.—Nothing in this paragraph authorizes 
the use of eminent domain to acquire land or 
an interest in land. 
(3) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the 
Ocmulgee Mounds National Preserve shall reflect 
the land and interests in land acquired for the 
Ocmulgee Mounds National Preserve under para-
graph (2)(A). 
(c) MAP.— 
(1) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may make 
technical corrections to the Map. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The Map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the National Park Service. 
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF OCMULGEE MOUNDS NA-
TIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Ocmulgee Mounds National 
Park and the Ocmulgee Mounds National Preserve shall— 
(1) be administered as a single unit of the Na-
tional Park System in accordance with— 
(A) this section; 
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(B) the laws generally applicable to units 
of the National Park System, including— 
(i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, 
and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 
and 102101 of title 54, United States 
Code; and 
(ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 
States Code; and 
(C) any management plan developed under 
subsection (b); and 
(2) collectively be known and designated as the 
‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve’’. 
(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Advisory Council, shall develop 
a general management plan for the preservation and 
use of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and 
Preserve in accordance with section 100502 of title 
54, United States Code. 
(2) 
CULTURAL
RESOURCES
AND
LAND-
SCAPES.—The general management plan developed 
under paragraph (1) shall provide for— 
(A) the interpretation and preservation of 
cultural resources of the Ocmulgee Mounds Na-
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tional Park and Preserve, including burial 
grounds and other sites that are sacred to the 
Tribe; and 
(B) an inventory of important cultural 
landscapes, including flora, that should be pre-
served, managed, developed, and maintained be-
cause of the cultural, natural, and public use 
significance of the cultural landscapes, includ-
ing to the Tribe. 
(c) HUNTING AND FISHING.— 
(1) HUNTING.—The Secretary shall allow hunt-
ing on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
within the boundaries of the Ocmulgee Mounds Na-
tional Preserve in accordance with applicable Fed-
eral and State laws. 
(2) FISHING.—The Secretary shall allow fishing 
on waters under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
within the boundaries of the Ocmulgee Mounds Na-
tional Park and Preserve in accordance with applica-
ble Federal and State laws. 
(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may designate 
zones in which, and establish periods during which, 
no hunting, fishing, or both, shall be allowed for rea-
sons of public safety, administration, fish or wildlife 
management, or emergencies. 
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(4) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall en-
sure any regulations prescribing such restrictions 
under this subsection shall be put into effect only 
after consultation with the State. 
(5) PRIVATE LAND.—Nothing in this subsection 
prohibits hunting, fishing, or trapping on private 
land in accordance with applicable State and Federal 
laws. 
(6) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.—Nothing in this 
Act is intended to affect the jurisdiction or respon-
sibilities of the State with respect to fish and wild-
life. 
(d) HIRING PREFERENCE.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish policies to provide a preference for hiring members 
of the Tribe for positions at the Ocmulgee Mounds Na-
tional Park and Preserve, consistent with the Indian pref-
erence policy established by the Secretary of the Interior 
under section 12 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’) (48 Stat. 986, 
chapter 576; 25 U.S.C. 5116). 
(e) EFFECT ON ADMINISTRATION OF BOND SWAMP 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), nothing in this Act affects the continued 
administration of the Bond Swamp National Wildlife 
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Refuge by the Director of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service as a unit of the National Wild-
life Refuge System. 
(2) CULTURAL INTERPRETATION ACTIVITIES.— 
The Director of the National Park Service shall con-
sult with the Tribe to provide cultural programs and 
related activities with respect to the Bond Swamp 
National Wildlife Refuge with the consent of the Di-
rector of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice. 
(f) TRIBAL CONSULTATION.—Nothing in this Act 
prevents continued consultation with federally recognized 
Indian Tribes pursuant to Executive Order 13175 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 note; relating to consultation and coordina-
tion with Indian Tribal governments). 
(g) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act 
precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve; 
(2) the designation of new units of special use 
airspace over the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park 
and Preserve; or 
(3) the use or establishment of military flight 
training routes over the Ocmulgee Mounds National 
Park and Preserve. 
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(h) SACRED AND CULTURAL SITES.—The Secretary 
shall ensure the protection of sacred sites and cultural 
sites within the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Pre-
serve and provide access to the sites by members of Indian 
Tribes who have ancestral connections to the Ocmulgee 
River Corridor, in accordance with Public Law 95–341 
(commonly known as the ‘‘American Indian Religious 
Freedom Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.) and Executive 
Order 13007 (42 U.S.C. 1996 note; relating to Indian sa-
cred sites). 
SEC. 5. ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
an advisory council, to be known as the ‘‘Ocmulgee 
Mounds National Park and Preserve Advisory Council’’. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Advisory Council shall— 
(1) advise the Secretary with respect to the de-
velopment and implementation of the management 
plan for the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and 
Preserve; and 
(2) not later than 3 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act, submit to the Secretary rec-
ommendations regarding how the Secretary would 
consider and accommodate Tribal interests in the 
management of the Ocmulgee Mounds National 
Park and Preserve, including recommendations re-
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(e) VACANCY.—A vacancy on the Advisory Council 
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appoint-
ment. 
(f) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the Ad-
visory Council (including not fewer than 1 member who 
is a designated representative of the Tribe) shall con-
stitute a quorum. 
(g) FREQUENCY
OF
MEETINGS.—The Advisory 
Council shall meet 2 times per year, or more often as the 
Chairperson of the Advisory Council determines to be ap-
propriate. 
(h) CHAIRPERSON.—The Advisory Council shall— 
(1) elect a chairperson of the Advisory Council 
from among the members of the Advisory Council; 
and 
(2) establish any rules and procedures for the 
Advisory Council that the Advisory Council deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(i) NO COMPENSATION.—Members of the Advisory 
Council shall serve without compensation. 
SEC. 6. LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST. 
All right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to the approximately 126 acres of land owned in fee 
by the Tribe are hereby taken into trust for the benefit 
of the Tribe. Such land— 
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(1) is part of Indian country (as defined in sec-
tion 1151 of title 18, United States Code) of the 
Tribe; and 
(2) shall be administered in accordance with the 
laws and regulations generally applicable to property 
held in trust by the United States for the benefit of 
an Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act. 
Æ 
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