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Calendar No. 151 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 494 
[Report No. 115–114] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 7 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 6), 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
JUNE 20, 2017 
Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with amendments 
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National 
Monument in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Fort Frederica Na-
tional Monument Boundary Expansion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FORT FREDERICA NATIONAL MONUMENT, GEORGIA. 
(a) MAXIMUM ACREAGE.—The first section of the 
Act of May 26, 1936 (16 U.S.C. 433g), is amended by 
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striking ‘‘two hundred and fifty acres’’ and inserting ‘‘305 
acres’’. 
(b) BOUNDARY EXPANSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Fort 
Frederica National Monument in the State of Geor-
gia is modified to include the land generally depicted 
as ‘‘Proposed Acquisition Areas’’ on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Fort Frederica National Monument Proposed 
Boundary Expansion’’, numbered 369/132,469, and 
dated April 2016. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described 
in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service. 
(3) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The Secretary of 
the Interior may acquire the land and interests in 
land described in paragraph (1) by donation or pur-
chase with donated or appropriated funds from will-
ing sellers only. 
(4) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER.—No non- 
Federal property may be included in the Fort Fred-
erica National Monument without the written con-
sent of the owner. 
(5)(4) NO USE OF CONDEMNATION OR EMINENT 
DOMAIN.—The Secretary of the Interior may not ac-
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quire by condemnation or eminent domain any land 
or interests in land under this Act or for the pur-
poses of this Act. 
(6) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing in 
this Act, the establishment of the Fort Frederica 
National Monument, or the management plan for 
the Fort Frederica National Monument shall be con-
strued to create buffer zones outside of the Monu-
ment. That activities or uses can be seen, heard, or 
detected from areas within the Fort Frederica Na-
tional Monument shall not preclude, limit, control, 
regulate, or determine the conduct or management 
of activities or uses outside of the Monument. 
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Calendar No. 151 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 494 
[Report No. 115–114] 
AN ACT 
To expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National 
Monument in the State of Georgia, and for other 
purposes. 
JUNE 20, 2017 
Reported with amendments 
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