I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5979 
To establish the Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument in the State 
of Kentucky as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 25, 2018 
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument 
in the State of Kentucky as a unit of the National 
Park System, 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 ‘‘Mill Springs Battle-
field National Monument Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument, 
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Nancy, Kentucky’’ numbered ll/ll, and dated 
llll, 2018. 
(2) 
MONUMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Monument’’ 
means the Mill Springs Battlefield National Monu-
ment established by section 3(a). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MILL SPRINGS BATTLEFIELD 
NATIONAL MONUMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
there is established, as a unit of the National Park 
System, the Mill Springs Battlefield National Monu-
ment in the State of Kentucky, to preserve, protect, 
and interpret for the benefit of present and future 
generations the nationally significant historic re-
sources of the Mill Springs Battlefield and its role 
in the American Civil War. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—The Monument shall not be 
established until the Secretary— 
(A) has entered into a written agreement 
with the owner of any private or non-Federal 
land within the Mill Springs Battlefield Na-
tional Monument boundary as depicted on the 
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Map, providing that such property shall be do-
nated to the United States for inclusion in the 
Monument to be managed consistently with the 
purposes of the Monument; and 
(B) has determined that sufficient land or 
interests in land have been acquired within the 
boundary of the Monument to constitute a man-
ageable unit. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Monument 
shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the Map. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service. 
(d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
only acquire land or an interest in land located within the 
boundary of the Monument by— 
(1) donation; 
(2) purchase with donated funds; or 
(3) exchange. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-
ister the Monument in accordance with— 
(A) this Act; and 
(B) the laws generally applicable to units 
of the National Park System, including— 
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(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. 
(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date on which funds are first made 
available to the Secretary for this purpose, the 
Secretary shall prepare a general management 
plan for the Monument in accordance with sec-
tion 100502 of title 54, United States Code. 
(B) SUBMIT TO CONGRESS.—On comple-
tion of the general management plan, the Sec-
retary shall submit it to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate. 
(f) PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION.—No private 
property or non-Federal public property shall be managed 
as part of the Monument without the written consent of 
the owner of such property. 
(g) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act, the 
establishment of the Monument, or the management of the 
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Monument shall be construed to create buffer zones out-
side of the Monument. The fact that an activity or use 
can be seen, heard, or detected from within the Monument 
shall not preclude the conduct of that activity or use out-
side of the Monument. 
Æ 
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