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Calendar No. 693 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5655 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 6, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 
Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
title 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To establish the Camp Nelson Heritage 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 ‘‘Camp Nelson Heritage 
National Monument Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument 
Nicholasville, Kentucky’’, numbered 532/144,148, 
and dated April 2018. 
(2)
MONUMENT.—The
term
‘‘Monument’’ 
means the Camp Nelson Heritage 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 CAMP NELSON HERITAGE NA-
TIONAL MONUMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
there is established, as a unit of the National Park 
System, the Camp Nelson Heritage 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 Camp Nelson and its role in the American 
Civil War, Reconstruction, and African American 
history and civil rights. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—The Monument shall not be 
established until after the Secretary— 
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(A) has entered into a written agreement 
with the owner of any private or non-Federal 
land within the Camp Nelson Heritage National 
Monument boundary as depicted on the Map 
providing that such property shall be donated to 
the United States for inclusion in the Monu-
ment to be managed consistently with the pur-
poses 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 any land or interest in land located within 
the boundary of the Monument by— 
(1) donation; 
(2) purchase with donated funds; or 
(3) exchange. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 
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(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— 
(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. 
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(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 
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. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Camp Nelson National 
Monument Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map enti-
tled ‘‘Camp Nelson National Monument Nicholasville, 
Kentucky’’, numbered 532/144,148, and dated Sep-
tember 2018. 
(2) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ means 
the Camp Nelson National Monument established by 
section 3(a)(1). 
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(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 CAMP NELSON NATIONAL 
MONUMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
there is established as a unit of the National Park 
System the Camp Nelson National Monument in the 
State of Kentucky to preserve, protect, and interpret, 
for the benefit of present and future generations, the 
nationally significant historic resources of Camp Nel-
son and the role of Camp Nelson in the Civil War, 
Reconstruction, and African American history and 
civil rights. 
(2) SUFFICIENT
LAND
OR
INTERESTS.—The 
Monument shall not be established until after the date 
on which the Secretary 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) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of the Monument shall 
be the boundary generally depicted on the Map. 
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(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 any land or interest in land located within 
the boundary of the Monument by— 
(1) donation; 
(2) purchase from a willing seller with donated 
or appropriated 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— 
(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 
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Calendar No. 693 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5655 
AN ACT 
To establish the Camp Nelson Heritage National 
Monument in the State of Kentucky as a unit of 
the National Park System, and for other pur-
poses. 
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 
Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 
title 
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