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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1515 
To adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte 
National Historical Park and Preserve in the State of Louisiana, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2005 
Mr. JINDAL (for himself, Mr. BAKER, and Mr. MCCRERY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of 
the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve 
in the State of Louisiana, 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 ‘‘Jean Lafitte National 
Historical Park and Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act 
of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND 
PRESERVE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of the National Parks 
and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230) is amended 
in the second sentence by striking ‘‘twenty thousand acres 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Barataria Marsh 
Unit-Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’ 
numbered 90,000B and dated April 1978,’’ and inserting 
‘‘23,000 acres generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘Boundary Map, Barataria Preserve Unit, Jean Lafitte 
National Historical Park and Preserve’, numbered 467/ 
80100, and dated August 2002,’’. 
(b) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—Section 902 of the Na-
tional Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230a) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) Within the’’ and all 
that follows through the first sentence and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) BARATARIA PRESERVE UNIT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
acquire any land, water, and interests in land 
and water within the boundary of the Barataria 
Preserve Unit, as depicted on the map de-
scribed in section 901, by donation, purchase
with donated or appropriated funds, transfer 
from any other Federal agency, or exchange. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—With respect to 
the areas on the map identified as ‘Bayou 
aux Carpes Addition’ and ‘CIT Tract Ad-
dition’— 
‘‘(I) any Federal land acquired in 
the areas shall be transferred without 
consideration to the administrative ju-
risdiction of the National Park Serv-
ice; and 
‘‘(II) any private land in the 
areas may be acquired by the Sec-
retary only with the consent of the 
owner of the land. 
‘‘(ii) EASEMENTS.—Any Federal land 
in the area identified on the map as ‘CIT 
Tract Addition’ that is transferred under 
clause (i)(I) shall be subject to any ease-
ments that have been agreed to by the Sec-
retary and the Secretary of the Army.’’; 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘The Secretary may also’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) FRENCH QUARTER.—The Secretary may’’; 
(C) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘Lands, waters, and interests therein’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(3) ACQUISITION
OF
STATE
LAND.—Land, 
water, and interests in land and water’’; and 
(D) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘In 
acquiring’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) ACQUISITION OF OIL AND GAS RIGHTS.— 
In acquiring’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (b) through (f) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) RESOURCE PROTECTION.—With respect to the 
land, water, and interests in land and water of the 
Barataria Preserve Unit, the Secretary shall preserve and 
protect— 
‘‘(1) fresh water drainage patterns; 
‘‘(2) vegetative cover; 
‘‘(3) the integrity of ecological and biological 
systems; and 
‘‘(4) water and air quality.’’; and 
(3) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (c). 
(c) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.—Section 
905 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 230d) is amended in the first sentence by 
striking ‘‘within the core area and on those lands acquired 
by the Secretary pursuant to section 902(c) of this title, 
he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 906 of the National 
Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230e) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking the first sentence; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Pend-
ing such establishment and thereafter the’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The’’. 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES IN LAW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any reference in a law (including 
regulations), map, document, paper, or other record of the 
United States— 
(1) to the Barataria Marsh Unit shall be con-
sidered to be a reference to the Barataria Preserve 
Unit; or 
(2) to the Jean Lafitte National Historical 
Park shall be considered to be a reference to the 
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title IX of the 
National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
230 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Barataria Marsh Unit’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Barataria Preserve 
Unit’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Jean Lafitte National Histor-
ical Park’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Jean 
Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’’. 
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