I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1387 
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 
MARCH 7, 2007 
Mr. MELANCON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural 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 2007’’. 
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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 ‘‘of approximately twen-
ty 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 ‘‘generally depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘Boundary Map, Barataria Preserve Unit, Jean La-
fitte National Historical Park and Preserve’, numbered 
lllll, and dated llllllll,’’. 
(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 area, as depicted on the 
map described in section 901, by donation, pur-
chase with donated or appropriated funds, 
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transfer from any other Federal agency, or ex-
change. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any private land 
located in the area, as depicted on the map 
described in section 901, may be acquired 
by the Secretary only with the consent of 
the owner of the land. 
‘‘(ii) BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT.—On 
the date on which the Secretary, under 
subparagraph (A), completes the acquisi-
tion of a parcel of private land located in 
the area, as depicted on the map described 
in section 901, the boundary of the histor-
ical park and preserve shall be adjusted to 
reflect the acquisition. 
‘‘(iii) JURISDICTION
OF
NATIONAL 
PARK
SERVICE.—Any Federal land ac-
quired in the areas shall be transferred 
without consideration to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the National Park Service. 
‘‘(iv) EASEMENTS.—To ensure ade-
quate hurricane protection of communities 
located in the area, any land in the area 
identified on the map that is acquired or 
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transferred 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; 
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‘‘(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 ‘‘, except that within the core area and on those 
lands acquired by the Secretary pursuant to section 902(c) 
of this title, he’’ and inserting ‘‘on land, and interests in 
land and water managed by the Secretary, except that 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— 
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