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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 216
To establish as a unit of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military 
Park, the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. WAMP (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To establish as a unit of Chickamauga and Chattanooga 
National Military Park, the Moccasin Bend National Ar-
cheological District.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MOCCASIN BEND NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL 
DISTRICT ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Moccasin Bend National Archeological District Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior.
(2) ARCHEOLOGICAL DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘ar-
cheological district’’ means the Moccasin Bend Na-
tional Archeological District. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Tennessee. 
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled, ‘‘Boundary Map Moccasin Bend National Ar-
cheological District’’, numbered 301/80098, and 
dated September 2002. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to preserve, protect, 
and interpret for the benefit of the public the na-
tionally significant archeological and historic re-
sources located on the peninsula known as Moccasin 
Bend, Tennessee, there is established as a unit of 
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military 
Park, the Moccasin Bend National Archeological 
District. 
(2) BOUNDARIES.—The archeological district 
shall consist of approximately 780 acres generally 
depicted on the Map. The Map shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service, Department of 
the Interior.
(3) ACQUISITION OF LAND AND INTERESTS IN 
LAND.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac-
quire by donation, purchase from willing sellers 
using donated or appropriated funds, or ex-
change, lands and interests in lands within the 
exterior boundary of the archeological district. 
The Secretary may acquire the State, county 
and city-owned land and interests in land for 
inclusion in the archeological district only by 
donation. 
(B) EASEMENT OUTSIDE BOUNDARY.—To 
allow access between areas of the archeological 
district that on the date of the enactment of 
this section are noncontiguous, the Secretary 
may acquire by donation or purchase from will-
ing owners using donated or appropriated 
funds, or exchange, easements connecting the 
areas generally depicted on the Map. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The archeological district 
shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance 
with this section, with laws applicable to Chicka-
mauga and Chattanooga National Military Park,
and with the laws generally applicable to units of the 
National Park System. 
(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary 
may consult and enter into cooperative agreements 
with culturally affiliated federally recognized Indian 
tribes, governmental entities, and interested persons 
to provide for the restoration, preservation, develop-
ment, interpretation, and use of the archeological 
district. 
(3) VISITOR INTERPRETIVE CENTER.—For pur-
poses of interpreting the historical themes and cul-
tural resources of the archeological district, the Sec-
retary may establish and administer a visitor center 
in the archeological district. 
(4) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later 
than three years after funds are made available 
under this section, the Secretary shall develop a gen-
eral management plan for the archeological district. 
The general management plan shall describe the ap-
propriate protection and preservation of natural, cul-
tural, and scenic resources, visitor use, and facility 
development within the archeological district con-
sistent with the purposes of this section, while en-
suring continued access by private landowners to 
their property.
(e) REPEAL OF PREVIOUS ACQUISITION AUTHOR-
ITY.—The Act of August 3, 1950 (Chapter 532; 16 U.S.C. 
424a–4) is repealed.
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