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Union Calendar No. 337 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4119 
[Report No. 114–441] 
To authorize the exchange of certain land located in Gulf Islands National 
Seashore, Jackson County, Mississippi, between the National Park Serv-
ice and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2015 
Mr. PALAZZO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
MARCH 2, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 19, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To authorize the exchange of certain land located in Gulf 
Islands National Seashore, Jackson County, Mississippi, 
between the National Park Service and the Veterans 
of Foreign Wars, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Gulf Islands National 
Seashore Land Exchange Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEA-
SHORE, JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. 
(a) LAND EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
Park Service (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
may convey to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5699 (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Post’’) all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real prop-
erty, consisting of approximately 1.542 acres and located 
within the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Jackson 
County, Mississippi, section 34, township 7 north, range 
8 east. 
(b) LAND TO BE ACQUIRED.—In exchange for the 
property described in subsection (a), the Post shall convey 
to the Secretary all right, title, and interest of the Post in 
and to a parcel of real property, consisting of approxi-
mately 2.161 acres and located in Jackson County, Mis-
sissippi, section 34, township 7 north, range 8 east. 
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(c) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The values of the par-
cels of real property to be exchanged under this section are 
deemed to be equal. 
(d) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall 
require the Post to cover costs to be incurred by the 
Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs 
incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the land ex-
change under this section, including survey costs, 
costs related to environmental documentation, and 
any other administrative costs related to the land ex-
change. If amounts are collected from the Secretary in 
advance of the Secretary incurring the actual costs 
and the amount collected exceeds the costs actually in-
curred by the Secretary to carry out the land ex-
change, the Secretary shall refund the excess amount 
to the Post. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received as reimbursement under paragraph 
(1) shall be credited to the fund or account that was 
used to cover those costs incurred by the Secretary in 
carrying out the land exchange. Amounts so credited 
shall be merged with amounts in such fund or account 
and shall be available for the same purposes, and sub-
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ject to the same conditions and limitations, as 
amounts in such fund or account. 
(e) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of property to be exchanged under this 
section shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to the 
Secretary and the Post. 
(f) CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT.—The exchange of real 
property under this section shall be accomplished using a 
quit claim deed or other legal instrument and upon terms 
and conditions mutually satisfactory to the Secretary and 
the Post, including such additional terms and conditions 
as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter-
ests of the United States. 
(g) TREATMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Land and in-
terests in land acquired by the United States under sub-
section (b) shall be administered by the Secretary as part 
of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. 
(h) MODIFICATION OF BOUNDARY.—Upon completion 
of the land exchange under this section, the Secretary shall 
modify the boundary of the Gulf Islands National Seashore 
to reflect such land exchange. 
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Union Calendar No. 337 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4119 
[Report No. 114–441] 
A BILL 
To authorize the exchange of certain land located 
in Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jackson 
County, Mississippi, between the National Park 
Service and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and 
for other purposes. 
MARCH 2, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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