SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wilson’s Creek Na-
tional Battlefield Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF BOUNDARIES, WILSON’S CREEK NA-
TIONAL BATTLEFIELD, MISSOURI.
(a) BOUNDARY EXPANSION; PRIVATE PROPERTY
PROTECTIONS.—The first section of Public Law 86–434
(16 U.S.C. 430kk) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘That the Secretary’’ and in-
serting the following:
‘‘SECTION 1. WILSON’S CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD: ES-
TABLISHMENT AND ACQUISITION OF LANDS.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT, INITIAL BOUNDARIES.—The
Secretary’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections:
‘‘(b) EXPANSION OF BOUNDARIES.—(1) The bound-
aries of the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield are revised
to include lands and interests therein consisting of six par-
cels totaling 615 acres and identified as parcels ‘1, 2, 3,
4, 5, and 6’ on the map entitled ‘Wilson’s Creek National
Battlefield Proposed Boundary’, numbered 410/80,037
and dated January 27, 2004. The map shall be on file
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service.
‘‘(2) The Secretary is authorized to acquire the lands
referred to in paragraph (1) by donation, by purchase
from willing sellers with donated or appropriated funds,
or by exchange. The Secretary may acquire by the same
methods personal property associated with, and appro-
priate for, interpretation of the park.
‘‘(c) ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.—Nothing in
this Act shall be construed to—
‘‘(1) require any private property owner to
allow public access (including Federal, State, or local
government access) to such private property; or
‘‘(2) modify any provision of Federal, State, or
local law with regard to public access to or use of
private property.
‘‘(d) LIABILITY.—The revision of the boundaries of
the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield by subsection (b)
shall not be considered to create any liability for, or to
have any effect on any liability under any other law of,
any owner of private property with respect to any person
injured on that private property.
‘‘(e) RECOGNITION
OF AUTHORITY
TO CONTROL
LAND USE.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
modify the authority of Federal, State, or local govern-
ments to regulate land use.
‘‘(f) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWN-
ERS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
the owner of any private property located within the
boundaries of the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield to
participate in, or be associated with, the National Battle-
field.
‘‘(g) EFFECT OF EXPANSION.—The boundaries of
the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, as revised by sub-
section (b), represent the area within which Federal funds
appropriated for the purpose of this Act may be expended.
The boundary revision shall not be construed to provide
any nonexisting regulatory authority on land use within
the National Battlefield or its viewshed by the Secretary
or the National Park Service.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
3 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 430mm) is amended by adding
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘There are author-
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary
to carry out section 1(b).’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 13,
2004.
Attest:
Clerk.