I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2345 
To establish the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve in the State 
of Georgia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2025 
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia (for himself, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. CARTER of 
Georgia, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, 
Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. JACK, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. GREENE of Georgia, and Mr. COLLINS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and 
Preserve in the State of Georgia, 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 ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds Na-
tional Park and Preserve Establishment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Advisory 
Council’’ means the Ocmulgee Mounds National 
Park and Preserve Advisory Council established 
under section 5(a). 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Pre-
serve Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 363/193026, 
and dated September 2024. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Georgia. 
(5) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Muscogee (Creek) Nation. 
SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION OF OCMULGEE MOUNDS NA-
TIONAL 
PARK 
AND 
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
OCMULGEE MOUNDS NATIONAL PRESERVE. 
(a) REDESIGNATION OF OCMULGEE MOUNDS NA-
TIONAL PARK; LAND ACQUISITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Ocmulgee Mounds Na-
tional 
Historical 
Park 
designated 
by 
section 
2102(b)(1)(A) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conserva-
tion, Management, and Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 
410yyy–3(b)(1)(A)) shall be known and designated 
as the ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds National Park’’. 
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(2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, 
map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of 
the United States to the ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds Na-
tional Historical Park’’ shall be considered to be a 
reference to the ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds National Park’’. 
(3) 
LAND
ACQUISITION
FOR
OCMULGEE 
MOUNDS NATIONAL PARK.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac-
quire land or any interest in land within the 
area depicted as ‘‘National Park Area’’ on the 
Map for inclusion in the Ocmulgee Mounds Na-
tional Park by purchase from a willing seller, 
donation, or exchange. 
(B) ADMINISTRATION.—Any land or inter-
est in land acquired under subparagraph (A) 
shall be— 
(i) incorporated into the Ocmulgee 
Mounds National Park; and 
(ii) administered by the Secretary in 
accordance with section 4. 
(C) PROHIBITION
ON
USE
OF
EMINENT 
DOMAIN.—Nothing in this paragraph authorizes 
the use of eminent domain to acquire land or 
an interest in land. 
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(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF OCMULGEE MOUNDS NA-
TIONAL PRESERVE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Effective on the date on 
which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Reg-
ister a notice that the Secretary has determined that 
sufficient land within the area depicted as ‘‘National 
Preserve Area’’ on the Map has been acquired under 
paragraph (2) to constitute a manageable unit, there 
is established the Ocmulgee Mounds National Pre-
serve in the State as a unit of the National Park 
System. 
(2) 
LAND
ACQUISITION
FOR
OCMULGEE 
MOUNDS NATIONAL PRESERVE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac-
quire land or any interest in land within the 
area depicted as ‘‘National Preserve Area’’ on 
the Map for inclusion in the Ocmulgee Mounds 
National Preserve by purchase from a willing 
seller, donation, or exchange. 
(B) ADMINISTRATION.—Any land or inter-
est in land acquired under subparagraph (A) 
shall be— 
(i) incorporated into the Ocmulgee 
Mounds National Preserve; and 
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