Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD BOUND-
ARY MODIFICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Petersburg Na-
tional Battlefield is modified to include the land and inter-
ests in land as generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Peters-
burg National Battlefield Proposed Boundary Expansion’’, 
numbered 325/80,080, and dated March 2016. The map 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 
(b) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Interior 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is au-
thorized to acquire the land and interests in land, de-
scribed in subsection (a), from willing sellers only, by 
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated 
funds, exchange, or transfer. 
(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 313(a) of 
the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 is 
amended by striking ‘‘twenty-one’’ and inserting 
‘‘twenty-five’’. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall administer 
any land or interests in land acquired under subsection (b) 
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as part of the Petersburg National Battlefield in accordance 
with applicable laws and regulations. 
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TRANSFER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is transferred— 
(A) from the Secretary to the Secretary of 
the Army administrative jurisdiction over the 
approximately 1.170-acre parcel of land depicted 
as ‘‘Area to be transferred to Fort Lee Military 
Reservation’’ on the map described in paragraph 
(2); and 
(B) from the Secretary of the Army to the 
Secretary administrative jurisdiction over the 
approximately 1.171-acre parcel of land depicted 
as ‘‘Area to be transferred to Petersburg National 
Battlefield’’ on the map described in paragraph 
(2). 
(2) MAP.—The land to be exchanged is depicted 
on the map titled ‘‘Petersburg National Battlefield 
Proposed Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction’’, 
numbered 325/80,801A, dated March 2016. The map 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 
(3) CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER.—The transfer of 
administrative jurisdiction under paragraph (1) shall 
be subject to the following conditions: 
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(A) NO
REIMBURSEMENT
OR
CONSIDER-
ATION.—The transfer shall occur without reim-
bursement or consideration. 
(B) MANAGEMENT.—The land transferred to 
the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be in-
cluded within the boundary of the Petersburg 
National Battlefield and administered as part of 
that park in accordance with applicable laws 
and regulations, and the land transferred to the 
Secretary of the Army shall be excluded from the 
boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield. 
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Union Calendar No. 436 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1621 
[Report No. 114–562, Part I] 
A BILL 
To modify the boundary of Petersburg National 
Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and 
for other purposes. 
MAY 11, 2016 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
an amendment 
MAY 11, 2016 
The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
the Union and ordered to be printed 
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