To provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and for other purposes.
Bill: H.R.268 | Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon (D-TX)
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill adjusts the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park in Texas to include the approximately 166.44 acres of land identified on the map titled PALO ALTO BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Proposed Boundary Addition, Fort Brown Unit (2018), when the land is donated to the United States.

To provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National 
Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the 
    United States for addition to that historic park, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BOUNDARY; LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

    (a) Boundary.--Section 3(b)(2) of the Palo Alto Battlefield 
National Historic Site Act of 1991 (16 U.S.C. 410nnn-1(b)(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--
                            ``(i) In addition to the land described in 
                        paragraph (1), the historical park shall 
                        consist of--
                                    ``(I) the approximately 34 acres of 
                                land, as generally depicted on the map 
                                entitled `Palo Alto Battlefield NHS 
                                Proposed Boundary Expansion', numbered 
                                469/80,012, and dated May 21, 2008; and
                                    ``(II) on the date that such land 
                                is donated to the United States, the 
                                approximately 166.44 acres of land 
                                generally depicted on the map entitled 
                                `PALO ALTO BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL 
                                HISTORICAL PARK Proposed Boundary 
                                Addition, Fort Brown Unit', numbered 
                                469/143,589, and dated April 2018.
                            ``(ii) Before accepting any donated land 
                        described in this subparagraph, the Secretary 
                        shall complete a boundary study analyzing the 
                        feasibility of adding the land to the national 
                        historical park.
                            ``(iii) If a boundary study completed under 
                        clause (ii) finds that acceptance of the 
                        donated land is feasible and appropriate, the 
                        Secretary may accept such land and administer 
                        the land as part of the historical park after 
                        providing notice of such finding to 
                        Congress.''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``map'' and 
                inserting ``maps''; and
                    (B) by striking ``map'' and inserting ``maps''.
    (b) Legal Description.--Section 3(b)(3) of the Palo Alto 
Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 (16 U.S.C. 410nnn-
1(b)(3)) is amended by striking ``after'' and all that follows through 
``Secretary of the Interior'' and inserting ``after the addition of 
lands to the historic park boundary, the Secretary of the Interior''.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 15, 2022.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.