Save the Liberty Theatre Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.3197 | Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike (R-LA)
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Save the Liberty Theatre Act of 2021
This bill provides for a land conveyance to the city of Eunice, Louisiana.
The Department of the Interior shall convey to the city, by quitclaim deed and without consideration, specified parcels of the original townsite of Eunice.
Upon the conveyance of such land to the city, the boundary of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, shall be adjusted to exclude the conveyed land and other specified parcels of the original townsite.

[117th Congress Public Law 112]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 117-112
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of Eunice, 
      Louisiana, certain Federal land in Louisiana, and for other 
            purposes. <<NOTE: Apr. 19, 2022 -  [H.R. 3197]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Save the Liberty 
Theatre Act of 2021. 16 USC 320 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Save the Liberty Theatre Act of 
2021''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) City.--The term ``City'' means the City of Eunice, 
        Louisiana.
            (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Jean 
        Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Proposed Boundary 
        Revision and Disposal'', numbered 467/168813, and dated December 
        2020.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
SEC. 3. LAND CONVEYANCE.

    (a) Conveyance Authority.--The Secretary shall convey to the City, 
by quitclaim deed and without consideration, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the parcels of land described in 
subsection (b).
    (b) Description of Land.--The parcels of land referred to in 
subsection (a) are Lots 5 and 6, less the North 27 feet of Lot 5, Block 
22, of the Original Townsite of Eunice, generally depicted as ``Proposed 
Disposal Area'' on the map.
    (c) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service.
SEC. 4. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.

    Upon the conveyance to the City of the land described in section 
3(b), the boundary of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and 
Preserve shall be adjusted to exclude--
            (1) the conveyed land; and

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            (2) Lots 7 and 8 of the Original Townsite of Eunice 
        generally depicted as ``Non-NPS in Current Boundary'' on the 
        map.

    Approved April 19, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3197 (S. 1620):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 117-266 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 117-86 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources) 
accompanying S. 1620.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):
            Mar. 15, 16, considered and passed House.
            Mar. 31, considered and passed Senate.

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