Title: Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument Act
This bill establishes, as a unit of the National Park System, the Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument in Nicholasville, Kentucky, in order to preserve, protect, and interpret the nationally significant historic resources of Camp Nelson and its role in the Civil War, Reconstruction, and African-American history and civil rights.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3287 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3287

To establish the Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument in the State of 
Kentucky as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 2018

 Mr. McConnell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish the Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument in the State of 
Kentucky as a unit of the National Park System, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Camp Nelson Heritage National 
Monument Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled ``Camp 
        Nelson Heritage National Monument Nicholasville, Kentucky'', 
        numbered 532/144,148, and dated April 2018.
            (2) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Camp Nelson 
        Heritage National Monument established by section 3(a)(1).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMP NELSON HERITAGE NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), there is 
        established as a unit of the National Park System the Camp 
        Nelson Heritage National Monument in the State of Kentucky to 
        preserve, protect, and interpret, for the benefit of present 
        and future generations, the nationally significant historic 
        resources of Camp Nelson and the role of Camp Nelson in the 
        Civil War, Reconstruction, and African American history and 
        civil rights.
            (2) Conditions.--The Monument shall not be established 
        until after the date on which the Secretary--
                    (A) has entered into a written agreement with the 
                owner of any private or non-Federal land within the 
                boundary of the Monument, as depicted on the Map, 
                providing that the property shall be donated to the 
                United States for inclusion in the Monument to be 
                managed consistently with the purposes of the Monument; 
                and
                    (B) has determined that sufficient land or 
                interests in land have been acquired within the 
                boundary of the Monument to constitute a manageable 
                unit.
    (b) Boundary.--The boundary of the Monument shall be the boundary 
generally depicted 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.
    (d) Acquisition Authority.--The Secretary may only acquire any land 
or interest in land located within the boundary of the Monument by--
            (1) donation;
            (2) purchase with donated funds; or
            (3) exchange.
    (e) Administration.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall administer the 
        Monument in accordance with--
                    (A) this Act; and
                    (B) the laws generally applicable to units of the 
                National Park System, including--
                            (i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and 
                        sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 
                        of title 54, United States Code; and
                            (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 
                        States Code.
            (2) Management plan.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the 
                date on which funds are first made available to the 
                Secretary to prepare a general management plan for the 
                Monument, the Secretary shall prepare a general 
                management plan for the Monument in accordance with 
                section 100502 of title 54, United States Code.
                    (B) Submission to congress.--On completion of the 
                general management plan, the Secretary shall submit to 
                the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources of the Senate the general management plan.
    (f) No Buffer Zones.--
            (1) In general.--Nothing in this Act, the establishment of 
        the Monument, or the management of the Monument creates a 
        buffer zone outside of the Monument.
            (2) Activity or use outside monument.--The fact that an 
        activity or use can be seen, heard, or detected from within the 
        Monument shall not preclude the conduct of the activity or use 
        outside of the Monument.
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