Title: Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act
This bill expands the boundary of the Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island, Georgia, and increases the maximum number of acres that may be included in the monument from 250 to 305 acres.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 494 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 494

To expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National Monument in the State 
                  of Georgia, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2017

 Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
 Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Jody 
 B. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
 Loudermilk, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, 
 and Mr. Woodall) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National Monument in the State 
                  of Georgia, 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 ``Fort Frederica National Monument 
Boundary Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. FORT FREDERICA NATIONAL MONUMENT, GEORGIA.

    (a) Maximum Acreage.--The first section of the Act of May 26, 1936 
(16 U.S.C. 433g), is amended by striking ``two hundred and fifty 
acres'' and inserting ``305 acres''.
    (b) Boundary Expansion.--
            (1) In general.--The boundary of the Fort Frederica 
        National Monument in the State of Georgia is modified to 
        include the land generally depicted as ``Proposed Acquisition 
        Areas'' on the map entitled ``Fort Frederica National Monument 
        Proposed Boundary Expansion'', numbered 369/132,469, and dated 
        April 2016.
            (2) Availability of map.--The map described in paragraph 
        (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
        appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
            (3) Acquisition of land.--The Secretary of the Interior may 
        acquire the land and interests in land described in paragraph 
        (1) by donation or purchase with donated or appropriated funds 
        from willing sellers only.
            (4) Written consent of owner.--No non-Federal property may 
        be included in the Fort Frederica National Monument without the 
        written consent of the owner.
            (5) No use of condemnation or eminent domain.--The 
        Secretary of the Interior may not acquire by condemnation or 
        eminent domain any land or interests in land under this Act or 
        for the purposes of this Act.
            (6) No buffer zone created.--Nothing in this Act, the 
        establishment of the Fort Frederica National Monument, or the 
        management plan for the Fort Frederica National Monument shall 
        be construed to create buffer zones outside of the Monument. 
        That activities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected from 
        areas within the Fort Frederica National Monument shall not 
        preclude, limit, control, regulate, or determine the conduct or 
        management of activities or uses outside of the Monument.
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