Title: A bill to modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill modifies the boundaries of Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota.
The bill transfers to the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over:
Any land located within or adjacent to the boundaries of the park that is owned by Minnesota (or a political subdivision) may be acquired by Interior through donation or exchange only.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 502 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 502

   To modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of 
                   Minnesota, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2017

 Mr. Franken (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) 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 modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of 
                   Minnesota, 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. MODIFICATION OF VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK.

    (a) Boundaries.--
            (1) In general.--Section 102(a) of Public Law 91-661 (16 
        U.S.C. 160a-1(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``the 
                drawing entitled'' and all that follows through 
                ``February 1969'' and inserting ``the map entitled 
                `Voyageurs National Park, Proposed Land Transfer & 
                Boundary Adjustment', numbered 172/80,056, and dated 
                June 2009 (22 sheets)''; and
                    (B) in the second and third sentences, by striking 
                ``drawing'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``map''.
            (2) Technical corrections.--Section 102(b)(2)(A) of Public 
        Law 91-661 (16 U.S.C. 160a-1(b)(2)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``paragraph (1)(C) and (D)'' and 
                inserting ``subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph 
                (1)''; and
                    (B) in the second proviso, by striking ``paragraph 
                1(E)'' and inserting ``paragraph (1)(E)''.
    (b) Land Acquisitions.--Section 201 of Public Law 91-661 (16 U.S.C. 
160b) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section designation and heading and all 
        that follows through ``(a) The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:

``SEC. 201. LAND ACQUISITIONS.

    ``(a) Authorization.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the second sentence, by striking ``When any 
                tract of land is only partly within such boundaries'' 
                and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Certain portions of tracts.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In any case in which only a 
                portion of a tract of land is within the boundaries of 
                the park'';
                    (B) in the third sentence, by striking ``Land so 
                acquired'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Exchange.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Any land acquired 
                        pursuant to subparagraph (A)'';
                    (C) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``Any 
                portion'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) Portions not exchanged.--Any 
                        portion'';
                    (D) in the fifth sentence, by striking ``Any 
                Federal property'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Transfers of federal property.--Any Federal 
                property''; and
                    (E) by striking the last sentence and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(D) Administrative jurisdiction.--Effective 
                beginning on the date of enactment of this 
                subparagraph, there is transferred to the National Park 
                Service administrative jurisdiction over--
                            ``(i) any land managed by the Bureau of 
                        Land Management within the boundaries of the 
                        park, as depicted on the map described in 
                        section 102(a); and
                            ``(ii) any additional public land 
                        identified by the Bureau of Land Management as 
                        appropriate for transfer within the boundaries 
                        of the park.
                    ``(E) Land owned by state.--
                            ``(i) Donations and exchanges.--Any land 
                        located within or adjacent to the boundaries of 
                        the park that is owned by the State of 
                        Minnesota (or a political subdivision of the 
                        State) may be acquired by the Secretary only 
                        through donation or exchange.
                            ``(ii) Revision.--On completion of an 
                        acquisition from the State under clause (i), 
                        the Secretary shall revise the boundaries of 
                        the park to reflect the acquisition.''; and
            (3) in subsection (b), by striking ``(b) In exercising 
        his'' and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Offers by Individuals.--In exercising the''.
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