Title: Fort Monroe National Monument Land Acquisition Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Fort Monroe National Monument Land Acquisition Act
This bill directs the National Park Service, if the State of Virginia offers to convey 44 acres of identified land in Virginia, to add and administer the land as part of the Fort Monroe National Monument.
As part of such conveyance, Virginia may reserve and retain its rights under any leases in existence on the land on the day before conveyance.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4345 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4345

To provide for the acquisition of non-Federal land for inclusion in the 
 Fort Monroe National Monument in the State of Virginia, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2019

 Mrs. Luria (for herself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Wittman, and Mr. 
  McEachin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the acquisition of non-Federal land for inclusion in the 
 Fort Monroe National Monument in the State of Virginia, 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 Monroe National Monument Land 
Acquisition Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map prepared by the 
        National Park Service entitled ``Fort Monroe National Monument 
        Proposed Land Conveyance'', numbered 250/154572A, and dated 
        July 2019.
            (2) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Fort Monroe 
        National Monument in the State.
            (3) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means 
        the approximately 44 acres of land in the State depicted on the 
        map as ``Commonwealth of Virginia Land (Fee) Proposed for 
        Conveyance to the NPS'' and ``Commonwealth of Virginia Interest 
        (Easement) Proposed for Conveyance to the NPS''.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Virginia.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF NON-FEDERAL LAND FOR THE FORT MONROE NATIONAL 
              MONUMENT.

    (a) In General.--If the State offers to convey to the United States 
the non-Federal land--
            (1) the Secretary shall accept the offer; and
            (2) on conveyance to the United States of the non-Federal 
        land, the non-Federal land shall be added to, and administered 
        by the Secretary as part of, the Monument.
    (b) Corrections.--The Secretary and the State may, by mutual 
agreement--
            (1) make minor boundary adjustments to the non-Federal land 
        to be conveyed under subsection (a); and
            (2) correct any minor errors in the map.
    (c) Reservation of Rights.--As part of the conveyance of the non-
Federal land to the United States under subsection (a), the State may 
reserve and retain the rights of the State under any leases in 
existence on the non-Federal land on the day before the date of the 
conveyance.
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