To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-298
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Kentucky
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield in Kentucky (relating to the Battle of Mill Springs fought on January 19, 1862, in Pulaski and Wayne Counties during the Civil War) and the feasibility of the inclusion of such battlefield in the National Park System. 
 
Requires owners of private property connected to the Battlefield to be notified of the commencement and scope of such study. 

action_date: 2013-12-02
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield in Kentucky (relating to the Battle of Mill Springs fought on January 19, 1862, in Pulaski and Wayne Counties during the Civil War) and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System (NPS). 
 
Requires such study, among other things, to analyze: (1) the effect of the Battlefield's designation as a unit of the NPS on existing commercial and recreational activities, energy production and transmission infrastructure, and the authority of state and local governments to manage those activities; and (2) the identification of any authorities, including condemnation, that will compel or permit the Secretary to influence or participate in local land use decisions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on non-federal lands if the Battlefield is designated as an NPS unit. 
 
Requires owners of private property adjacent to the Battlefield to be notified of the commencement and scope of this study. 

action_date: 2014-04-28
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 2, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield in Kentucky (relating to the Battle of Mill Springs fought on January 19, 1862, in Pulaski and Wayne Counties during the Civil War) and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System (NPS). 
 
Requires such study, among other things, to analyze: (1) the effect of the Battlefield's designation as a unit of the NPS on existing commercial and recreational activities, energy production and transmission infrastructure, and the authority of state and local governments to manage those activities; and (2) the identification of any authorities, including condemnation, that will compel or permit the Secretary to influence or participate in local land use decisions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on non-federal lands if the Battlefield is designated as an NPS unit. 
 
Requires owners of private property adjacent to the Battlefield to be notified of the commencement and scope of this study. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-29
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3212-3213)
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3212-3213)
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 298.
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3212-3214)
action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Mr. Young (AK) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 201.
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-280.
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-280.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House