Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1930
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2015-08-04
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Georgia

Land transfers

Military history

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 593.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-08-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015 </b></p> <p> Modifies the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Georgia to include approximately eight acres identified as Wallis House and Harriston Hill. </p> <p>Authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire land or interests, by donation or exchange, from willing sellers only.</p> <p>

action_date: 2016-09-06
action_desc: Reported to Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><b>Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015 </b></p> <p> (Sec. 3) This bill modifies the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Georgia to include approximately eight acres identified as Wallis House and Harriston Hill. </p> <p> The Department of the Interior may acquire land or interests, by donation or exchange, from willing sellers only. </p> <p>Interior shall administer acquired lands and interests as part of the park.</p> <p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1930 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 4, 2015 Mr. Isakson (for himself and Mr. Perdue ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015 . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park was authorized as a unit of the National Park System on June 26, 1935, prior to which year, parts of the Park had been acquired and protected by Civil War veterans and the War Department; (2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park protects Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb’s Farm, which are battle sites along the route of General Sherman’s 1864 campaign to take Atlanta; (3) most of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park protects Confederate positions and strategy; (4) the Wallis House is one of the few original structures remaining from the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain associated with Union positions and strategy; and (5) the Wallis House is strategically located next to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill. 3. Boundary adjustment; land acquisition; administration (a) Boundary adjustment (1) In general The boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified to include the approximately 8 acres identified as Wallis House and Harriston Hill and generally depicted on the map entitled Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment , numbered 325/80,020, and dated February 2010. (2) Availability of map The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. (b) Land acquisition The Secretary of the Interior may acquire, from willing owners only, land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by donation or exchange. (c) Administration The Secretary of the Interior shall administer land and interests in land acquired under this section as part of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in accordance with applicable law (including regulations).

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 593 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 1930 [Report No. 114–320] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 4, 2015 Mr. Isakson (for himself and Mr. Perdue ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources September 6, 2016 Reported by Ms. Murkowski , without amendment A BILL To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015 . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park was authorized as a unit of the National Park System on June 26, 1935, prior to which year, parts of the Park had been acquired and protected by Civil War veterans and the War Department; (2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park protects Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb’s Farm, which are battle sites along the route of General Sherman’s 1864 campaign to take Atlanta; (3) most of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park protects Confederate positions and strategy; (4) the Wallis House is one of the few original structures remaining from the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain associated with Union positions and strategy; and (5) the Wallis House is strategically located next to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill. 3. Boundary adjustment; land acquisition; administration (a) Boundary adjustment (1) In general The boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified to include the approximately 8 acres identified as Wallis House and Harriston Hill and generally depicted on the map entitled Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment , numbered 325/80,020, and dated February 2010. (2) Availability of map The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. (b) Land acquisition The Secretary of the Interior may acquire, from willing owners only, land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by donation or exchange. (c) Administration The Secretary of the Interior shall administer land and interests in land acquired under this section as part of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in accordance with applicable law (including regulations).

September 6, 2016 Reported without amendment