To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain property related to the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Fort Scott, Kansas.

Bill: 114-hr-2333
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-14
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas

Kansas

Land transfers
Latest action: action_date: 2016-11-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 643.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire the structure known as &quot;Lunette Blair,&quot; which is related to the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.</p>

action_date: 2016-11-14
action_desc: Reported to House with amendment(s)
text: <p>(Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire the structure known as &quot;Lunette Blair,&quot; which is related to the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas. </p> <p>The boundary of the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Kansas is modified as depicted on the map referred to as &quot;Fort Scott National Historic Site Proposed Boundary Modification,&quot; and dated February 2016. <p>Interior may acquire by donation or exchange only lands and interests in land within the boundaries of the site. <p>Interior may not acquire any such lands or interests in land by condemnation. <p>No private property or nonfederal property shall be included within the site without the written consent of the owner of that property. <p>Nothing in this bill, the establishment of the site, nor the management plan for the site, shall be construed as creating a buffer zone outside of the site.

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2333 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 2015 Ms. Jenkins of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain property related to the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Fort Scott, Kansas.

1. Authorization to acquire Lunette Blair The first section of the Act entitled An Act to authorize establishment of the Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas, and for other purposes. , approved October 19, 1978 ( Public Law 95–484 ) is amended by striking : Provided , that the buildings so acquired shall not include the structure known as Lunette Blair .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 643 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2333 [Report No. 114–820] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 2015 Ms. Jenkins of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources November 14, 2016 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 14, 2015 A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain property related to the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Fort Scott, Kansas.

1. Authorization to acquire Lunette Blair The Act entitled An Act to authorize establishment of the Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas, and for other purposes. , approved October 19, 1978 ( Public Law 95–484 ) is amended— (1) in the first section, by striking : Provided , that the buildings so acquired shall not include the structure known as Lunette Blair ; and (2) in section 2— (A) by striking Sec. 2 . When and inserting the following: 2. Establishment (a) In general When ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (b) Boundary modification The boundary of the Fort Scott National Historic Site established under subsection (a) is modified as generally depicted on the map referred to as Fort Scott National Historic Site Proposed Boundary Modification , numbered 471/80,057, and dated February 2016. (c) Land acquisition The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire land and interests in land within the boundaries of the Fort Scott National Historic Site by donation or exchange only. The Secretary may not acquire by condemnation any land or interests in land within the boundaries of the Fort Scott National Historic Site. No private property or non-Federal property shall be included within the boundaries of the Fort Scott National Historic Site without the written consent of the owner of such property. (d) No buffer zone created Nothing in this Act, the establishment of the Fort Scott National Historic Site, or the management plan for the Fort Scott National Historic Site, shall be construed to create a buffer zone outside of the Fort Scott National Historic Site. That activities or uses can be seen, heard or detected from areas within the Fort Scott National Historic Site shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate, or determine the conduct or management of activities or uses outside of the Fort Scott National Historic Site. .

November 14, 2016 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed