Fort Monroe National Monument Land Acquisition Act

Bill: 116-hr-4345
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2019-09-17
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas

Land transfers

Land use and conservation

Military history

Monuments and memorials

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Virginia
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fort Monroe National Monument Land Acquisition Act</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4345 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fort Monroe National Monument Land Acquisition Act . 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. 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.