Fort Monroe National Monument Land Acquisition Act

Bill: 116-s-2329
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-07-30
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: 2019-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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 40 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: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2329 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 30, 2019 Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Kaine ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 40 acres of land in the State depicted on the map as Commonwealth of Virginia Land (Fee) 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) Map (1) Availability The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. (2) Corrections The Secretary and the State may, by mutual agreement— (A) make minor boundary adjustments to the non-Federal land to be conveyed under subsection (a); and (B) 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.