Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5129
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2022-11-17
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Geography and mapping

Kentucky

Land transfers

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-01
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-11-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire specified acres of land for inclusion in the Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5129 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 17, 2022 Mr. McConnell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2022 . 2. Mammoth Cave National Park boundary modification Section 11 of the Act of June 5, 1942 (56 Stat. 319, chapter 341; 16 U.S.C. 404c–11 ), is amended— (1) in the second paragraph, by striking the sum of not to exceed in the first sentence and all that follows through the period at the end of the paragraph and inserting such sums as are necessary. ; and (2) by inserting after the second paragraph the following: The Secretary of the Interior may acquire approximately 980 acres of the land and any interests in the land generally depicted on the map entitled Mammoth Cave National Park Proposed Southern Boundary Expansion Edmonson and Barren Counties, Kentucky , numbered 135/177, 967, and dated April 28, 2022, for inclusion in the Mammoth Cave National Park. .