Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3007
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2023-04-28
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Geography and mapping

Kentucky

Land transfers

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2023</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire specified acres of land for inclusion in Mammoth Cave National Park. Further, it adjusts for inflation the cap on the amount authorized to be appropriated to acquire property for inclusion in the park.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3007 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2023 Mr. Guthrie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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 2023 . 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 section paragraph, by inserting (adjusted for inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor) after $350,000 ; 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. .