To provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and for other purposes.

IIB 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 268 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 16, 2022 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources AN ACT To provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:14 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H268.RFS H268 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 HR 268 RFS SECTION 1. BOUNDARY; LEGAL DESCRIPTION. 1 (a) BOUNDARY.—Section 3(b)(2) of the Palo Alto 2 Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 (16 U.S.C. 3 410nnn–1(b)(2)) is amended— 4 (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 5 follows: 6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 7 ‘‘(i) In addition to the land described 8 in paragraph (1), the historical park shall 9 consist of— 10 ‘‘(I) the approximately 34 acres 11 of land, as generally depicted on the 12 map entitled ‘Palo Alto Battlefield 13 NHS Proposed Boundary Expansion’, 14 numbered 469/80,012, and dated May 15 21, 2008; and 16 ‘‘(II) on the date that such land 17 is donated to the United States, the 18 approximately 166.44 acres of land 19 generally depicted on the map entitled 20 ‘PALO ALTO BATTLEFIELD NA- 21 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Pro- 22 posed Boundary Addition, Fort 23 Brown Unit’, numbered 469/143,589, 24 and dated April 2018. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:14 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H268.RFS H268 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 HR 268 RFS ‘‘(ii) Before accepting any donated 1 land described in this subparagraph, the 2 Secretary shall complete a boundary study 3 analyzing the feasibility of adding the land 4 to the national historical park. 5 ‘‘(iii) If a boundary study completed 6 under clause (ii) finds that acceptance of 7 the donated land is feasible and appro- 8 priate, the Secretary may accept such land 9 and administer the land as part of the his- 10 torical park after providing notice of such 11 finding to Congress.’’; and 12 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 13 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MAP’’ and 14 inserting ‘‘MAPS’’; and 15 (B) by striking ‘‘map’’ and inserting 16 ‘‘maps’’. 17 (b) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—Section 3(b)(3) of the 18 Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 19 (16 U.S.C. 410nnn–1(b)(3)) is amended by striking 20 ‘‘after’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Secretary of the In- 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:14 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H268.RFS H268 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 HR 268 RFS terior’’ and inserting ‘‘after the addition of lands to the 1 historic park boundary, the Secretary of the Interior’’. 2 Passed the House of Representatives March 15, 2022. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:14 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H268.RFS H268 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS