Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 138 To modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military Park located in the States of Tennessee and Mississippi, to establish Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 16, 2019 Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. BLACKBURN) 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 Shiloh National Military Park located in the States of Tennessee and Mississippi, to establish Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affili- ated area of the National Park System, 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shiloh National Mili- 4 tary Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker’s Crossroads 5 Battlefield Designation Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:21 Jan 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S138.IS S138 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 138 IS SEC. 2. SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK BOUNDARY AD- 1 JUSTMENT. 2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 3 (1) AFFILIATED AREA.—The term ‘‘affiliated 4 area’’ means the Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield es- 5 tablished as an affiliated area of the National Park 6 System by subsection (c)(1). 7 (2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means Shiloh 8 National Military Park, a unit of the National Park 9 System. 10 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 11 the Secretary of the Interior. 12 (b) AREAS TO BE ADDED TO SHILOH NATIONAL 13 MILITARY PARK.— 14 (1) ADDITIONAL AREAS.—The boundary of the 15 Park is modified to include the areas that are gen- 16 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Shiloh National 17 Military Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, 18 numbered 304/80,011, and dated July 2014, and 19 which are comprised of— 20 (A) Fallen Timbers Battlefield; 21 (B) Russell House Battlefield; and 22 (C) Davis Bridge Battlefield. 23 (2) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 24 may acquire the land described in paragraph (1) by 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:21 Jan 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S138.IS S138 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 138 IS donation, purchase from willing sellers with donated 1 or appropriated funds, or exchange. 2 (3) ADMINISTRATION.—Any land acquired 3 under this subsection shall be administered as part 4 of the Park. 5 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATED AREA.— 6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Parker’s Crossroads Battle- 7 field in the State of Tennessee is established as an 8 affiliated area of the National Park System. 9 (2) DESCRIPTION OF AFFILIATED AREA.—The 10 affiliated area shall consist of the area generally de- 11 picted within the ‘‘Proposed Boundary’’ on the map 12 entitled ‘‘Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield, Proposed 13 Boundary’’, numbered 903/80,073, and dated July 14 2014. 15 (3) ADMINISTRATION.—The affiliated area shall 16 be managed in accordance with— 17 (A) this section; and 18 (B) any law generally applicable to units of 19 the National Park System. 20 (4) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The City of Park- 21 ers Crossroads and the Tennessee Historical Com- 22 mission shall jointly be the management entity for 23 the affiliated area. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:21 Jan 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S138.IS S138 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 138 IS (5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec- 1 retary may provide technical assistance and enter 2 into cooperative agreements with the management 3 entity for the purpose of providing financial assist- 4 ance for the marketing, marking, interpretation, and 5 preservation of the affiliated area. 6 (6) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Noth- 7 ing in this section authorizes the Secretary to ac- 8 quire property at the affiliated area or to assume 9 overall financial responsibility for the operation, 10 maintenance, or management of the affiliated area. 11 (7) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con- 13 sultation with the management entity, shall de- 14 velop a general management plan for the affili- 15 ated area in accordance with section 100502 of 16 title 54, United States Code. 17 (B) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 3 18 years after the date on which funds are first 19 made available to carry out this section, the 20 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on En- 21 ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 22 the Committee on Natural Resources of the 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:21 Jan 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S138.IS S138 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •S 138 IS House of Representatives the general manage- 1 ment plan developed under subparagraph (A). 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:21 Jan 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S138.IS S138 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS