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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 2329
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.
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 inclu-
sion in the Fort Monroe National Monument in the
State of Virginia, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort Monroe National
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Monument Land Acquisition Act’’.
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
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In this Act:
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(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map
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prepared by the National Park Service entitled
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‘‘Fort Monroe National Monument Proposed Land
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Conveyance’’, numbered 250/154572A, and dated
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July 2019.
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(2)
MONUMENT.—The
term
‘‘Monument’’
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means the Fort Monroe National Monument in the
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State.
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(3) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
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eral land’’ means the approximately 40 acres of land
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in the State depicted on the map as ‘‘Commonwealth
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of Virginia Land (Fee) Proposed for Conveyance to
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the NPS’’.
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(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
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the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
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rector of the National Park Service.
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(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State
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of Virginia.
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SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF NON-FEDERAL LAND FOR THE
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FORT MONROE NATIONAL MONUMENT.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—If the State offers to convey to
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the United States the non-Federal land—
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(1) the Secretary shall accept the offer; and
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(2) on conveyance to the United States of the
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non-Federal land, the non-Federal land shall be
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added to, and administered by the Secretary as part
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of, the Monument.
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(b) MAP.—
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(1) AVAILABILITY.—The map shall be on file
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and available for public inspection in the appropriate
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offices of the National Park Service.
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(2) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and the
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State may, by mutual agreement—
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(A) make minor boundary adjustments to
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the non-Federal land to be conveyed under sub-
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section (a); and
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(B) correct any minor errors in the map.
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(c) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.—As part of the con-
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veyance of the non-Federal land to the United States
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under subsection (a), the State may reserve and retain the
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rights of the State under any leases in existence on the
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non-Federal land on the day before the date of the convey-
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ance.
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