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2-Calendar No. 646
3-118THCONGRESS
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5-DSESSION H. R. 359
6-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7-NOVEMBER7, 2023
8-Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
9-Resources
10-N
11-OVEMBER21, 2024
12-Reported by Mr. M
13-ANCHIN, with an amendment
14-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
1+118THCONGRESS 
2+1
3+STSESSION H. R. 359
154 AN ACT
16-To establish Fort San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n in Puerto
17-Rico as an affiliated area of the National Park System,
18-and for other purposes.
5+To establish Fort San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n in Puerto 
6+Rico as an affiliated area of the National Park System, 
7+and for other purposes. 
198 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20-tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21-SECTION1.SHORTTITLE. 3
22-ThisActmaybecitedasthe‘‘FortSanGero´nimo 4
23-PreservationAct’’. 5
24-SEC.2.DEFINITIONS. 6
25-InthisAct: 7
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29-(1)FORTSANGERO´NIMODELBOQUERO´N.— 1
30-Theterm‘‘FortSanGero´nimodelBoquero´n’’(also 2
31-knownas‘‘Fortı´ndeSanGero´nimodelBoquero´n’’) 3
32-meansthefortandgroundslistedontheNational 4
33-RegisterofHistoricPlacesandlocatednearOldSan 5
34-Juan,PuertoRico. 6
35-(2)SECRETARY.—Theterm‘‘Secretary’’means 7
36-theSecretaryoftheInterior. 8
37-SEC.3.ESTABLISHMENT OFAFFILIATED AREA. 9
38-(a)INGENERAL.—FortSanGero´nimodelBoquero´n 10
39-inPuertoRicoisestablishedasanaffiliatedareaofthe 11
40-NationalParkSystem. 12
41-(b)DESCRIPTIONOFAFFILIATEDAREA.—Theaffili-13
42-atedareashallconsistoftheareagenerallydepictedon 14
43-themaptitled‘‘FortSanGero´nimoProposedAffiliated 15
44-Area’’,numbered910/176698,anddatedJuly2021. 16
45-(c)ADMINISTRATION.—Theaffiliatedareashallbe 17
46-managedinaccordancewith— 18
47-(1)thisAct;and 19
48-(2)anylawgenerallyapplicabletounitsofthe 20
49-NationalParkSystem. 21
50-(d)MANAGEMENTENTITY.—TheInstituteofPuerto 22
51-RicanCultureshallbethemanagemententityfortheaf-23
52-filiatedarea. 24
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56-(e)COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—TheSecretary 1
57-mayprovidetechnicalassistanceandenterintocoopera-2
58-tiveagreementswiththemanagemententityforthepur-3
59-poseofprovidingfinancialassistanceforthemarketing, 4
60-marking,interpretation,andpreservationoftheaffiliated 5
61-area. 6
62-(f)LIMITEDROLEOFTHESECRETARY.—Nothingin 7
63-thissectionauthorizestheSecretarytoacquireproperty 8
64-attheaffiliatedareaortoassumemanagerialorfinancial 9
65-responsibilityfortheoperation,maintenance,ormanage-10
66-mentoftheaffiliatedarea. 11
67-(g)MANAGEMENTPLAN.— 12
68-(1)INGENERAL.—TheSecretary,inconsulta-13
69-tionwiththemanagemententity,shalldevelopa 14
70-managementplanfortheaffiliatedarea. 15
71-(2)TRANSMITTAL.—Notlaterthan3years 16
72-afterthedateonwhichfundsarefirstmadeavail-17
73-abletocarryoutthissection,theSecretaryshall 18
74-submitthemanagementplandevelopedunderpara-19
75-graph(1)totheCommitteeonNaturalResourcesof 20
76-theHouseofRepresentativesandtheCommitteeon 21
77-EnergyandNaturalResourcesoftheSenate. 22
78-(h)PRIVATEPROPERTYPROTECTION.—Nothingin 23
79-thisActaffectsthelanduserightsofprivateproperty 24
80-ownersadjacenttoFortSanGero´nimodelBoquero´n. 25
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84-(i)NOBUFFERZONES.— 1
85-(1)INGENERAL.—NothinginthisActshallbe 2
86-construedtocreatebufferzonesoutsideofFortSan 3
87-Gero´nimodelBoquero´n. 4
88-(2)ACTIVITYORUSEOUTSIDE FORTSAN 5
89-GERO´NIMODELBOQUERO´N.—Thefactthatanactiv-6
90-ityorusecanbeseen,heard,ordetectedfromwith-7
91-inFortSanGero´nimodelBoquero´nshallnotpre-8
92-clude,limit,control,regulate,ordeterminethecon-9
93-ductormanagementofactivitiesorusesoutsideof 10
94-FortSanGero´nimodelBoquero´n. 11
95-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 12
96-This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort San Gero´nimo 13
97-Preservation Act’’. 14
98-SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 15
99-In this Act: 16
100-(1) A
101-FFILIATED AREA.—The term ‘‘affiliated 17
102-area’’ means the affiliated area established by section 18
103-3(a). 19
104-(2) F
105-ORT SAN GERO´NIMO DEL BOQUERO´N.—The 20
106-term ‘‘Fort San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n’’ (also known 21
107-as ‘‘Fortı´n de San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n’’) means 22
108-the fort and grounds listed on the National Register 23
109-of Historic Places and located near Old San Juan, 24
110-Puerto Rico. 25
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113-•HR 359 RS
114-(3) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘manage-1
115-ment entity’’ means the management entity for the af-2
116-filiated area designated by section 3(d). 3
117-(4) S
118-ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 4
119-the Secretary of the Interior. 5
120-SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATED AREA. 6
121-(a) I
122-NGENERAL.—Fort San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n 7
123-in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is established as an 8
124-affiliated area of the National Park System. 9
125-(b) D
126-ESCRIPTION OFAFFILIATEDAREA.—The affili-10
127-ated area shall consist of the area generally depicted on the 11
128-map entitled ‘‘Fort San Gero´nimo Proposed Affiliated 12
129-Area’’, numbered 910/176698, and dated July 2021. 13
130-(c) A
131-DMINISTRATION.—The affiliated area shall be 14
132-managed in accordance with— 15
133-(1) this Act; and 16
134-(2) any law generally applicable to units of the 17
135-National Park System. 18
136-(d) M
137-ANAGEMENTENTITY.—The Institute of Puerto 19
138-Rican Culture shall be the management entity for the affili-20
139-ated area. 21
140-(e) A
141-GREEMENTS.—The Secretary— 22
142-(1) may provide technical assistance and enter 23
143-into cooperative agreements with the management en-24
144-tity for the purpose of providing financial assistance 25
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147-•HR 359 RS
148-for the marketing, marking, interpretation, and pres-1
149-ervation of the affiliated area; and 2
150-(2) shall enter into an agreement with the man-3
151-agement entity that describes the roles and respon-4
152-sibilities for the management of the affiliated area 5
153-consistent with the policies and standards that apply 6
154-to units of the National Park System. 7
155-(f) L
156-IMITEDROLE OF THESECRETARY.—Nothing in 8
157-this section authorizes the Secretary— 9
158-(1) to acquire property at the affiliated area; or 10
159-(2) to assume managerial or financial responsi-11
160-bility for the operation, maintenance, or management 12
161-of the affiliated area. 13
162-(g) P
163-RIVATEPROPERTYPROTECTION.—Nothing in 14
164-this Act affects the land use rights of private property own-15
165-ers adjacent to Fort San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n. 16
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9+tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2 
10+•HR 359 EH
11+SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
12+This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort San Gero´nimo 2
13+Preservation Act’’. 3
14+SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 4
15+In this Act: 5
16+(1) F
17+ORT SAN GERO´NIMO DEL BOQUERO ´N.— 6
18+The term ‘‘Fort San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n’’ (also 7
19+known as ‘‘Fortı´n de San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n’’) 8
20+means the fort and grounds listed on the National 9
21+Register of Historic Places and located near Old San 10
22+Juan, Puerto Rico. 11
23+(2) S
24+ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 12
25+the Secretary of the Interior. 13
26+SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATED AREA. 14
27+(a) I
28+NGENERAL.—Fort San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n 15
29+in Puerto Rico is established as an affiliated area of the 16
30+National Park System. 17
31+(b) D
32+ESCRIPTION OFAFFILIATEDAREA.—The affili-18
33+ated area shall consist of the area generally depicted on 19
34+the map titled ‘‘Fort San Gero´nimo Proposed Affiliated 20
35+Area’’, numbered 910/176698, and dated July 2021. 21
36+(c) A
37+DMINISTRATION.—The affiliated area shall be 22
38+managed in accordance with— 23
39+(1) this Act; and 24
40+(2) any law generally applicable to units of the 25
41+National Park System. 26 3 
42+•HR 359 EH
43+(d) MANAGEMENTENTITY.—The Institute of Puerto 1
44+Rican Culture shall be the management entity for the af-2
45+filiated area. 3
46+(e) C
47+OOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 4
48+may provide technical assistance and enter into coopera-5
49+tive agreements with the management entity for the pur-6
50+pose of providing financial assistance for the marketing, 7
51+marking, interpretation, and preservation of the affiliated 8
52+area. 9
53+(f) L
54+IMITEDROLE OF THESECRETARY.—Nothing in 10
55+this section authorizes the Secretary to acquire property 11
56+at the affiliated area or to assume managerial or financial 12
57+responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or manage-13
58+ment of the affiliated area. 14
59+(g) M
60+ANAGEMENTPLAN.— 15
61+(1) I
62+N GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-16
63+tion with the management entity, shall develop a 17
64+management plan for the affiliated area. 18
65+(2) T
66+RANSMITTAL.—Not later than 3 years 19
67+after the date on which funds are first made avail-20
68+able to carry out this section, the Secretary shall 21
69+submit the management plan developed under para-22
70+graph (1) to the Committee on Natural Resources of 23
71+the House of Representatives and the Committee on 24
72+Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 25 4 
73+•HR 359 EH
74+(h) PRIVATEPROPERTYPROTECTION.—Nothing in 1
75+this Act affects the land use rights of private property 2
76+owners adjacent to Fort San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n. 3
77+(i) N
78+OBUFFERZONES.— 4
79+(1) I
80+N GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall be 5
81+construed to create buffer zones outside of Fort San 6
82+Gero´nimo del Boquero´n. 7
83+(2) A
84+CTIVITY OR USE OUTSIDE FORT SAN  8
85+GERO´NIMO DEL BOQUERO´N.—The fact that an activ-9
86+ity or use can be seen, heard, or detected from with-10
87+in Fort San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n shall not pre-11
88+clude, limit, control, regulate, or determine the con-12
89+duct or management of activities or uses outside of 13
90+Fort San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n. 14
91+Passed the House of Representatives November 6, 
92+2023. 
93+Attest: 
94+Clerk. 118
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178102 H. R. 359
179103 AN ACT
180-To establish Fort San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n in
181-Puerto Rico as an affiliated area of the National
182-Park System, and for other purposes.
183-N
184-OVEMBER
185-21, 2024
186-Reported with an amendment
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104+To establish Fort San Gero´nimo del Boquero´n in 
105+Puerto Rico as an affiliated area of the National 
106+Park System, and for other purposes.