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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2323 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To adjust the boundary of Big Bend National Park in the State of Texas, |
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| 6 | 6 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH25, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. T |
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| 10 | 10 | | ONYGONZALESof Texas introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 11 | 11 | | referred to the Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To adjust the boundary of Big Bend National Park in the |
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| 14 | 14 | | State of Texas, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Big Bend National 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Park Boundary Adjustment Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) M |
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| 23 | 23 | | AP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | titled ‘‘Big Bend National Park, Proposed Boundary 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Adjustment’’, numbered 155/167,296, and dated 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | November 2022. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) P |
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| 31 | 31 | | ARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Big 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Bend National Park established under the Act of 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | June 20, 1935 (49 Stat. 393, chapter 283; 16 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | U.S.C. 156). 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) S |
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| 36 | 36 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the Secretary of the Interior. 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SEC. 3. BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUST-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | MENT. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (a) L |
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| 41 | 41 | | ANDACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | approximately 6,100 acres of land or interests in land gen-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | erally depicted on the map as ‘‘Tracts to Include in 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Boundary’’ by donation or exchange. 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) A |
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| 46 | 46 | | VAILABILITY OFMAP.—The map shall be on file 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | fices of the National Park Service. 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (c) B |
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| 50 | 50 | | OUNDARYREVISION ANDADMINISTRATION.— 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | On acquisition of any land or interests in land under sub-19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | section (a), the Secretary shall— 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (1) revise the boundary of the Park to include 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the acquired land or interests in land; and 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (2) administer the acquired land or interests in 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | land as part of the Park in accordance with applica-24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ble laws (including regulations). 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (d) EMINENTDOMAIN ORCONDEMNATION.—In car-1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | rying out this Act, the Secretary may not use eminent do-2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | main or condemnation. 3 |
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