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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1131 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve in the State |
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| 6 | 6 | | of Georgia, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH25, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. O |
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| 10 | 10 | | SSOFF(for himself and Mr. WARNOCK) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat- |
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| 12 | 12 | | ural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To establish the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Preserve in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds Na-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tional Park and Preserve Establishment Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) A |
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| 24 | 24 | | DVISORY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Advisory 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Council’’ means the Ocmulgee Mounds National 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 1131 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | Park and Preserve Advisory Council established 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | under section 5(a). 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) M |
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| 32 | 32 | | AP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | titled ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Pre-4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | serve Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 363/193026, 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | and dated September 2024. 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) S |
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| 37 | 37 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the Secretary of the Interior. 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (4) S |
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| 40 | 40 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of Georgia. 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (5) T |
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| 43 | 43 | | RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Muscogee (Creek) Nation. 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION OF OCMULGEE MOUNDS NA-13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | TIONAL PARK AND ESTABLISHMENT OF 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | OCMULGEE MOUNDS NATIONAL PRESERVE. 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (a) R |
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| 49 | 49 | | EDESIGNATION OF OCMULGEEMOUNDSNA-16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | TIONALPARK; LANDACQUISITION.— 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (1) I |
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| 52 | 52 | | N GENERAL.—The Ocmulgee Mounds Na-18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | tional Historical Park designated by section 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2102(b)(1)(A) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conserva-20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | tion, Management, and Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 410yyy–3(b)(1)(A)) shall be known and designated 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | as the ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds National Park’’. 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) R |
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| 59 | 59 | | EFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of 25 |
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| 63 | 63 | | •S 1131 IS |
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| 64 | 64 | | the United States to the ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds Na-1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | tional Historical Park’’ shall be considered to be a 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | reference to the ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds National Park’’. 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (3) L |
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| 68 | 68 | | AND ACQUISITION FOR OCMULGEE 4 |
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| 69 | 69 | | MOUNDS NATIONAL PARK .— 5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (A) I |
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| 71 | 71 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac-6 |
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| 72 | 72 | | quire land or any interest in land within the 7 |
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| 73 | 73 | | area depicted as ‘‘National Park Area’’ on the 8 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Map for inclusion in the Ocmulgee Mounds Na-9 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tional Park by purchase from a willing seller, 10 |
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| 76 | 76 | | donation, or exchange. 11 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (B) A |
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| 78 | 78 | | DMINISTRATION.—Any land or inter-12 |
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| 79 | 79 | | est in land acquired under subparagraph (A) 13 |
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| 80 | 80 | | shall be— 14 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (i) incorporated into the Ocmulgee 15 |
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| 82 | 82 | | Mounds National Park; and 16 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (ii) administered by the Secretary in 17 |
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| 84 | 84 | | accordance with section 4. 18 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (C) P |
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| 86 | 86 | | ROHIBITION ON USE OF EMINENT 19 |
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| 87 | 87 | | DOMAIN.—Nothing in this paragraph authorizes 20 |
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| 88 | 88 | | the use of eminent domain to acquire land or 21 |
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| 89 | 89 | | an interest in land. 22 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (b) E |
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| 91 | 91 | | STABLISHMENT OF OCMULGEEMOUNDSNA-23 |
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| 92 | 92 | | TIONALPRESERVE.— 24 |
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| 95 | 95 | | •S 1131 IS |
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| 96 | 96 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date on 1 |
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| 97 | 97 | | which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Reg-2 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ister a notice that the Secretary has determined that 3 |
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| 99 | 99 | | sufficient land within the area depicted as ‘‘National 4 |
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| 100 | 100 | | Preserve Area’’ on the Map has been acquired under 5 |
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| 101 | 101 | | paragraph (2) to constitute a manageable unit, there 6 |
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| 102 | 102 | | is established the Ocmulgee Mounds National Pre-7 |
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| 103 | 103 | | serve in the State as a unit of the National Park 8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | System. 9 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (2) L |
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| 106 | 106 | | AND ACQUISITION FOR OCMULGEE 10 |
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| 107 | 107 | | MOUNDS NATIONAL PRESERVE .— 11 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (A) I |
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| 109 | 109 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac-12 |
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| 110 | 110 | | quire land or any interest in land within the 13 |
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| 111 | 111 | | area depicted as ‘‘National Preserve Area’’ on 14 |
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| 112 | 112 | | the Map for inclusion in the Ocmulgee Mounds 15 |
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| 113 | 113 | | National Preserve by purchase from a willing 16 |
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| 114 | 114 | | seller, donation, or exchange. 17 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (B) A |
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| 116 | 116 | | DMINISTRATION.—Any land or inter-18 |
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| 117 | 117 | | est in land acquired under subparagraph (A) 19 |
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| 118 | 118 | | shall be— 20 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (i) incorporated into the Ocmulgee 21 |
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| 120 | 120 | | Mounds National Preserve; and 22 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (ii) administered by the Secretary in 23 |
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| 122 | 122 | | accordance with section 4. 24 |
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| 125 | 125 | | •S 1131 IS |
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| 126 | 126 | | (C) PROHIBITION ON USE OF EMINENT 1 |
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| 127 | 127 | | DOMAIN.—Nothing in this paragraph authorizes 2 |
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| 128 | 128 | | the use of eminent domain to acquire land or 3 |
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| 129 | 129 | | an interest in land. 4 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (3) B |
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| 131 | 131 | | OUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the 5 |
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| 132 | 132 | | Ocmulgee Mounds National Preserve shall reflect 6 |
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| 133 | 133 | | the land and interests in land acquired for the 7 |
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| 134 | 134 | | Ocmulgee Mounds National Preserve under para-8 |
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| 135 | 135 | | graph (2)(A). 9 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (c) M |
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| 137 | 137 | | AP.— 10 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (1) C |
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| 139 | 139 | | ORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may make 11 |
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| 140 | 140 | | technical corrections to the Map. 12 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (2) A |
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| 142 | 142 | | VAILABILITY.—The Map shall be on file 13 |
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| 143 | 143 | | and available for public inspection in the appropriate 14 |
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| 144 | 144 | | offices of the National Park Service. 15 |
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| 145 | 145 | | SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF OCMULGEE MOUNDS NA-16 |
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| 146 | 146 | | TIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE. 17 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (a) I |
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| 148 | 148 | | NGENERAL.—The Ocmulgee Mounds National 18 |
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| 149 | 149 | | Park and the Ocmulgee Mounds National Preserve shall— 19 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (1) be administered as a single unit of the Na-20 |
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| 151 | 151 | | tional Park System in accordance with— 21 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (A) this section; 22 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (B) the laws generally applicable to units 23 |
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| 154 | 154 | | of the National Park System, including— 24 |
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| 157 | 157 | | •S 1131 IS |
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| 158 | 158 | | (i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, 1 |
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| 159 | 159 | | and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 2 |
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| 160 | 160 | | and 102101 of title 54, United States 3 |
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| 161 | 161 | | Code; and 4 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 5 |
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| 163 | 163 | | States Code; and 6 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (C) any management plan developed under 7 |
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| 165 | 165 | | subsection (b); and 8 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (2) collectively be known and designated as the 9 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve’’. 10 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (b) M |
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| 169 | 169 | | ANAGEMENTPLAN.— 11 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (1) I |
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| 171 | 171 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 12 |
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| 172 | 172 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 13 |
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| 173 | 173 | | consultation with the Advisory Council, shall develop 14 |
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| 174 | 174 | | a general management plan for the preservation and 15 |
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| 175 | 175 | | use of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and 16 |
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| 176 | 176 | | Preserve in accordance with section 100502 of title 17 |
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| 177 | 177 | | 54, United States Code. 18 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (2) C |
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| 179 | 179 | | ULTURAL RESOURCES AND LAND -19 |
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| 180 | 180 | | SCAPES.—The general management plan developed 20 |
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| 181 | 181 | | under paragraph (1) shall provide for— 21 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (A) the interpretation and preservation of 22 |
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| 183 | 183 | | cultural resources of the Ocmulgee Mounds Na-23 |
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| 184 | 184 | | tional Park and Preserve, including burial 24 |
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| 187 | 187 | | •S 1131 IS |
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| 188 | 188 | | grounds and other sites that are sacred to the 1 |
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| 189 | 189 | | Tribe; and 2 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (B) an inventory of important cultural 3 |
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| 191 | 191 | | landscapes, including flora, that should be pre-4 |
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| 192 | 192 | | served, managed, developed, and maintained be-5 |
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| 193 | 193 | | cause of the cultural, natural, and public use 6 |
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| 194 | 194 | | significance of the cultural landscapes, includ-7 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ing to the Tribe. 8 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (c) H |
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| 197 | 197 | | UNTING ANDFISHING.— 9 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (1) H |
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| 199 | 199 | | UNTING.—The Secretary shall allow hunt-10 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ing on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 11 |
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| 201 | 201 | | within the boundaries of the Ocmulgee Mounds Na-12 |
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| 202 | 202 | | tional Preserve in accordance with applicable Fed-13 |
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| 203 | 203 | | eral and State laws. 14 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (2) F |
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| 205 | 205 | | ISHING.—The Secretary shall allow fishing 15 |
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| 206 | 206 | | on waters under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 16 |
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| 207 | 207 | | within the boundaries of the Ocmulgee Mounds Na-17 |
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| 208 | 208 | | tional Park and Preserve in accordance with applica-18 |
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| 209 | 209 | | ble Federal and State laws. 19 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (3) L |
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| 211 | 211 | | IMITATION.—The Secretary may designate 20 |
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| 212 | 212 | | zones in which, and establish periods during which, 21 |
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| 213 | 213 | | no hunting, fishing, or both, shall be allowed for rea-22 |
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| 214 | 214 | | sons of public safety, administration, fish or wildlife 23 |
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| 215 | 215 | | management, or emergencies. 24 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (4) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall en-1 |
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| 220 | 220 | | sure any regulations prescribing such restrictions 2 |
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| 221 | 221 | | under this subsection shall be put into effect only 3 |
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| 222 | 222 | | after consultation with the State. 4 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (5) P |
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| 224 | 224 | | RIVATE LAND.—Nothing in this subsection 5 |
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| 225 | 225 | | prohibits hunting, fishing, or trapping on private 6 |
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| 226 | 226 | | land in accordance with applicable State and Federal 7 |
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| 227 | 227 | | laws. 8 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (6) C |
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| 229 | 229 | | ONGRESSIONAL INTENT .—Nothing in this 9 |
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| 230 | 230 | | Act is intended to affect the jurisdiction or respon-10 |
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| 231 | 231 | | sibilities of the State with respect to fish and wild-11 |
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| 232 | 232 | | life. 12 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (d) H |
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| 234 | 234 | | IRINGPREFERENCE.—The Secretary shall es-13 |
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| 235 | 235 | | tablish policies to provide a preference for hiring members 14 |
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| 236 | 236 | | of the Tribe for positions at the Ocmulgee Mounds Na-15 |
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| 237 | 237 | | tional Park and Preserve, consistent with the Indian pref-16 |
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| 238 | 238 | | erence policy established by the Secretary of the Interior 17 |
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| 239 | 239 | | under section 12 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly 18 |
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| 240 | 240 | | known as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’) (48 Stat. 986, 19 |
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| 241 | 241 | | chapter 576; 25 U.S.C. 5116). 20 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (e) E |
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| 243 | 243 | | FFECT ONADMINISTRATION OF BONDSWAMP 21 |
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| 244 | 244 | | N |
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| 245 | 245 | | ATIONALWILDLIFEREFUGE.— 22 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (1) I |
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| 247 | 247 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-23 |
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| 248 | 248 | | graph (2), nothing in this Act affects the continued 24 |
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| 249 | 249 | | administration of the Bond Swamp National Wildlife 25 |
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| 253 | 253 | | Refuge by the Director of the United States Fish 1 |
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| 254 | 254 | | and Wildlife Service as a unit of the National Wild-2 |
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| 255 | 255 | | life Refuge System. 3 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (2) C |
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| 257 | 257 | | ULTURAL INTERPRETATION ACTIVITIES .— 4 |
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| 258 | 258 | | The Director of the National Park Service shall con-5 |
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| 259 | 259 | | sult with the Tribe to provide cultural programs and 6 |
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| 260 | 260 | | related activities with respect to the Bond Swamp 7 |
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| 261 | 261 | | National Wildlife Refuge with the consent of the Di-8 |
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| 262 | 262 | | rector of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-9 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ice. 10 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (f) T |
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| 265 | 265 | | RIBALCONSULTATION.—Nothing in this Act 11 |
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| 266 | 266 | | prevents continued consultation with federally recognized 12 |
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| 267 | 267 | | Indian Tribes pursuant to Executive Order 13175 (25 13 |
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| 268 | 268 | | U.S.C. 5301 note; relating to consultation and coordina-14 |
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| 269 | 269 | | tion with Indian Tribal governments). 15 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (g) M |
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| 271 | 271 | | ILITARYOVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act 16 |
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| 272 | 272 | | precludes— 17 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 18 |
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| 274 | 274 | | the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve; 19 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (2) the designation of new units of special use 20 |
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| 276 | 276 | | airspace over the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park 21 |
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| 277 | 277 | | and Preserve; or 22 |
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| 278 | 278 | | (3) the use or establishment of military flight 23 |
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| 279 | 279 | | training routes over the Ocmulgee Mounds National 24 |
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| 280 | 280 | | Park and Preserve. 25 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (h) SACRED ANDCULTURALSITES.—The Secretary 1 |
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| 285 | 285 | | shall ensure the protection of sacred sites and cultural 2 |
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| 286 | 286 | | sites within the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Pre-3 |
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| 287 | 287 | | serve and provide access to the sites by members of Indian 4 |
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| 288 | 288 | | Tribes who have ancestral connections to the Ocmulgee 5 |
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| 289 | 289 | | River Corridor, in accordance with Public Law 95–341 6 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (commonly known as the ‘‘American Indian Religious 7 |
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| 291 | 291 | | Freedom Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.) and Executive 8 |
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| 292 | 292 | | Order 13007 (42 U.S.C. 1996 note; relating to Indian sa-9 |
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| 293 | 293 | | cred sites). 10 |
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| 294 | 294 | | SEC. 5. ADVISORY COUNCIL. 11 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (a) E |
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| 296 | 296 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 12 |
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| 297 | 297 | | an advisory council, to be known as the ‘‘Ocmulgee 13 |
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| 298 | 298 | | Mounds National Park and Preserve Advisory Council’’. 14 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (b) D |
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| 300 | 300 | | UTIES.—The Advisory Council shall— 15 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (1) advise the Secretary with respect to the de-16 |
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| 302 | 302 | | velopment and implementation of the management 17 |
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| 303 | 303 | | plan for the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and 18 |
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| 304 | 304 | | Preserve; and 19 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (2) not later than 3 years after the date of en-20 |
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| 306 | 306 | | actment of this Act, submit to the Secretary rec-21 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ommendations regarding how the Secretary would 22 |
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| 308 | 308 | | consider and accommodate Tribal interests in the 23 |
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| 309 | 309 | | management of the Ocmulgee Mounds National 24 |
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| 310 | 310 | | Park and Preserve, including recommendations re-25 |
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| 314 | 314 | | garding how the Secretary and the Tribe may col-1 |
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| 315 | 315 | | laborate with respect to land management, species 2 |
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| 316 | 316 | | management, and the interpretation of cultural re-3 |
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| 317 | 317 | | sources and resources of the Tribe at the Ocmulgee 4 |
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| 318 | 318 | | Mounds National Park and Preserve. 5 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (c) M |
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| 320 | 320 | | EMBERS.—The Advisory Council shall consist of 6 |
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| 321 | 321 | | 7 members, to be appointed by the Secretary, as follows: 7 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (1) 1 member, who shall be a representative of 8 |
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| 323 | 323 | | the applicable National Park Service office. 9 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (2) 1 member, who shall be a representative of 10 |
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| 325 | 325 | | the applicable United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-11 |
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| 326 | 326 | | ice office. 12 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (3) 3 members, who shall be representatives of 13 |
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| 328 | 328 | | the Tribe. 14 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (4) 1 member, who shall be a representative of 15 |
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| 330 | 330 | | the State Department of Natural Resources. 16 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (5) 1 member, who shall be appointed after con-17 |
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| 332 | 332 | | sidering recommendations from the Middle Georgia 18 |
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| 333 | 333 | | Regional Commission. 19 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (d) A |
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| 335 | 335 | | PPLICABLELAW.—The Advisory Council shall 20 |
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| 336 | 336 | | be subject to chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code 21 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Com-22 |
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| 338 | 338 | | mittee Act’’) (other than section 1013 of that title), and 23 |
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| 339 | 339 | | other applicable laws. 24 |
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| 343 | 343 | | (e) VACANCY.—A vacancy on the Advisory Council 1 |
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| 344 | 344 | | shall be filled in the same manner as the original appoint-2 |
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| 345 | 345 | | ment. 3 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (f) Q |
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| 347 | 347 | | UORUM.—A majority of the members of the Ad-4 |
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| 348 | 348 | | visory Council (including not fewer than 1 member who 5 |
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| 349 | 349 | | is a designated representative of the Tribe) shall con-6 |
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| 350 | 350 | | stitute a quorum. 7 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (g) F |
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| 352 | 352 | | REQUENCY OF MEETINGS.—The Advisory 8 |
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| 353 | 353 | | Council shall meet 2 times per year, or more often as the 9 |
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| 354 | 354 | | Chairperson of the Advisory Council determines to be ap-10 |
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| 355 | 355 | | propriate. 11 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (h) C |
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| 357 | 357 | | HAIRPERSON.—The Advisory Council shall— 12 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (1) elect a chairperson of the Advisory Council 13 |
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| 359 | 359 | | from among the members of the Advisory Council; 14 |
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| 360 | 360 | | and 15 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (2) establish any rules and procedures for the 16 |
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| 362 | 362 | | Advisory Council that the Advisory Council deter-17 |
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| 363 | 363 | | mines to be appropriate. 18 |
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| 364 | 364 | | (i) N |
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| 365 | 365 | | OCOMPENSATION.—Members of the Advisory 19 |
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| 366 | 366 | | Council shall serve without compensation. 20 |
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| 367 | 367 | | SEC. 6. LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST. 21 |
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| 368 | 368 | | All right, title, and interest of the United States in 22 |
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| 369 | 369 | | and to the approximately 126 acres of land owned in fee 23 |
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| 370 | 370 | | by the Tribe are hereby taken into trust for the benefit 24 |
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| 371 | 371 | | of the Tribe. Such land— 25 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (1) is part of Indian country (as defined in sec-1 |
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| 376 | 376 | | tion 1151 of title 18, United States Code) of the 2 |
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| 377 | 377 | | Tribe; and 3 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (2) shall be administered in accordance with the 4 |
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| 379 | 379 | | laws and regulations generally applicable to property 5 |
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| 380 | 380 | | held in trust by the United States for the benefit of 6 |
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| 381 | 381 | | an Indian Tribe. 7 |
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| 382 | 382 | | SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 8 |
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| 383 | 383 | | There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 9 |
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| 384 | 384 | | as are necessary to carry out this Act. 10 |
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