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To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to limit the means by which property within such revised boundaries may be acquired, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1513 · 113th Congress · Jan 14, 2014 · Lineage

AN ACT

Section 1 Gettysburg National Military Park

(a)
Boundary revision— Section 1 of the Act titled “An Act to revise the boundary of Gettysburg National Military Park in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes”, approved August 17, 1990 (16 U.S.C. 430g–4), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(d) Additional land

“(1) Covered land; condition—In addition to the land identified in subsections (a) and (b), the park shall include the following, as depicted on the maps titled “Gettysburg National Military Park Proposed Boundary Addition”, numbered 305/80,045, and dated January 2010, if the owner of the property has provided written consent to inclusion:

“(A) The land and interests in land commonly known as the “Gettysburg Train Station” and its immediate surroundings in the Borough of Gettysburg.

“(B) The land and interests in land located along Plum Run in Cumberland Township.

“(2) Rule of construction—Nothing in paragraph (1), the acquisition of property within the area described in such paragraph, or the management plan for such acquired property shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of such property. That an activity or use can be seen or heard from within such acquired property shall not preclude the conduct of that activity or use outside such property.”

(b)
Limited acquisition authority— Section 2(a) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 430g–5(a)) is amended in the first sentence by inserting before the period the following: “, except that the Secretary is authorized to acquire property within the area described in section 1(d) by donation only”.