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Public Law 108-307
108th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To revise the boundary of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, and 
       for other purposes. <<NOTE: Sept. 24, 2004 -  [S. 1576]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Harpers Ferry National 
Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2004. West 
Virginia.>> assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. <<NOTE: 16 USC 450bb note.>> 

    This Act may be cited as the ``Harpers Ferry National Historical 
Park Boundary Revision Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. HARPERS FERRY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

    The first section of the Act of June 30, 1944 (58 Stat. 645, chapter 
328; 16 U.S.C. 450bb), is amended to read as follows:
``SECTION 1. HARPERS FERRY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

    ``(a) In General.--To carry out the purposes of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act as the `Secretary') 
is authorized to acquire, by purchase from a willing seller with donated 
or appropriated funds, by donation, or by exchange, land or an interest 
in land within the boundaries as generally depicted on the map entitled 
`Boundary Map, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park', numbered 385-
80,021A, and dated April 1979.
    ``(b) Bradley and Ruth Nash Addition.--The Secretary is authorized 
to acquire, by donation only, approximately 27 acres of land or 
interests in land that are outside the boundary of the Harpers Ferry 
National Historical Park and generally depicted on the map entitled 
`Proposed Bradley and Ruth Nash Addition--Harpers Ferry National 
Historical Park', numbered 385-80056, and dated April 1, 1989.
    ``(c) Boundary Expansion.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to acquire, 
        by purchase from a willing seller with donated or appropriated 
        funds, by donation, or by exchange, land or an interest in land 
        within the area depicted as `Private Lands' on the map entitled 
        `Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Proposed Boundary 
        Expansion', numbered 385/80,126, and dated July 14, 2003.
            ``(2) Administration.--The Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) transfer to the National Park Service for 
                inclusion in the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park 
                (referred to in this Act as the `Park') the land 
                depicted on the map referred to in paragraph (1) as 
                `U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lands' and revise the 
                boundary of the Park accordingly; and

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                    ``(B) revise the boundary of the Park to include the 
                land depicted on the map referred to in paragraph (1) as 
                `Appalachian NST' and exclude that land from the 
                boundary of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.

    ``(d) Maximum Number of Acres.--The number of acres of the Park 
shall not exceed 3,745.
    ``(e) Maps.--The maps referred to in this section shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service.
    ``(f) Acquired Land.--Land or an interest in land acquired under 
this section shall become a part of the Park, subject to the laws 
(including regulations) applicable to the Park.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    Sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 30, 1944 (58 Stat. 646, chapter 
328; 16 U.S.C. 450bb-1, 450bb-2), are amended by striking ``Secretary of 
the Interior'' each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary''.

    Approved September 24, 2004.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1576:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 108-655 (Comm. on Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 108-236 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 150 (2004):
            May 19, considered and passed Senate.
            Sept. 13, considered and passed House.

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