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Union Calendar No. 138
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 304
[Report No. 113–191]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 20, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
September 10, 2013
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Natchez Trace Parkway Land Conveyance Act of 2013.
2.
Definitions
In this Act:
(1)
Map
The term map means the map entitled Natchez Trace Parkway, Proposed Boundary Change, numbered 604/105392, and dated November 2010.
(2)
Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(3)
State
The term State means the State of Mississippi.
3.
Land conveyance
(a)
Conveyance authority
(1)
In general
Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall convey to the State, by quitclaim deed and without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcels of land described in subsection (b).
(2)
Compatible use
The deed of conveyance to the parcel of land that is located southeast of U.S. Route 61/84 and which is commonly known as the bean field property shall reserve an easement to the United States restricting the use of the parcel to only those uses which are compatible with the Natchez Trace Parkway.
(b)
Description of land
The parcels of land referred to in subsection (a) are the 2 parcels totaling approximately 67 acres generally depicted as Proposed Conveyance on the map.
(c)
Availability of map
The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
4.
Boundary adjustments
(a)
Exclusion of conveyed land
On completion of the conveyance to the State of the land described in section 3(b), the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway shall be adjusted to exclude the conveyed land.
(b)
Inclusion of additional land
(1)
In general
Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway is adjusted to include the approximately 10 acres of land that is generally depicted as Proposed Addition on the map.
(2)
Administration
The land added under paragraph (1) shall be administered by the Secretary as part of the Natchez Trace Parkway.
September 10, 2013
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed