Sec. 2854. Petersburg National Battlefield boundary modification
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The boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield is modified to include the land and interests in land as generally depicted on the map titled Petersburg National Battlefield Proposed Boundary Expansion , numbered 325/80,080, and dated March 2016. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) is authorized to acquire the land and interests in land, described in subsection (a), from willing sellers only, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer.
The Secretary may not acquire by condemnation any land or interest in land under this Act or for the purposes of this Act. Nothing in this Act, the acquisition of the land or an interest in land authorized under subsection (a), or the management plan for the Petersburg National Battlefield (including the acquired land) shall be construed to create buffer zones outside the Petersburg National Battlefield. That activities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected from the acquired land shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate, or determine the conduct or management of activities or uses outside of the Petersburg National Battlefield.
No non-Federal property may be included in the Petersburg National Battlefield without the written consent of the owner. Section 313(a) of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 ( Public Law 95–625 ; 92 Stat. 3479) is amended by striking twenty-one and inserting twenty-five . The Secretary shall administer any land or interests in land acquired under subsection
(b)as part of the Petersburg National Battlefield in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. There is transferred— from the Secretary to the Secretary of the Army administrative jurisdiction over the approximately 1.170-acre parcel of land depicted as Area to be transferred to Fort Lee Military Reservation on the map described in paragraph (2); and from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary administrative jurisdiction over the approximately 1.171-acre parcel of land depicted as Area to be transferred to Petersburg National Battlefield on the map described in paragraph (2). The land to be exchanged is depicted on the map titled Petersburg National Battlefield Proposed Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction , numbered 325/80,801A, dated March 2016. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. The transfer of administrative jurisdiction under paragraph
(1)shall be subject to the following conditions: The transfer shall occur without reimbursement or consideration. The land transferred to the Secretary under paragraph
(1)shall be included within the boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield and administered as part of that park in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and the land transferred to the Secretary of the Army shall be excluded from the boundary of the Petersburg National Battlefield.
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Sec. 2854
Petersburg National Battlefield boundary modification
Pub. L.Pub. L. 95-625
Stat.92 Stat. 3479
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