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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextTRANSFERRING ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN PARCELS OF
FEDERAL LAND IN HARPERS FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA
Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 2280, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 2280) to transfer administrative jurisdiction
over certain parcels of Federal land in Harpers Ferry, West
Virginia, and for other purposes.
Mr. PAUL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (S. 2280) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows:
S. 2280
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRANSFERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OVER
CERTAIN PARCELS OF FEDERAL LAND IN HARPERS
FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA.
(a) Transfers.—
(1) Transfer to the commissioner of u.s. customs and border
protection.—
(A) In general.—Administrative jurisdiction over
approximately 25 acres of Federal land in Harpers Ferry, West
Virginia, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Harpers
Ferry National Historical Park Proposed Land Transfers”,
numbered 385/176,677, and dated May 2021 (referred to in this
section as the “Map”) is transferred from the Secretary of
the Interior (referred to in this section as the
“Secretary”) to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, to be administered as part of the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection's Advanced Training Center in
accordance with applicable law.
(B) Exclusion from boundary.—The Federal land transferred
by subparagraph (A) is excluded from the boundary of Harpers
Ferry National Historical Park.
(2) Transfer to the secretary.—Administrative jurisdiction
over 3 parcels of Federal land totaling approximately 71.51
acres in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, as generally depicted
on the Map, is transferred from the Commissioner of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection to the Secretary, to be
administered by the Secretary—
(A) as part of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park; and
(B) in accordance with applicable law.
(3) No reimbursement or consideration.—A transfer of
administrative jurisdiction over Federal land under paragraph
(1)(A) or (2) shall be without monetary reimbursement or
additional consideration.
(b) Land Surveys.—
(1) In general.—The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection—
(A) shall obtain a survey to finalize the exact acreage and
legal description of the parcel of Federal land described in
subsection (a)(1)(A); and
(B) may, in consultation with the Secretary, modify any
clerical and typographical errors in the Map.
(2) Cost of survey.—The cost of the survey under paragraph
(1)(A) shall be charged to an appropriation of the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection.
(3) Information sharing.—On completion of the survey under
paragraph (1)(A), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection shall provide to the Secretary a copy of the
survey.
(4) Reversion and restoration.—
(A) In general.—If the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection determines that the Federal land
transferred by subparagraph (A) of subsection (a)(1) is no
longer required for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's
Advanced Training Center, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection shall transfer administrative
jurisdiction over the Federal land described in that
subparagraph to the Secretary in a manner and condition
acceptable to the Secretary, to be included within the
boundary of, and to be administered as part of, Harpers Ferry
National Historical Park.
(B) Acreage limitation.—The acreage limitation under
section 1(d) of the Act of June 30, 1944 (58 Stat. 645,
chapter 328; 16 U.S.C. 450bb(d)) shall not apply to the
inclusion within the boundary of Harpers Ferry National
Historical Park of the Federal land under subparagraph (A).
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.