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The bill expands and protects additional National Park land while transferring a portion to CBP for a training center—improving federal training capacity and safeguarding unused land for future park use, at the cost of temporary reduced public access, potential noise/security impacts for visitors, and foregone sale proceeds for taxpayers.
Visitors, local communities, and conservation groups gain protection of ~71.51 acres added to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, expanding preserved public land and safeguarding natural and historic resources.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) receives ~25 acres for an Advanced Training Center, consolidating federal training facilities without requiring a land purchase and improving border-security training capacity.
If CBP does not use the transferred land for training, the property reverts to the National Park Service, protecting the land from permanent loss and preserving future public use.
Local residents and park visitors may temporarily lose public access to ~25 acres while it is used for CBP training, reducing recreational opportunities and altering local park access.
CBP training activities (noise, security restrictions) could degrade visitor experience and limit nearby park uses, imposing nuisance and safety-related disruptions for visitors and neighbors.
Taxpayers forgo monetary compensation for the land transfers, shifting opportunity costs to the federal government rather than realizing proceeds from a sale.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Swaps about 25 acres to CBP and 71.51 acres to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, adjusts boundaries, requires a survey, and makes transfers without reimbursement.
Official title: To transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of federal land in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and for other purposes.
Introduced November 17, 2025 by Riley M. Moore · Last progress November 17, 2025
Transfers two specific parcels of land near Harpers Ferry, WV between the National Park Service (Department of the Interior) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection so one parcel (about 25 acres) becomes a CBP Advanced Training Center and the other (about 71.51 acres) is added to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. The bill requires a boundary adjustment and survey, allows clerical corrections to legal descriptions, makes the exchanges without monetary reimbursement, preserves reversion of unused CBP land back to the Park, and exempts the exchanged land from the Park's statutory acreage cap.