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The bill adds acreage to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park while reserving about 25 acres for CBP training—boosting conservation and federal training capacity but reducing some public park access and shifting costs to the federal agency/taxpayers.
Local communities (including rural communities and local governments) gain about 71.5 acres added to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, expanding public recreational and historic preservation space.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (federal employees) can use about 25 acres for an Advanced Training Center without purchasing the land, enabling training capacity without requiring new appropriations.
Visitors and local communities lose access to about 25 acres excluded from the Park because it will be administered by CBP, permanently reducing parkland available to visitors while used for training.
Local residents and visitors may face restricted public access and altered land use due to CBP administration of the training land, with no requirement that the Park or community be compensated.
Federal taxpayers and CBP operations bear reversion and survey costs tied to the land transfer, which could shift resources within CBP or require appropriations adjustments.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Transfers ~25 acres to CBP for a training center and ~71.51 acres to Interior for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, requires CBP-funded survey, and creates a reversion clause.
Official title: Transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal land in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 15, 2025 by James Conley Justice · Last progress May 4, 2026
Transfers about 25 acres of federal land in Harpers Ferry from the Department of the Interior to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for use in CBP's Advanced Training Center and removes that parcel from the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park boundary. Simultaneously transfers three CBP parcels totaling roughly 71.51 acres to the Secretary of the Interior to be managed as part of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, with no monetary exchange required. Requires CBP to fund and provide a survey to finalize acreage and legal description for the ~25-acre parcel, allows clerical map corrections in consultation with the Secretary, and creates a reversion mechanism: if CBP later no longer needs the ~25-acre parcel for the Training Center, it must transfer jurisdiction back to the Interior for inclusion in the Park without being limited by the Park's statutory acreage cap.