Transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal land in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and for other purposes. (S-2280) · Congress.wiki

Transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal land in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and for other purposes. (S-2280) · Congress.wiki

This bill moves control of certain federal lands in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, between two agencies. About 25 acres would shift from the National Park Service to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to support CBP’s Advanced Training Center, and those acres would no longer count as part of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. In return, three other parcels totaling about 71.51 acres would move from CBP to the Park Service and be managed as part of the park. No money changes hands for these transfers. CBP must pay to survey the land it receives and share the survey with the Park Service. If CBP later decides it doesn’t need the 25 acres, control would go back to the Park Service and the land would be added back into the park, even if usual acreage limits would have blocked it before .

Key points:

What changes: Land swaps between the Park Service and CBP to better match how each agency uses the land in Harpers Ferry, with a survey to set exact boundaries. If CBP stops using its new land, it returns to the park. No payment is involved .
Who is affected: Visitors to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, local residents, and CBP staff at the Advanced Training Center .
Where: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, based on a 2021 map of proposed land transfers .

Who is affected	What changes	When
Park visitors and local community	25 acres shift to CBP for training; 71.51 acres shift to the Park Service; CBP pays for a survey; land can return to the park if CBP no longer needs it	After the transfers and required survey steps are completed under the bill’s directions