This bill allows the Secretary of the Interior to add about 6,100 acres to Big Bend National Park. The land to be added is shown on a map titled "Big Bend National Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment" dated November 2022. The Secretary may acquire these lands or interests in them by donation or by exchange. The map must be kept on file and available for public inspection. After any acquisition, the Secretary must revise the park boundary to include the land and manage it as part of the park under existing laws and regulations. The Secretary may not use eminent domain or condemnation to acquire the land.
If you own land shown on the map, the federal government may accept that land by donation or acquire it through a land exchange, but it cannot force a sale using eminent domain. Land acquired under this bill would become part of Big Bend National Park and be managed as park land.
The bill describes how land may be acquired (donation or exchange) but does not set out federal spending, purchase prices, or other budget details. No publicly available information.
The bill lets the Park add the specific tracts shown on the map and requires those tracts to be managed as part of the Park. It also makes the map public and prohibits the use of eminent domain for these acquisitions.
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