HR 1665 · 106th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
To allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition to the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized by law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation.
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EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 106-150.(1999-12-09)
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Amends Federal law to remove the condition under which certain lands (on which occurred, during the Battle of the Wilderness, Longstreet's Flank Attack) could be added to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park (Wilderness Battlefield), Virginia only by donation to the Secretary of the Interior (thus allowing the Secretary to acquire it by purchase or exchange). Requires a specified portion of land, however, to be acquired by donation only.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1665, A bill to allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition to the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized by law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation
Sep 29, 1999Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 22, 1999
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Cosponsors (12)
9 Democrats3 Republicans