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Fort Scott National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act

Introduced: September 28, 2015 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Sep 6, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 596.
Sep 6, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment. With written report No. 114-323.
Jul 13, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Jun 15, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502.
Sep 28, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 28, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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Fort Scott National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act

(Sec. 2) This bill allows the Department of the Interior to acquire by purchase with appropriated funds or by donation (as under current law) the lands and interests in land, together with buildings and improvements, known as Fort Scott in the city of Fort Scott in Bourbon County, Kansas.

The proviso that the buildings so acquired shall not include the structure known as "Lunette Blair" is repealed (thereby allowing its acquisition).

The boundary of the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Kansas shall be modified accordingly.

What's happening now September 6, 2016

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 596.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2087: Fort Scott National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2087/
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"S. 2087: Fort Scott National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2087/.
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S. 2087, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2087/.
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