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Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act

Introduced: April 30, 2024 Introduced by: Ossoff, Jon Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Became law
Nov 21, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 614.
Nov 21, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Nov 19, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 15, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-336.
Apr 30, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Apr 30, 2024
Introduced in Senate
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Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act

This bill establishes the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve in Georgia.

With respect to the national park, the bill redesignates the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park as the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park. The Department of the Interior may acquire land within the designated park area by purchase from a willing seller, donation, or exchange.

With respect to the national preserve, Interior may acquire land within the designated preserve area by purchase from a willing seller, donation, or exchange. Upon a determination by Interior that sufficient land has been acquired, the bill establishes the Ocmulgee Mounds National Preserve.

The bill establishes a council to advise Interior with respect to the development and implementation of the national park and preserve. Interior and the advisory council must develop a general management plan for the preservation and use of the national park and preserve. The plan must provide for the interpretation and preservation of cultural resources on the land, including burial grounds and other sites that are sacred to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and an inventory of important cultural landscapes.

Interior must allow hunting within the preserve and fishing on the waters of the national park and preserve in accordance with applicable law.

All rights, title, and interest of the United States in the approximately 126 acres of land owned by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation are taken into trust for the benefit of the tribe.

What's happening now November 21, 2024

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 614.

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Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · Apr 30, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4216: Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4216/
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"S. 4216: Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4216/.
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