PL-106-150 — An act 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.

Preamble

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1 — ADDITION TO WILDERNESS BATTLEFIELD, VIRGINIA

(a) Removal of Condition on Battlefield Addition.--Section 2(a)(2) of Public Law 102-541 (16 U.S.C. 425k note; 106 Stat. 3565) is amended by striking ``: Provided,'' and all that follows through ``Interior''. (b) Authorized Methods of Acquisition.-- (1) Limitations on acquisition methods.--Section 3(a) of Public Law 101-214 (16 U.S.C. 425l(a)) is amended-- (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary''; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

``(2) The lands designated `P04-04' on the map referred to in section 2(a) numbered 326-40072E/89/A and dated September 1990 may be acquired only by donation, and the lands designated `P04-01', `P04-02', and `P04-03' on such map may be acquired only by donation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange.''. (2) Removal of restriction on acquisition of addition.-- Section 2 of Public Law 102-541 (16 U.S.C. 425k note; 106 Stat. 3565) is amended by striking subsection (b).

(c) Technical Correction.--Section 2(a) of Public Law 101-214 (16 U.S.C. 425k(a)) is amended by striking ``Spotslyvania'' and inserting ``Spotsylvania''.

Approved December 9, 1999.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1665: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-362 (Comm. on Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999): Oct. 12, considered and passed House. Nov. 19, considered and passed Senate.

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