[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1277 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1277 To modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 25, 2023 Mr. McConnell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY MODIFICATION. Section 11 of the Act of June 5, 1942 (56 Stat. 319, chapter 341; 16 U.S.C. 404c-11), is amended-- (1) in the second paragraph, by striking ``the sum of not to exceed'' in the first sentence and all that follows through the period at the end of the paragraph and inserting ``such sums as are necessary.''; and (2) by inserting after the second paragraph the following: ``The Secretary of the Interior may acquire approximately 980 acres of the land and any interests in the land generally depicted on the map entitled `Mammoth Cave National Park Proposed Southern Boundary Expansion Edmonson and Barren Counties, Kentucky', numbered 135/177, 967, and dated April 28, 2022, for inclusion in the Mammoth Cave National Park.''. <all>