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S. Rept. 115-114 1 (2017-06-20)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaium0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 Calendar No. 151 115TH CONGRESS N E REPORT 1st Session J SENATE 115-114 FORT FREDERICA NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY EXPANSION ACT JUNE 20, 2017.-Ordered to be printed Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 494] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (H.R. 494) to expand the boundary of Fort Fred- erica National Monument in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. The amendments are as follows: 1. On page 3, strike lines 1 through 4. 2. On page 3, line 5, strike (5) and insert (4). 3. On page 3, strike lines 10 through 19. PURPOSE The purpose of H.R. 494 is to expand the boundary of Fort Fred- erica National Monument in the State of Georgia. BACKGROUND AND NEED H.R. 494 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire, for inclusion within the boundaries of Fort Frederica National Monu- ment, approximately 21 acres of land by donation, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds from willing sellers only. The parcel authorized to be acquired is owned by the St. Simons Land Trust. Fort Frederica National Monument, on St. Simons Island, Geor- gia, preserves the archaeological remnants of a fort established in 1736 by James Oglethorpe. Oglethorpe built the fort to protect the 69-010