Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act
This bill redesignates the existing Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park as Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and establishes Ocmulgee Mounds National Preserve as a unit of the National Park System. It authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land for these areas only through voluntary means (purchase, donation, or exchange), prohibiting eminent domain, and requires the creation of an advisory council with significant Muscogee (Creek) Nation representation. The bill mandates co-management with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, including hiring preferences for tribal members and allowing traditional tribal activities like ceremonies, hunting, and fishing. It also takes approximately 126 acres of land owned by the Tribe into federal trust for the Tribe and addresses coordination with the Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 30, 2024
Last action Nov 21, 2024
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6
Key actions
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Committee
4
Nov 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
upper
Nov 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
upper
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
upper
Apr 30, 2024
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
upper
Apr 30, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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