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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 3286

Introduced

Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2025

Sponsor
RBrett Guthrie· Kentucky
Introduced
May 8, 2025
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action
Subcommittee Hearings HeldMarch 18, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3286 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3286

To modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State 
of Kentucky, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 8, 2025

Mr. Guthrie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources

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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 2025''.

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 inserting ``(adjusted for 
inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index published 
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor)'' 
after ``$350,000''; and
(2) by inserting after the second paragraph the following:
``The Secretary of the Interior may acquire the approximately 
551.14 acres of land and any interests in land generally depicted as 
`Proposed Addition' on the map entitled `Mammoth Cave National Park 
Proposed Southern Boundary Expansion Edmonson and Barren Counties, 
Kentucky', numbered 135/177,967 and dated May 2025, for inclusion in 
the Mammoth Cave National Park.''.
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