To transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of federal land in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This Harpers Ferry land-transfer bill transfers administrative jurisdiction over approximately 25 acres depicted on a National Park Service map as the area to be transferred to CBP from the Secretary of the Interior to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP must administer that land as part of its Advanced Training Center, and Interior must adjust Harpers Ferry National Historical Park boundaries to exclude it. CBP must obtain a survey to finalize exact acreage and legal description, may correct clerical or typographical errors in consultation with Interior, and must give the survey to Interior. The bill also transfers approximately 71.51 acres depicted as the area to be transferred to NPS from CBP to Interior, to be administered as part of the Park. Transfers are without monetary reimbursement or additional consideration. If CBP later determines that some or all of the 25-acre parcel is not required for the Advanced Training Center, jurisdiction reverts to Interior and the land becomes part of the Park. The Park acreage limitation in the 1944 Harpers Ferry Act does not apply to transferred or reverted land.
Who Benefits and How
U.S. Customs and Border Protection benefits because the Advanced Training Center receives administrative jurisdiction over roughly 25 acres adjacent to its Harpers Ferry operations. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park benefits because Interior receives roughly 71.51 acres for Park administration and can regain CBP land if it is no longer needed. Park visitors benefit if the 71.51-acre transfer improves park continuity, access, or management. Federal land managers benefit from surveyed legal descriptions, boundary adjustments, and a clear reversion rule.
Who Bears the Burden and How
CBP must obtain the survey, finalize acreage and legal descriptions, administer the training-center parcel, and provide the completed survey to Interior. Interior and National Park Service staff must adjust Harpers Ferry National Historical Park boundaries twice if CBP land later reverts. Park acreage accounting must exclude the transferred land from the statutory limitation. Public-land stakeholders may lose Park treatment for the 25-acre parcel while CBP needs it for the Advanced Training Center.
Key Provisions
- Transfers about 25 acres in Harpers Ferry from Interior to CBP for the Advanced Training Center.
- Transfers about 71.51 acres from CBP to Interior for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
- Requires CBP to survey the 25-acre parcel and provide the final survey to Interior.
- Requires transfers without monetary reimbursement or additional consideration.
- Provides for reversion to Interior if CBP no longer requires transferred land.
- Waives the Park acreage limitation for transferred or reverted land.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Swaps administrative jurisdiction over Harpers Ferry federal land by transferring about 25 acres from Interior and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park to CBP's Advanced Training Center, transferring about 71.51 acres from CBP to Interior for inclusion in the Park, requiring CBP to survey the transferred parcel, allowing reversion if CBP no longer needs the land, and waiving the Park acreage limit for the transferred land.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, National Parks, Customs and Border Protection
Primary Purpose
Swaps administrative jurisdiction over Harpers Ferry federal land by transferring about 25 acres from Interior and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park to CBP's Advanced Training Center, transferring about 71.51 acres from CBP to Interior for inclusion in the Park, requiring CBP to survey the transferred parcel, allowing reversion if CBP no longer needs the land, and waiving the Park acreage limit for the transferred land.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Advanced Training Center
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
- Park visitors
- Federal land managers
Identified Costs
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Interior Department land managers
- National Park Service staff
- Public-land stakeholders
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Mr. Moore of West Virginia (for himself, Mrs. Miller of …
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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CBP facilities managers, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, National Park Service land managers
Positive-direction: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Advanced Training Center
Negative-direction: CBP facilities managers, National Park Service land managers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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