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U.S. OVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Op
Calendar No. 374
115TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
2d Session JSENATE 1 115-226
GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE LAND EXCHANGE
ACT
APRIL 11, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1260]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1260) to authorize the exchange of certain Fed-
eral land located in Gulf Islands National Seashore for certain non-
Federal land in Jackson County, Mississippi, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 1260 is to authorize the exchange of certain
Federal land located in Gulf Islands National Seashore for certain
non-Federal land in Jackson County, Mississippi.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5699 (Post) is located in
Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The Post owns a 3.3-acre lot adjacent
to the Gulf Islands National Seashore's Davis Bayou Area. Na-
tional Park Service (NPS) property separates the Post from the
public road. The only access to the Post's property is by way of a
one-lane dirt access road across NPS land. The NPS allowed the
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) to construct and maintain the ac-
cess road under an informal agreement. However, no right-of-way
or special use permit was ever issued. As a means of guaranteeing
access to the driveway, the VFW is seeking a mutually beneficial
land exchange with the NPS, as outlined on NPS Map Number
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