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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-302
GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE LAND EXCHANGE
ACT OF 2017
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2615]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2615) to authorize the exchange of certain land located
in Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jackson County, Mississippi, be-
tween the National Park Service and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report
favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill
do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 2615 is to authorize the exchange of certain
land located in Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jackson County,
Mississippi, between the National Park Service and the Veterans
of Foreign Wars.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5699, in Ocean Springs, Mis-
sissippi, owns an approximately 3.3-acre lot adjacent to Gulf Is-
lands National Seashore's Davis Bayou Area. The Post's property
is essentially landlocked, with the only access via a one-lane dirt
road across National Park Service (NPS) property. Under a pre-
vious informal agreement with the National Seashore, the NPS al-
lowed the Post to construct and maintain the access road, but no
right-of-way or special use permit was issued for it.
In 2015, the Post approached NPS with a proposal to exchange
2.16 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to the NPS land at the
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