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Moccasin Bend Bill Passes Subcommittee Vote
By Toye Heape
(Nashville - 9-25-2001) A bill introduced by Congressman Zach Wamp that would create a National Park Unit at the Moccasin Bend National Historic Landmark in Chattanooga was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands today. The legislation will now be scheduled for consideration by the full House Committee on Resources.
The bill, H.R.980, was modified by an amendment in the form of a substitution offered by Representative George Radanovich, R-California, chairman of the subcommittee. The amendment includes a provision to exclude from the park boundary approximately 13 acres of property, currently occupied by a radio transmitting tower operated by radio station WDEF, that would have been included under Wamp's proposal. The amendment also apparently drops a section of Wamp's bill that would have included a separate parcel of land known as the Rock-Tenn Property, which contains a segment of the Trail of Tears, within the park boundary and instead authorizes the acquisition of an easement that would connect the Rock-Tenn property with the Moccasin Bend National Historic Landmark.
Other provisions of bill H.R. 980, as amended, include authorization of a cost sharing agreement between the federal government and the state of Tennessee for the purpose of removing the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute buildings if the property is ever donated to the park, and a requirement to develop a general management plan for the historic site.
Amendment
In The Nature Of A Substitute To H.R. 980 Offered By Mr. Radanovich
(In PDF Format)
