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HR 2345119th CongressIntroduced
Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act
Introduced: Oct 29, 2025
Civil Rights & JusticeEnvironment & ClimateInfrastructure
Standard Summary
Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs
This legislation redesignates Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park as a National Park and establishes a new National Preserve in Georgia. It authorizes land acquisition from willing sellers, mandates tribal consultation with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, protects sacred sites, provides hiring preferences for tribal members, and incorporates cultural landscape preservation into management planning while prohibiting eminent domain for land acquisition.
Key Points
- 1The bill redesignates the existing historical park as a National Park and creates a new National Preserve unit within the National Park System through voluntary land acquisition methods only.
- 2It mandates tribal consultation for management planning, requires protection of sacred sites under the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, and establishes hiring preference policies for Muscogee (Creek) Nation members.
- 3The legislation takes 126 acres of tribal land into federal trust, establishes an advisory council with tribal representation, and allows regulated hunting and fishing consistent with state laws while prohibiting eminent domain.
Impact Areas
National Park Service administrationMuscogee (Creek) Nation tribal rights and cultural resourcesGeorgia state land management and wildlife regulationsLocal communities near Macon, GeorgiaFederal land conservation policies
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