Ocmulgee Mounds National Park Redesignation Act

This bill would rename the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Georgia as the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and have it managed as a unit of the National Park System. It would require the Secretary of the Interior to allow fishing in park waters under federal and state law, with possible closed zones or periods set after consulting the State. It would direct the Secretary to seek more jobs at the park for members of affiliated Indian tribes, protect sacred and cultural sites, and give tribal members access to them. It would also allow management agreements with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and other tribes. At the Nation's request, about 133.88 acres it owns would be taken into federal trust as part of its reservation, and gambling would be banned on that land.

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Sponsors

• Austin Scott Republican sponsor
• 11 cosponsors