This bill would transfer two small parcels of land inside Vicksburg National Military Park from the National Park Service to the State of Mississippi. One parcel is about 3.66 acres (shown on map “VICK-2024-01”) intended for use as a welcome center or other public use. The other is about 6.48 acres (shown on map “VICK-2024-02”) intended for use as an interpretive center, a museum, or other public use. The Secretary of the Interior would convey the land to the State without consideration and could set terms and conditions. After the conveyances, the Secretary would change the park boundary to reflect the transfers. The bill was introduced March 13, 2025, by Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith.
If the bill becomes law, the State of Mississippi would become the owner of the two parcels and could use them for a welcome center, interpretive center, museum, or other public purposes described in the bill. The official boundary of Vicksburg National Military Park would be updated to remove those parcels from the park.
The bill specifies the land would be conveyed "without consideration," meaning no purchase price is required. No publicly available information on any additional federal or state costs or budgetary effects beyond the conveyance is provided in the bill text.
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