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123STA T . 11 9 2 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 —M A R .3 0, 2009 ‘ ‘ (i ii )EASEM E NT S .—Toensur e ad e q ua t e h urri c ane p rotection o f the co m munities l ocated in the area , an y land identified on the map descri b ed in section 901 that is acquired or transferred shall be sub j ect to any easements that ha v ebeena g reed to by the S ecretary and the Secretary of the A rmy. ‘‘( C )T R ANS F ER O FA D M I NISTRATION JU RISDI C TION.— Effective on the date of enactment of the O mnibus P ublic L and M anagement Act of 2 009, administrative jurisdiction over any F ederal land w ithin the areas depicted on the map described in section 901 as ‘Lands Proposed for Addi - tion ’ is transferred, without consideration, to the adminis- trative jurisdiction of the N ational Par k Service, to be administered as part of the B arataria Preserve U nit.’’

(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The Secretary may also acquire by any of the foregoing methods’’ and inserting the following

‘‘(2) FRENC HQ UARTER.—The Secretary may acquire by any of the methods referred to in paragraph (1)(A)’’; (C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Lands, waters, and interests therein’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘( 3 ) ACQUISITION OF STATE L AND.—Land, water, and interests in land and water’’; and ( D ) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘ I n acquiring’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘( 4 ) ACQUISITION OF OIL AND G AS RIGHTS.—In acquiring’’; (2) by striking subsections (b) through (f) and inserting the following: ‘‘(b) R ESOURCE PROTECTION.— W ith respect to the land, water, and interests in land and water of the Barataria Preserve Unit, the Secretary shall preserve and protect— ‘‘(1) fresh water drainage patterns; ‘‘(2) vegetative cover; ‘‘(3) the integrity of ecological and biological systems; and ‘‘(4) water and air quality. ‘‘(c) ADJACENT LAND.—With the consent of the owner and the parish governing authority, the Secretary may— ‘‘(1) acquire land, water, and interests in land and water, by any of the methods referred to in subsection (a)(1)(A) (including use of appropriations from the Land and Water Conservation Fund); and ‘‘(2) revise the boundaries of the Barataria Preserve Unit to include adjacent land and water.’’; and (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (d). (c) DEFINITION OF IM P RO V ED PROPERT Y .—Section 903 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 19 78 (1 6 U.S.C. 230b) is amended in the fifth sentence by inserting ‘‘(or J anuary 1, 2007, for areas added to the park after that date)’’ after ‘‘January 1, 1977’’. (d) H UNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.—Section 90 5 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 230d) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘, e x cept that within the core area and on those lands acquired by the Secretary pursuant to section 902(c) of this title, he’’ and inserting ‘‘on land, and interests in land and water managed by the Secretary, except that the Secretary’’. Ef f ectiv e da te .