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  • S. 1059 aims to change the boundaries of Big Bend National Park in Texas by allowing the Secretary of the Interior to acquire about 6,100 acres of land. These lands can be added to the park if they are donated, purchased, or exchanged with willing sellers, but the bill...

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    S. 1059 is a plan to make Big Bend National Park in Texas a bit bigger by adding more land to it—about 6,100 football fields. This will happen only if the people who own the land agree to sell or give it to the park, but they can't be forced to sell their land.