Isakson, Chambliss introduce Ocmulgee national park bill to Senate | Local & State | Macon.com

Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., introduced a bill late last week that, if passed, will change the name of Ocmulgee National Monument to the Ocmulgee National Historical Park.

The bill, co-signed by Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., mirrors a similar bipartisan bill called the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2014, which was introduced to Congress late last month by Reps. Austin Scott, R-Ga., and Sanford Bishop, D-Ga.

In addition to changing the park’s name, the bills would expand the park’s acreage from about 700 acres to more than 2,000 acres. The bills also would authorize a study about further expansion of the park between Macon and Hawkinsville that could increase the park’s size to more than 40,000 acres if the results determine that the land between the cities should be designated for the park.

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