Congress quietly swaps federal land in West Virginia between agencies
S. 2280 — A bill to transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal land in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and for other purposes. · Filed by Jim Justice (R-WV) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 15, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill swaps administrative control of federal land parcels in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia between the Interior Department and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP gains ~25 acres to expand its Advanced Training Center; Interior gains ~71.5 acres to add to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. No money changes hands, and if CBP no longer needs its parcel, it reverts to the park.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is a straightforward administrative transfer of federal land between two government agencies—Interior and CBP—with no private benefit, no subsidy, and no hidden riders. It is a routine intergovernmental land-management adjustment.
What the text implies
- The reversion clause (if CBP no longer needs the land, it goes back to the park) protects the park's long-term integrity but depends on CBP's future operational decisions—if CBP's training mission expands indefinitely, the land may never revert.
- The acreage-limitation waiver for the park (section 1 of the 1944 Act) removes a statutory cap on park size, which is a minor but permanent expansion of Interior's authority over this specific park.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill transfers land to expand a national historical park (public access and preservation) while consolidating CBP's training operations on federal property already in government hands. No private parties are enriched, no public lands are sold, and the reversion clause protects the park if CBP's needs change.
Named in the bill
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of the Interior, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Advanced Training Center (CBP)
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 15, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 15, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
- Apr 29, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent”
- Apr 29, 2026 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2100; text: CR S2100)”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $19,650 in lobbying spend. A filing names 6 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Jim Justice, the sponsor, reported $34,750 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- American Battlefield Trust — $19,650 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,522 characters) on Jul 10, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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