Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 1995

SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    Section 501(b) of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii(b)) is amended 
by striking ``San Juan Basin;'' and inserting ``San Juan Basin and 
surrounding areas;''.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONS TO CHACO CULTURE ARCHEOLOGICAL PROTECTION SITES.

    Subsection 502(b) of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii-1(b)) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) Thirty-nine outlying sites as generally depicted on a map 
entitled `Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites', numbered 310/
80,033-B and dated September 1991, are designated as `Chaco Culture 
Archeological Protection Sites'. The 39 archeological protection sites 
totaling approximately 14,372 acres are identified as follows:

``Name:                                                          Acres:
    Allentown.....................................                  380
    Andrews Ranch.................................                  950
    Bee Burrow....................................                  480
    Bisa'ani......................................                  131
    Casa del Rio..................................                   40
    Casamero......................................                  160
    Chimney Rock..................................                3,160
    Coolidge......................................                  450
    Dalton Pass...................................                  135
    Dittert.......................................                  480
    Great Bend....................................                   26
    Greenlee Ruin.................................                   60
    Grey Hill Spring..............................                   23
    Guadalupe.....................................                  115
    Halfway House.................................                   40
    Haystack......................................                  565
    Hogback.......................................                  453
    Indian Creek..................................                  100
    Jaquez........................................                   66
    Kin Nizhoni...................................                  726
    Lake Valley...................................                   30
    Manuelito-Atsee Nitsaa........................                   60
    Manuelito-Kin Hochoi..........................                  116
    Morris 41.....................................                   85
    Muddy Water...................................                1,090
    Navajo Springs................................                  260
    Newcomb.......................................                   50
    Peach Springs.................................                1,046
    Pierre's Site.................................                  440
    Raton Well....................................                   23
    Salmon Ruin...................................                    5
    San Mateo.....................................                   61
    Sanostee......................................                1,565
    Section 8.....................................                   10
    Skunk Springs/Crumbled House..................                  533
    Standing Rock.................................                  348
    Toh-la-kai....................................                   10
    Twin Angeles..................................                   40
    Upper Kin Klizhin.............................                  60.
    ``(2) The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be--
            ``(A) kept on file and available for public inspection in--
                    ``(i) appropriate offices of the National Park 
                Service;
                    ``(ii) the office of the State Director of the 
                Bureau of Land Management in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and
                    ``(iii) the office of the Area Director of the 
                Bureau of Indian Affairs in Window Rock, Arizona; and
            ``(B) made available for the purposes described in 
        subparagraph (A) to the offices of the Arizona and New Mexico 
        State Historic Preservation Officers.''.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

    Section 503 of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii-2) is amended by 
inserting ``(referred to in this title as the `Secretary')'' after 
``Secretary of the Interior''.

SEC. 5. LAND ACQUISITIONS.

    Section 504(c)(2) of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii-3(c)(2)) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(2) The Secretary shall seek to use a combination of land 
acquisition authority under this section and cooperative agreements 
under section 505 to protect archeological resources at such sites 
described in section 502(b) as remain in private ownership.''.

SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE TO THE NAVAJO NATION.

    Section 506 of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii-5) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f)(1) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National 
Park Service, shall assist the Navajo Nation in the protection and 
management of such Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites as are 
located on lands under the jurisdiction of the Navajo Nation through a 
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement entered into under the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et 
seq.).
    ``(2) The assistance provided under paragraph (1) shall--
            ``(A) consist of assistance in site planning, resource 
        protection, interpretation, resource management actions, and 
        such other activities as may be identified in the grant, 
        contract, or cooperative agreement; and
            ``(B) include assistance with the development of a Navajo 
        facility to serve persons who seek to appreciate the Chacoan 
        Outlier Sites.''.




                                                        

Summary: Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 1995 - Designates eight new outlying areas as Chaco Culture Archaeological Protection Sites associated with Chacoan Anasazi Indian culture in the San Juan Basin and surrounding areas of New Mexico and Colorado. Expands the boundaries and removes or reduces the acreage of certain existing Sites. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) use a combination of land acquisition authority and cooperative agreements to protect archeological resources at such sites as remain in private ownership. And (2) assist the Navajo Nation in the protection and management of such Sites as are located on lands of the Navajos through a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.