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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1093

To establish the Galisteo Basin Archaeological Protection Sites, to provide

for the protection of archaeological sites in the Galisteo Basin of New

Mexico, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 20, 1999

Mr. BINGAMAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To establish the Galisteo Basin Archaeological Protection

Sites, to provide for the protection of archaeological sites

in the Galisteo Basin of New Mexico, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Galisteo Basin Archae5 ological Protection Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 (a) The Congress finds the following:
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1 (1) The Galisteo Basin and surrounding area of

2 New Mexico is the location of many well preserved

3 prehistoric and historic archaeological resources of

4 Native American and Spanish colonial cultures;

5 (2) These resources include the largest ruins of

6 Pueblo Indian settlements in the United States,

7 spectacular examples of Native American rock art,

8 and ruins of Spanish colonial settlements; and

9 (3) These resources are being threatened by

10 natural causes, urban development, vandalism, and

11 uncontrolled excavations.

12 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide

13 for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the

14 nationally significant archaeological resources in the

15 Galisteo Basin in New Mexico.

16 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF GALISTEO BASIN ARCHAE17 OLOGICAL PROTECTION SITES.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The archaeological sites listed in

19 subsection (b), as generally depicted on a map entitled

20 ‘‘Galisteo Basin Archaeological Protection Sites,’’ and

21 dated May 1999, are hereby designated as ‘‘Galisteo Basin

22 Archaeological Protection Sites’’ (in this Act referred to

23 as the ‘‘archaeological protection sites’’).

24 (b) SITES DESCRIBED.—The archaeological sites re25 ferred to in subsection (a) consist of 26 sites in the
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1 Galisteo Basin, New Mexico, totaling approximately 4022

2 acres, as follows:

Name Acres

Arroyo Hondo Pueblo ........................................................................ 21

Burnt Corn Pueblo ............................................................................ 110

Camino Real Site ............................................................................... 1

Chamisa Locita Pueblo ...................................................................... 40

Comanche Gap Petroglyphs ............................................................... 768

Espinoso Ridge Site ........................................................................... 160

La Cienega Pueblo & Petroglyphs ..................................................... 126

La Cienega Pithouse Village .............................................................. 179

La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs ................................................................ 186

La Cieneguilla Pueblo ........................................................................ 12

Lamy Pueblo ...................................................................................... 30

Lamy Junction Site ........................................................................... 65

Las Huertas ....................................................................................... 20

Pa’ako Pueblo .................................................................................... 29

Petroglyph Hill ................................................................................... 90

Pueblo Blanco .................................................................................... 533

Pueblo Colorado ................................................................................. 120

Pueblo Galisteo/Las Madres .............................................................. 284

Pueblo Largo ...................................................................................... 60

Pueblo She ......................................................................................... 120

Rote Chert Quarry ............................................................................. 1

San Cristobal Pueblo ......................................................................... 390

San Lazaro Pueblo ............................................................................. 416

San Marcos Pueblo ............................................................................ 152

Tonque Pueblo ................................................................................... 97

Upper Arroyo Hondo Pueblo ............................................................. 12

Total Acreage ............................................................................. 4022

3 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Secretary shall

4 keep the map referred to in subsection (a) on file for pub5 lic inspection in appropriate offices in New Mexico of the

6 Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Serv7 ice.

8 (d) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary may

9 make minor boundary adjustments by publishing notice

10 thereof in the Federal Register.
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1 SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL SITES.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (in

3 this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall—

4 (1) continue to search for additional Native

5 American and Spanish colonial sites in the Galisteo

6 Basin area of New Mexico; and

7 (2) submit to Congress, within three years after

8 the date funds become available and thereafter as

9 needed, his recommendations for additions to, dele10 tions from, and modifications of the boundaries of

11 the list of archaeological protection sites in section

12 4 of this Act.

13 (b) ADDITIONS ONLY BY STATUTE.—Additions to or

14 deletions from the list in section 3(b) shall be made only

15 by an Act of Congress.

16 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer

18 the archaeological protection sites, which are located on

19 Federal lands, in accordance with the provisions of this

20 Act, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979

21 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.), and the Native American

22 Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001

23 et seq.), and other applicable laws in a manner that will

24 protect, preserve, and maintain the archaeological re25 sources and provide for research thereon.

26 (b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Within three complete fiscal

2 years after the date funds are made available, the

3 Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the Com4 mittee on Energy and Resources of the United

5 States Senate and the Committee on Natural Re6 sources of the United States House of Representa7 tives, a general management plan for the identifica8 tion, research, protection, and public interpretation

9 of the archaeological protection sites located on Fed10 eral land and for those sites for which the Secretary

11 has entered into Cooperative Agreements regarding

12 sites that are located on private or state lands.

13 (2) CONSULTATION.—The plan shall be devel14 oped by the Secretary in consultation with the Gov15 ernor of New Mexico, the New Mexico State Land

16 Commissioner, affected Native American pueblos,

17 and other interested parties.

18 SEC. 6. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

19 The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative

20 agreements with the owners of non-Federal land with re21 gard to the inclusion of the archaeological protection sites

22 located on their property. The purposes of such an agree23 ment shall be to protect, preserve, maintain, and admin24 ister the archaeological resources and associated lands of

25 such a site. Where appropriate, such agreement may also
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1 provide for public interpretation of an archaeological pro2 tection site.

3 SEC. 7. ACQUISITIONS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to ac5 quire lands and interests therein within the boundaries of

6 the archaeological protection sites, and access thereto, by

7 donation, by purchase with donated or appropriated funds,

8 or by exchange.

9 (b) CONSENT OF OWNER REQUIRED.—The Secretary

10 may only acquire lands or interests therein within the con11 sent of the owner thereof.

12 (c) STATE LANDS.—The Secretary may acquire lands

13 or interests therein owned by the State of New Mexico

14 or a political subdivision thereof only by donation or ex15 change.

16 SEC. 8. WITHDRAWAL.

17 Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands

18 within the protection sites are hereby withdrawn—

19 (1) from all forms of entry, appropriation, or

20 disposal under the public land laws and all amend21 ments thereto;

22 (2) from location, entry, and patent under the

23 mining law and all amendments thereto; and
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1 (3) from disposition under all laws relating to

2 mineral and geothermal leasing, and all amendments

3 thereto.

4 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.

5 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums

6 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this

7 act.

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