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Union Calendar No. 536 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4840 

[Report No. 116–652] 

To modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 23, 2019 

Mr. O’HALLERAN (for himself, Mr. GOSAR, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. 

SCHWEIKERT, Mr. STANTON, Mrs. LESKO, and Mr. GALLEGO) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 15, 2020 

Additional sponsor: Mr. GRIJALVA

DECEMBER 15, 2020 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 23, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National 

Monument, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Casa Grande Ruins Na5 tional Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1) Casa Grande Ruin Reservation was— 

9 (A) set aside on March 2, 1889; 

10 (B) proclaimed as the first archeological 

11 preserve in the Untied States on June 22, 1892; 

12 and 

13 (C) redesignated as ‘‘Casa Grande Ruins 

14 National Monument’’ on August 3, 1918; 

15 (2) Casa Grande Ruins National Monument pro16 tects one of the finest architectural examples of 14th 

17 Century Hohokam culture in the American Southwest 

18 known to early Spanish explorers as the ‘‘Great 

19 House’’; 

20 (3) Casa Grande is only part of the story of this 

21 ancient town that may have covered 2 square miles; 

22 and 

23 (4) recent surveys and research have determined 

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1 rounding it extends beyond the existing boundary of 

2 the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) BIA LAND.—The term ‘‘BIA land’’ means the 

6 approximately 7.41 acres of Federal land adminis7 tered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to be trans8 ferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Na9 tional Park Service, as generally depicted on the 

10 map. 

11 (2) BLM LAND PARCEL A.—The term ‘‘BLM 

12 land Parcel A’’ means the approximately 3.8 acres of 

13 Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land 

14 Management, for which administrative jurisdiction is 

15 to be transferred to the National Park Service, as gen16 erally depicted on the map. 

17 (3) BLM LAND PARCEL B.—The term ‘‘BLM 

18 land Parcel B’’ means the approximately 3.7 acres of 

19 Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land 

20 Management for which administrative jurisdiction is 

21 to be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, as 

22 generally depicted on the map. 

23 (4) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti24 tled ‘‘Casa Grande Ruins National Monument ProVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:48 Dec 15, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H4840.RH H4840

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1 posed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 303/ 

2 120,734B, and dated June 2020. 

3 (5) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ means 

4 the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in the 

5 State. 

6 (6) NPS LAND.—The term ‘‘NPS land’’ means 

7 the approximately 3.5 acres of Federal land adminis8 tered by the National Park Service, for which admin9 istrative jurisdiction is to be transferred to the Bu10 reau of Indian Affairs, as generally depicted on the 

11 map. 

12 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of the Interior. 

14 (8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

15 of Arizona. 

16 SEC. 4. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE 

17 JURISDICTION OF LANDS. 

18 (a) ACQUISITION OF LANDS.—The Secretary may ac19 quire by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or 

20 appropriated funds from willing owners only, lands or in21 terests in land generally depicted on the map as State land 

22 or private land, to be administered as part of the Monu23 ment. 

24 (b) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.— 


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1 (1) WITHDRAWAL.—The BIA land, BLM land 

2 parcel A and BLM land parcel B are withdrawn 

3 from— 

4 (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and 

5 disposal under the public land laws; 

6 (B) location, entry, and patent under the 

7 mining laws; and 

8 (C) operation of the mineral leasing and 

9 geothermal leasing laws and mineral materials 

10 laws. 

11 (2) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC12 TION.— 

13 (A) BLM LAND PARCEL A.—Administrative 

14 jurisdiction over the BLM land parcel A is 

15 transferred from the Bureau of Land Manage16 ment to the National Park Service. 

17 (B) BLM LAND PARCEL B.—Administrative 

18 jurisdiction over BLM land parcel B is trans19 ferred from the Bureau of Land Management to 

20 the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

21 (C) BIA LAND.—Administrative jurisdic22 tion over the BIA land is transferred from the 

23 Bureau of Indian Affairs to the National Park 

24 Service. 


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1 (D) NPS LAND.—Administrative jurisdic2 tion over the NPS land is transferred from the 

3 National Park Service to the Bureau of Indian 

4 Affairs. 

5 (c) ADMINISTRATION; BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.— 

6 Upon acquisition or transfer of land or an interest in land 

7 pursuant to subsection (a), and with respect to the lands 

8 transferred by subsection (b), the Secretary shall— 

9 (1) administer any acquired land or interest in 

10 land, and transferred to the administrative jurisdic11 tion of the National Park Service, as part of the 

12 Monument, in accordance with the laws generally ap13 plicable to units of the National Park System, includ14 ing applicable provisions of division A of subtitle I 

15 of title 54, United States Code; and 

16 (2) modify the boundary of the Monument to re17 flect the transfers of lands, and any acquired lands or 

18 interests in lands. 

19 (d) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 

20 and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of 

21 the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. 

22 (e) COMPENSATION.—Except in a case in which land 

23 or an interest in land is acquired by donation, as consider24 ation for the acquisition of land or an interest in land 

25 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 


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1 (1) pay fair market value for such lands; or 

2 (2) convey to the State convey to the State or 

3 private land owner, as applicable, Federal land or an 

4 interest in Federal land of equal value located in the 

5 State. 

6 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE TRUST LANDS. 

7 The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the 

8 State to provide for cooperative management by the Sec9 retary and the State of the approximately 200 acres of State 

10 land, as generally depicted on the map. 


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Union Calendar No. 536 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4840 

[Report No. 116–652] 

A BILL 

To modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins 

National Monument, and for other purposes. 

DECEMBER 15, 2020 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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