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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4840 

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 

A BILL 

To modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National 

Monument, 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 ‘‘Casa Grande Ruins 

5 National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Casa Grande Ruin Reservation was set 

9 aside on March 2, 1889, proclaimed as the Nation’s 


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1 first archeological preserve on June 22, 1892, and 

2 redesignated as Casa Grande Ruins National Monu3 ment on August 3, 1918. 

4 (2) Casa Grande Ruins National Monument 

5 protects one of the finest architectural examples of 

6 13th Century Hohokam culture in the American 

7 Southwest known to early Spanish explorers as the 

8 ‘‘Great House’’. 

9 (3) Casa Grande is only part of the story of 

10 this ancient town that may have covered 2 square 

11 miles. 

12 (4) Recent surveys and research have deter13 mined that the area of the Great House and the vil14 lage surrounding it extends beyond the current 

15 monument boundary. 

16 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this Act: 

18 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en19 titled ‘‘Proposed Casa Grande Ruins Boundary 

20 Modification’’, numbered 300–120,734, and dated 

21 May 2013. 

22 (2) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ 

23 means the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument 

24 in the State. 


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1 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

4 of Arizona. 

5 SEC. 4. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE 

6 JURISDICTION OF LANDS. 

7 (a) ACQUISITION OF LANDS.—The Secretary is au8 thorized to acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase 

9 with donated or appropriated funds from willing owners 

10 only, the private or State lands or interests in lands gen11 erally depicted on the map, to be administered as part of 

12 the Monument. 

13 (b) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION

14 TO THE NPS.—The following Federal lands as generally 

15 depicted on the map are hereby withdrawn from all forms 

16 of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land 

17 laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; 

18 and operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leas19 ing laws and mineral materials laws, and administrative 

20 jurisdiction of such Federal lands is hereby transferred to 

21 the National Park Service to be administered as part of 

22 the Monument: 

23 (1) The approximately 3.8 acres of Federal 

24 land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage25 ment. 


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1 (2) The approximately 7.41 acres of Federal 

2 land administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

3 (c) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION

4 TO BIA.—Administrative jurisdiction of the approximately 

5 3.5 acres of Federal land administered by the National 

6 Park Service as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Lands 

7 to be Transferred to BIA’’ are hereby transferred to the 

8 Bureau of Indian Affairs for the purposes of the San Car9 los Irrigation Project. 

10 (d) ADMINISTRATION.—Upon acquisition or transfer 

11 of the lands identified in subsections (a) and (b), the Sec12 retary shall administer those lands as part of the Monu13 ment in accordance with the laws generally applicable to 

14 units of the National Park System, including applicable 

15 provisions of division A of subtitle I of title 54, United 

16 States Code. 

17 (e) BOUNDARY AND MAP UPDATE.— 

18 (1) TRANSFERS.—Upon completion of the 

19 transfers pursuant to subsection (b), the Secretary 

20 shall modify the boundary of the Monument accord21 ingly, and shall update the map to reflect such 

22 transfers. 

23 (2) ACQUISITIONS.—Upon completion of any of 

24 the acquisitions pursuant to subsection (a), the Sec25 retary shall modify the boundary of the Monument 


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1 accordingly, and shall update the map to reflect such 

2 acquisitions. 

3 (f) MAP ON FILE.—The map shall be on file and 

4 available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

5 National Park Service. 

6 (g) COMPENSATION.—As consideration for the acqui7 sition of State and private lands or interests in lands, un8 less such lands and interests in lands are donated, the Sec9 retary shall— 

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

11 (2) convey to the State and private land own12 ers, as the case may be, Federal lands, interest in 

13 Federal land, or any other Federal asset of equal 

14 value located in the State. 

15 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE TRUST LANDS. 

16 The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the 

17 State to provide for cooperative management of the ap18 proximately 200 acres of State trust lands generally de19 picted on the map. 

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