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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1399

To revise the boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National 

Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in the State 

of Colorado, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 20, 2003

Mr. MCINNIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Resources 

A BILL

To revise the boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison 

National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in the State of Colorado, 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 ‘‘Black Canyon of the 

5 Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National 

6 Conservation Area Boundary Revision Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL 

2 PARK BOUNDARY REVISION. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 4(a) of the Black 

4 Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison 

5 Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999 (16 U.S.C. 

6 410fff–2(a)) is amended—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘There is hereby established’’ 

8 and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(2) BOUNDARY REVISION.—The boundary of 

12 the Park is revised to include the addition of not 

13 more than 2,725 acres, as depicted on the map enti14 tled ‘Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park 

15 and Gunnison Gorge NCA Boundary Modifications’ 

16 and dated January 21, 2003.’’. 

17 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 4(b) of the Black 

18 Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison 

19 Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999 (16 U.S.C. 

20 410fff–2(b)) is amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘Upon’’ and inserting the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(1) LAND TRANSFER.—

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On’’; and 

25 (2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ and in26 serting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL LAND.—On the date of 

2 enactment of the Black Canyon of the Gunni3 son National Park and Gunnison Gorge Na4 tional Conservation Area Boundary Revision 

5 Act of 2003, the Secretary shall transfer the 

6 land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 

7 Land Management identified as ‘Tract C’ on 

8 the map described in subsection (a)(2) to the 

9 administrative jurisdiction of the National Park 

10 Service for inclusion in the Park. 

11 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. GRAZING PRIVILEGES AT BLACK CANYON OF THE 

13 GUNNISON NATIONAL PARK. 

14 Section 4(e) of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison 

15 National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation 

16 Area Act of 1999 (16 U.S.C. 410fff–2(e)) is amended—

17 (1) in paragraph (1)—

18 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

19 and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec20 tively; and 

21 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(B) TRANSFER.—If land authorized for 

24 grazing under subparagraph (A) is exchanged 

25 for private land under this Act, the Secretary 
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1 shall transfer any grazing privileges to the pri2 vate land acquired in the exchange in accord3 ance with this section.’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (3)—

5 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

6 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

7 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

8 subparagraph (D); 

9 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(B) with respect to the permit or lease 

12 issued to LeValley Ranch Ltd., a partnership, 

13 for the lifetime of the 2 limited partners as of 

14 October 21, 1999; 

15 ‘‘(C) with respect to the permit or lease 

16 issued to Sanburg Herefords, L.L.P., a partner17 ship, for the lifetime of the 2 general partners 

18 as of October 21, 1999; and’’; and 

19 (D) in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated 

20 by subparagraph (B))—

21 (i) by striking ‘‘partnership, corpora22 tion, or’’ in each place it appears and in23 serting ‘‘corporation or’’; and 
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A), (B), or 

3 (C)’’. 

4 SEC. 4. ACQUISITION OF LAND. 

5 (a) AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LAND.—Section 5(a)(1) 

6 of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and 

7 Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999 

8 (16 U.S.C. 410fff–3(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 

9 the map described in section 4(a)(2)’’ after ‘‘the Map’’. 

10 (b) METHOD OF ACQUISITION.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Land or interest in land ac12 quired under the amendments made by this Act shall 

13 be made in accordance with section 5(a)(2)(A) of the 

14 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and 

15 Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 

16 1999 (16 U.S.C. 410fff–3(a)(2)(A)). 

17 (2) CONSENT.—No land or interest in land may 

18 be acquired without the consent of the landowner. 

19 SEC. 5. GUNNISON GORGE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 

20 BOUNDARY REVISION. 

21 Section 7(a) of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison 

22 National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation 

23 Area Act of 1999 (16 U.S.C. 410fff–5(a)) is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is es25 tablished’’ and inserting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(2) BOUNDARY REVISION.—The boundary of 

5 the Conservation Area is revised to include the addi6 tion of not more than 7,100 acres, as depicted on 

7 the map entitled ‘Black Canyon of the Gunnison Na8 tional Park and Gunnison Gorge NCA Boundary 

9 Modifications’ and dated January 21, 2003.’’. 

10 SEC. 6. ACCESS TO WATER DELIVERY FACILITIES. 

11 The Commissioner of Reclamation shall retain ad12 ministrative jurisdiction over, and access to, land, facili13 ties, and roads of the Bureau of Reclamation in the East 

14 Portal area and the Crystal Dam area, as depicted on the 

15 map identified in section 4(a)(2) of the Black Canyon of 

16 the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge Na17 tional Conservation Area Act of 1999 (as added by section 

18 2(a)(2)) for the maintenance, repair, construction, re19 placement, and operation of any facilities relating to the 

20 delivery of water under the jurisdiction of the Bureau to 

21 users of the water (as of the date of enactment of this 

22 Act).

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