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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 326

To amend the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000 to adjust 

the boundary of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area and to 

extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance 

under that Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 25, 2005

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

Committee on Resources 

A BILL

To amend the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act 

of 2000 to adjust the boundary of the Yuma Crossing 

National Heritage Area and to extend the authority of 

the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance under 

that Act.

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

3 SECTION 1. YUMA CROSSING NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA 

4 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

5 Section 3(b) of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage 

6 Area Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 106–

7 319; 114 Stat. 1281) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall be com2 prised generally of the riverfront and downtown areas. 

3 More specifically, the boundaries shall be as follows: 

4 ‘‘A boundary with a true point of beginning and in5 clusive of a section of land located at Township 8 South, 

6 Range 22 West, Section 19 and excepting therefrom par7 cels 108–16–004 and 108–16–002 and said boundary be8 ginning at the northwest section corner in alignment with 

9 the north right-of-way line of the Colorado River Levee 

10 and thence westerly along the north right-of-way line of 

11 the Colorado River Levee a distance of 15,840 ft (+/-) 

12 to the point of intersection of the north right-of-way line 

13 of the Colorado River Levee and the centerline of Quechan 

14 Road/Penitentiary Avenue, thence southerly along the cen15 terline of Quechan Road/Penitentiary Avenue a distance 

16 of 1,320 ft (+/-) to the point of intersection of the center17 line of Quechan Road/Penitentiary Avenue and the north 

18 full bank line of the Colorado River, thence westerly along 

19 the north full bank line of the Colorado River a distance 

20 of 10,579 ft (+/-) to the point of intersection of the north 

21 full bank line of the Colorado River and the centerline of 

22 23rd Avenue, thence southerly along the centerline of 23rd 

23 Avenue a distance of 1,320 ft (+/-) to the point of inter24 section of the centerline of 23rd Avenue and the southern 

25 right-of-way line of the Yuma Valley Levee/Yuma Valley 
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1 Railroad right-of-way, thence easterly along the southern 

2 right-of-way line of the Yuma Valley Levee/Yuma Valley 

3 Railroad right-of-way a distance of 6,953 ft (+/-) to the 

4 point of intersection of the southern right-of-way line of 

5 the Yuma Valley Levee/Yuma Valley Railroad and the cen6 terline of Lovers Lane, thence southwesterly along the 

7 centerline of Lovers Lane a distance of 948 ft (+/-) to 

8 the point of intersection of the centerline of Lovers Lane 

9 and the centerline of First Street, thence easterly along 

10 the centerline of First Street a distance of 1,390 ft (+/

11 -) to the point of intersection of the centerline of First 

12 Street and the centerline of the alleyway mid-block be13 tween 1st and 2nd Avenues, thence southerly along the 

14 centerline of the alleyway mid-block between 1st and 2nd 

15 Avenues a distance of 2,030 ft (+/-) to the point of inter16 section of the centerline of the alleyway mid-block between 

17 1st and 2nd Avenues and the centerline of Giss Parkway, 

18 thence westerly along the centerline of Giss Parkway a dis19 tance of 190 ft (+/-) to the point of intersection of the 

20 centerline of Giss Parkway and the centerline of 2nd Ave21 nue, thence southerly along the centerline of 2nd Avenue 

22 a distance of 660 ft (+/-) to the point of intersection of 

23 the centerline of 2nd Avenue and the centerline of 4th 

24 Street, thence westerly along the centerline of 4th Street 

25 a distance of 570 ft (+/-) to the point of intersection of 
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1 the centerline of 4th Street and the centerline of the alley2 way between 3rd and 4th Avenues, thence southerly along 

3 the centerline of the alleyway between 3rd and 4th Ave4 nues a distance of 660 ft (+/-) to the point of intersection 

5 of the centerline of the alleyway between 3rd and 4th Ave6 nues and the centerline of 5th Street, thence westerly 

7 along the centerline of 5th Street a distance of 190 ft (+/

8 -) to the point of intersection of the centerline of 5th 

9 Street and the centerline of 4th Avenue, thence southerly 

10 along the centerline of 4th Avenue a distance of 660 ft 

11 (+/-) to the point of intersection of the centerline of 4th 

12 Avenue and the centerline of 6th Street, thence easterly 

13 along the centerline of 6th Street a distance of 190 ft (+/

14 -) to the point of intersection of the centerline of 6th 

15 Street and the centerline of the alleyway between 3rd and 

16 4th Avenues, thence southerly along the centerline of the 

17 alleyway a distance of 660 ft (+/-) to the point of intersec18 tion of the centerline of the alleyway between 3rd and 4th 

19 Avenues and the centerline of 7th Street, thence easterly 

20 along the centerline of 7th Street a distance of 190 ft (+/

21 -) to the point of intersection of the centerline of 7th 

22 Street and the centerline of 3rd Avenue, thence southerly 

23 along the centerline of 3rd Avenue a distance of 440 ft 

24 (+/-) to the point of intersection of the centerline of 3rd 

25 Avenue and the centerline of 8th Street, thence easterly 
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1 along the centerline of 8th Street a distance of 1,140 ft 

2 (+/-) to the point of intersection of the centerline of 8th 

3 Street and the centerline of Madison Avenue, thence 

4 northerly along the centerline of Madison Avenue a dis5 tance of 1,765 ft (+/-) to the point of intersection of the 

6 centerline of Madison Avenue and the centerline of 5th 

7 Street, thence easterly along the centerline of 5th Street 

8 a distance of 2,035 ft (+/-) to the point of intersection 

9 of the centerline of 5th Street and the centerline of the 

10 Union Pacific/Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way, 

11 thence north/northwesterly along the centerline of the 

12 Union Pacific/Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way a 

13 distance of 5,402 ft (+/-) to the point of intersection of 

14 the centerline of the Union Pacific/Southern Pacific Rail15 road right-of-way and the centerline of Prison Lane, 

16 thence east/southeasterly along the centerline of Prison 

17 Lane a distance of 535 ft (+/-) to the point of intersection 

18 of the centerline of Prison Lane and the southern right19 of-way line of the Gila River Levee, thence southeasterly 

20 along the southern right-of-way line of the Gila River 

21 Levee a distance of 3,320 ft (+/-) to a point, thence eas22 terly along the southern right-of-way line of the Gila River 

23 Levee a distance of 13,540 ft (+/-) to the southwest sec24 tion corner of Township 8 South, Range 22 West, Section 
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1 19, inclusive of the section and excepting therefrom the 

2 aforementioned parcels, as the true point of beginning.’’. 

3 SEC. 2. SUNSET EXTENSION. 

4 Section 7 of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage 

5 Area Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 106–

6 319; 114 Stat. 1284) is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘2020’’.

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