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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2497 

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

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 25, 2013 

Mrs. KIRKPATRICK (for herself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, and Mr. 

GRIJALVA) 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 2013’’. 

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 

10 first archeological preserve on June 22, 1892, and 


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1 redesignated as Casa Grande Ruins National Monu2 ment on August 3, 1918. 

3 (2) Casa Grande Ruins National Monument 

4 protects one of the finest architectural examples of 

5 13th Century Hohokam culture in the American 

6 Southwest known to early Spanish explorers as the 

7 ‘‘Great House’’. 

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

9 this ancient town that may have covered 2 square 

10 miles. 

11 (4) Recent surveys and research have deter12 mined that the area of the Great House and the vil13 lage surrounding it extends beyond the current 

14 monument boundary. 

15 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this Act: 

17 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en18 titled ‘‘Proposed Casa Grande Ruins Boundary 

19 Modification’’, numbered 303/100,934, and dated 

20 January 2010. 

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

22 means the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument 

23 in the State of Arizona. 

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

25 the Secretary of the Interior. 


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

2 of Arizona. 

3 SEC. 4. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE 

4 JURISDICTION OF LANDS. 

5 (a) ACQUISITION OF LANDS.—The Secretary is au6 thorized to acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase 

7 with donated or appropriate funds from willing owners 

8 only, the private or State lands or interests in lands gen9 erally depicted on the map, to be administered as part of 

10 the Monument. 

11 (b) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION

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

13 depicted on the map are hereby withdrawn from all forms 

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

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

16 and operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leas17 ing laws and mineral materials laws, and administrative 

18 jurisdiction of such Federal lands is hereby transferred to 

19 the National Park Service to be administered as part of 

20 the Monument: 

21 (1) The approximately 3.8 acres of Federal 

22 land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage23 ment. 


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1 (2) The approximately 7.41 acres of Federal 

2 land of administered by the Bureau of Indian Af3 fairs. 

4 (c) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION

5 TO BIA.—Administrative jurisdiction of the approximately 

6 3.5 acres of Federal land administered by the National 

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

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

9 Bureau of Indian Affairs for the purposes of the San Car10 los Irrigation Project. 

11 (d) ADMINISTRATION.—Upon acquisition or transfer 

12 of the lands identified in subsections (a) and (b), the Sec13 retary shall administer those lands as part of the Monu14 ment in accordance with the laws generally applicable to 

15 units of the National Park System, including— 

16 (1) the National Park Service Organic Act (16 

17 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and 

18 (2) the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 

19 et seq.). 

20 (e) BOUNDARY AND MAP UPDATE.— 

21 (1) TRANSFERS.—Upon completion of the 

22 transfers pursuant to subsection (b), the Secretary 

23 shall modify the boundary of the Monument accord24 ingly, and shall update the map to reflect such 

25 transfers. 


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

2 the acquisitions pursuant to subsection (a), the Sec3 retary shall modify the boundary of the Monument 

4 accordingly, and shall update the map to reflect such 

5 acquisitions. 

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

7 available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

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

9 (g) COMPENSATION.—As consideration for the acqui10 sition of State and private lands or interests in lands, un11 less such lands and interests in lands are donated, the Sec12 retary shall— 

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

14 (2) convey to the State of Arizona and private 

15 land owners, as the case may be, Federal lands, in16 terest in Federal land, or any other Federal asset of 

17 equal value located in the State of Arizona. 

18 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE TRUST LANDS. 

19 The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the 

20 State to provide for cooperative management of the ap21 proximately 200 acres of State trust lands generally de22 picted on the map. 

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