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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2052

To provide for disposal of certain public lands in support of the Manzanar

National Historic Site in the State of California, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 4, 1996

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To provide for disposal of certain public lands in support

of the Manzanar National Historic Site in the State

of California, 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. TERMINATION OF WITHDRAWALS OF CERTAIN

4 LANDS IN CALIFORNIA.

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

6 (1) the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish the

7 Manzanar National Historic Site in the State of

8 California, and for other purposes’’, approved March

9 3, 1992 (Public Law 102–248; 106 Stat. 40)—
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1 (A) provided for the protection and inter2 pretation of the historical, cultural, and natural

3 resources associated with the relocation of Jap4 anese-Americans during World War II and es5 tablished the Manzanar National Historic Site

6 in the State of California; and

7 (B) authorized the Secretary of the Inte8 rior to acquire lands and interests in land with9 in the boundaries of the Historic Site by dona10 tion, purchase with donated or appropriated

11 funds, or exchange; and

12 (2) the public lands identified for disposal in

13 the Bishop Resource Area Resource Management

14 Plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management

15 that could be made available for exchange in support

16 of acquiring lands within the boundaries of the His17 toric Site are currently unavailable for this purpose

18 because they are withdrawn from operation of the

19 public land laws by Act of Congress.

20 (b) TERMINATION OF WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to

21 subsection (c), to provide a land base with which to allow

22 land exchanges in support of acquiring lands within the

23 boundaries of the Manzanar National Historic Site, Cali24 fornia, the following lands, aggregating approximately

25 5,630 acres, shall not be subject to the Act of March 4,
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1 1931 (46 Stat. 1530, chapter 517), and the withdrawals

2 of the lands from operation of the public land laws are

3 terminated:

4 MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN

5 Township 2 North, Range 26 East

6 Section 7:

7 North half south half of lot 1 of southwest

8 quarter, north half south half of lot 2 of southwest

9 quarter, north half south half southeast quarter.

10 Township 4 South, Range 33 East

11 Section 31:

12 Lot 1 of southwest quarter, northwest quarter

13 northeast quarter, southeast quarter;

14 Section 32:

15 Southeast quarter northwest quarter, northeast

16 quarter southwest quarter, southwest quarter south17 east quarter.

18 Township 5 South, Range 33 East

19 Section 4:

20 West half of lot 1 of northwest quarter, west

21 half of lot 2 of northwest quarter;

22 Section 5:

23 East half of lot 1 of northeast quarter, east half

24 of lot 2 of northeast quarter;

25 Section 9:
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1 Northwest quarter southwest quarter northeast

2 quarter;

3 Section 17:

4 Southeast quarter northwest quarter, northwest

5 quarter southeast quarter;

6 Section 22:

7 Lots 1 and 2;

8 Section 27:

9 Lot 2, west half northeast quarter, southeast

10 quarter northwest quarter, northeast quarter south11 west quarter, northwest quarter southeast quarter;

12 Section 34:

13 Northeast quarter, northwest quarter, southeast

14 quarter.

15 Township 6 South, Range 31 East

16 Section 19:

17 East half northeast quarter southeast quarter.

18 Township 6 South, Range 33 East

19 Section 10:

20 East half southeast quarter;

21 Section 11:

22 Lots 1 and 2, west half northeast quarter,

23 northwest quarter, west half southwest quarter,

24 northeast quarter southwest quarter;

25 Section 14:
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1 Lots 1 through 4, west half northeast quarter,

2 southeast quarter northwest quarter, northeast quar3 ter southwest quarter, northwest quarter southeast

4 quarter.

5 Township 7 South, Range 32 East

6 Section 23:

7 South half southwest quarter;

8 Section 25:

9 Lot 2, northeast quarter northwest quarter.

10 Township 7 South, Range 33 East

11 Section 30:

12 South half of lot 2 of northwest quarter, lots 1

13 and 2 of southwest quarter;

14 Section 31:

15 North half of lot 2 of northwest quarter, south16 east quarter northeast quarter, northeast quarter

17 southeast quarter.

18 Township 8 South, Range 33 East

19 Section 5:

20 Northwest quarter southwest quarter.

21 Township 13 South, Range 34 East

22 Section 1:

23 Lots 43, 46, and 49 through 51;

24 Section 2:
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1 North half northwest quarter southeast quarter

2 southeast quarter.

3 Township 11 South, Range 35 East

4 Section 30:

5 Lots 1 and 2, east half northwest quarter, east

6 half southwest quarter, and west half southwest

7 quarter southeast quarter;

8 Section 31:

9 Lot 8, west half west half northeast quarter,

10 east half northwest quarter, and west half southeast

11 quarter.

12 Township 13, South, Range 35 East

13 Section 18:

14 South half of lot 2 of northwest quarter, lots 1

15 and 2 of southwest quarter, southwest quarter

16 northeast quarter, northwest quarter southeast quar17 ter;

18 Section 29:

19 Southeast quarter northeast quarter, northeast

20 quarter southeast quarter.

21 Township 13 South, Range 36 East

22 Section 17:

23 Southwest quarter northwest quarter, southwest

24 quarter;

25 Section 18:
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1 South half of lot 1 of northwest quarter, lot 1

2 of southwest quarter, northeast quarter, southeast

3 quarter;

4 Section 19:

5 North half of lot 1 of northwest quarter, east

6 half northeast quarter, northwest quarter northeast

7 quarter;

8 Section 20:

9 Southwest quarter northeast quarter, northwest

10 quarter, northeast quarter southwest quarter, south11 east quarter;

12 Section 28:

13 Southwest quarter southwest quarter;

14 Section 29:

15 East half northeast quarter;

16 Section 33:

17 Northwest quarter northwest quarter, southeast

18 quarter northwest quarter.

19 Township 14 South, Range 36 East

20 Section 31:

21 Lots 1 and 2 of southwest quarter, southwest

22 quarter southeast quarter.

23 (c) AVAILABILITY OF LANDS.—The lands specified in

24 subsection (b) shall be open to operation of the public land

25 laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, after
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1 the Secretary of the Interior publishes a notice in the Fed2 eral Register of the opening of the lands.

3 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL AREA IN MANZANAR NATIONAL HIS4 TORIC SITE.

5 Section 101(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to estab6 lish the Manzanar National Historic Site in the State of

7 California, and for other purposes’’, approved March 3,

8 1992 (Public Law 102–248; 106 Stat. 40), is amended

9 by inserting after the second sentence the following: ‘‘The

10 site shall also include an additional area of approximately

11 300 acres as demarcated as the new proposed boundaries

12 on the map dated March 8, 1996, and entitled ‘Manzanar

13 National Historic Site Archaeological Base Map’.’’

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