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Calendar No. 40

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 226

[Report No. 104–19]

To designate additional land as within the Chaco Culture Archeological

Protection Sites, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 13 (legislative day, JANUARY 10), 1995

Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. BINGAMAN) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and

Natural Resources

MARCH 27, 1995

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment

A BILL

To designate additional land as within the Chaco Culture

Archeological Protection Sites, 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 ‘‘Chacoan Outliers

5 Protection Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

2 Section 501(b) of Public Law 96–550 (16 U.S.C.

3 410ii(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘San Juan Basin;’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘San Juan Basin and surrounding areas;’’.

5 SEC. 3. ADDITIONS TO CHACO CULTURE ARCHEOLOGICAL

6 PROTECTION SITES.

7 Subsection 502(b) of Public Law 96–550 (16 U.S.C.

8 410ii–1(b)) is amended to read as follows:

9 ‘‘(b)(1) Thirty-nine outlying sites as generally de10 picted on a map entitled ‘Chaco Culture Archeological

11 Protection Sites’, numbered 310/80,033–B and dated Sep12 tember 1991, are designated as ‘Chaco Culture Archeolog13 ical Protection Sites’. The 39 archeological protection sites

14 totaling approximately 14,372 acres are identified as

15 follows:

‘‘Name: Acres:

Allentown ................................................................................. 380

Andrews Ranch ........................................................................ 950

Bee Burrow .............................................................................. 480

Bisa’ani .................................................................................... 131

Casa del Rio ............................................................................. 40

Casamero ................................................................................. 160

Chimney Rock .......................................................................... 3,160

Coolidge .................................................................................... 450

Dalton Pass .............................................................................. 135

Dittert ...................................................................................... 480

Great Bend .............................................................................. 26

Greenlee Ruin .......................................................................... 60

Grey Hill Spring ...................................................................... 23

Guadalupe ................................................................................ 115

Halfway House ......................................................................... 40

Haystack .................................................................................. 565

Hogback ................................................................................... 453

Indian Creek ............................................................................ 100

Jaquez ...................................................................................... 66

Kin Nizhoni .............................................................................. 726

Lake Valley .............................................................................. 30

Manuelito-Atsee Nitsaa ............................................................ 60
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‘‘Name: Acres:

Manuelito-Kin Hochoi .............................................................. 116

Morris 41 ................................................................................. 85

Muddy Water ........................................................................... 1,090

Navajo Springs ........................................................................ 260

Newcomb .................................................................................. 50

Peach Springs .......................................................................... 1,046

Pierre’s Site ............................................................................. 440

Raton Well ............................................................................... 23

Salmon Ruin ............................................................................ 5

San Mateo ................................................................................ 61

Sanostee ................................................................................... 1,565

Section 8 .................................................................................. 10

Skunk Springs/Crumbled House .............................................. 533

Standing Rock .......................................................................... 348

Toh-la-kai ................................................................................. 10

Twin Angeles ............................................................................ 40

Upper Kin Klizhin ................................................................... 60.

1 ‘‘(2) The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be—

2 ‘‘(A) kept on file and available for public in3 spection in—

4 ‘‘(i) appropriate offices of the National

5 Park Service;

6 ‘‘(ii) the office of the State Director of the

7 Bureau of Land Management in Santa Fe, New

8 Mexico; and

9 ‘‘(iii) the office of the Area Director of the

10 Bureau of Indian Affairs in Window Rock, Ari11 zona; and

12 ‘‘(B) made available for the purposes described

13 in subparagraph (A) to the offices of the Arizona

14 and New Mexico State Historic Preservation Offi15 cers.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

2 Section 503 of Public Law 96–550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii–

3 2) is amended by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this title as

4 the ‘Secretary’)’’ after ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’.

5 SEC. 5. LAND ACQUISITIONS.

6 Section 504(c)(2) of Public Law 96–550 (16 U.S.C.

7 410ii–3(c)(2)) is amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall seek to use a combination

9 of land acquisition authority under this section and coop10 erative agreements under section 505 to protect archeolog11 ical resources at such sites described in section 502(b) as

12 remain in private ownership.’’.

13 SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE TO THE NAVAJO NATION.

14 Section 506 of Public Law 96–550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii–

15 5) is amended by adding at the end the following new sub16 section:

17 ‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary, acting through the Director of

18 the National Park Service, shall assist the Navajo Nation

19 in the protection and management of such Chaco Culture

20 Archeological Protection Sites as are located on lands

21 under the jurisdiction of the Navajo Nation through a

22 grant, contract, or cooperative agreement entered into

23 under the Indian Self-Determination and Education As24 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).

25 ‘‘(2) The assistance provided under paragraph (1)

26 shall—
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1 ‘‘(A) consist of assistance in site planning, re2 source protection, interpretation, resource manage3 ment actions, and such other activities as may be

4 identified in the grant, contract, or cooperative

5 agreement; and

6 ‘‘(B) include assistance with the development of

7 a Navajo facility to serve persons who seek to appre8 ciate the Chacoan Outlier Sites.’’.
Calendar No. 40

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 226

[Report No. 104–19]

A BILL

To designate additional land as within the Chaco

other purposes.Culture Archeological Protection Sites, and for

MARCH 27, 1995

Reported without amendment