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Calendar No. 63

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 551

[Report No. 104–40]

To revise the boundaries of the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument

and the Craters of the Moon National Monument, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 14 (legislative day, MARCH 6), 1995

Mr. CRAIG introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

APRIL 7 (legislative day, APRIL 5), 1995

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment

A BILL

To revise the boundaries of the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument and the Craters of the Moon 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 ‘‘Idaho National Monu5 ment Boundary Revision Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. HAGERMAN FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT.

2 Section 302(a) of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation

3 Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 4576) is amended—

4 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) The Secretary’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘(a)(1) The Secretary’’; and

6 (2) by adding at the end the following new

7 paragraph:

8 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary is

9 authorized to acquire from willing sellers, by donation, ex10 change, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds,

11 not more than 65 acres outside the boundary depicted on

12 the map referred to in section 301(b) for the purpose of

13 developing the acquired lands and operating research, in14 formation, interpretive, and administrative facilities.

15 Lands acquired and facilities developed under this para16 graph shall be administered by the Secretary as part of

17 the monument. The boundary of the monument shall be

18 modified to include the lands added under this paragraph

19 as a noncontiguous parcel.’’.

20 SEC. 3. CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of Craters of the

22 Moon National Monument, Idaho, is revised to add ap23 proximately 210 acres and to delete approximately 315

24 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Craters

25 of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, Proposed 1987

26 Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 131–80,008, and dated
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1 October 1987, which shall be on file and available for pub2 lic inspection in the Office of the National Park Service

3 of the Department of the Interior.

4 (b) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The Secretary of the

5 Interior is authorized to acquire from willing sellers, by

6 donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or appro7 priated funds, land and interests in land within the bound8 ary described in subsection (a).

9 (c) LAND OUTSIDE BOUNDARY.—Land and interests

10 in land that were inside the boundary of Craters of the

11 Moon National Monument prior to the boundary revisions

12 made by this section and that are not inside the boundary

13 after the revisions, shall be administered by the Secretary

14 of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management

15 in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Manage16 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).

17 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

18 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec19 essary to carry out this section.
Calendar No. 63

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 551

[Report No. 104–40]

A BILL

To revise the boundaries of the Hagerman Fossil

poses.Moon National Monument, and for other purBeds National Monument and the Craters of the

APRIL 7 (legislative day, APRIL 5), 1995

Reported without amendment