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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 231

To modify the boundaries of Walnut Canyon National Monument in the

State of Arizona.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 17 (legislative day, JANUARY 10), 1995

Mr. KYL (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) introduced the following bill; which

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

Resources

A BILL

To modify the boundaries of Walnut Canyon National

Monument in the State of Arizona.

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 ‘‘Walnut Canyon Na5 tional Monument Boundary Modification Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

7 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that:

8 (1) Walnut Canyon National Monument was es9 tablished for the preservation and interpretation of

10 certain settlements and land use patterns associated
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1 with the prehistoric Sinaguan culture of northern

2 Arizona.

3 (2) Major cultural resources associated with the

4 purposes of Walnut Canyon National Monument are

5 near the boundary and are currently managed under

6 multiple-use objectives of the adjacent national for7 est. These concentrations of cultural resources, often

8 referred to as ‘‘forts’’, would be more effectively

9 managed as part of the National Park System.

10 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to modify

11 the boundaries of the Walnut Canyon National Monument

12 (hereafter in this Act referred as to the ‘‘national monu13 ment’’) to improve management of the national monument

14 and associated resources.

15 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.

16 Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the

17 boundaries of the national monument shall be modified as

18 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Boundary Proposal—Wal19 nut Canyon National Monument, Coconino County, Ari20 zona’’, numbered 360/80,011, and dated September 1994.

21 Such map shall be on file and available for public inspec22 tion in the offices of the Director of the National Park

23 Service, Department of the Interior.
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1 SEC. 4. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.

2 The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire

3 lands and interest in lands within the national monument,

4 by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds,

5 or exchange. Federal property within the boundaries of the

6 national monument (as modified by this Act) is hereby

7 transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Sec8 retary of the Interior for management as part of the na9 tional monument. Federal property excluded from the

10 monument pursuant to the boundary modification under

11 section 3 is hereby transferred to the administrative juris12 diction of the Secretary of Agriculture to be managed as

13 part of the Coconino National Forest.

14 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

15 The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di16 rector of the National Park Service, shall manage the na17 tional monument in accordance with this Act and the pro18 visions of law generally applicable to units of the National

19 Park Service, including ‘‘An Act to establish a National

20 Park Service, and for other purposes’’ approved August

21 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4).

22 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

23 There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as

24 may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

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