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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3421 

To remove use and disposal restrictions on property located in the City 

of Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 30, 2013 

Mrs. KIRKPATRICK (for herself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and Mr. 

FRANKS of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To remove use and disposal restrictions on property located 

in the City of Winslow, Navajo County, 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. REMOVAL OF USE AND DISPOSAL RESTRIC4 TIONS ON WINSLOW HOSPITALITY PARK. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds as follows: 

6 (1) According to the 2010 Census, the City of 

7 Winslow, located in Navajo County, is a rural com8 munity of 9,655 residents. 


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1 (2) The community is dependent on revenue 

2 from economic development and tourism to fund 

3 vital city services. 

4 (3) Winslow Hospitality Park, a 123-acre prop5 erty, has been owned by the City of Winslow since 

6 February 12, 1953, when the City gained title to the 

7 land from the Santa Fe Railroad. 

8 (4) The City received a Land and Water Con9 servation Grant on May 16, 1979, for $299,915 to 

10 match City funds for the purpose of developing the 

11 land into a golf course. 

12 (5) Over the next 23 years, the City spent 

13 $3,935,363 on managing, maintaining, and oper14 ating the golf course. 

15 (6) Due to poor turf growth and lack of patron16 age, course management became so costly and bur17 densome to the City that the golf course ceased op18 erations in 2003, while it remained open for public 

19 use. 

20 (7) The City signed an intergovernmental 

21 agreement with State of Arizona Outdoor Recreation 

22 Coordinating Commission that was subsequently ap23 proved by the Department of the Interior, through 

24 the National Park Service, as the administrator of 

25 the grant that stated that the City ‘‘shall be responVerDate Mar 15 2010 06:47 Nov 06, 2013 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3421.IH H3421

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1 sible for the operation and maintenance after com2 pletion of said project for a 25-year period of time 

3 as determined by the AORCC or the Director of the 

4 Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service as 

5 commensurate with the project fund investment and 

6 federal requirements, if any. Any term of mainte7 nance and operation of less than 25 years described 

8 by the participant must be approved by the AORCC 

9 and the Heritage Conservation Service’’. 

10 (8) In 2003, due to the failure of the golf 

11 course, the City inquired with Arizona State Parks, 

12 the successor agency to the Arizona Outdoor Recre13 ation Coordinating Commission, regarding how to 

14 terminate the 25-year agreement one year early and 

15 the National Park Service informed the City for the 

16 first time that the land must be used ‘‘in per17 petuity’’ for public recreation contrary to the origi18 nal intergovernmental agreement which the National 

19 Park Service had approved. 

20 (9) The National Park Service stated the only 

21 way to release the lien on the land was to donate to 

22 the Federal Government land of equal or greater 

23 value. 

24 (10) The City of Winslow owns title to the land 

25 known as Winslow Hospitality Park and should not 


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1 have to donate additional land to the Federal Gov2 ernment to use land that it already owns for non3 public purposes, especially when the City was never 

4 informed of the ‘‘in perpetuity’’ maintenance re5 quirement during its performance of the intergovern6 mental agreement. 

7 (11) The estimated value of this land according 

8 to a February 2, 2011, appraisal is $211,000. 

9 (12) Using this land for non-public purposes 

10 would financially enable the City by encouraging de11 velopment without any cost to the Federal Govern12 ment. 

13 (b) REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS.—Notwithstanding 

14 section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund 

15 Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–8(f)(3)), the approximately 

16 123 acres of land located in the City of Winslow, Navajo 

17 County, Arizona, and designated as the ‘‘Winslow Hospi18 tality Park’’, may be disposed of or used for purposes 

19 other than public recreation. 

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