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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2359

To modify the boundaries of Walnut Canyon National Monument in the

State of Arizona.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

AUGUST 4 (legislative day, JULY 20), 1994

Mr. DECONCINI 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 1994’’.

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 to as 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 map entitled ‘‘Boundary Proposal—Walnut

19 Canyon National Monument, Coconino County, Arizona’’

20 numbered 360/80,008, and dated June 1994. Such map

21 shall be on file and available for public inspection in the

22 offices of the Director of the National Park Service, De23 partment 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 a 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’’, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535;

21 16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4), and for other purposes.

22 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

23 There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as

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

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