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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5651 

To revise the boundary of the Fort Bowie National Historic Site, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 20, 2006 

Mr. KOLBE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Resources 

A BILL 

To revise the boundary of the Fort Bowie National Historic 

Site, 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 ‘‘Fort Bowie National 

5 Historic Site Boundary Revision Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 

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

8 (1) Fort Bowie, established in 1862— 


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1 (A) was the focal point of military oper2 ations against Geronimo and his band of 

3 Apaches; and 

4 (B) the site of the Bascom Affair, a wagon 

5 train massacre, and the battle of Apache Pass, 

6 where under the direction of Mangus Colorados 

7 and Cochise a large force of Chiricahua Apache 

8 fought the California Volunteers. 

9 (2) Fort Bowie National Historic Site was es10 tablished by Congress on August 30, 1964— 

11 (A) to preserve the adobe walls of various 

12 post buildings and the ruins of the Butterfield 

13 Stage Station; and 

14 (B) to commemorate the story of the bitter 

15 conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and 

16 the United States military. 

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

18 the boundary of Fort Bowie National Historic Site in 

19 order to— 

20 (1) protect and interpret the site of the 

21 Bascom-Cochise Affair; 

22 (2) protect and interpret the site where Geron23 imo and approximately 37 warriors, women, and 

24 children surrendered to General Nelson A. Miles; 


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1 (3) provide greater opportunities for visitor un2 derstanding of the complete story of Fort Bowie; 

3 and 

4 (4) protect the cultural landscape of the site. 

5 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY OF FORT BOWIE NATIONAL HISTORIC 

6 SITE. 

7 The first section of the Act of August 30, 1964 (78 

8 Stat. 681), is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘That the’’ and inserting the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 1. (a) The’’; 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘this Act: Provided,’’ and all 

13 that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘this 

14 Act.’’; and 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub16 section: 

17 ‘‘(b) The boundary of the Fort Bowie National His18 toric Site is modified to include the approximately 715 

19 acres generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Fort Bowie 

20 National Historic Site, Proposed Boundary Revision’, 

21 numbered 424/80,017, and dated lllllll. The 

22 map shall be on file and available for inspection in the 

23 appropriate offices of the National Park Service, Depart24 ment of the Interior.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. QUILLIAN WELL ROAD ACCESS. 

2 Section 4 of the Act of August 30, 1964 (78 Stat. 

3 681), is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating section 4 as section 5; and 

5 (2) by inserting after section 3 the following 

6 new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 4. The National Park Service shall allow public 

8 access on the Quillian Well Road to adjacent Bureau of 

9 Land Management property in accordance with applicable 

10 National Park Service laws and regulations.’’. 

11 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION. 

12 Section 5 of the Act of August 30, 1964 (78 Stat. 

13 681), as redesignated by section 4 of this Act, is amended 

14 to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 5. There is authorized to be appropriated such 

16 sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.’’. 

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