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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 279 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study to determine 

the suitability and feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of 

the National Park System. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2011 

Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. BENNET) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study 

to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing 

Camp Hale as a unit of the National Park System. 

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 ‘‘Camp Hale Study 

5 Act’’. 


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•S 279 IS

1 SEC. 2. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY OF THE SUITABILITY 

2 AND FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING CAMP 

3 HALE AS A UNIT OF THE NATIONAL PARK 

4 SYSTEM. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, act6 ing through the Director of the National Park Service, 

7 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall complete 

8 a special resource study of Camp Hale to determine— 

9 (1) the suitability and feasibility of designating 

10 Camp Hale as a separate unit of the National Park 

11 System; and 

12 (2) the methods and means for the protection 

13 and interpretation of Camp Hale by the National 

14 Park Service, other Federal, State, or local govern15 ment entities or private or nonprofit organizations. 

16 (b) STUDY REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 

17 conduct the study in accordance with section 8(c) of Pub18 lic Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)). 

19 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

20 on which funds are made available to carry out this Act, 

21 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural 

22 Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com23 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

24 a report containing— 

25 (1) the results of the study; and 

26 (2) any recommendations of the Secretary. 


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1 SEC. 3. EFFECT OF STUDY. 

2 Nothing in this Act shall affect valid existing rights 

3 or the exercise of such rights, including— 

4 (1) all interstate water compacts in existence on 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act (including full 

6 development of any apportionment made in accord7 ance with the compacts); 

8 (2) water rights decreed at the Camp Hale site 

9 or flowing within, below, or through the Camp Hale 

10 site; 

11 (3) water rights in the State of Colorado; 

12 (4) water rights held by the United States; 

13 (5) the management and operation of any res14 ervoir, including the storage, management, release, 

15 or transportation of water; and 

16 (6) the ability, subject to compliance with law17 ful existing local, State, and Federal regulatory re18 quirements, to construct and operate that infrastruc19 ture determined necessary by those with decreed 

20 water rights to develop and place to beneficial use 

21 such rights. 

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