Calendar No. 303

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 562

[Report No. 104–199]

AN ACT

National Monument in the State of Arizona.

To modify the boundaries of Walnut Canyon

DECEMBER 22, 1995

Reported without amendment
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Calendar No. 303

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 562

[Report No. 104–199]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 15, 1995

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

DECEMBER 22, 1995

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment

AN ACT

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

5 National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

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

3 (1) Walnut Canyon National Monument was es4 tablished for the preservation and interpretation of

5 certain settlements and land use patterns associated

6 with the prehistoric Sinaguan culture of northern

7 Arizona.

8 (2) Major cultural resources associated with the

9 purposes of Walnut Canyon National Monument are

10 near the boundary and are currently managed under

11 multiple-use objectives of the adjacent national for12 est. These concentrations of cultural resources, often

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

14 managed as part of the National Park System.

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

16 the boundaries of the Walnut Canyon National Monument

17 (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘national monu18 ment’’) to improve management of the national monument

19 and associated resources.

20 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.

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

22 boundaries of the national monument shall be modified as

23 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Boundary Proposal—Wal24 nut Canyon National Monument, Coconino County, Ari25 zona’’, numbered 360/80,010, and dated September 1994.

26 Such map shall be on file and available for public inspec-
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1 tion in the offices of the Director of the National Park

2 Service, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the

3 Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture,

4 is authorized to make technical and clerical corrections to

5 such map.

6 SEC. 4. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.

7 The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire

8 lands and interest in lands within the national monument,

9 by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds,

10 or exchange. Federal property within the boundaries of the

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

12 transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Sec13 retary of the Interior for management as part of the na14 tional monument. Federal property excluded from the

15 monument pursuant to the boundary modification under

16 section 3 is hereby transferred to the administrative juris17 diction of the Secretary of Agriculture to be managed as

18 a part of the Coconino National Forest.

19 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

20 The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di21 rector of the National Park Service, shall manage the na22 tional monument in accordance with this Act and the pro23 visions of law generally applicable to units of the National

24 Park Service, including ‘‘An Act to establish a National
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1 Park Service, and for other purposes’’ approved August

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

3 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such

5 sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.

Passed the House of Representatives March 14,

1995.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.