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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 517 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  Union Calendar No. 29

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 517

                          [Report No. 104-56]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend title V of Public Law 96-550, designating the Chaco Culture 
        Archeological Protection Sites, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           February 28, 1995

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

                                                  Union Calendar No. 29
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 517

                          [Report No. 104-56]

 To amend title V of Public Law 96-550, designating the Chaco Culture 
        Archeological Protection Sites, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 1995

Mr. Richardson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

                           February 28, 1995

                    Additional sponsor: Mr. Hayworth

                           February 28, 1995

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To amend title V of Public Law 96-550, designating the Chaco Culture 
        Archeological Protection Sites, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 501(b) of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii(b)) is amended 
by striking ``San Juan Basin;'' and inserting in lieu thereof, ``San 
Juan Basin and surrounding areas;''.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONS TO CHACO CULTURE ARCHEOLOGICAL PROTECTION SITES.

    Subsection 502(b) of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii-1(b)) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) Thirty-nine outlying sites as generally depicted on a map 
entitled `Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites', numbered 310/
80,033-B and dated September 1991, are hereby designated as `Chaco 
Culture Archeological Protection Sites'. The thirty-nine archeological 
protection sites totaling approximately 14,372 acres identified as 
follows:

``Name:                                                           Acres
        Allentown..............................................     380
        Andrews Ranch..........................................     950
        Bee Burrow.............................................     480
        Bisa'ani...............................................     131
        Casa del Rio...........................................      40
        Casamero...............................................     160
        Chimney Rock...........................................   3,160
        Coolidge...............................................     450
        Dalton Pass............................................     135
        Dittert................................................     480
        Great Bend.............................................      26
        Greenlee Ruin..........................................      60
        Grey Hill Spring.......................................      23
        Guadalupe..............................................     115
        Halfway House..........................................      40
        Haystack...............................................     565
        Hogback................................................     453
        Indian Creek...........................................     100
        Jaquez.................................................      66
        Kin Nizhoni............................................     726
        Lake Valley............................................      30
        Manuelito-Atsee Nitsaa.................................      60
        Manuelito-Kin Hochoi...................................     116
        Morris 41..............................................      85
        Muddy Water............................................   1,090
        Navajo Springs.........................................     260
        Newcomb................................................      50
        Peach Springs..........................................   1,046
        Pierre's Site..........................................     440
        Raton Well.............................................      23
        Salmon Ruin............................................       5
        San Mateo..............................................      61
        Sanostee...............................................   1,565
        Section 8..............................................      10
        Skunk Springs/Crumbled House...........................     533
        Standing Rock..........................................     348
        Toh-la-kai.............................................      10
        Twin Angeles...........................................      40
        Upper Kin Klizhin......................................     60.
    ``(2) The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be kept on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service, the office of the State Director of the Bureau 
of Land Management located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the office of the 
Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs located in Window Rock, 
Arizona, and the offices of the Arizona and New Mexico State Historic 
Preservation Officers.''.

SEC. 4. ACQUISITIONS.

    Section 504(c)(2) of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii-3(c)(2)) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) The Secretary shall seek to use a combination of land 
        acquisition authority under this section and cooperative 
        agreements (pursuant to section 505) to accomplish the purposes 
        of archeological resource protection at those sites described 
        in section 502(b) that remain in private ownership.''.

SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO THE NAVAJO NATION.

    Section 506 of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii-5) is amended by 
adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:
    ``(f) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National 
Park Service, shall assist the Navajo Nation in the protection and 
management of those Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites 
located on lands under the jurisdiction of the Navajo Nation through a 
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Act (Public Law 93-638), as 
amended, to assist the Navajo Nation in site planning, resource 
protection, interpretation, resource management actions, and such other 
purposes as may be identified in such grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement. This cooperative assistance shall include assistance with 
the development of a Navajo facility to serve those who seek to 
appreciate the Chacoan Outlier Sites.''.
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