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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 214

To designate Fort Bayard Historic District in the State of New Mexico 

as a National Historic Landmark, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 23, 2003

Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. DOMENICI) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL

To designate Fort Bayard Historic District in the State 

of New Mexico as a National Historic Landmark, 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 Bayard National 

5 Historic Landmark Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds that—

8 (1) Fort Bayard, located in southwest New 

9 Mexico, was an Army post from 1866 until 1899, 
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1 and served an important role in the settlement of 

2 New Mexico; 

3 (2) among the troops stationed at the fort were 

4 several ‘‘Buffalo Soldier’’ units who fought in the 

5 Apache Wars; 

6 (3) following its closure as a military post, Fort 

7 Bayard was established by the War Department as 

8 general hospital for use as a military sanatorium; 

9 (4) in 1965 the State of New Mexico assumed 

10 management of the site and currently operates that 

11 Fort Bayard State Hospital; 

12 (5) the Fort Bayard historic site has been listed 

13 on the National Register of Historic Places in rec14 ognition of the national significance of its history, 

15 both as a military fort and as an historic medical fa16 cility. 

17 SEC. 3. FORT BAYARD NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. 

18 (a) DESIGNATION.—The Fort Bayard Historic Dis19 trict in Grant County, New Mexico, as listed on the Na20 tional Register of Historic Places, is hereby designated as 

21 the Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark. 

22 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—

23 (1) Consistent with the Department of the Inte24 rior’s regulations concerning National Historic 

25 Landmarks (36 C.F.R. part 65), designation of the 
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1 Fort Bayard Historic District as a National Historic 

2 Landmark shall not prohibit under Federal law or 

3 regulations any actions which may otherwise be 

4 taken by the property owner with respect to the 

5 property. 

6 (2) Nothing in this Act shall affect the adminis7 tration of the Fort Bayard Historic District by the 

8 State of New Mexico. 

9 SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 

11 with the State of New Mexico, may enter into cooperative 

12 agreements with appropriate public or private entities, for 

13 the purposes of protecting historic resources at Fort Bay14 ard and providing educational and interpretive facilities 

15 and programs for the public. The Secretary shall not enter 

16 into any agreement or provide assistance to any activity 

17 affecting Fort Bayard State Hospital without the concur18 rence of the State of New Mexico. 

19 (b) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

20 Secretary may provide technical and financial assistance 

21 with any entity with which the Secretary has entered into 

22 a cooperative agreement under subsection (a) in further23 ance of the agreement. 
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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as 

3 may be necessary to carry out this Act.

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