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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3704 
To establish the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area in the Coconino 
National Forest, Arizona, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2013 
Mrs. KIRKPATRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area in 
the Coconino National Forest, Arizona, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sedona-Red Rock Na-
tional Scenic Area Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. SEDONA-RED ROCK NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, 
COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST, ARIZONA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Coconino National Forest, Arizona, the Sedona-Red Rock 
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National Scenic Area (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Scenic Area’’) for the purposes of— 
(1) limiting exchanges of land involving Na-
tional Forest System land included in the Scenic 
Area; and 
(2) managing the National Forest System land 
included in the Scenic Area as provided in the land 
and resource management plan for the Coconino Na-
tional Forest. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Scenic Area shall consist of 
approximately 160,000 acres of National Forest System 
land in the Coconino National Forest, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Sedona-Red Rocks National 
Scenic Area’’ and dated June 7, 2010. The Scenic Area 
shall not include any land located outside the boundaries 
of the Coconino National Forest. 
(c) MAP AND BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and boundary 
description of the Scenic Area with the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate. The map and boundary description shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, except 
that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical 
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errors in the map and description. The map and boundary 
description shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall administer the Scenic Area in accordance with this 
Act, the land and resource management plan for the 
Coconino National Forest (including any subsequent 
amendment or revision of the plan), and the laws and reg-
ulations generally applicable to the National Forest Sys-
tem. In the event of conflict between this Act and such 
other laws and regulations, this Act shall take precedence. 
(e) RESTRICTION
ON SCENIC AREA LAND EX-
CHANGES.—With regard to acquisitions of land for public 
purposes, land exchanges that dispose of National Forest 
System land included in the Scenic Area may occur only 
if— 
(1) the exchange results in the acquisition of 
land within the boundaries of the Scenic Area from 
a willing seller for inclusion in the Scenic Area; 
(2) there is no net loss of National Forest Sys-
tem land within the boundaries of the Scenic Area; 
and 
(3) an environmental analysis in accordance 
with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and consistent with the ap-
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plicable forest plan amendment is completed before 
any land exchange within the boundaries of the Sce-
nic Area. 
(f) DEPOSIT
OF CONSIDERATION FROM CERTAIN 
LAND SALES; USE.— 
(1) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—Moneys received 
by the Secretary of Agriculture from the sale or ex-
change of land located in the Coconino National 
Forest shall be deposited in the fund established by 
Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the Sisk 
Act; 16 U.S.C. 484a). 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding the limi-
tations on the use of moneys deposited in the fund 
established by Public Law 90–171, moneys deposited 
under paragraph (1) shall be available for use by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, without further appropria-
tion and until expended, for the acquisition of land 
or interests in land within the National Forest Sys-
tem in Arizona. 
(g) NO EFFECT ON SURROUNDING LAND, ROADS, OR 
EASEMENTS.—The establishment of the Scenic Area does 
not affect— 
(1) the maintenance or use of public, private, or 
Forest Service roads within the Scenic Area; 
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