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Union Calendar No. 129
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2385
[Report No. 107–215]
To convey certain property to the city of St. George, Utah, in order to
provide for the protection and preservation of certain rare paleontological
resources on that property, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2001
Mr. HANSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
SEPTEMBER 24, 2001
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 28, 2001]
A BILL
To convey certain property to the city of St. George, Utah,
in order to provide for the protection and preservation
of certain rare paleontological resources on that property,
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 ‘‘Virgin River Dinosaur
Footprint Preserve Act’’.
SEC. 2. VIRGIN RIVER DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT PRESERVE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANT TO PURCHASE FOOT-
PRINT PRESERVE.—As soon as is practicable after the date
of the enactment of this Act, if the City agrees to the condi-
tions set forth in subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior
may award to the City a grant equal to the lesser of
$500,000 or the fair market value of up to 10 acres of land
(and all related facilities and other appurtenances thereon)
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Virgin
River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve’’, numbered 09/06/
2001–A, for purchase of that property.
(b) CONDITIONS OF GRANT.—The grant under sub-
section (a) shall be made only after the City agrees to the
following conditions:
(1) USE OF LAND.—The City shall use the Vir-
gin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve in a manner
that accomplishes the following:
(A) Preserves and protects the paleontolog-
ical resources located within the exterior bound-
aries of the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint
Preserve.
(B) Provides opportunities for scientific re-
search in a manner compatible with subpara-
graph (A).
(C) Provides the public with opportunities
for educational activities in a manner compat-
ible with subparagraph (A).
(2) REVERTER.—If at any time after the City
acquires the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Pre-
serve, the Secretary determines that the City is not
substantially in compliance with the conditions de-
scribed in paragraph (1), all right, title, and interest
in and to the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Pre-
serve shall immediately revert to the United States,
with no further consideration on the part of the
United States, and such property shall then be under
the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the
Interior.
(3) CONDITIONS TO BE CONTAINED IN DEED.—
If the City attempts to transfer title to the Virgin
River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve (in whole or in
part), the conditions set forth in this subsection shall
transfer with such title and shall be enforceable
against any subsequent owner of the Virgin River Di-
nosaur Footprint Preserve (in whole or in part).
(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND ASSISTANCE.—
(1) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary
shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the City
for the management of the Virgin River Dinosaur
Footprint Preserve by the City.
(2) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may provide to
the City—
(A) financial assistance, if the Secretary de-
termines that such assistance is necessary for
protection of the paleontological resources located
within the exterior boundaries of the Virgin
River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve; and
(B) technical assistance to assist the City in
complying with subparagraphs (A) through (C)
of subsection (b)(1).
(3) ADDITIONAL GRANTS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to
funds made available under subsection (a)
and paragraph (2) of this subsection, the
Secretary may provide grants to the City to
carry out its duties under the cooperative
agreement entered into under paragraph
(1).
(B) LIMITATION
ON
AMOUNT; 
RE-
QUIRED
NON-FEDERAL
MATCH.—Grants
under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed
$500,000 and shall be provided only to the
extent that the City matches the amount of
such grants with non-Federal contributions
(including in-kind contributions).
(d) MAP ON FILE.—The map shall be on file and avail-
able for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the
Department of the Interior.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, the
following definitions apply:
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of
St. George, Utah.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(3) VIRGIN
RIVER
DINOSAUR
FOOTPRINT
PRE-
SERVE.—The term ‘‘Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint
Preserve’’ means the property (and all facilities and
other appurtenances thereon) described in subsection
(a).
Union Calendar No. 129
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2385
[Report No. 107–215]
A BILL
To convey certain property to the city of St.
George, Utah, in order to provide for the protec-
tion and preservation of certain rare paleontolog-
ical resources on that property, and for other
purposes.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2001
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed