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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4066 
To provide for the conveyance of certain land to the United States and 
to revise the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Okla-
homa, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2004 
Mr. COLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the conveyance of certain land to the United 
States and to revise the boundary of Chickasaw National 
Recreation Area, Oklahoma, 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 ‘‘Chickasaw National 
Recreation Area Land Exchange Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) By provision 64 of the agreement between 
the United States and the Choctaws and Chickasaws
dated March 21, 1902 (32 Stat. 641, 655–56), ap-
proved July 1, 1902, 640 acres of property were 
ceded to the United States for the purpose of cre-
ating Sulphur Springs Reservation, later known as 
Platt National Park, to protect water and other re-
sources and provide public access. 
(2) In 1976, Platt National Park, the Arbuckle 
Recreation Area, and additional lands were com-
bined to create Chickasaw National Recreation Area 
to protect and expand water and other resources as 
well as to memorialize the history and culture of the 
Chickasaw Nation. 
(3) More recently, the Chickasaw Nation has 
expressed interest in establishing a cultural center 
inside or adjacent to the park. 
(4) The Chickasaw National Recreation Area’s 
Final Amendment to the General Management Plan 
(1994) found that the best location for a proposed 
Chickasaw Nation Cultural Center is within the 
Recreation Area’s existing boundary and that the se-
lected cultural center site should be conveyed to the 
Chickasaw Nation in exchange for land of equal 
value. 
(5) The land selected to be conveyed to the 
Chickasaw Nation holds significant historical and
cultural connections to the people of the Chickasaw 
Nation. 
(6) The City of Sulphur, Oklahoma, is a key 
partner in this land exchange through its donation 
of land to the Chickasaw Nation for the purpose of 
exchange with the United States. 
(7) The City of Sulphur, Oklahoma, has con-
veyed fee simple title to the non-Federal land de-
scribed as Tract 102–26 to the Chickasaw Nation by 
Warranty Deed. 
(8) The National Park Service, the Chickasaw 
Nation, and the City of Sulphur, Oklahoma, have 
signed a preliminary agreement to effect a land ex-
change in order to allow the construction of a cul-
tural center and to further protect the watershed 
and riparian resources of the park. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author-
ize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the land conveyance and 
trust acquisition in accordance with the terms and condi-
tions of this Act. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the Chickasaw National Recreational Area
lands and interests therein, identified as Tract 102– 
25 on the Map. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the lands and interests therein, 
formerly owned by the City of Sulphur, Oklahoma, 
and currently owned by the Chickasaw Nation, lo-
cated adjacent to the existing boundary of Chicka-
saw National Recreation Area and identified as 
Tract 102–26 on the Map. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Proposed Land Exchange and Boundary Re-
vision, Chickasaw National Recreation Area’’, dated 
September 8, 2003, and numbered 107/800035a. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. CHICKASAW NATIONAL RECREATION AREA LAND 
CONVEYANCE. 
(a) LAND CONVEYANCE.—Not later then 6 months 
after the Chickasaw Nation conveys all right, title, and 
interest in and to the non-Federal land to the United 
States, the Secretary shall take the Federal land into trust 
for the benefit of the Chickasaw Nation. 
(b) EQUAL VALUE OF LANDS.—The value of the 
Federal land and the non-Federal land shall be of approxi-
mately equal value, as determined by the Secretary
through an appraisal performed by a qualified appraiser 
and in conformance with the Uniform Appraisal Stand-
ards for Federal Land Acquisitions. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
the land conveyance and trust acquisition authorized 
under subsection (a) shall not take place until the comple-
tion of all items included in the Preliminary Exchange 
Agreement among the City of Sulphur, the Chickasaw Na-
tion, and the National Park Service, executed on July 16, 
2002. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Upon 
the conveyance of the non-Federal land to the Secretary 
pursuant to this Act, the non-Federal land shall become 
part of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area and the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) manage such land in accordance with the 
Act of August 25, 1916 (ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535), and 
the other laws, rules, and regulations applicable to 
the National Park System; and 
(2) revise the boundary of Chickasaw National 
Recreation Area to reflect the acquisition. 
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