(1) The Galisteo Basin and surrounding area of
New Mexico are the location of many well preserved
prehistoric and historic archaeological resources of
Native American and Spanish colonial cultures.
(2) These resources include the largest ruins of
Pueblo Indian settlements in the United States,
spectacular examples of Native American rock art,
and ruins of Spanish colonial settlements.
(3) These resources are threatened by natural
causes, urban development, vandalism, and uncon-
trolled excavations.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide
for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the
nationally significant archaeological resources in the
Galisteo Basin in New Mexico.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF GALISTEO BASIN ARCHAE-
OLOGICAL PROTECTION SITES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The archaeological sites listed in
subsection (b), as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Galisteo Basin Archaeological Protection Sites’’ and
dated May 1999, are hereby designated as the ‘‘Galisteo
Basin Archaeological Protection Sites’’.
(b) SITES DESCRIBED.—The archaeological sites re-
ferred to in subsection (a) consist of 26 sites in the
Galisteo Basin, New Mexico, totaling approximately 4,022
acres, as follows:
Name
Acres
Arroyo Hondo Pueblo ........................................................................
Burnt Corn Pueblo ............................................................................
110
Camino Real Site ...............................................................................
Chamisa Locita Pueblo ......................................................................
Comanche Gap Petroglyphs ...............................................................
768
Espinoso Ridge Site ...........................................................................
160
La Cienega Pueblo and Petroglyphs ..................................................
126
La Cienega Pithouse Village ..............................................................
179
La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs ................................................................
186
La Cieneguilla Pueblo ........................................................................
Lamy Pueblo ......................................................................................
Lamy Junction Site ...........................................................................
Las Huertas .......................................................................................
Pa’ako Pueblo ....................................................................................
Petroglyph Hill ...................................................................................
Pueblo Blanco ....................................................................................
533
Pueblo Colorado .................................................................................
120
Pueblo Galisteo/Las Madres ..............................................................
284
Pueblo Largo ......................................................................................
Pueblo She .........................................................................................
120
Rote Chert Quarry .............................................................................
San Cristobal Pueblo .........................................................................
390
San Lazaro Pueblo .............................................................................
416
San Marcos Pueblo ............................................................................
152
Tonque Pueblo ...................................................................................
Upper Arroyo Hondo Pueblo .............................................................
Total Acreage
4,022
(c) AVAILABILITY
OF MAP.—The Secretary shall
keep the map referred to in subsection (a) on file and
available for public inspection in appropriate offices in
New Mexico of the Bureau of Land Management and the
National Park Service.
(d) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary may
make minor adjustments to the boundaries of the archae-
ological protection sites by publishing notice thereof in the
Federal Register.
SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL SITES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—
(1) continue to search for additional Native
American and Spanish colonial sites in the Galisteo
Basin area of New Mexico; and
(2) within 3 years after the date funds are first
available to carry out this Act, and periodically
thereafter, submit to the Congress recommendations
for additions to, deletions from, and modifications of
the boundaries of sites included in, the list of ar-
chaeological protection sites in section 4(b).
(b) ADDITIONS ONLY BY STATUTE.—Additions to or
deletions from the list in section 3(b) may be made only
by an Act of Congress.
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer
Federal lands located within the archaeological protection
sites in accordance with this Act, the Archaeological Re-
sources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.),
the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), and other applicable laws,
in a manner that will protect, preserve, and maintain the
archaeological resources of those sites and provide for re-
search thereon.
(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Within 3 complete fiscal
years after the date funds are first made available
to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall prepare
and transmit to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on
Resources of the House of Representatives a general
management plan for the identification, research,
protection, and public interpretation of the archae-
ological resources of Federal lands located within the
archaeological protection sites and non-Federal lands
that are the subject of cooperative agreements under
section 6.
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall de-
velop the general management plan in consultation
with the Governor of New Mexico, the New Mexico
State Land Commissioner, affected Native American
pueblos, and other interested persons.
SEC. 6. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements
with the owners of non-Federal lands located within the
archaeological protection sites. The purposes of such an
agreement shall be to protect, preserve, maintain, and ad-
minister the archaeological resources and associated lands
of such a site. Where appropriate, such an agreement may
also provide for public interpretation of an archaeological
protection site.
SEC. 7. ACQUISITIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire lands
and interests therein within the boundaries of the archae-
ological protection sites, and access thereto, by donation,
purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or by ex-
change.
(b) CONSENT OF OWNER REQUIRED.—The Secretary
may acquire lands or interests therein under this section
only with the consent of the owner thereof.
(c) STATE LANDS.—The Secretary may acquire
under this section lands or interests therein owned by the
State of New Mexico or a political subdivision thereof only
by donation or exchange.
SEC. 8. WITHDRAWAL.
Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands
within the archaeological protection sites are hereby
withdrawn—
(1) from all forms of entry, appropriation, or
disposal under the public land laws;
(2) from location, entry, and patent under the
mining laws; and
(3) from disposition under all laws relating to
mineral and geothermal leasing.
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROTECTION SITE.—The
term ‘‘archaeological protection site’’ means any ar-
chaeological site designated as one of the Galisteo
Basin Archaeological Protection Sites by section 3.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
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