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Union Calendar No. 445
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4697
[Report No. 103–799]
To modify the boundaries of Walnut Canyon National Monument in the
State of Arizona.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 30, 1994
Ms. ENGLISH of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Natural Resources
OCTOBER 3, 1994
Additional sponsors: Mr. PASTOR, Mr. COPPERSMITH, Mr. STUMP, Mr. KYL,
and Mr. KOLBE
OCTOBER 3, 1994
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To modify the boundaries of Walnut Canyon National
Monument in the State of Arizona.
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 ‘‘Walnut Canyon Na-
tional Monument Boundary Modification Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that:
(1) Walnut Canyon National Monument was es-
tablished for the preservation and interpretation of
certain settlements and land use patterns associated
with the prehistoric Sinaguan culture of northern
Arizona.
(2) Major cultural resources associated with the
purposes of Walnut Canyon National Monument are
near the boundary and are currently managed under
multiple-use objectives of the adjacent national for-
est. These concentrations of cultural resources, often
referred to as ‘‘forts’’, would be more effectively
managed as part of the National Park System.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to modify
the boundaries of the Walnut Canyon National Monument
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘national monu-
ment’’) to improve management of the national monument
and associated resources.
SEC. 3. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.
Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the
boundaries of the national monument shall be modified as
depicted on map entitled ‘‘Boundary Proposal—Walnut
Canyon National Monument, Coconino County, Arizona’’
numbered 360/80,008, and dated June 1994 depicted on
the map entitled ‘‘Boundary Proposal—Walnut Canyon
National Monument, Coconino County, Arizona’’, num-
bered 360/80,011, and dated September 1994. Such map
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the
offices of the Director of the National Park Service, De-
partment of the Interior.
SEC. 4. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire
lands and interest in lands within the national monument,
by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds,
or exchange. Federal property within the boundaries of the
national monument (as modified by this Act) is hereby
transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Interior for management as part of the na-
tional monument. Federal property excluded from the
monument pursuant to the boundary modification under
section 3 is hereby transferred to the administrative juris-
diction of the Secretary of Agriculture to be managed as
a part of the Coconino National Forest.
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service, shall manage the na-
tional monument in accordance with this Act and the pro-
visions of law generally applicable to units of the National
Park Service, including ‘‘An Act to establish a National
Park Service, and for other purposes’’ approved August 25,
1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4), and for other pur-
poses.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.