I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8446 
To provide greater conservation, recreation, economic development and local 
management of Federal lands in Garfield and Kane Counties, Utah. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 
Mr. STEWART introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide greater conservation, recreation, economic devel-
opment and local management of Federal lands in Gar-
field and Kane Counties, Utah. 
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 ‘‘Grand Staircase 
Escalante Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Establishment of Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve. 
Sec. 5. Withdrawals. 
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Sec. 6. Map and legal description. 
Sec. 7. Grand Staircase National Monument. 
Sec. 8. Kaiparowits National Monument. 
Sec. 9. Escalante Canyons National Monument. 
Sec. 10. Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve, Grand Staircase Na-
tional Monument, Kaiparowits National Monument, and 
Escalante Canyons National Monument Management Council. 
Sec. 11. Federal land manager adherence. 
Sec. 12. Clarification. 
Sec. 13. Restoration of land status. 
Sec. 14. Hole in the Rock Road. 
Sec. 15. Effect on proclamations. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MANAGEMENT COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Man-
agement Council’’ means the council established 
under section 10. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF ESCALANTE CANYONS NA-
TIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
within the Escalante Canyons National Monument the 
‘‘Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve’’ in the 
State of Utah. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of Escalante 
Canyons National Park and Preserve are as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘llll’’, numbered 
lll, and dated llll. The map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service. 
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(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Escalante Can-
yons National Park and Preserve shall be to protect, con-
serve, and enhance in the Escalante Canyons National 
Park and Preserve— 
(1) the unique and nationally important his-
toric, natural, scenic, and natural resources; 
(2) recreation, including hunting; and 
(3) grazing. 
SEC. 5. WITHDRAWALS. 
Subject to valid existing rights, any Federal land 
within the Escalante Canyons National Park and Pre-
serve, including any land or interest in land that is ac-
quired by the United States after the date of enactment 
of this Act, is withdrawn from— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
SEC. 6. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
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Natural Resources of the Senate a map and legal descrip-
tion of the Escalante Canyons National Park and Pre-
serve. 
(b) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal de-
scription submitted under this section shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the 
Secretary may make minor modifications of any clerical 
or typographical errors in the map or legal description 
provided these changes are first reported to the State of 
Utah, Garfield and Kane Counties in Utah, and the Man-
agement Council. 
SEC. 7. GRAND STAIRCASE NATIONAL MONUMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Federal land comprising approximately 
211,983 acres, identified as ‘‘Grand Staircase Unit’’ and 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Grand Staircase- 
Escalante National Monument Modification’’ is hereby es-
tablished as the ‘‘Grand Staircase National Monument’’. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Grand Staircase 
National Monument shall be to protect, conserve, and en-
hance the monument’s— 
(1) unique and nationally important historic, 
scenic, and natural resources; 
(2) recreation, including hunting; and 
(3) grazing. 
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(c) MAP.— 
(1) As soon as practicable after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate a map and 
legal description of the Grand Staircase National 
Monument established in this section. 
(2) The map and legal description submitted 
under this section shall have the same force and ef-
fect as if included in this title, except that the Sec-
retary may make minor modification of any clerical 
or typographical errors in the map or legal descrip-
tion provided these changes are first reported to the 
State of Utah, Kane County, Utah, and the Manage-
ment Council. 
(3) A copy of the map and legal description 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the appropriate field offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
SEC. 8. KAIPAROWITS NATIONAL MONUMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Federal land comprising approximately 
551,117 acres, identified as ‘‘Kaiparowits Unit’’ and gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Grand Staircase- 
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Escalante National Monument Modification’’ is hereby es-
tablished as the ‘‘Kaiparowits National Monument’’. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Kaiparowits Na-
tional Monument shall be to protect, conserve, and en-
hance the monument’s— 
(1) unique and nationally important historic, 
scenic, and natural resources; 
(2) recreation, including hunting; and 
(3) grazing. 
(c) MAP.— 
(1) As soon as practicable after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate a map and 
legal description of the Kaiparowits National Monu-
ment established in this section. 
(2) The map and legal description submitted 
under this section shall have the same force and ef-
fect as if included in this title, except that the Sec-
retary may make minor modification of any clerical 
or typographical errors in the map or legal descrip-
tion provided these changes are first reported to the 
State of Utah, Kane and Garfield Counties, Utah, 
and the Management Council. 
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