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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1826
To establish the Saguaro National Park and to authorize the expansion
of the boundaries of the Tucson Mountain District of the Saguaro
National Park, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 22, 1993
Mr. KOLBE
(for himself, Mr. STUMP, Mr. KYL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr.
COPPESRSMITH, and Ms. ENGLISH of Arizona) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To establish the Saguaro National Park and to authorize
the expansion of the boundaries of the Tucson Mountain
District of the Saguaro National Park, 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 ‘‘Saguaro National Park
Establishment and Expansion Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that the area
generally adjacent to and contiguous with the Tucson
Mountain District of the Saguaro National Monument
contains—
(1) prime Sonoran desert habitat including an
exceptionally rich area of Saguaro cactus and palo
verde uplands;
(2) important public access points;
(3) important archaeological and cultural sites;
and
(4) important habitat for the desert tortoise,
gila monster, javelina, and other species of reptiles,
mammals, and birds.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author-
ize the addition of approximately lll acres to the Tuc-
son Mountain District and to establish the Saguaro Na-
tional Monument as a national park in order to protect,
preserve, and interpret its resources and provide for the
education, benefit, and access of the public.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAGUARO NATIONAL
PARK AND EXPANSION OF TUCSON MOUN-
TAIN DISTRICT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Saguaro National Monu-
ment is hereby redesignated as the Saguaro National Park
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘park’’).
(b) EXPANSION OF TUCSON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.—
The boundaries of the Tucson Mountain District of the
park are hereby revised to include the approximately
lll acres of lands and interests in land, generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘lll’’, numbered lll,
and dated lll. The map shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the offices of the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior.
(c) FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR MONUMENT.—Any funds
available for purposes of the Saguaro National Monument
shall be available for purposes of the park.
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall admin-
ister the park in accordance with this Act and the Act
entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Service, and
for other purposes’’, approved August 25, 1916 (16
U.S.C. 1 et seq.).
(b) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing rights,
Federal lands within the park are withdrawn from disposi-
tion under the public land laws and from location, entry,
and patent under the mining laws of the United States,
from the operation of the mineral leasing laws of the Unit-
ed States, and from operation of the Geothermal Steam
Act of 1970.
SEC. 5. ACQUISITION OF LAND.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may ac-
quire land or interests in land within the boundaries of
the park by donation, purchase with donated or appro-
priated funds, or exchange.
(b) TRANSFERS FROM OTHER AGENCIES.—Lands,
and interests in lands, within the boundaries of the park
which are administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment are hereby transferred without reimbursement to the
administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service.
Any Federal property located within the boundaries of the
park which is under the administrative jurisdiction of an-
other department or agency of the United States may,
with the concurrence of the head of the administering de-
partment or agency, be transferred without reimburse-
ment to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary
for the purposes of the park.
(c) STATE LANDS.—Lands, and interests in lands,
within the boundaries of the park which are owned by the
State of Arizona or any political subdivision thereof, may
be acquired only by donation or purchase with donated
or appropriated funds.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
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