I
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4819
To revise the boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National
Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in the State
of Colorado, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2002
Mr. MCINNIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To revise the boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison
National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conserva-
tion Area in the State of Colorado, and for other pur-
poses.
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 ‘‘Black Canyon of the
Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National
Conservation Area Boundary Revision Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL
PARK BOUNDARY REVISION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 4(a) of the Black
Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison
Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999 (16 U.S.C.
410fff–2(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘There is hereby established’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) BOUNDARY REVISION.—The boundary of
the Park is revised to include the addition of not
more than 2,725 acres, as depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
and Gunnison Gorge NCA Boundary Modifications’
and dated January 22, 2002.’’.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 4(b) of the Black
Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison
Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999 (16 U.S.C.
410fff–2(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Upon’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) LAND TRANSFER.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL LAND.—On the date of
enactment of the Black Canyon of the Gunni-
son National Park and Gunnison Gorge Na-
tional Conservation Area Boundary Revision
Act of 2002, the Secretary shall transfer the
land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of
Land Management identified as ‘Tract C’ on
the map described in subsection (a)(2) to the
administrative jurisdiction of the National Park
Service for inclusion in the Park.
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall’’.
SEC. 3. GRAZING PRIVILEGES AT BLACK CANYON OF THE
GUNNISON NATIONAL PARK.
Section 4(e) of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison
National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation
Area Act of 1999 (16 U.S.C. 410fff–2(e)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B)
and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec-
tively; and
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A)
the following:
‘‘(B) TRANSFER.—If land authorized for
grazing under subparagraph (A) is exchanged
for private land under this Act, the Secretary
shall transfer any grazing privileges to the pri-
vate land acquired in the exchange in accord-
ance with this section.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as
subparagraph (D);
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A)
the following:
‘‘(B) with respect to the permit or lease
issued to LeValley Ranch Ltd., a partnership,
for the lifetime of the 2 limited partners as of
October 21, 1999;
‘‘(C) with respect to the permit or lease
issued to Sanburg Herefords, L.L.P., a partner-
ship, for the lifetime of the 2 general partners
as of October 21, 1999; and’’; and
(D) in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated
by subparagraph (B))—
(i) by striking ‘‘partnership, corpora-
tion, or’’ in each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘corporation or’’; and