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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 601
To ensure the continued access of hunters to those Federal lands included
within the boundaries of the Craters of the Moon National Monument
in the State of Idaho pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 7373 of
November 9, 2000, and to continue the applicability of the Taylor Graz-
ing Act to the disposition of grazing fees arising from the use of such
lands, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 2001
Mr. SIMPSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To ensure the continued access of hunters to those Federal
lands included within the boundaries of the Craters of
the Moon National Monument in the State of Idaho
pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 7373 of November
9, 2000, and to continue the applicability of the Taylor
Grazing Act to the disposition of grazing fees arising
from the use of such lands, 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. SPECIAL MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR
FEDERAL LANDS RECENTLY ADDED TO CRA-
TERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT,
IDAHO.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Presidential Proclamation 7373 of Novem-
ber 9, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 69221), expanded the
boundaries of the Craters of the Moon National
Monument in the State of Idaho to include approxi-
mately 661,287 additional acres of Federal lands
and interests in lands (in this section referred to as
the ‘‘expansion area’’).
(2) Before the inclusion of the expansion area
in the national monument, these Federal lands were
open to hunting consistent with the laws of the State
of Idaho and grazing consistent with the Act of June
28, 1934 (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.; commonly known
as the Taylor Grazing Act).
(3) The proclamation contained the expressed
intent to neither enlarge nor diminish the jurisdic-
tion of the State of Idaho with respect to fish and
wildlife management in the expansion area and stat-
ed that the laws, regulations, and policies followed
by the Bureau of Land Management in issuing and
administering grazing permits or leases on lands
under its jurisdiction would continue to apply.
(4) However, the proclamation also gave the
National Park Service primary management author-
ity over a portion of the expansion area under the
same laws and regulations that applied to the na-
tional monument before November 9, 2000, and
these laws and regulations prohibit hunting and
raise concerns regarding the future disposition of
grazing fees arising from the use of the expansion
area.
(b) CONTINUED ACCESS FOR HUNTING.—Those por-
tions of the expansion area that were open for hunting
before the issuance of Presidential Proclamation 7373 of
November 9, 2000, shall remain open to hunting under
the jurisdiction and laws of the State of Idaho notwith-
standing the addition of the expansion area to the Craters
of the Moon National Monument.
(c) DISPOSITION OF GRAZING FEES.—The Act of
June 28, 1934 (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.; commonly known
as the Taylor Grazing Act), shall continue to apply to the
disposition of grazing fees arising from the use of the ex-
pansion area notwithstanding the addition of the expan-
sion area to the Craters of the Moon National Monument.
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