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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6493 
To establish the boundary of the Curecanti National Recreation Area, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2010 
Mr. SALAZAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the boundary of the Curecanti National 
Recreation Area, 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 ‘‘Curecanti National 
Recreation Area Boundary Establishment Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Since 1965, the National Park Service has 
been co-managing the Curecanti National Recreation 
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Area under agreements with the Bureau of Reclama-
tion. 
(2) The Curecanti National Recreation Area 
has never been legislatively established. 
(3) Public Law 106–76 directed the National 
Park Service to conduct a study to assess the nat-
ural, cultural, recreational, and scenic resources 
within and surrounding Curecanti National Recre-
ation Area, and to identify and recommend a variety 
of alternatives and tools to protect those resource 
values and the character of the land. 
(4) The Curecanti National Recreation Area in-
cludes an abundance of natural, historic, and ar-
cheological features in a setting of canyons, pin-
nacles, cliffs, and mesas, offering the public opportu-
nities for recreation and reflection within its scenic 
landscape. 
(5) The National Park Service, in cooperation 
with the Bureau of Reclamation, completed the 
Curecanti Resource Protection Study/EIS, and pre-
pared a Report to Congress, October 2009, which 
recommends that Congress pass enabling legislation 
for the National Recreation Area. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL RECREATION 
AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer 
the national recreation area in accordance with this Act, 
the cooperative agreements described in this section, and 
with laws and regulations generally applicable to units of 
the National Park System, including the National Park 
Service Organic Act (39 Stat. 535, 16 U.S.C. 1). 
(b) DAM, POWER PLANT, AND RESERVOIR MANAGE-
MENT AND OPERATIONS.—Nothing in this Act shall affect 
or interfere with the authority of the Secretary under— 
(1) the National Reclamation Act (Public Law 
57–161; Stat. 388), as amended and supplemented, 
to operate the Uncompahgre Valley Reclamation 
Project; or 
(2) Public Law 84–485, as amended and sup-
plemented, to operate the Wayne N. Aspinall Unit of 
the Colorado River Storage Project. 
(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter 
into, or modify existing, management agreements in-
volving the National Park Service, the Bureau of 
Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management, or 
the Forest Service to manage Federal lands within 
the boundary of the national recreation area. 
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(2) STATE LANDS.—The Secretary may enter 
into cooperative management agreements for any 
lands administered by the State of Colorado that are 
within or adjacent to the national recreation area, 
pursuant to the cooperative management authority 
found in section 802(a) of the National Parks Omni-
bus Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105– 
391). 
(d) RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 
shall allow boating, boating-related activities, hunting, and 
fishing within the national recreation area in accordance 
with applicable Federal and State laws. The Secretary 
may designate zones where, and establish periods when, 
no boating, hunting, or fishing shall be permitted for rea-
sons of public safety. 
(e) CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITY AREA.—Within 
the boundaries of the conservation opportunity area estab-
lished under this Act, the Secretary is authorized to ac-
quire lands, or interests in lands, including conservation 
easements from willing sellers, and to provide technical as-
sistance to landowners in order to conserve resources and 
values identified as important to the national recreation 
area on lands that are outside but adjacent to the national 
recreation area. 
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(f) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all Federal lands within the national recreation area are 
withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or dis-
posal under the public land laws; from location, entry, and 
patent under the mining laws; and from disposition under 
all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing, and 
all amendments thereto. 
(g) GRAZING.— 
(1) STATE OR PRIVATE LANDS.—On State or 
private lands acquired for the national recreation 
area on which authorized grazing is occurring on the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the lessee, may allow the continuation 
of grazing on the land by the lessee at the time of 
acquisition, subject to applicable law (including reg-
ulations). 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—Where grazing is allowed 
on land that is Federal land on the date of the en-
actment of this section and is located within the 
boundary of the national recreation area, the Sec-
retary is authorized to allow the continuation of 
such grazing unless the Secretary determines that 
grazing would harm the resources or values of the 
national recreation area. 
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(3) TERMINATION OF LEASES.—Nothing in this 
section shall prohibit the Secretary from accepting 
the voluntary termination of leases or permits for 
grazing within the national recreation area. 
SEC. 6. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND BOUNDARY MAN-
AGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to ac-
quire from willing sellers lands, or interests in lands, with-
in the boundary of the national recreation area or the con-
servation opportunity area necessary for effective manage-
ment of the national recreation area. Lands acquired with-
in the conservation opportunity area shall be added to the 
national recreation area and the boundary of the national 
recreation area shall be adjusted accordingly. 
(b) ACQUISITION.—Lands identified in subsection (a) 
may be acquired by donation, purchase with donated or 
appropriated funds, transfer from another Federal agency, 
or exchange. Lands or interests in lands owned by the 
State of Colorado, or a political subdivision thereof, may 
only be acquired by donation or exchange. 
(c) EXCHANGES.—For purposes of management effi-
ciency and expanded recreational opportunities, the Sec-
retary is authorized to conduct land exchanges with the 
Secretary of Agriculture and between the National Park 
Service and the Bureau of Land Management. 
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(d) TRANSFER
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
JURISDIC-
TION.—The Secretary of Agriculture and the Bureau of 
Land Management shall transfer, without consideration, 
administrative jurisdiction for lands to be added to the 
national recreation area, as shown on the map, to the Na-
tional Park Service. The boundary of the Gunnison Na-
tional Forest shall be modified to reflect the transfer of 
administrative jurisdiction from the Secretary of Agri-
culture. 
SEC. 7. GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date on which funds are made available to carry out this 
Act, the National Park Service, in consultation with the 
Bureau of Reclamation, shall prepare a general manage-
ment plan for the national recreation area. 
(b) INCLUSIONS.—The general management plan 
shall include, at a minimum— 
(1) measures for the preservation of the re-
sources of the national recreation area; 
(2) requirements for the type and extent of de-
velopment and use of the national recreation area; 
(3) identification of visitor carrying capacities 
for the national recreation area; and 
(4) opportunities for involvement by the Bureau 
of Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management, 
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the Forest Service, the State of Colorado, and other 
local and national entities in the formulation of edu-
cational and recreational programs for the national 
recreation area and for developing and supporting 
the national recreation area. 
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