IIB 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2621 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 17, 2012 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To establish the Chimney Rock National Monument in the 
State of Colorado, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chimney Rock Na-
tional Monument Establishment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) NATIONAL
MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘na-
tional monument’’ means the Chimney Rock Na-
tional Monument established by section 3(a). 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Colorado. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHIMNEY ROCK NATIONAL 
MONUMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
State the Chimney Rock National Monument— 
(1) to preserve, protect, and restore the archeo-
logical, cultural, historic, geologic, hydrologic, nat-
ural, educational, and scenic resources of Chimney 
Rock and adjacent land; and 
(2) to provide for public interpretation and 
recreation consistent with the protection of the re-
sources described in paragraph (1). 
(b) BOUNDARIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The national monument 
shall consist of approximately 4,726 acres of land 
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and interests in land, as generally depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘Boundary Map, Chimney Rock Na-
tional Monument’’ and dated January 5, 2010. 
(2) MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary may 
make minor adjustments to the boundary of the na-
tional monument to reflect the inclusion of signifi-
cant archeological resources discovered after the 
date of the enactment of this Act on adjacent Na-
tional Forest System land. 
(3) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described 
in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
Forest Service. 
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) administer the national monument— 
(A) in furtherance of the purposes for 
which the national monument was established; 
and 
(B) in accordance with— 
(i) this Act; and 
(ii) any laws generally applicable to 
the National Forest System; and 
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(2) allow only such uses of the national monu-
ment that the Secretary determines would further 
the purposes described in section 3(a). 
(b) TRIBAL USES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-
ister the national monument in accordance with— 
(A) the Native American Graves Protection 
and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.); 
and 
(B) the policy described in Public Law 95– 
341 (commonly known as the ‘‘American Indian 
Religious Freedom Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 1996). 
(2) TRADITIONAL USES.—Subject to any terms 
and conditions the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary and in accordance with applicable law, the 
Secretary shall allow for the continued use of the na-
tional monument by members of Indian tribes— 
(A) for traditional ceremonies; and 
(B) as a source of traditional plants and 
other materials. 
(c) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary may 
carry out vegetation management treatments within the 
national monument, except that the harvesting of timber 
shall only be used if the Secretary determines that the har-
vesting is necessary for— 
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(1) ecosystem restoration in furtherance of sec-
tion 3(a); or 
(2) the control of fire, insects, or diseases. 
(d) MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOUNTAIN BIKES.—The 
use of motor vehicles and mountain bikes in the national 
monument shall be limited to the roads and trails identi-
fied by the Secretary as appropriate for the use of motor 
vehicles and mountain bikes. 
(e) GRAZING.—The Secretary shall permit grazing 
within the national monument, where established before 
the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) subject to all applicable laws (including reg-
ulations); and 
(2) consistent with the purposes described in 
section 3(a). 
(f) UTILITY RIGHT-OF-WAY UPGRADES.—Nothing in 
this Act precludes the Secretary from renewing or author-
izing the upgrading of a utility right-of-way in existence 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act through the 
national monument— 
(1) in accordance with— 
(A) the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 
(B) any other applicable law; and 
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