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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2385
To convey certain property to the city of St. George, Utah, in order to
provide for the protection and preservation of certain rare paleontological
resources on that property, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2001
Mr. HANSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To convey certain property to the city of St. George, Utah,
in order to provide for the protection and preservation
of certain rare paleontological resources on that property,
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 ‘‘Virgin River Dinosaur
Footprint Preserve Act’’.
SEC. 2. VIRGIN RIVER DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT PRESERVE.
(a) FOOTPRINT PRESERVE.—Not later than 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Interior shall purchase, from willing sellers only,
up to 20 acres of land and related facilities generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Virgin River Dino-
saur Footprint Preserve’’, numbered ll, and dated
ll. The map shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the appropriate offices of the Department of
the Interior.
(b) CONVEYANCE TO CITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days after
the conveyance under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall convey the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint
Preserve to the City for use in a manner that ac-
complishes the following:
(A) Preserves and protects the paleontolog-
ical resources located within the exterior bound-
aries of the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint
Preserve.
(B) Provides opportunities for scientific re-
search in manner compatible with subparagraph
(A).
(C) Provides the public with opportunities
for educational activities in manner compatible
with subparagraph (A).
(2) CONSIDERATION; ACCEPTANCE.—The con-
veyance under this subparagraph shall be made—
(A) without consideration; and
(B) only with the consent of the City.
(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND ASSISTANCE.—
(1) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with
the City for the management of the Virgin River Di-
nosaur Footprint Preserve by the City.
(2) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may provide
to the City—
(A) financial assistance, if the Secretary
determines that such assistance is necessary for
protection of the paleontological resources lo-
cated within the exterior boundaries of the Vir-
gin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve; and
(B) technical assistance to assist the City
in complying with subparagraphs (A) through
(C) of subsection (b)(1).
(3) GRANTS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to
funds made available under paragraph (2),
using only funds made available by Acts of
appropriation for this purpose, the Sec-
retary shall provide grants to the City to
carry out its duties under the cooperative
agreement entered into under paragraph
(1).
(B) LIMITATION
ON
AMOUNT; RE-
QUIRED
NON-FEDERAL
MATCH.—Grants
under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed
$500,000 and shall be provided only to the
extent that the City matches the amount of
such grants with non-Federal contributions
(including in-kind contributions).
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section,
the following definitions apply:
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of
St. George, Utah.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(3) VIRGIN RIVER DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT PRE-
SERVE.—The term ‘‘Virgin River Dinosaur Foot-
print Preserve’’ means the property conveyed pursu-
ant to this section.
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