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 ‘‘Waco Mammoth Na-
tional Monument Establishment Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Waco Mammoth Site area is located near 
the confluence of the Brazos River and the Bosque 
River in central Texas, near the city of Waco; 
(2) after the discovery of bones emerging from 
eroding creek banks leading to the uncovering of por-
tions of 5 mammoths, Baylor University began inves-
tigating the site in 1978; 
(3) several additional mammoth remains have 
been uncovered making the site the largest known con-
centration of mammoths dying from the same event; 
(4) the mammoth discoveries have received inter-
national attention; and 
(5) Baylor University and the city of Waco, 
Texas, have been working together— 
(A) to protect the site; and 
(B) to develop further research and edu-
cational opportunities at the site. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 
Waco, Texas. 
(2) MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the 
Monument prepared under section 5(c)(1). 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti-
tled ‘‘Proposed Boundary Waco-Mammoth National 
Monument’’, numbered T21/80,000, and dated April 
2009. 
(4) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ means 
the Waco Mammoth National Monument established 
by section 4(a). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Texas. 
(7) UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘‘University’’ means 
Baylor University in the State. 
SEC. 4. WACO MAMMOTH NATIONAL MONUMENT, TEXAS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
State, as a unit of the National Park System, the Waco 
Mammoth National Monument, as generally depicted on the 
map. 
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(b) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service. 
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF MONUMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer the 
Monument in accordance with— 
(1) this Act; and 
(2) any cooperative agreements entered into 
under subsection (b)(1). 
(b) AUTHORITIES OF SECRETARY.— 
(1) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 
may enter into cooperative management agreements 
with the University and the City, in accordance with 
section 3(l) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a– 
2(l)). 
(2) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The Secretary may 
acquire by donation only from the City any land or 
interest in land owned by the City within the pro-
posed boundary of the Monument. 
(c) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the University and the City, shall 
complete a general management plan for the Monu-
ment. 
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(2) INCLUSIONS.—The management plan shall 
include, at a minimum— 
(A) measures for the preservation of the re-
sources of the Monument; 
(B) requirements for the type and extent of 
development and use of the Monument; 
(C) identification of the capacity of the 
Monument for accommodating visitors; and 
(D) opportunities for involvement by the 
University, City, State, and other local and na-
tional entities in— 
(i) developing educational programs 
for the Monument; and 
(ii) developing and supporting the 
Monument. 
(d) PROHIBITION OF USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—No 
Federal funds may be used to pay the costs of— 
(1) carrying out a cooperative agreement under 
subsection (b)(1); 
(2) acquiring land for inclusion in the Monu-
ment under subsection (b)(2); 
(3) developing a visitor center for the Monument; 
(4) operating or maintaining the Monument; 
(5) constructing exhibits for the Monument; or 
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(6) developing the general management plan 
under subsection (c). 
(e) USE
OF
NON-FEDERAL
FUNDS.—Non-Federal 
funds may be used to pay any costs that may be incurred 
by the Secretary or the National Park Service in carrying 
out this section. 
(f) EFFECT ON ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—Nothing in this Act affects the eligibility of the 
Monument for Federal grants or other forms of financial 
assistance that the Monument would have been eligible to 
apply for had National Park System status not been con-
ferred to the Monument under this Act. 
(g) TERMINATION OF NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM STA-
TUS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Designation of the Monument 
as a unit of the National Park System shall termi-
nate if the Secretary determines that Federal funds 
are required to operate and maintain the Monument. 
(2) REVERSION.—If the designation of the Monu-
ment as a unit of the National Park System is termi-
nated under paragraph (1), any land acquired by the 
Secretary from the City under subsection (b)(2) shall 
revert to the City. 
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(h) PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION.—No private 
property may be made part of the Monument without the 
written consent of the owner of that private property. 
SEC. 6. NO BUFFER ZONES. 
Nothing in this Act, the establishment of national 
monument, or the management plan shall be construed cre-
ate buffer zones outside of the national monument. That an 
activity or use can be seen or heard from within the Monu-
ment shall not preclude the conduct of that activity or use 
outside the Monument. 
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Union Calendar No. 297 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1545 
[Report No. 112–430] 
A BILL 
To establish the Waco Mammoth National Monu-
ment in the State of Texas, and for other pur-
poses. 
APRIL 16, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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