I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3421 
To remove use and disposal restrictions on property located in the City 
of Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 30, 2013 
Mrs. KIRKPATRICK (for herself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To remove use and disposal restrictions on property located 
in the City of Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF USE AND DISPOSAL RESTRIC-
TIONS ON WINSLOW HOSPITALITY PARK. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds as follows: 
(1) According to the 2010 Census, the City of 
Winslow, located in Navajo County, is a rural com-
munity of 9,655 residents. 
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(2) The community is dependent on revenue 
from economic development and tourism to fund 
vital city services. 
(3) Winslow Hospitality Park, a 123-acre prop-
erty, has been owned by the City of Winslow since 
February 12, 1953, when the City gained title to the 
land from the Santa Fe Railroad. 
(4) The City received a Land and Water Con-
servation Grant on May 16, 1979, for $299,915 to 
match City funds for the purpose of developing the 
land into a golf course. 
(5) Over the next 23 years, the City spent 
$3,935,363 on managing, maintaining, and oper-
ating the golf course. 
(6) Due to poor turf growth and lack of patron-
age, course management became so costly and bur-
densome to the City that the golf course ceased op-
erations in 2003, while it remained open for public 
use. 
(7) The City signed an intergovernmental 
agreement with State of Arizona Outdoor Recreation 
Coordinating Commission that was subsequently ap-
proved by the Department of the Interior, through 
the National Park Service, as the administrator of 
the grant that stated that the City ‘‘shall be respon-
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sible for the operation and maintenance after com-
pletion of said project for a 25-year period of time 
as determined by the AORCC or the Director of the 
Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service as 
commensurate with the project fund investment and 
federal requirements, if any. Any term of mainte-
nance and operation of less than 25 years described 
by the participant must be approved by the AORCC 
and the Heritage Conservation Service’’. 
(8) In 2003, due to the failure of the golf 
course, the City inquired with Arizona State Parks, 
the successor agency to the Arizona Outdoor Recre-
ation Coordinating Commission, regarding how to 
terminate the 25-year agreement one year early and 
the National Park Service informed the City for the 
first time that the land must be used ‘‘in per-
petuity’’ for public recreation contrary to the origi-
nal intergovernmental agreement which the National 
Park Service had approved. 
(9) The National Park Service stated the only 
way to release the lien on the land was to donate to 
the Federal Government land of equal or greater 
value. 
(10) The City of Winslow owns title to the land 
known as Winslow Hospitality Park and should not 
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