Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Trust Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2173
Sponsor: Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]
Introduced: 2004-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Colorado
Commemorations
Federal-Indian relations
Historic sites
History
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Native Americans
Oklahoma
Religion
Surveying

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-08
text: 
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Trust Act of 2004 - Authorizes the United States to take into trust certain land in Kiowa County, Colorado, owned by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Tribes of Oklahoma.
 
Directs the Tribes to convey title to the Dawson Ranch to the United States.
 
Declares that: (1) all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Ranch, including all improvements and appurtenances to the Ranch and rights to all minerals, are to be held in trust by the United States for the Tribes; and (2) the Ranch is to become part of the Tribes' Indian reservation. Requires the Ranch to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the law generally applicable to property held in trust for Indian tribes and the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000.
 
Instructs that the Ranch be used only for historic, religious, or cultural uses that are compatible with the use of the land as a national historic site.

action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Trust Act of 2004 - Authorizes the United States to take into trust certain land (formerly known as the Dawson Ranch) in Kiowa County, Colorado, owned by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Tribes of Oklahoma (property). Directs the Tribes to convey title to the property to the United States. Declares that all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the property (except specified facilities) are to be held in trust by the United States for the Tribes.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) acquire by donation the improvements in fee; and (2) construct a facility on the property only after obtaining the agreement of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, and the Northern Arapaho Tribe. Permits the use of Federal funds to be expended only on improvements or facilities that are owned in fee by the United States.
 
Directs the Secretary to cause a survey to be conducted by the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land Management of the boundary lines and the description to be published in the Federal Register.
 
 Requires the property to be administered in perpetuity by the Secretary as part of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, only for historical, traditional, cultural, or other uses in accordance with the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-09-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-09-17
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9352-9353; text as passed Senate: CR S9352-9353)
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9352-9353; text as passed Senate: CR S9352-9353)
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 679.
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/22/04 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-323.
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/22/04 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-323.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-626.
action_date: 2004-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2304)
action_date: 2004-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2304)
action_date: 2004-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate