Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-4840
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2019-10-23
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona

Historic sites and heritage areas

Intergovernmental relations

Land transfers

Monuments and memorials

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 536.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire specified private or state lands or interests in land from willing sellers in order to expand the boundaries of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.</p> <p>As consideration for the acquisition of the lands, unless such lands are donated, Interior must (1) pay fair market value; or (2) convey to the land owners federal lands, interest in federal land, or any other federal asset of equal value located in Arizona. </p> <p>Two additional parcels of land are also to be included in the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. One parcel of 3.8 acres is currently being administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The other parcel of 7.41 acres is currently being administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and is exchanged for 3.5 acres currently being administered by the National Park Service. The land transferred to the BIA is to be used for the San Carlos Irrigation Project.</p> <p> <p>Interior may enter into an agreement with Arizona to provide for cooperative management of approximately 200 acres of specified state trust lands. </p>

action_date: 2020-12-15
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2020</b> </p><p>This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire specified private or state lands or interests in land from willing sellers in order to expand the boundaries of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.</p> <p>As consideration for the acquisition of the lands, unless such lands are donated, Interior must (1) pay fair market value; or (2) convey to the land owners federal lands, interest in federal land, or any other federal asset of equal value located in Arizona. </p> <p>Administrative jurisdiction over </p> <ul> <li>a parcel of approximately 3.8 acres of land is transferred from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the National Park Service (NPS),</li> <li>a parcel of approximately 3.7 acres of land is transferred from the BLM to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), </li> <li>a parcel of approximately 7.41 acres of land is transferred from the BIA to the NPS, and </li> <li>a parcel of approximately 3.5 acres of land is transferred from the NPS to the BIA.</li> </ul> <p>Interior may enter into an agreement with Arizona to provide for cooperative management of approximately 200 acres of specified state trust lands.

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4840 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 23, 2019 Mr. O'Halleran (for himself, Mr. Gosar , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Stanton , Mrs. Lesko , and Mr. Gallego ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2019 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Casa Grande Ruin Reservation was set aside on March 2, 1889, proclaimed as the Nation's first archeological preserve on June 22, 1892, and redesignated as Casa Grande Ruins National Monument on August 3, 1918. (2) Casa Grande Ruins National Monument protects one of the finest architectural examples of 13th Century Hohokam culture in the American Southwest known to early Spanish explorers as the Great House . (3) Casa Grande is only part of the story of this ancient town that may have covered 2 square miles. (4) Recent surveys and research have determined that the area of the Great House and the village surrounding it extends beyond the current monument boundary. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Map The term map means the map entitled Proposed Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification , numbered 300–120,734, and dated May 2013. (2) Monument The term Monument means the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in the State. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (4) State The term State means the State of Arizona. 4. Acquisition and transfer of administrative jurisdiction of lands (a) Acquisition of lands The Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds from willing owners only, the private or State lands or interests in lands generally depicted on the map, to be administered as part of the Monument. (b) Transfer of administrative jurisdiction to the NPS The following Federal lands as generally depicted on the map are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and mineral materials laws, and administrative jurisdiction of such Federal lands is hereby transferred to the National Park Service to be administered as part of the Monument: (1) The approximately 3.8 acres of Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. (2) The approximately 7.41 acres of Federal land administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (c) Transfer of administrative jurisdiction to BIA Administrative jurisdiction of the approximately 3.5 acres of Federal land administered by the National Park Service as generally depicted on the map as Lands to be Transferred to BIA are hereby transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the purposes of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. (d) Administration Upon acquisition or transfer of the lands identified in subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall administer those lands as part of the Monument in accordance with the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including applicable provisions of division A of subtitle I of title 54, United States Code. (e) Boundary and map update (1) Transfers Upon completion of the transfers pursuant to subsection (b), the Secretary shall modify the boundary of the Monument accordingly, and shall update the map to reflect such transfers. (2) Acquisitions Upon completion of any of the acquisitions pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall modify the boundary of the Monument accordingly, and shall update the map to reflect such acquisitions. (f) Map on file The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. (g) Compensation As consideration for the acquisition of State and private lands or interests in lands, unless such lands and interests in lands are donated, the Secretary shall— (1) pay fair market value for such lands; or (2) convey to the State and private land owners, as the case may be, Federal lands, interest in Federal land, or any other Federal asset of equal value located in the State. 5. Administration of State trust lands The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the State to provide for cooperative management of the approximately 200 acres of State trust lands generally depicted on the map.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 536 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4840 [Report No. 116–652] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 23, 2019 Mr. O'Halleran (for himself, Mr. Gosar , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Stanton , Mrs. Lesko , and Mr. Gallego ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources December 15, 2020 Additional sponsor: Mr. Grijalva December 15, 2020 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 23, 2019 A BILL To modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2020 . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) Casa Grande Ruin Reservation was— (A) set aside on March 2, 1889; (B) proclaimed as the first archeological preserve in the Untied States on June 22, 1892; and (C) redesignated as Casa Grande Ruins National Monument on August 3, 1918; (2) Casa Grande Ruins National Monument protects one of the finest architectural examples of 14th Century Hohokam culture in the American Southwest known to early Spanish explorers as the Great House ; (3) Casa Grande is only part of the story of this ancient town that may have covered 2 square miles; and (4) recent surveys and research have determined that the area of the Great House and the village surrounding it extends beyond the existing boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) BIA land The term BIA land means the approximately 7.41 acres of Federal land administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to be transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service, as generally depicted on the map. (2) BLM land parcel A The term BLM land Parcel A means the approximately 3.8 acres of Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, for which administrative jurisdiction is to be transferred to the National Park Service, as generally depicted on the map. (3) BLM land parcel B The term BLM land Parcel B means the approximately 3.7 acres of Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management for which administrative jurisdiction is to be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, as generally depicted on the map. (4) Map The term map means the map entitled Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Proposed Boundary Adjustment , numbered 303/120,734B, and dated June 2020. (5) Monument The term Monument means the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in the State. (6) NPS land The term NPS land means the approximately 3.5 acres of Federal land administered by the National Park Service, for which administrative jurisdiction is to be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, as generally depicted on the map. (7) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (8) State The term State means the State of Arizona. 4. Acquisition and transfer of administrative jurisdiction of lands (a) Acquisition of lands The Secretary may acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds from willing owners only, lands or interests in land generally depicted on the map as State land or private land, to be administered as part of the Monument. (b) Transfer of administrative jurisdiction (1) Withdrawal The BIA land, BLM land parcel A and BLM land parcel B are withdrawn from— (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (C) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and mineral materials laws. (2) Transfer of administrative jurisdiction (A) BLM land parcel A Administrative jurisdiction over the BLM land parcel A is transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service. (B) BLM land parcel B Administrative jurisdiction over BLM land parcel B is transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (C) BIA land Administrative jurisdiction over the BIA land is transferred from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the National Park Service. (D) NPS land Administrative jurisdiction over the NPS land is transferred from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (c) Administration; boundary modification Upon acquisition or transfer of land or an interest in land pursuant to subsection (a), and with respect to the lands transferred by subsection (b), the Secretary shall— (1) administer any acquired land or interest in land, and transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service, as part of the Monument, in accordance with the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including applicable provisions of division A of subtitle I of title 54, United States Code; and (2) modify the boundary of the Monument to reflect the transfers of lands, and any acquired lands or interests in lands. (d) Availability of map The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. (e) Compensation Except in a case in which land or an interest in land is acquired by donation, as consideration for the acquisition of land or an interest in land under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) pay fair market value for such lands; or (2) convey to the State convey to the State or private land owner, as applicable, Federal land or an interest in Federal land of equal value located in the State. 5. Administration of State trust lands The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the State to provide for cooperative management by the Secretary and the State of the approximately 200 acres of State land, as generally depicted on the map.

December 15, 2020 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed