Pueblo Pintado Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-5132
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-11-17
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-11-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Pueblo Pintado Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises the boundary of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. Subject to the consent of the Navajo Nation, land removed from the park must be transferred from the National Park Service (NPS) to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); land added to the park must be transferred from the BIA and the Bureau of Land Management to the NPS.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5132 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 17, 2022 Mr. Heinrich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To correct the boundary of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pueblo Pintado Protection Act . 2. Chaco Culture National Historical Park boundary correction (a) In general The boundary of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in the State of New Mexico is revised to reflect the boundary identified as Adjusted Boundary on the map entitled Chaco Culture National Historical Park Proposed Boundary Correction , numbered 310/126,526B, and dated November 19, 2018 (referred to in this section as the map ). (b) Transfers of administrative jurisdiction Subject to the consent of the Navajo Nation— (1) administrative jurisdiction over the surface estate of the land removed from the Chaco Culture National Historical Park under subsection (a), as depicted on the map, is transferred from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Navajo Nation; and (2) administrative jurisdiction over the surface estate of the land added to the Chaco Culture National Historical Park under subsection (a), as depicted on the map, is transferred from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service.