A bill to establish a Boundary for the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, and for other purposes.
PL 98-357 (H.R.3825), enacted 07/13/1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-357—JULY 13, 1984 
98 STAT. 397 
Public Law 98-357 
98th Congress 
An Act 
To establish a boundary for the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. (a) The Congress finds that— 
(1) the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument 
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Monument") is an 
integral and widely recognized part of the national park system, 
and possesses outstanding recreational opportunities and natu-
ral characteristics of high value which, if properly managed, 
contribute as an enduring resource for the benefit of the Ameri-
can people; 
(2) the preservation of these valuable resources is signifi-
cantly threatened by increased development activity and the 
subdivision of adjacent private lands; 
(3) the Monument does not have a boundary established by 
legislation; and 
(4) it is in the best interest of the United States to establish 
the boundary of the Monument so as to encompass the lands 
described as being within the Monument and those private 
lands posing the most immediate threat to the visual quality of 
the area. 
(b) The purpose of this Act is to establish a boundary for the 
Monument in order to promote, perpetuate, and preserve the char-
acter of the land and to preserve scenic and historic resources. 
SEC. 2. (a) The boundary of the Monument shall be as generally 
depicted on the map entitled "Boundary Map, Black Canyon of the 
Gunnison National Monument", dated February 1984, and num-
bered 144-80,010-B, which shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the office of the Director, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior and in the office of the Park Superin-
tendent, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument. 
(b) Not later than six months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act referred to 
as the "Secretary") shall file a legal description of the revised 
boundary with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natu-
ral Resources of the United States Senate. Such legal description 
shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except 
that corrections of clerical and typographical errors in such legal 
description (and in the map referred to in subsection (a)) may be 
made. Such legal descriptions shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the office of the Director, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary is authorized to acquire lands or interests 
therein within the boundary of the Monument by donation, ex-
change, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds. The Secre-
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tary may acquire less than fee interests in such lands in cases where 
such interest will adequately protect the visual quality, natural, or 
cultural resources of the Monument: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall not acquire lands in fee interest unless the owner of such land 
concurs with such action. 
(b) All lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary 
within the boundary of the Monument as of the date of enactment of 
this Act, shall be transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of 
the National Park Service to be administered as a part of the 
Monument. 
(c) Upon request by a landowner, and if determined by the Secre-
tary that such action would not be detrimental to the visual re-
sources of the Monument, the Secretary shall permit as a condition 
of the acquisition of any less than fee interest in land under this 
Act— 
(1) livestock grazing to continue at the levels and locations 
customarily exercised by the owner of such land prior to 
August 1,1983, and 
(2) commonly accepted operation and maintenance practices 
supporting livestock grazing to continue to be allowed, including 
the maintenance of domestic, livestock and agricultural water 
conveyance systems, and the construction and maintenance of 
required fencing and stock ponds. 
(d) Subject to valid existing rights, federally owned lands and 
interests therein within the Monument are withdrawn from entry 
or appropriation under the mining laws of the United States, from 
the operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, from 
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operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, and from disposition 
note. 
under the public land laws. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary shall administer the Monument in accord-
ance with the provisions of this Act and the provisions of law 
generally applicable to units of the National Park System including 
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the Acts of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), and August 21, 1935 (49 
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Stat. 666). 
Effective date. 
SEC. 5. Effective October 1, 1984, there is hereby authorized to be 
auth'onzSicm' 
appropriated to the Department of the Interior such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved July 13, 1984. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3825: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 98-608 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
Mar. 5, considered and passed House. 
June 28, considered and passed Senate.