A bill to establish the El Malpais National Monument, the Masau Trail, and the Grants National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
PL 100-225 (H.R.403), enacted 12/31/1987

PUBLIC LAW 100-225—DEC. 31, 1987 
101 STAT. 1539 
Public Law 100-225 
100th Congress 
An Act 
To establish the El Malpais National Monument and the El Malpais National 
Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, to authorize the Masau Trail, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I—EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT 
Dec. 31, 1987 
[H.R. 403] 
ESTABUSHMENT OF MONUMENT 
SEC. 101. (a) In order to preserve, for the benefit and enjoyment of 16 USC 460uu. 
present and future generations, that area in western New Mexico 
containing the nationally significant Grants Lava Flow, the Las 
Ventanas Chacoan Archeological Site, and other significant natu-
ral and cultural resources, there is hereby established the El 
Malpais National Monument (hereinafter referred to as the "monu-
ment"). The monument shall consist of approximately 114,000 acres 
as generally depicted on the map entitled "El Malpais National 
Monument and National Conservation Area" numbered NM-
ELMA-80,001-B and dated May 1987. The map shall be on file and Public 
available for public inspection in the offices of the Director of the information. 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 
Oa) As soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") 
shall file a legal description of the monument with the CJommittee 
on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of 
Representatives and with the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the United States Senate. Such legal description shall 
have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that 
the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in such 
legal description and in the map referred to in subsection (a). The Public 
legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection 
information. 
in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior. 
TRANSFER 
SEC. 102. Lands and waters and interests therein within the 
boundaries of the monument, which as of the day prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act were administered by the Forest Service, 
United States Department of Agriculture, are hereby transferred to 
the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary to be maneiged as 
part of the monument in accordance with this Act. The boundaries 
of the Cibola National Forest shall be adjusted accordingly. 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 103. The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Na-
tional Park Service, shall manage the monument in accordance with 
National Forest 
System. 
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the provisions of this Act, the Act of August 25,1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 
U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and other provisions of law applicable to units of 
the National Park System. The Secretary shall protect, manage, and 
administer the monument for the purposes of preserving the sce-
nery and the natural, historic, and cultural resources of the monu-
ment and providing for the public understanding and enjoyment of 
the same in such a manner as to perpetuate these qualities for 
future generations. 
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PERMITS 
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104. Where any lands included within the boundary of the 
monument on the map referred to in subsection 101(a) are legally 
occupied or utilized on the date of enactment of this Act for grazing 
purposes, pursuant to a lease, permit, or license which is— 
(a) for a fixed term of years issued or authorized by any 
department, establishment, or agency of the United States, and 
(b) scheduled for termination before December 31,1997, 
the Secretary, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall 
allow the persons holding such grazing privileges (or their heirs) to 
retain such grazing privileges until December 31, 1997, subject to 
such limitations, conditions, or r^ulations as the Secretary may 
prescribe to insure proper range management. No grazing shall be 
permitted on lands within the boundaries of the monument on or 
after January 1,1998. 
TITLE II—MASAU TRAIL 
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DESIGNATION OF TRAIL 
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201. In order to provide for public appreciation, education, 
understanding, and enjoyment of certain nationally significant sites 
of antiquity in New Mexico and eastern Arizona which are acces-
sible by public road, the Secretary, acting through the Director of 
the National Park Service, with the concurrence of the agency 
having jurisdiction over such roads, is authorized to designate, by 
publication of a description thereof in the Federal Register, a ve-
hicular tour route along existing public roads linking prehistoric 
and historic cultural sites in New Mexico and eastern Arizona. Such 
a route shall be known as the Masau Trail (hereinafter referred to 
as the "trail"). 
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202. The trail shall include public roads linking El Malpais 
National Monument as established pursuant to title I of this Act, El 
Morro National Monument, Chaco Cultural National Historical 
Park, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Canyon De Chelly National 
Monument, Pecos National Monument, and Gila Cliff Dwellings 
National Monument. The Secretary may, in the manner set forth in 
section 201, designate additional segments of the trail from time to 
time as appropriate to link the foregoing sites with other cultural 
sites or sites of national significance when such sites are designated 
and protected by Federal, State, or local governments, Indian tribes, 
or nonprofit entities". 
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INFORMATION AND INTERPRETATION 
SEC. 203. With respect to sites linked by segments of the trail 16 use 
which are administered by other Federal, State, local, tribal, or 460uu-l3. 
nonprofit entities, the Secretary may, pursuant to cooperative agree-
ments with such entities, provide technical assistance in the devel-
opment of interpretive devices and materials in order to contribute 
to public appreciation of the natural and cultural resources of the 
sites along the trail. The Secretary, in cooperation with State and 
local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit entities, shall pre-
pare and distribute informational material for the public apprecia-
tion of sites along the trail. 
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MARKERS 
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guide the public. With the concurrence and assistance of the State 460uu-i4. 
or local entity having jurisdiction over the roads designated as part 
of the trail, the Secretary may erect thereon and maintain signs and 
other informational devices displaying the Masau Trail Marker. The 
Secretary is authorized to accept the donation of suitable signs and 
other informational devices for placement at appropriate locations. 
TITLE m—EL MALPAIS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 
E S T A B U S H M E N T OF AREA 
SEC. 301. (a) In order to protect for the benefit and enjo^ent of 
future generations that area in western New Mexico containing the 
La Ventana Natural Arch and the other unique and nationally 
important geological, archeological, ecological, cultural, scenic, sci-
entific, and wilderness resources of the public lands surrounding the 
Grants Lava Flows, there is hereby established the El Malpais 
National Conservation Area (hereinafter referred to as the "con-
servation area"). The conservation area shall consist of approxi-
mately 262,690 acres of federally owned land as generally depicted 
on a map entitled "El Malpais National Monument and National 
Conservation Area" numbered NM-ELMA-80,001-B and dated May 
1987. The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the 
ofHces of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management of the 
Department of the Interior. 
(b) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall file a legal description of the conservation area 
designated under this section with the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee 
on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of 
Representatives. Such l^al description shall have the same force 
and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretaiy may 
correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal description. 
The iegal description shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the offices of the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior. 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 302. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management, shall manage the conservation area 
to protect the resources specified in section 301 and in accordance 
witn this Act, the Federal Land Management and Policy Act of 1976 
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and other applicable provisions of law, including those provisions 
relating to grazing on public lands. 
(b) The Secretary shall permit hunting and trapping within the 
conservation area in accordance with applicable laws and regula-
tions of the United States and the State of New Mexico; except that 
the Secretary, after consultation with the New Mexico Department 
of Game smd Fish, may issue regulations designating zones where 
and establishing periods when no hunting or trapping shall be 
permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, or public use 
and enjoyment. 
(c) Collection of green or dead wood for sale or other commercial 
purposes shall not be permitted in the conservation area. 
(d) Except as otherwise provided in section 402(b), within the 
conservation area the grsizing of livestock shall be permitted to 
continue, pursuant to applicable Federal law, including this Act, 
and subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as 
the Secretary deems necessary. 
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TITLE IV—WILDERNESS 
DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS 
SEC. 401. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act 
(78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 131), there are hereby designated as wilder-
ness, and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System, the CeboUa Wilderness of approximately 
60,000 acres, and the West Msdpais Wilderness of approximately 
38,210 acres, as each is generally depicted on the map entitled "El 
Malpais National Monument and National (IJonservation Area" 
numbered NM-ELMA-80,001-B and dated May 1987. The map shall 
be on file and available for inspection in the offices of the Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. 
(b) As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall file a legal description of each wilderness 
area designated by this Act with the (Dommittee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and 
with the C!ommittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United 
States Senate. Such legal description shall have the same force and 
effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may 
correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal description. 
The legal description shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the offices of the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior. 
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SEC. 402. (a) Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area 
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designated under this Act shall be administered by the Secretary, 
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through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas 
designated by that Act as wilderness, except that any reference in 
such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act. 
Animals. 
(b) Within the wilderness areas designated by this Act, the grsizing 
of livestock, where established prior to the enactment of this Act, 
shall be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regula-
tions, policies, and practices as the Secretary deems necessary, as 
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long as such regulations, policies, and practices fully conform with 
and implement the intent of Congress regarding grazing in such 
areeis as such intent is expressed in the Wilderness Act and section 
108 of Public Law 96-560 (16 U.S.C. 1133 note). 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 501. (a) Within three full fiscal years following the fiscal year 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and transmit to 
the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natu-
ral Resources of the United States Senate, separate general manage-
ment plans for the monument and the conservation area which 
shall describe the appropriate uses and development of the monu-
ment and the conservation area consistent with the purposes of this 
Act. The plans shall include but not be limited to each of the 
following: 
(1) implementation plans for a continuing program of 
interpretation and public education about the resources and 
values of the monument and the conservation area; 
(2) proposals for public facilities to be developed for the 
conservation area or the monument, including a visitors center 
in the vicinity of Bandera Crater and a multiagency orientation 
center, to be located in or near Grants, New Mexico, and 
adjacent to Interstate 40, to accommodate visitors to western 
New Mexico; 
(3) natural and cultural resources management plans for the 
monument and the conservation area, with a particular empha-
sis on the preservation and long-term scientific use of ar-
cheological resources, giving high priority to the enforcement of 
the provisions of the Archeological Resources Protection Act of 
1979 and the National Historic Preservation Act within the 
monument and the conservation area. The natural and cultural 
resources management plans shall be prepared in close con-
sultation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 
the New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office, and the 
local Indian people and their traditional cultural and religious 
authorities; and such plans shall provide for long-term scientific 
use of archaeological resources in the monument and the con-
servation area, including the wilderness areas designated by 
this Act; and 
(4) wildlife resources management plans for the monument 
and the conservation area prepared in close consultation with 
appropriate departments of the State of New Mexico and using 
previous studies of the area. 
(b)(1) The general management plan for the conservation area 
shall review and recommend the suitability or nonsuitability for 
preservation as wilderness of those lands comprising approximately 
17,468 acres, identified as "Wilderness Study Area" (hereafter in 
this title referred to as the "WSA") on the map referenced in section 
101. 
(2) Pending submission of a recommendation and until otherwise 
directed by an Act of Congress, the Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall manage the 
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lands within the WSA so as to maintain their potential for inclusion 
within the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
(cXD The general management plan for the monument shall 
review and recommend the suitability or nonsuitability 
for 
preservation as wilderness of all roadless lands within the bound-
aries of the monument as established by this Act except those lands 
within the areas identified as "potential development areas" on the 
map referenced in section 101. 
(2) Pending the submission of a recommendation and until other-
wise directed by Act of Congress, the Secretary, through the Direc-
tor of the National Park Service, shall manage all roadless lands 
within the boundaries of the monument so as to maintain their 
potential for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation 
System, except those lands within the areas identified as "potential 
development areas" on the map referenced in section 101. 
ACQUISITIONS 
SEC. 502. Within the monument and the conservation area, the 
Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and interests in lands by 
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, 
or transfer from any other Federal agency, except that such lands or 
interests therein owned by the State of New Mexico or a political 
subdivision thereof may be acquired only by exchange. It is the 
sense of Congress that the Secretary is to complete the acquisition of 
non-Federal subsurface interests underlying the monument and the 
conservation area no later than three full fiscal years after the fiscal 
year of enactment of this Act. 
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STATE EXCHANGES 
SEC. 503. (a) Upon the request of the State of New Mexico (herein-
after referred to as the "State") and pursuant to the provisions of 
this section, the Secretary shedl exchange public lands or interests 
in lands elsewhere in the State of New Mexico, of approximately 
equal value and selected by the State, acting through its Commis-
sioner of Public Lands, for any lands or interests therein owned by 
the State (hereinafter referred to as "State lands") located within 
the boundaries of the monument or the conservation area which the 
State wishes to exchange with the United Stetes. 
(b) Within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall notify the New Mexico Commissioner of Public 
Lands what State lands are within the monument or the conserva-
tion area. The notice shall contain a listing of edl public lands or 
interest therein within the boundaries of the State of New Mexico 
which have not been withdrawn from entry and which the Sec-
retary, pursuant to the provisions of sections 202 and 206 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, has identified as 
appropriate for transfer to the State in exchange for State lands. 
Such listing shall be updated at least annually. If the New Mexico 
Commissioner of Public Lands gives notice to the Secretary of the 
Stete's desire to obtain public lands so listed, the Secretary shall 
notify the Commissioner in writing as to whether the Department of 
the Interior considers the State lands within the monument or 
conservation area to be of approximately equal value to the listed 
lands or interests in lands the Commissioner has indicated the State 
desires to obtain. It is the sense of the Congress that the exchange of 
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lands and interests therein with the State pursuant to this section 
should be completed within two years after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
MINERAL EXCHANGES 
SEC. 504. (a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to exchange 
the Federal mineral interests in the lands described in subsection (b) 
for the private mineral interests in the lands described in subsection 
(0, if-
(1) the owner of such private mineral interests has made 
available to the Secretary all information requested by the 
Secretary as to the respective values of the private and Federal 
mineral interests to be exchanged; and 
(2) on the basis of information obtained pursuant to para-
graph (1) and any other information available, the Secretary 
has determined that the mineral interests to be exchanged are 
of approximately equal value; and 
(3) the Secretary has determined— 
(A) that except insofar as otherwise provided in this 
section, the exchange is not inconsistent with the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976; and 
(B) that the exchange is in the public interest. 
(b) The Federal mineral interests to be exchanged under this 
section underlie the lands, comprising approximately 15,008 acres, 
depicted as "Proposed for transfer to Santa Fe Pacific" on the map 
referenced in subsection (d). 
(c) The private mineral interests to be exchanged pursuant to this 
section underlie the lands, comprising approximately 15,141 acres, 
depicted as "Proposed for transfer to U.S.' on the map referenced in 
subsection (d). 
(dXD The mineral interests identified in this section underlie 
those lands depicted £is "Proposed for transfer to Santa Fe Pacific" 
and as "Proposed for treuisfer to U.S." on a map entitled "El 
Malpais Leg. Boundary, HR3684/S56", revised 5-8-87. 
(2) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall file a legal description of the mineral interest 
areas designated under this section with the Committee on Interior 
and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United 
States Senate. Such legal description shall have the same force and 
effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may 
correct clerical and tjrpographical errors in such legal description. 
The legal description shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the offices of the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior. 
(e) It is the sense of the Congress that all exchcmges pursuant to 
this section shall be completed no later than three years after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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ACOMA PUEBLO EXCHANGES 
SEC. 505. (aXD Upon the request of the Pueblo of Acoma, the 
Secretary shall acquire by exchange any lands held in trust for the 
Pueblo of Acoma (hereinafter referred to as "trust leuids") located 
within the boundary of the conservation area which the Pueblo 
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wishes to exchange pursuant to this section. Such trust lands shall 
be exchanged either for— 
(A) lands described in subsection (c) (with respect to trust 
lands west of New Mexico Highway 117); or 
(B) public lands of approximately equal value located outside 
the monument and outside the conservation area but within the 
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boundaries of the State of New Mexico which are selected by the 
Pueblo of Acoma, so long as such exchange is consistent with 
applicable law and Bureau of Land Management resource 
management plans developed pursuant to the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976. 
(2) All lands selected by and transferred to the Pueblo of Acoma at 
its request pursuant to this section shall thereafter be held in trust 
by the Secretary for the Pueblo of Acoma in the same manner as the 
lands for which they were exchanged. 
(3) Any lands west of New Mexico Highway 117 which are ac-
quired by the Secretary pursuant to this section shall be incor-
porated into the monument and managed accordingly, and section 
104 and all other provisions of this Act and other law applicable to 
lands designated by this Act as part of the monument shall apply to 
such incorporated lands. 
(b) For purposes of acquiring lands pursuant to subsection (a) of 
this section, the Secretary, consistent with applicable law and 
Bureau of Land Management resource management plans described 
in subsection (a), shall make public lands within the boundaries of 
the State of New Mexico available for exchange. Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed as authorizing or requiring revocation of any 
existing withdrawal or classification of public land except in a 
manner consistent with applicable law. 
(cXD The Secretary shall make the lands within the areas identi-
fied as "Acoma Potential Exchange Areas" on the map referenced in 
section 301 avsiilable for transfer to the Pueblo of Acoma pursuant 
to this subsection. 
(2) Upon a request of the Pueblo of Acoma submitted to the 
Secretary no later than one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, lands within the areas described in paragraph (1) shall be 
transferred to the Pueblo of Acoma in exchange for trust lands of 
approximately equal value within that portion of the conservation 
area west of New Mexico Highway 117. The Secretary may require 
exchanges of land under this subsection to be on the basis of 
compact and contiguous parcels. 
(3) Any lands within the areas described in paragraph (1) not 
proposed for exchange by a request submitted to the Secretary by 
the Pueblo of Acoma within the period specified in paragraph (2), 
and any lands in such areas not ultimately transferred pursuant to 
this subsection, shall be incorporated within the conservation area 
and managed accordingly. In addition, any lands in that portion of 
the areas described in paragraph (1) lying in section 1, township 7N, 
range 9W, New Mexico Principal Meridian, not transferred to the 
Pueblo of Acoma pursuant to this subsection shall be added to and 
incorporated 
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managed 
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SEC. 506. (a) All exchanges pursuant to this Act shall be made in a 
manner consistent with applicable provisions of law, including this 
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Act, and unless otherwise specified in this Act shall be on the basis 
of equal value; either party to an exchange may pay or accept cash 
in order to equalize the value of the property exchange, except that 
if the parties gigree to an exchange and the Secretary determines it 
is in the public interest, such exchange may be made for other than 
equal value. 
(h) For purposes of this Act, the term "public lands" shall have the 
same meaning as such term has when used in the Federed Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976. 
(c) Except as otherwise provided in section 505, any lands or 
interests therein within the boundaries of the monument or con-
servation area which after the date of enactment of this Act may be 
acquired by the United States shall be incorporated into the monu-
ment or conservation area, as the case may be, and managed 
accordingly, and all provisions of this Act and other laws applicable 
to the monument or the conservation area, as the case may be, shall 
apply to such incorporated lands. 
(dXD Except as otherwise provided in this Act, no federally-owned Indians. 
lands located within the boundaries of the monument or the con-
servation area shall be transferred out of Federal ownership, or be 
placed in trust for any Indian tribe or group, by exchange or 
otherwise. 
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, and subject to valid Minerals and 
existing rights, all Federal lands within the monument and the mining. 
conservation area and all lands and interests therein which are 
hereafter acquired by the United States are hereby withdrawn from 
all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
laws and from location, entry and patent under the mining laws, 
and from operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing 
laws and all amendments thereto. 
(e) The acreages cited in this Act are approximate, and in the 
event of discrepancies between cited acreages and the lands depicted 
on referenced maps, the maps shall control. 
(f) The Secretary is authorized to accept any lands contiguous to 
the boundaries of the Pecos National Monument (as such boundaries 
were established on the date of enactment of this Act) which may be 
proposed for donation to the United States. If acceptance of such 
lands proposed for donation would be in furtherance of the purposes 
for which the Pecos National Monument was established, the 
Secretary shall accept such lands, and upon such acceptance such 
lands shall be incorporated into such monument and managed 
accordingly. 
(gXD Capulin Mountain National Monument is hereby redesig- 
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nated as Capulin Volcano National Monument. 
(2) Any reference in any record, map, or other document of the 
United States of America to Capulin Mountain National Monument 
shall hereafter be deemed to be a reference to Capulin Volcano 
National Monument. 
(3) Section 1 of the Act of September 5, 1962 (76 Stat. 436) is 
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hereby amended by striking the remaining portion of section 1 after 
"boundaries of the monument" and inserting "shall include the 
lands and interests in lands as generally depicted on the map 
entitled 'Capulin Volcano National Monument Boundary Map' 
which is numbered 125-80,014 and dated January 1987.". 
(4) Jurisdiction over federally-owned lands within the revised 
boundaries of the monument is hereby transferred to the National 
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Park Service, without monetary consideration, for administration as 
part of the monument. 
ACCESS 
SEC. 507. (a) In recognition of the past use of portions of the 
monument and the conservation area by Indian people for tradi-
tional cultural and religious purposes, the Secretary shall assure 
nonexclusive access to the monument and the conservation area by 
Indian people for traditional cultural and religious purposes, includ-
ing the harvesting of pine nuts. Such access shall be consistent with 
the purpose and intent of the American Indian Religious Freedom 
Act of August 11, 1978 (42 U.S.C. 1996), and (with respect to areas 
designated as wilderness) the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 
131). 
(b) In preparing the plans for the monument and the conservation 
area pursuant to section 501, the Secretary shall request that the 
Governor of the Pueblo of Acoma and the chief executive officers of 
other appropriate Indian tribes make recommendations on methods 
of— 
(1) gissuring access pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; 
J-; (2) enhancing the privacy of traditional cultural and religious 
''"- activities in the monument and the conservation area; and 
(3) protecting traditional cultural and religious sites in the 
monument and the conservation area. 
(c) In order to implement this section and in furtherance of the 
American Indian Religious Freedom Act, the Secretary, upon the 
request of an appropriate Indian tribe, may from time to time 
temporarily close to general public use one or more specific portions 
of the monument or the conservation area in order to protect the 
privacy of religious activities in such areas by Indian people. Any 
such closure shall be made so as to affect the smallest practicable 
area for the minimum period necessary for such purposes. Not later 
than seven days after the initiation of any such closure, the Sec-
retary shall provide written notification of such action to the Energy 
and Natural Resources Committee of the United States Senate and 
the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee of the House of 
Representatives. 
(d) The Secretary is authorized to establish an advisory committee 
to advise the Secretary concerning the implementation of this sec-
tion. Any such advisory committee shall include representatives of 
the Pueblo of Acoma, the Pueblo of Zuni, other appropriate Indian 
tribes and other persons or groups interested in the implementation 
of this section. 
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COOPERATION 
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SEC. 508. In order to encourage unified and cost effective 
interpretation of prehistoric and historic civilizations in western 
New Mexico, the Secretary is authorized and encouraged to enter 
into cooperative agreements with other Federal, State and local 
public departments and agencies, Indian tribes, and nonprofit enti-
ties providing for the interpretation of prehistoric and historic 
civilizations in New Mexico and eastern Arizona. The Secretary 
may, pursuant to such agreements, cooperate in the development 
and operation of a multiagency orientation center and programs on 
lands and interests in lands inside and outside of the boundaries of 
the monument and the conservation area generally, with the 
concurrence of the owner or administrator thereof, and specifically 
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in or near Grants, New Mexico, adjacent to Interstate 40 in accord-
ance with the plan required pursuant to section 501. 
WATER RIGHTS 
SEG. 509. (a) Congress expressly reserves to the United States the 
minimum amount of water required to carry out the purposes for 
which the national monument, the conservation area, and the 
wilderness areas are designated under this Act. The priority date of 
such reserved rights shall be the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall affect any existing valid or vested 
water right, or applications for water rights which are pending as of 
the date of enactment of this Act and which are subsequently 
granted: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall be con-
strued to require the National Park Service to allow the drilling of 
ground water wells within 
the boundaries of the 
national 
monument. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as establishing a 
precedent with regard to any future designations, nor shall it affect 
the interpretation of any other Act or any designation made pursu-
ant thereto. 
AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 510. There is authorized to be appropriated $16,500,000 for 
the purposes of this Act, of which $10,000,000 shall be available for 
land acquisition in the national monument; $1 million shall be 
available for development within the national monument; $4 million 
shall be available for land acquisition within the conservation area; 
$1 million shall be available for development within the conserva-
tion area; and $500,000 shall be available for planning and develop-
ment of the Masau Trail. 
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460UU-49. 
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Approved December 31, 1987. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 403: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-116 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-100 (eomm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
eONGRESSIONAL REOORD, Vol. 133 (1987): 
June 1, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Dec. 18, House concurred in Senate amendment.