[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3119 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3119
To modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 19, 2019
Ms. McSally (for herself and Ms. Sinema) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Boundary Modification Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Casa Grande Ruin Reservation was--
(A) set aside on March 2, 1889;
(B) proclaimed as the first archaeological preserve
in the United States on June 22, 1892; and
(C) redesignated as the ``Casa Grande Ruins
National Monument'' on August 3, 1918;
(2) the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument protects 1 of
the finest architectural examples of 13th century Hohokam
culture in the Southwest, which was known to early Spanish
explorers as the ``Great House'';
(3) Casa Grande is only part of the story of an 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 the Great
House extends beyond the existing boundary of the Casa Grande
Ruins National Monument.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) BIA land.--The term ``BIA land'' means the
approximately 7.41 acres of Federal land administered by the
Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, as generally depicted
on the map.
(2) BLM land.--The term ``BLM land'' means the
approximately 3.8 acres of Federal land administered by the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, as generally
depicted on the map.
(3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled
``Proposed Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification'', numbered
300-120,734, and dated May 2013.
(4) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Casa Grande
Ruins National Monument in the State.
(5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(6) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Arizona.
SEC. 4. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OVER
CERTAIN LAND.
(a) Acquisition of Land.--The Secretary may acquire by donation,
exchange, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds, from willing
sellers only, the State land or private land or an interest in the
State land or private land, as generally depicted on the map, to be
administered as part of the Monument.
(b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction Over BIA Land and BLM
Land.--
(1) Withdrawal.--The BIA land and the BLM land 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.--Administrative jurisdiction over the
BLM land is transferred from the Director of the Bureau
of Land Management to the Director of the National Park
Service.
(B) BIA land.--Administrative jurisdiction over the
BIA is transferred from the Director of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs to the Director of the National Park
Service.
(c) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction to BIA.--Administrative
jurisdiction over the approximately 3.5 acres of Federal land
administered by the Director of the National Park Service, as generally
depicted on the map as ``Lands to be Transferred to BIA'', is
transferred from the Director of the National Park Service to the
Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for purposes of the San Carlos
Irrigation Project.
(d) Administration; Boundary and Map Update.--On the acquisition of
land or an interest in land under subsection (a) or the transfer of
land under subsection (b), the Secretary shall--
(1) administer the acquired land or interest in land or
transferred land 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 and update the map
to reflect the acquisition or transfer.
(e) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available
for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
(f) Compensation.--Except in a case in which State land or private
land or an interest in State land or private land is acquired by
donation, as consideration for the acquisition of State land or private
land or an interest in State land or private land under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall--
(1) pay fair market value for the acquired land or interest
in land; or
(2) convey to the State or private landowner, as
applicable, Federal land, an interest in Federal land, or any
other Federal asset of equal value located in the State.
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE TRUST LAND.
The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the State to provide
for the cooperative management by the Secretary and the State of the
approximately 200 acres of State trust land, as generally depicted on
the map.
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