[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1826 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1826

 To establish the Saguaro National Park and to authorize the expansion 
   of the boundaries of the Tucson Mountain District of the Saguaro 
                 National Park, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 1993

      Mr. Kolbe (for himself, Mr. Stump, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
  Coppesrsmith, and Ms. English of Arizona) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish the Saguaro National Park and to authorize the expansion 
   of the boundaries of the Tucson Mountain District of the Saguaro 
                 National Park, 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 ``Saguaro National Park Establishment 
and Expansion Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that the area generally adjacent 
to and contiguous with the Tucson Mountain District of the Saguaro 
National Monument contains--
            (1) prime Sonoran desert habitat including an exceptionally 
        rich area of Saguaro cactus and palo verde uplands;
            (2) important public access points;
            (3) important archaeological and cultural sites; and
            (4) important habitat for the desert tortoise, gila 
        monster, javelina, and other species of reptiles, mammals, and 
        birds.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to authorize the addition 
of approximately ______ acres to the Tucson Mountain District and to 
establish the Saguaro National Monument as a national park in order to 
protect, preserve, and interpret its resources and provide for the 
education, benefit, and access of the public.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK AND EXPANSION OF 
              TUCSON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.

    (a) Establishment.--The Saguaro National Monument is hereby 
redesignated as the Saguaro National Park (hereafter in this Act 
referred to as the ``park'').
    (b) Expansion of Tucson Mountain District.--The boundaries of the 
Tucson Mountain District of the park are hereby revised to include the 
approximately ______ acres of lands and interests in land, generally 
depicted on the map entitled ``______'', numbered ______, and dated 
______. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
    (c) Funds Available for Monument.--Any funds available for purposes 
of the Saguaro National Monument shall be available for purposes of the 
park.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall administer the park in 
accordance with this Act and the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a 
National Park Service, and for other purposes'', approved August 25, 
1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).
    (b) Withdrawals.--Subject to valid existing rights, Federal lands 
within the park are withdrawn from disposition under the public land 
laws and from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws of the 
United States, from the operation of the mineral leasing laws of the 
United States, and from operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.

SEC. 5. ACQUISITION OF LAND.

    (a) General Authority.--The Secretary may acquire land or interests 
in land within the boundaries of the park by donation, purchase with 
donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.
    (b) Transfers From Other Agencies.--Lands, and interests in lands, 
within the boundaries of the park which are administered by the Bureau 
of Land Management are hereby transferred without reimbursement to the 
administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service. Any Federal 
property located within the boundaries of the park which is under the 
administrative jurisdiction of another department or agency of the 
United States may, with the concurrence of the head of the 
administering department or agency, be transferred without 
reimbursement to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for 
the purposes of the park.
    (c) State Lands.--Lands, and interests in lands, within the 
boundaries of the park which are owned by the State of Arizona or any 
political subdivision thereof, may be acquired only by donation or 
purchase with donated or appropriated funds.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act.

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