[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 310 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 310

 To amend title V of Public Law 96-550, designating the Chaco Culture 
        Archeological Protection Sites, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 4 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

 Mr. Domenici (for himself and Mr. Bingaman) 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 amend title V of Public Law 96-550, designating the Chaco Culture 
        Archeological Protection Sites, 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 ``Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    (a) Section 501 of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii) is amended 
in the title by striking ``Congressional findings'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``Congressional findings and purpose''.
    (b) Section 501(b) of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii(b)) is 
amended by striking ``San Juan Basin;'' and inserting in lieu thereof, 
``San Juan Basin and surrounding areas;''.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONS TO CHACO CULTURE ARCHEOLOGICAL PROTECTION SITES.

    Subsection 502(b) of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii-1(b)) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) Thirty-eight outlying sites as generally depicted on a map 
entitled ``Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites'', numbered 
310/80,033-B and dated September 1991, are hereby designated as `Chaco 
Culture Archeological Protection Sites'. The thirty-eight archeological 
protection sites totaling approximately 14,287 acres identified as 
follows:

Name:                                                             Acres
        Allentown..............................................     380
        Andrews Ranch..........................................     950
        Bee Burrow.............................................     480
        Bisa'ani...............................................     131
        Casa del Rio...........................................      40
        Casamero...............................................     160
        Chimney Rock...........................................   3,160
        Coolidge...............................................     450
        Dalton Pass............................................     135
        Dittert................................................     480
        Great Bend.............................................      26
        Greenlee Ruin..........................................      60
        Grey Hill Spring.......................................      23
        Guadalupe..............................................     115
        Halfway House..........................................      40
        Haystack...............................................     565
        Hogback................................................     453
        Indian Creek...........................................     100
        Jacques................................................      66
        Kin Nizhoni............................................     726
        Lake Valley............................................      30
        Manuelito-Atsee Nitsaa.................................      60
        Manuelito-Kin Hochoi...................................     116
        Muddy Water............................................   1,090
        Navajo Springs.........................................     260
        Newcomb................................................      50
        Peach Springs..........................................   1,046
        Pierre's Site..........................................     440
        Raton Well.............................................      23
        Salmon Ruin............................................       5
        San Mateo..............................................      61
        Sanostee...............................................   1,565
        Section 8..............................................      10
        Skunk Springs/Crumbled House...........................     533
        Standing Rock..........................................     348
        Toh-la-kai.............................................      10
        Twin Angeles...........................................      40
        Upper Kin Klizhin......................................     60.
    ``(2) The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be kept on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service, the office of the State Director of the Bureau 
of Land Management located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the office of the 
Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs located in Window Rock, 
Arizona, and the offices of the Arizona and New Mexico State Historic 
Preservation Officers.''.

SEC. 4. ASSISTANCE TO THE NAVAJO NATION.

    Section 506 of Public Law 96-550 (16 U.S.C. 410ii-5) is amended by 
adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:
    ``(f) The Secretary is directed, subject to appropriations, to 
assist the Navajo Nation in the protection and management of those 
Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites located on lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Navajo Nation through a grant, contract, or 
cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Act (Public Law 93-638), as amended, to 
assist the Navajo Nation in site planning, resource protection, 
interpretation, resource management actions, and such other purposes as 
may be identified in such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement.''.

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