[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1424 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1424

To amend the Petroglyph National Monument Establishment Act of 1990 to 
      adjust the boundary of the monument, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 1997

 Mr. Schiff (for himself and Mr. Skeen) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Petroglyph National Monument Establishment Act of 1990 to 
      adjust the boundary of the 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 ``Petroglyph National Monument 
Boundary Adjustment Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the purposes for which Petroglyph National Monument was 
        established continue to be valid;
            (2) the valued cultural and natural resources of Petroglyph 
        National Monument will be best preserved for the benefit and 
        enjoyment of present and future generations under a cooperative 
        management relationship between the City of Albuquerque, New 
        Mexico, the State of New Mexico, and the National Park Service;
            (3) the National Park Service has been unable to 
        accommodate harmoniously the transportation needs of the City 
        of Albuquerque in balance with the preservation of cultural and 
        natural resources of Petroglyph National Monument;
            (4) corridors for the development of Paseo del Norte and 
        Unser Boulevard are indicated on the map referred to in section 
        102(a) of the Petroglyph National Monument Establishment Act of 
        1990 (Public Law 101-313; 16 U.S.C. 431 note), and the 
        alignment of the roadways was anticipated by Congress before 
        the date of enactment of the Act;
            (5) it was the intent of Congress in the passage of the 
        Petroglyph National Monument Establishment Act of 1990 (Public 
        Law 101-313; 16 U.S.C. 431 note) to allow the City of 
        Albuquerque, New Mexico--
                    (A) to utilize the Paseo del Norte and Unser 
                Boulevard corridors through Petroglyph National 
                Monument; and
                    (B) to coordinate the design and construction of 
                the corridors with the cultural and natural resources 
                of Petroglyph National Monument; and
            (6) the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has not provided 
        for the establishment of rights-of-way for the Paseo del Norte 
        and Unser Boulevard corridors under the Joint Powers Agreement 
        (JPANO 78-521.81-277A), which expanded the boundary of 
        Petroglyph National Monument to include the Piedras Marcadas 
        and Boca Negra units, pursuant to section 104 of the Petroglyph 
        National Monument Establishment Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-
        313; 16 U.S.C. 431 note).

SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    Section 104(a) of the Petroglyph National Monument Establishment 
Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-313; 16 U.S.C. 431 note) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting 
        appropriately;
            (2) by striking ``(a) Upon'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Piedras Marcadas and Boca Negra Units.--
            ``(1) In general.--Upon''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Boundary adjustment.--
                    ``(A) Exclusion of paseo del norte corridor.--
                Notwithstanding paragraph (1), effective as of the date 
                of enactment of this subparagraph--
                            ``(i) the boundary of the monument is 
                        adjusted to exclude the Paseo Del Norte 
                        corridor in the Piedras Marcadas Unit described 
                        in Exhibit B of the document described in 
                        subparagraph (B); and
                            ``(ii) the Paseo Del Norte corridor shall 
                        be owned and managed as if the corridor had 
                        never been within the boundary of the monument.
                    ``(B) Document.--The document described in this 
                subparagraph is the document entitled ``Petroglyph 
                National Monument Roadway/Utility Corridors'', on file 
                with the Secretary of the Interior and the mayor of the 
                City of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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