[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3909 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3909

 To make technical corrections and minor adjustments to the boundaries 
  of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the State of 
                                 Utah.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1998

 Mr. Cannon  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make technical corrections and minor adjustments to the boundaries 
  of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the State of 
                                 Utah.

    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 ``Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
Monument Minor Boundary Adjustments Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the 
        State of Utah was established by the President on September 18, 
        1996, in Presidential Proclamation 6920 (61 Fed. Reg. 50223; 
        September 24, 1996).
            (2) The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was 
        planned and its boundaries were drawn in secret, without the 
        type of public input that is generally conducive to sound 
        decision making.
            (3) As a result of the lack of public input in the 
        development of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 
        several parcels of Federal land were included within the 
        boundaries of the national monument that are not suited for 
        inclusion or that would better serve the public interest if 
        managed in another capacity.
            (4) Certain parcels of Federal Land within the present 
        boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument 
        would better serve the public interest if ownership of the 
        parcels were transferred to the State of Utah or a local 
        government.

 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY MODIFICATIONS, GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL 
              MONUMENT, UTAH.

    (a) Exclusion of Certain Lands.--The boundaries of the Grand 
Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the State of Utah are hereby 
modified to exclude the following lands:
            (1) The parcel known as Upper Valley Oil Field, as 
        generally depicted on the map entitled ``Upper Valley Oil Field 
        Exclusion, Garfield County, Utah'', dated March 25, 1998.
            (2) The parcel known as Henrieville Town, Utah, as 
        generally depicted on the map entitled ``Henrieville Town 
        Exclusion, Garfield County, Utah'', dated March 25, 1998.
            (3) The parcel known as Cannonville Town, Utah, as 
        generally depicted on the map entitled ``Cannonville Town 
        Exclusion, Garfield County, Utah'', dated March 25, 1998.
            (4) The parcel known as Tropic Town, Utah, as generally 
        depicted on the map entitled ``Tropic Town Exclusion, Garfield 
        County, Utah'', dated March 25, 1998.
            (5) The parcel known as Boulder Town, Utah, as generally 
        depicted on the map entitled ``Boulder Town Exclusion, Garfield 
        County, Utah'', dated March 25, 1998.
            (6) All lands within 500 feet of the center line of U.S. 
        Route 89, in Kane County, Utah, and those lands generally 
        depicted on the map entitled ``U.S. Route 89 Utility Corridor 
        Exclusion, Kane County, Utah'', dated March 25, 1998.
    (b) Inclusion of Certain Additional Lands.--The boundaries of the 
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument are hereby modified to 
include the parcel known as East Clark Bench as generally depicted on 
the map entitled ``East Clark Bench Inclusion, Kane County, Utah'', 
dated March 25, 1998.
    (c) Maps.--The maps referred to in subsections (a) and (b) shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Grand 
Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the State of Utah and in the 
office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.

 SEC. 4. LAND CONVEYANCES, GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, 
              UTAH.

    (a) Tropic Town, Utah.--
            (1) Conveyance required.--The Secretary of the Interior 
        shall transfer to Tropic Town, Utah, without consideration but 
        subject to valid existing non-Federal rights, all right, title, 
        and interest of the United States in and to the parcels of land 
        described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Land description.--The parcels of land referred to in 
        paragraph (1) are located in Garfield County, Utah, and consist 
        of the following:
                    (A) W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
                S\1/2\ of section 3, township 37 south, range 3 west, 
                Salt Lake meridian.
                    (B) N\1/2\ of section 10, township 37 south, range 
                3 west, Salt Lake meridian.
    (b) Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah.--
            (1) Conveyance required.--The Secretary of the Interior 
        shall transfer to the State of Utah, without consideration but 
        subject to valid existing non-Federal rights, all right, title, 
        and interest of the United States in and to the parcels of land 
        described in paragraph (2) for inclusion of such lands in 
        Kodachrome Basin State Park.
            (2) Land description.--The parcels of land referred to in 
        paragraph (1) are located in Garfield County, Utah, and consist 
        of the following:
                    (A) W\1/2\W\1/2\ of section 4, township 38 south, 
                range 2 west, Salt Lake meridian.
                    (B) E\1/2\E\1/2\ of section 5, township 38 south, 
                range 2 west, Salt Lake meridian.
                    (C) E\1/2\NE\1/4\ of section 8, township 38 south, 
                range 2 west, Salt Lake meridian.
                    (D) NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ of section 9, township 
                38 south, range 2 west, Salt Lake meridian.
                    (E) SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\ of section 11, 
                township 38 south, range 2 west, Salt Lake meridian.
                    (F) W\1/2\NW\1/4\ of section 14, township 38 south, 
                range 2 west, Salt Lake meridian.
                    (G) SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ of section 15, township 38 
                south, range 2 west, Salt Lake meridian.

 SEC. 5. DISCLAIMER.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as constituting 
congressional approval, explicit or implicit, of the establishment of 
the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. It is the intent of 
Congress that the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument be 
abolished if any court finds that the President exceeded the authority 
of the President under the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.; 
commonly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906), in establishing the 
national monument.
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