[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1970 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1970

  To designate the Galisteo Basin Archaeological Protection Sites, to 
  provide for the protection of archaeological sites in the Galisteo 
              Basin of New Mexico, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 1999

   Mr. Udall of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To designate the Galisteo Basin Archaeological Protection Sites, to 
  provide for the protection of archaeological sites in the Galisteo 
              Basin of New Mexico, 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 ``Galisteo Basin Archaeological 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Galisteo Basin and surrounding area of New Mexico 
        are the location of many well preserved prehistoric and 
        historic archaeological resources of Native American and 
        Spanish colonial cultures.
            (2) These resources include the largest ruins of Pueblo 
        Indian settlements in the United States, spectacular examples 
        of Native American rock art, and ruins of Spanish colonial 
        settlements.
            (3) These resources are threatened by natural causes, urban 
        development, vandalism, and uncontrolled excavations.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide for the 
preservation, protection, and interpretation of the nationally 
significant archaeological resources in the Galisteo Basin in New 
Mexico.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF GALISTEO BASIN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROTECTION 
              SITES.

    (a) In General.--The archaeological sites listed in subsection (b), 
as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Galisteo Basin 
Archaeological Protection Sites'' and dated May 1999, are hereby 
designated as the ``Galisteo Basin Archaeological Protection Sites''.
    (b) Sites Described.--The archaeological sites referred to in 
subsection (a) consist of 26 sites in the Galisteo Basin, New Mexico, 
totaling approximately 4,022 acres, as follows:

Name                                                              Acres
        Arroyo Hondo Pueblo....................................      21
        Burnt Corn Pueblo......................................     110
        Camino Real Site.......................................       1
        Chamisa Locita Pueblo..................................      40
        Comanche Gap Petroglyphs...............................     768
        Espinoso Ridge Site....................................     160
        La Cienega Pueblo and Petroglyphs......................     126
        La Cienega Pithouse Village............................     179
        La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs.............................     186
        La Cieneguilla Pueblo..................................      12
        Lamy Pueblo............................................      30
        Lamy Junction Site.....................................      65
        Las Huertas............................................      20
        Pa'ako Pueblo..........................................      29
        Petroglyph Hill........................................      90
        Pueblo Blanco..........................................     533
        Pueblo Colorado........................................     120
        Pueblo Galisteo/Las Madres.............................     284
        Pueblo Largo...........................................      60
        Pueblo She.............................................     120
        Rote Chert Quarry......................................       1
        San Cristobal Pueblo...................................     390
        San Lazaro Pueblo......................................     416
        San Marcos Pueblo......................................     152
        Tonque Pueblo..........................................      97
        Upper Arroyo Hondo Pueblo..............................      12
Total Acreage                                                     4,022

    (c) Availability of Map.--The Secretary shall keep the map referred 
to in subsection (a) on file and available for public inspection in 
appropriate offices in New Mexico of the Bureau of Land Management and 
the National Park Service.
    (d) Boundary Adjustments.--The Secretary may make minor adjustments 
to the boundaries of the archaeological protection sites by publishing 
notice thereof in the Federal Register.

SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL SITES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) continue to search for additional Native American and 
        Spanish colonial sites in the Galisteo Basin area of New 
        Mexico; and
            (2) within 3 years after the date funds are first available 
        to carry out this Act, and periodically thereafter, submit to 
        the Congress recommendations for additions to, deletions from, 
        and modifications of the boundaries of sites included in, the 
        list of archaeological protection sites in section 4(b).
    (b) Additions Only by Statute.--Additions to or deletions from the 
list in section 3(b) may be made only by an Act of Congress.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall administer Federal lands 
located within the archaeological protection sites in accordance with 
this Act, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 
U.S.C. 470aa et seq.), the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), and other applicable laws, 
in a manner that will protect, preserve, and maintain the 
archaeological resources of those sites and provide for research 
thereon.
    (b) Management Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Within 3 complete fiscal years after the 
        date funds are first made available to carry out this Act, the 
        Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on Energy 
        and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
        Resources of the House of Representatives a general management 
        plan for the identification, research, protection, and public 
        interpretation of the archaeological resources of Federal lands 
        located within the archaeological protection sites and non-
        Federal lands that are the subject of cooperative agreements 
        under section 6.
            (2) Consultation.--The Secretary shall develop the general 
        management plan in consultation with the Governor of New 
        Mexico, the New Mexico State Land Commissioner, affected Native 
        American pueblos, and other interested persons.

SEC. 6. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

    The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the owners 
of non-Federal lands located within the archaeological protection 
sites. The purposes of such an agreement shall be to protect, preserve, 
maintain, and administer the archaeological resources and associated 
lands of such a site. Where appropriate, such an agreement may also 
provide for public interpretation of an archaeological protection site.

SEC. 7. ACQUISITIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may acquire lands and interests 
therein within the boundaries of the archaeological protection sites, 
and access thereto, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated 
funds, or by exchange.
    (b) Consent of Owner Required.--The Secretary may acquire lands or 
interests therein under this section only with the consent of the owner 
thereof.
    (c) State Lands.--The Secretary may acquire under this section 
lands or interests therein owned by the State of New Mexico or a 
political subdivision thereof only by donation or exchange.

SEC. 8. WITHDRAWAL.

    Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands within the 
archaeological protection sites are hereby withdrawn--
            (1) from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 
        under the public land laws;
            (2) from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; 
        and
            (3) from disposition under all laws relating to mineral and 
        geothermal leasing.

SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Archaeological protection site.--The term 
        ``archaeological protection site'' means any archaeological 
        site designated as one of the Galisteo Basin Archaeological 
        Protection Sites by section 3.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
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