[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 1093 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1093

  To establish 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 1999

 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 establish 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.

    (a) The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Galisteo Basin and surrounding area of New Mexico 
        is 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; and
            (3) These resources are being 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 a map entitled ``Galisteo Basin Archaeological 
Protection Sites,'' and dated May 1999, are hereby designated as 
``Galisteo Basin Archaeological Protection Sites'' (in this Act 
referred to as the ``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 4022 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 & 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
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                Total Acreage..................................    4022
    (c) Availability of Map.--The Secretary shall keep the map referred 
to in subsection (a) on file 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 boundary 
adjustments by publishing notice thereof in the Federal Register.

SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL SITES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior (in this Act 
referred to as 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) submit to Congress, within three years after the date 
        funds become available and thereafter as needed, his 
        recommendations for additions to, deletions from, and 
modifications of the boundaries of the list of archaeological 
protection sites in section 4 of this Act.
    (b) Additions Only by Statute.--Additions to or deletions from the 
list in section 3(b) shall be made only by an Act of Congress.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall administer the archaeological 
protection sites, which are located on Federal lands, in accordance 
with the provisions of this Act, the Archaeological Resources 
Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.), and 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 and provide for 
research thereon.
    (b) Management Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Within three complete fiscal years after 
        the date funds are made available, the Secretary shall prepare 
        and transmit to the Committee on Energy and Resources of the 
        United States Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of 
        the United States House of Representatives, a general 
        management plan for the identification, research, protection, 
        and public interpretation of the archaeological protection 
        sites located on Federal land and for those sites for which the 
        Secretary has entered into Cooperative Agreements regarding 
        sites that are located on private or state lands.
            (2) Consultation.--The plan shall be developed by the 
        Secretary in consultation with the Governor of New Mexico, the 
        New Mexico State Land Commissioner, affected Native American 
        pueblos, and other interested parties.

SEC. 6. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

    The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements 
with the owners of non-Federal land with regard to the inclusion of the 
archaeological protection sites located on their property. 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 agreement may also provide for public 
interpretation of an archaeological protection site.

SEC. 7. ACQUISITIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and 
interests therein within the boundaries of the archaeological 
protection sites, and access thereto, by donation, by purchase with 
donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange.
    (b) Consent of Owner Required.--The Secretary may only acquire 
lands or interests therein within the consent of the owner thereof.
    (c) State Lands.--The Secretary may acquire 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 
protection sites are hereby withdrawn--
            (1) from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 
        under the public land laws and all amendments thereto;
            (2) from location, entry, and patent under the mining law 
        and all amendments thereto; and
            (3) from disposition under all laws relating to mineral and 
        geothermal leasing, and all amendments thereto.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
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