[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1963 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1963

   To authorize a study of alternatives to the current management of 
                   certain Federal lands in Arizona.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 1999

  Mr. McCain 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 authorize a study of alternatives to the current management of 
                   certain Federal lands in Arizona.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STUDY OF ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN 
              FEDERAL LANDS IN ARIZONA.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall carry out a study of measures to improve the management 
of the Federal lands in Arizona constituting the Barry M. Goldwater 
Range (as described in section 3031(a) of the Military Lands Withdrawal 
Act of 1999 (title XXX of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2000)) and the Organ Pipe National Monument.
    (b) Elements of Study.--In carrying out the study under subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior shall--
            (1) assess the feasibility and practicability of the 
        establishment in all or parts of the Federal lands covered by 
        subsection (a) of a national park or national preserve;
            (2) assess the feasibility and practicability of any 
        improvements in the management of such Federal lands that may 
        be proposed as part of the study; and
            (3) develop recommendations for actions for the management 
        of such Federal lands that, if implemented, would both--
                    (A) provide for the conservation and protection of 
                archaeological, cultural, geological, historical, 
                biological, scientific, scenic, wilderness, 
                recreational, and wildlife values of the Sonoran 
                Desert; and
                    (B) contribute in appropriate manner to the 
                furtherance of the national defense.
    (c) Contributions of Other Agencies and Entities.--In carrying out 
the study under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of the Interior shall jointly work with appropriate Federal 
and State agencies having an interest or expertise in the matters 
covered by the study, as well as private entities having an interest or 
expertise in such matters.
    (d) Public Meetings and Contributions.--The Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of the Interior shall provide for a reasonable 
opportunity for public hearings and meetings on the study under 
subsection (a), as well as public comment on draft versions of the 
report on the study under subsection (e).
    (e) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2001, the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly submit to 
Congress a report on the study under subsection (a). The report shall 
include the results of the study and incorporate any public comments on 
the study under subsection (d).
    (f) Authorizations of Appropriations.--(1) There is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense and for the 
Department of the Interior such sums as may be necessary for the 
purpose of activities under this section.
    (2) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in paragraph (1) shall remain available for the purpose 
referred to in that paragraph until expended.
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