[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2385 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2385

To convey certain property to the city of St. George, Utah, in order to 
      provide for the protection and preservation of certain rare 
  paleontological resources on that property, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To convey certain property to the city of St. George, Utah, in order to 
      provide for the protection and preservation of certain rare 
  paleontological resources on that property, 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 ``Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint 
Preserve Act''.

SEC. 2. VIRGIN RIVER DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT PRESERVE.

    (a) Footprint Preserve.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
purchase, from willing sellers only, up to 20 acres of land and related 
facilities generally depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed Virgin 
River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve'', numbered ____, and dated ____. The 
map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
appropriate offices of the Department of the Interior.
    (b) Conveyance to City.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 10 days after the 
        conveyance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall convey the 
        Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve to the City for use in 
        a manner that accomplishes the following:
                    (A) Preserves and protects the paleontological 
                resources located within the exterior boundaries of the 
                Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve.
                    (B) Provides opportunities for scientific research 
                in manner compatible with subparagraph (A).
                    (C) Provides the public with opportunities for 
                educational activities in manner compatible with 
                subparagraph (A).
            (2) Consideration; acceptance.--The conveyance under this 
        subparagraph shall be made--
                    (A) without consideration; and
                    (B) only with the consent of the City.
    (c) Cooperative Agreement and Assistance.--
            (1) Cooperative Agreement.--The Secretary shall enter into 
        a cooperative agreement with the City for the management of the 
        Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve by the City.
            (2) Assistance.--The Secretary may provide to the City--
                    (A) financial assistance, if the Secretary 
                determines that such assistance is necessary for 
                protection of the paleontological resources located 
                within the exterior boundaries of the Virgin River 
                Dinosaur Footprint Preserve; and
                    (B) technical assistance to assist the City in 
                complying with subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 
                subsection (b)(1).
            (3) Grants.--
                            (A) In general.--In addition to funds made 
                        available under paragraph (2), using only funds 
                        made available by Acts of appropriation for 
                        this purpose, the Secretary shall provide 
                        grants to the City to carry out its duties 
                        under the cooperative agreement entered into 
                        under paragraph (1).
                            (B) Limitation on amount; required non-
                        federal match.--Grants under subparagraph (A) 
                        shall not exceed $500,000 and shall be provided 
                        only to the extent that the City matches the 
                        amount of such grants with non-Federal 
                        contributions (including in-kind 
                        contributions).
    (d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the following 
definitions apply:
            (1) City.--The term ``City'' means the city of St. George, 
        Utah.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) Virgin river dinosaur footprint preserve.--The term 
        ``Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve'' means the property 
        conveyed pursuant to this section.
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