[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 601 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 601

   To ensure the continued access of hunters to those Federal lands 
  included within the boundaries of the Craters of the Moon National 
 Monument in the State of Idaho pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 
  7373 of November 9, 2000, and to continue the applicability of the 
Taylor Grazing Act to the disposition of grazing fees arising from the 
               use of such lands, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To ensure the continued access of hunters to those Federal lands 
  included within the boundaries of the Craters of the Moon National 
 Monument in the State of Idaho pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 
  7373 of November 9, 2000, and to continue the applicability of the 
Taylor Grazing Act to the disposition of grazing fees arising from the 
               use of such lands, 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. SPECIAL MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL LANDS RECENTLY 
              ADDED TO CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT, IDAHO.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Presidential Proclamation 7373 of November 9, 2000 (65 
        Fed. Reg. 69221), expanded the boundaries of the Craters of the 
        Moon National Monument in the State of Idaho to include 
        approximately 661,287 additional acres of Federal lands and 
        interests in lands (in this section referred to as the 
        ``expansion area'').
            (2) Before the inclusion of the expansion area in the 
        national monument, these Federal lands were open to hunting 
        consistent with the laws of the State of Idaho and grazing 
        consistent with the Act of June 28, 1934 (43 U.S.C. 315 et 
        seq.; commonly known as the Taylor Grazing Act).
            (3) The proclamation contained the expressed intent to 
        neither enlarge nor diminish the jurisdiction of the State of 
        Idaho with respect to fish and wildlife management in the 
        expansion area and stated that the laws, regulations, and 
        policies followed by the Bureau of Land Management in issuing 
        and administering grazing permits or leases on lands under its 
        jurisdiction would continue to apply.
            (4) However, the proclamation also gave the National Park 
        Service primary management authority over a portion of the 
        expansion area under the same laws and regulations that applied 
        to the national monument before November 9, 2000, and these 
        laws and regulations prohibit hunting and raise concerns 
        regarding the future disposition of grazing fees arising from 
        the use of the expansion area.
    (b) Continued Access for Hunting.--Those portions of the expansion 
area that were open for hunting before the issuance of Presidential 
Proclamation 7373 of November 9, 2000, shall remain open to hunting 
under the jurisdiction and laws of the State of Idaho notwithstanding 
the addition of the expansion area to the Craters of the Moon National 
Monument.
    (c) Disposition of Grazing Fees.--The Act of June 28, 1934 (43 
U.S.C. 315 et seq.; commonly known as the Taylor Grazing Act), shall 
continue to apply to the disposition of grazing fees arising from the 
use of the expansion area notwithstanding the addition of the expansion 
area to the Craters of the Moon National Monument.
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