[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1399 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1399

  To revise the boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National 
  Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in the State of 
                   Colorado, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To revise the boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National 
  Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in the State of 
                   Colorado, 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 ``Black Canyon of the Gunnison 
National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Boundary 
Revision Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY REVISION.

    (a) Establishment.--Section 4(a) of the Black Canyon of the 
Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area 
Act of 1999 (16 U.S.C. 410fff-2(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``There is hereby established'' and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--There is established''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Boundary revision.--The boundary of the Park is 
        revised to include the addition of not more than 2,725 acres, 
        as depicted on the map entitled `Black Canyon of the Gunnison 
        National Park and Gunnison Gorge NCA Boundary Modifications' 
        and dated January 21, 2003.''.
    (b) Administration.--Section 4(b) of the Black Canyon of the 
Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area 
Act of 1999 (16 U.S.C. 410fff-2(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Upon'' and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Land transfer.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On''; and
            (2) by striking ``The Secretary shall'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(B) Additional land.--On the date of enactment of 
                the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and 
                Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Boundary 
                Revision Act of 2003, the Secretary shall transfer the 
                land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
                Management identified as `Tract C' on the map described 
                in subsection (a)(2) to the administrative jurisdiction 
                of the National Park Service for inclusion in the Park.
            ``(2) Authority.--The Secretary shall.''.

SEC. 3. GRAZING PRIVILEGES AT BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL 
              PARK.

     Section 4(e) of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and 
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999 (16 U.S.C. 
410fff-2(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
                subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) Transfer.--If land authorized for grazing 
                under subparagraph (A) is exchanged for private land 
                under this Act, the Secretary shall transfer any 
                grazing privileges to the private land acquired in the 
                exchange in accordance with this section.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                subparagraph (D);
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) with respect to the permit or lease issued to 
                LeValley Ranch Ltd., a partnership, for the lifetime of 
                the 2 limited partners as of October 21, 1999;
                    ``(C) with respect to the permit or lease issued to 
                Sanburg Herefords, L.L.P., a partnership, for the 
                lifetime of the 2 general partners as of October 21, 
                1999; and''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B))--
                            (i) by striking ``partnership, corporation, 
                        or'' in each place it appears and inserting 
                        ``corporation or''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``subparagraph (A)'' and 
                        inserting ``subparagraphs (A), (B), or (C)''.

SEC. 4. ACQUISITION OF LAND.

    (a) Authority to Acquire Land.--Section 5(a)(1) of the Black Canyon 
of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation 
Area Act of 1999 (16 U.S.C. 410fff-3(a)(1)) is amended by inserting 
``or the map described in section 4(a)(2)'' after ``the Map''.
    (b) Method of Acquisition.--
            (1) In general.--Land or interest in land acquired under 
        the amendments made by this Act shall be made in accordance 
        with section 5(a)(2)(A) of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison 
        National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act 
        of 1999 (16 U.S.C. 410fff-3(a)(2)(A)).
            (2) Consent.--No land or interest in land may be acquired 
        without the consent of the landowner.

SEC. 5. GUNNISON GORGE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA BOUNDARY REVISION.

     Section 7(a) of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and 
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999 (16 U.S.C. 
410fff-5(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) in General.--There is established'' 
        and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Boundary revision.--The boundary of the Conservation 
        Area is revised to include the addition of not more than 7,100 
        acres, as depicted on the map entitled `Black Canyon of the 
        Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge NCA Boundary 
        Modifications' and dated January 21, 2003.''.

SEC. 6. ACCESS TO WATER DELIVERY FACILITIES.

     The Commissioner of Reclamation shall retain administrative 
jurisdiction over, and access to, land, facilities, and roads of the 
Bureau of Reclamation in the East Portal area and the Crystal Dam area, 
as depicted on the map identified in section 4(a)(2) of the Black 
Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National 
Conservation Area Act of 1999 (as added by section 2(a)(2)) for the 
maintenance, repair, construction, replacement, and operation of any 
facilities relating to the delivery of water under the jurisdiction of 
the Bureau to users of the water (as of the date of enactment of this 
Act).
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