[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4066 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4066

To provide for the conveyance of certain land to the United States and 
to revise the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2004

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the conveyance of certain land to the United States and 
to revise the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma, 
                        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 ``Chickasaw National Recreation Area 
Land Exchange Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) By provision 64 of the agreement between the United 
        States and the Choctaws and Chickasaws dated March 21, 1902 (32 
        Stat. 641, 655-56), approved July 1, 1902, 640 acres of 
        property were ceded to the United States for the purpose of 
        creating Sulphur Springs Reservation, later known as Platt 
        National Park, to protect water and other resources and provide 
        public access.
            (2) In 1976, Platt National Park, the Arbuckle Recreation 
        Area, and additional lands were combined to create Chickasaw 
        National Recreation Area to protect and expand water and other 
        resources as well as to memorialize the history and culture of 
        the Chickasaw Nation.
            (3) More recently, the Chickasaw Nation has expressed 
        interest in establishing a cultural center inside or adjacent 
        to the park.
            (4) The Chickasaw National Recreation Area's Final 
        Amendment to the General Management Plan (1994) found that the 
        best location for a proposed Chickasaw Nation Cultural Center 
        is within the Recreation Area's existing boundary and that the 
        selected cultural center site should be conveyed to the 
        Chickasaw Nation in exchange for land of equal value.
            (5) The land selected to be conveyed to the Chickasaw 
        Nation holds significant historical and cultural connections to 
        the people of the Chickasaw Nation.
            (6) The City of Sulphur, Oklahoma, is a key partner in this 
        land exchange through its donation of land to the Chickasaw 
        Nation for the purpose of exchange with the United States.
            (7) The City of Sulphur, Oklahoma, has conveyed fee simple 
        title to the non-Federal land described as Tract 102-26 to the 
        Chickasaw Nation by Warranty Deed.
            (8) The National Park Service, the Chickasaw Nation, and 
        the City of Sulphur, Oklahoma, have signed a preliminary 
        agreement to effect a land exchange in order to allow the 
        construction of a cultural center and to further protect the 
        watershed and riparian resources of the park.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to authorize, direct, 
facilitate, and expedite the land conveyance and trust acquisition in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Act.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
        Chickasaw National Recreational Area lands and interests 
        therein, identified as Tract 102-25 on the Map.
            (2) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means 
        the lands and interests therein, formerly owned by the City of 
        Sulphur, Oklahoma, and currently owned by the Chickasaw Nation, 
        located adjacent to the existing boundary of Chickasaw National 
        Recreation Area and identified as Tract 102-26 on the Map.
            (3) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled 
        ``Proposed Land Exchange and Boundary Revision, Chickasaw 
        National Recreation Area'', dated September 8, 2003, and 
        numbered 107/800035a.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 4. CHICKASAW NATIONAL RECREATION AREA LAND CONVEYANCE.

    (a) Land Conveyance.--Not later then 6 months after the Chickasaw 
Nation conveys all right, title, and interest in and to the non-Federal 
land to the United States, the Secretary shall take the Federal land 
into trust for the benefit of the Chickasaw Nation.
    (b) Equal Value of Lands.--The value of the Federal land and the 
non-Federal land shall be of approximately equal value, as determined 
by the Secretary through an appraisal performed by a qualified 
appraiser and in conformance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
Federal Land Acquisitions.
    (c) Conditions.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the land 
conveyance and trust acquisition authorized under subsection (a) shall 
not take place until the completion of all items included in the 
Preliminary Exchange Agreement among the City of Sulphur, the Chickasaw 
Nation, and the National Park Service, executed on July 16, 2002.
    (d) Administration of Acquired Land.--Upon the conveyance of the 
non-Federal land to the Secretary pursuant to this Act, the non-Federal 
land shall become part of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area and 
the Secretary shall--
            (1) manage such land in accordance with the Act of August 
        25, 1916 (ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535), and the other laws, rules, 
        and regulations applicable to the National Park System; and
            (2) revise the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation 
        Area to reflect the acquisition.
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