[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2374 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                 S. 2374

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2004

Mr. Nickles (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 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 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 that--
            (1) by provision 64 of the Agreement between the United 
        States and the Choctaws and Chickasaws dated March 21, 1902, 
        approved by the Act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 641, 655; chapter 
        1362), 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 land were combined to create Chickasaw 
        National Recreation Area--
                    (A) to protect and expand water and other 
                resources; and
                    (B) to memorialize the history and culture of the 
                Chickasaw Nation;
            (3) recently, the Chickasaw Nation has expressed interest 
        in establishing a cultural center inside or adjacent to the 
        park;
            (4) in the Final Amendment to the General Management Plan 
        of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area (1994), it was 
        determined that--
                    (A) the best location for a proposed Chickasaw 
                Nation Cultural Center is within the existing boundary 
                of the recreation area; and
                    (B) 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 
        with the people of the Chickasaw Nation;
            (6) the city of Sulphur, Oklahoma, is a key partner in the 
        land exchange through its donation of land to the Chickasaw 
        Nation for the purpose of exchange with the United States;
            (7) the City has conveyed fee simple title to the non-
        Federal land described as Tract 102-26 to the Chickasaw Nation 
        by warranty deed; and
            (8) the Secretary, the Chickasaw Nation, and the City have 
        signed a preliminary agreement to effect a land exchange to 
        allow the construction of a cultural center and further protect 
        the watershed and riparian resources of the park.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide for the land 
conveyance and trust acquisition in accordance with the terms and 
conditions of this Act.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) City.--The term ``City'' means the city of Sulphur, 
        Oklahoma.
            (2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
        Chickasaw National Recreational Area land and interests in that 
        land, identified as Tract 102-25 on the Map.
            (3) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means 
        the land and interests in land, formerly owned by the City 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.
            (4) 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.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 4. CHICKASAW NATIONAL RECREATION AREA LAND CONVEYANCE.

    (a) Land Exchange; Trust Status.--
            (1) Land exchange.--If the Chickasaw Nation conveys to the 
        United States fee simple title to the non-Federal land, the 
        Secretary shall simultaneously convey to the Chickasaw Nation 
        all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in 
        and to the Federal land.
            (2) Trust status.--On the exchange of land under paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary shall place the Federal land conveyed to the 
        Chickasaw Nation in trust for the benefit of the Chickasaw 
        Nation to allow the construction of a cultural center and to 
        protect the watershed and riparian resources of the Chickasaw 
        National Recreation Area.
    (b) Equal Value of Land.--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 under subsection (a) shall not take 
place until completion of all items included in the Preliminary 
Exchange Agreement among the City, the Chickasaw Nation, and the 
Secretary, executed on July 16, 2002.
    (d) Administration of Acquired Land.--On conveyance of the non-
Federal land to the Secretary under this Act--
            (1) the non-Federal land shall become part of the Chickasaw 
        National Recreation Area; and
            (2) the Secretary shall manage the land in accordance with 
        the Act of August 25, 1916 (commonly known as the ``National 
        Park Service Act'') (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) and the other laws 
        (including regulations) applicable to the National Park System.
    (e) Boundary Revision.--On completion of the land exchange under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall revise the boundary of Chickasaw 
National Recreation Area to reflect the acquisition of the non-Federal 
land conveyed to the United States.
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