[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1376 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1376

   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Waco 
            Mammoth National Monument in the State of Texas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2009

Mr. Edwards of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Waco 
            Mammoth National Monument in the State of Texas.

    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 ``Waco Mammoth National Monument 
Establishment Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds as follows:
            (1) The Waco Mammoth Site area is located near the 
        confluence of the Brazos and the Bosque rivers in Central 
        Texas, near the City of Waco.
            (2) Baylor University has been investigating the site since 
        1978 after the discovery of bones emerging from eroding creek 
        banks leading to the uncovering of portions of five mammoths.
            (3) Several additional mammoth remains have been uncovered 
        making this the largest known concentration of mammoths dying 
        from the same event.
            (4) The discoveries have received international attention.
            (5) The University and the City of Waco have been working 
        together to protect the site and to develop further research 
        and educational opportunities.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act the following definitions apply:
            (1) National monument.--The term ``national monument'' 
        means the Waco Mammoth National Monument, established in 
        section 4.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 4. WACO MAMMOTH NATIONAL MONUMENT, TEXAS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Waco Mammoth National 
Monument in the State of Texas, as a unit of the National Park System.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall administer the national 
monument in accordance with this Act, the cooperative agreements 
described in this section, and laws and regulations generally 
applicable to units of the National Park System, including the National 
Park Service Organic Act (39 Stat. 535, 16 U.S.C. 1).
    (b) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may enter into 
cooperative agreements for the management of the national monument with 
Baylor University and City of Waco, pursuant to the National Park 
Service General Authorities Act (16 U.S.C. 1a-2(1)).

SEC. 6. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND BOUNDARY MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Acquisition of Property.--The Secretary is authorized to 
acquire from willing sellers lands, or interests in lands, within the 
proposed boundary of the national monument necessary for effective 
management.
    (b) Conditions.--Lands identified in subsection (a) may be 
acquired--
            (1) by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated 
        funds, transfer from another Federal agency, or by exchange; 
        and
            (2) in the case of lands owned by the State of Texas, or a 
        political subdivision thereof, only by donation or exchange.

SEC. 7. CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES ON NONFEDERAL LANDS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized, subject to the 
appropriation of necessary funds, to construct essential administrative 
or visitor use facilities on non-Federal lands within the national 
monument.
    (b) Other Funding.--In addition to the use of Federal funds 
authorized in subsection (a), the Secretary may use donated funds, 
property, and services to carry out this section.

SEC. 8. GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than three years after the date on which 
funds are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary, in 
consultation with Baylor University and City of Waco, shall prepare a 
management plan for the national monument.
    (b) Inclusions.--The management plan shall include, at a minimum--
            (1) measures for the preservation of the resources of the 
        national monument;
            (2) requirements for the type and extent of development and 
        use of the national monument;
            (3) identification of visitor carrying capacities for 
        national monument; and
            (4) opportunities for involvement by Baylor University, the 
        City of Waco, the State of Texas, and other local and national 
        entities in the formulation of educational programs for the 
        national monument and for developing and supporting the 
        national monument.
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