1.This Act may be cited as the
Waco Mammoth National Monument
Establishment Act of 2009
.
2.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.
3.In this Act the following definitions
apply:
(1)The term national monument means the Waco
Mammoth National Monument, established in section 4.
(2)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(3)The term “map” means the
map titled “Proposed Boundary Waco-Mammoth National Monument”, numbered
T21/80,000, and dated April, 2009.
4.Waco Mammoth
National Monument, Texas
(a)There is established the Waco Mammoth
National Monument in the State of Texas, as a unit of the National Park System,
as generally depicted on the map.
(b)The map shall be on file
and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National
Park Service.
5.Administration of
National Monument
(a)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)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)).
6.Acquisition of
property and boundary management
(a)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)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, or
Baylor University only by donation or exchange.
7.Construction of
facilities on Nonfederal lands
(a)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)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.
8.
(a)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)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 monu-ment and for developing and
supporting the national monument.
March 2, 2010
Reported without amendment