[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5110 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5110

To modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2010

 Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 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 ``Casa Grande Ruins National Monument 
Boundary Modification Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS; FINDINGS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map titled ``Proposed 
        Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification'', numbered 303/
        100,934, and dated January 2010.
            (2) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Casa Grande 
        Ruins National Monument in the State of Arizona.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Arizona.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Native Americans and their ancestors the Hohokam 
        have inhabited Southern Arizona since time immemorial.
            (2) The Casa Grande Ruins Reservation was set aside on 
        March 2, 1892, proclaimed as the United States' first 
        archaeological preserve on June 22, 1892, and redesignated as 
        the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument on August 13, 1918.
            (3) The Casa Grande Ruins National Monument protects and 
        preserves one of the finest architectural examples of 13th and 
        14th Century Hohokam culture in the Southwest and represents 
        only part of what was a community that may have covered two 
        square miles.
            (4) Recent surveys and research have determined that the 
        historic and cultural sites that the Casa Grande National 
        Monument was established to protect and preserve extend outside 
        the existing boundary of the Monument.
            (5) Opportunities to protect the few remaining areas in 
        Arizona where this historic Hohokam culture is present are 
        greatly threatened by rapid growth and development.
            (6) The National Park Service is studying the possibility 
        of expanding the Monument to include other sensitive 
        archeological sites associated with the Casa Grande community 
        and to preserve the historic integrity of the Monument.

SEC. 3. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OF 
              LANDS.

    (a) Acquisition of State Lands.--The Secretary is authorized to 
transfer or acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or 
appropriate funds from willing owners only, the private or State lands 
or interests in lands generally depicted on the map to be administered 
as part of the Monument.
    (b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction to NPS.--The following 
Federal lands generally depicted on the map are hereby withdrawn from 
all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land 
laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation 
of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and mineral 
materials laws and administrative jurisdiction of such Federal lands is 
hereby transferred to the National Park Service to be administered as 
part of the Monument:
            (1) The approximately 3.8 acres of Federal land 
        administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) The approximately 7.41 acres of Federal land of 
        administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
    (c) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction to BIA.--Administrative 
jurisdiction of the approximately 3.5 acres of Federal land 
administered by the National Park Service as generally depicted on the 
map as ``Lands to be Transferred to BIA'' are hereby transferred to the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs for the purposes of the San Carlos Irrigation 
Project.
    (d) Administration.--Upon acquisition or transfer of lands under 
this section, the Secretary shall administer those lands as part of the 
Monument in accordance with the laws generally applicable to units of 
the National Park System, including--
            (1) the National Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1 et 
        seq.); and
            (2) the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
    (e) Boundary and Map Update.--Upon completion of the transfers or 
acquisitions pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall modify the 
boundary of the Monument accordingly, and shall update the map to 
reflect the transfers.
    (f) Map on File.--The map shall be on file and available for 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, 
U.S. Department of the Interior.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE TRUST LANDS.

    The Secretary may enter in to an agreement with the State to 
provide for cooperative management of the approximately 200 acres of 
State trust lands generally depicted on the map.

SEC. 5. BOUNDARY STUDY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct a study to identify 
any additional lands that the Secretary considers appropriate to be a 
part of any further adjustments to the boundary of the Monument.
    (b) Criteria.--The study shall examine the natural, cultural, 
recreational, and scenic values and characters of lands identified 
under subsection (a).
    (c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date funds are made 
available for the study under this section, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a 
report on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study.
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