116 S871 IS: White Sands National Park Establishment Act
U.S. Senate
2019-03-26
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1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the White Sands National Park Establishment Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definitions.TITLE I—White Sands National Park Sec. 101. Findings.Sec. 102. Establishment of White Sands National Park.TITLE II—Modification of Boundaries of White Sands National Park and White Sands Missile RangeSec. 201. Transfers of administrative jurisdiction.Sec. 202. Boundary modifications.Sec. 203. Administration. 2.In this Act:
(1)The term Map means the map entitled White Sands National Park Proposed Boundary Revision & Transfer of Lands Between National Park Service & Department of the Army
, numbered 142/136,271, and dated February 14, 2017.
(2)The term military munitions has the meaning given the term in section 101(e) of title 10, United States Code. (3)The term missile range means the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, administered by the Secretary of the Army.
(4)The term Monument means the White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, established by Presidential Proclamation No. 2025 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note), dated January 18, 1933, and administered by the Secretary.
(5)The term munitions debris has the meaning given the term in volume 8 of the Department of Defense Manual Number 6055.09–M entitled DoD Ammunitions and Explosives Safety Standards
and dated February 29, 2008 (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).
(6)The term Park means the White Sands National Park established by section 102(a).
(7)The term Public Land Order means Public Land Order 833, dated May 21, 1952 (17 Fed. Reg. 4822). (8)The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(9)The term State means the State of New Mexico.
<enum>I</enum><header>White Sands
National Park </header>
<section id="id8329ca7a4ca54fb294371f741e96f2ab"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="id6aafb4da0d954fae91161fec9b04223f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>White Sands National Monument was established on January 18, 1933, by President Herbert Hoover under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/54/3203">chapter 3203</external-xref> of title 54, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Antiquities Act of 1906</quote>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1cc79a31e20a4c369d28f1b39fe1ef7e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>President Hoover proclaimed that the Monument was established <quote>for the preservation of the white sands and additional features of scenic, scientific, and educational interest</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide966cd028057449481be8e540228c62e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Monument was expanded by Presidents Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Carter, and Clinton in 1934, 1942, 1953, 1978, and 1996, respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idae48350a7bc445d9825d82d11fd5124a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Monument contains a substantially more diverse set of nationally significant historical, archaeological, scientific, and natural resources than were known of at the time the Monument was established, including a number of recent discoveries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7f81dad26f834af3b5a9ca3c73d924b8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Monument is recognized as a major unit of the National Park System with extraordinary values enjoyed by more visitors each year since 1995 than any other unit in the State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddbcff4a3759e47b18e6b7a86caf56458"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Monument contributes significantly to the local economy by attracting tourists; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idefe0a6b7fab94cadb58cbdd58c660386"><enum>(7)</enum><text>designation of the Monument as a national park would increase public recognition of the diverse array of nationally significant resources at the Monument and visitation to the unit.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ide6cf385eab77420cbcf31120d675c309"><enum>102.</enum><header>Establishment
of White Sands National Park</header>
<subsection id="id255cbb6ca79142e6854af239393a756b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>To protect, preserve, and restore its scenic, scientific, educational, natural, geological, historical, cultural, archaeological, paleontological, hydrological, fish, wildlife, and recreational values and to enhance visitor experiences, there is established in the State the White Sands National Park as a unit of the National Park System.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idF6C1481A16A745B195E1CEB5F8F3F8C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Abolishment of White Sands National Monument</header>
<paragraph id="id8CCCA68008BA4C5F954EEEEE4B6CEE30"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Abolishment</header><text>Due to the establishment of the Park, the Monument is abolished.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idE808A4D2F2E349409CE1069E5CF0F7A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Incorporation</header><text>The land and interests in land that comprise the Monument are incorporated in, and shall be considered to be part of, the Park.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id84f42c92731e4343bb6535cff9216729"><enum>(c)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the <quote>White Sands National Monument</quote> shall be considered to be a reference to the <quote>White Sands National Park</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5acd610133184cdc996dfcc8d6cbd13c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Availability of
funds</header><text>Any funds available for the Monument shall be available for the Park.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id903b8d95d6634e828847aec312c68bdd"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Secretary shall administer the Park in accordance with—</text>
<paragraph id="id9F3C344DD1694ECC942A541390EFC254"><enum>(1)</enum><text>this title; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6FEE5B1B5A4D45F7A4BAA2FA2417A9E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including section 100101(a), chapter 1003, sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101, and <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/54/3201">chapter 3201</external-xref> of title 54, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB86FA24F3CDE4C3C871BF2BA96499104"><enum>(f)</enum><header>World Heritage List nomination</header>
<paragraph id="id7983548D209E453FB252E209178B8153"><enum>(1)</enum><header>County concurrence</header><text>The Secretary shall not submit a nomination for the Park to be included on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization unless each county in which the Park is located concurs in the nomination.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE0B146BEF3DB435EB8A0D67AC7ED7913"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Army notification</header><text>Before submitting a nomination for the Park to be included on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Secretary shall notify the Secretary of the Army of the intent of the Secretary to nominate the Park.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5a7055b50f3a49d7a8da7ad17f89aec0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in this section affects—</text>
<paragraph id="idd030e6a46c3a4a57a519c8240487d706"><enum>(1)</enum><text>valid existing rights (including water rights);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id18f62f98c47a4376ae102ff0d90b48ee"><enum>(2)</enum><text>permits or contracts issued by the Monument;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb07ef064d8e54a2db56c713f0860c041"><enum>(3)</enum><text>existing agreements, including agreements with the Department of Defense;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idACA1466EDA5E4AB19F74915CB8B6D33F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense regarding the restricted airspace above the Park; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id77c2faf415c3493e88fad47579dcae37"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the airshed classification of the Park under the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Modification of
boundaries of White Sands National Park and White Sands Missile
Range</header>
<section id="id7fcda3eaf657416a975e4fe366bba5d8"><enum>201.</enum><header>Transfers of
administrative jurisdiction</header>
<subsection id="id0F24D4ABAC3843839E21C180E5F7C9E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer of
administrative jurisdiction to the Secretary</header>
<paragraph id="id0DD2B4FB043F455FBAB846A5B605638A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative jurisdiction over the land described in paragraph (2) is transferred from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id45B78DE89E2E423BAEC804F149CEEAF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description of
land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The land referred to in paragraph (1) is—</text>
<subparagraph id="id434fccdd93a5418bb75eb9a3c544587f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the approximately 2,826 acres of land identified as <quote>To NPS, lands inside current boundary</quote> on the Map; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id33fb08284d6d453394670ef139eb75d4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the approximately 5,766 acres of land identified as <quote>To NPS, new additions</quote> on the Map.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF3709A0B82FB47B5A363EFFCEFBD061A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer of
administrative jurisdiction to the Secretary of the Army</header>
<paragraph id="id77ED5E535B034C65946F59FDCD7C6D4F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative jurisdiction over the land described in paragraph (2) is transferred from the Secretary to the Secretary of the Army.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8b53c693b6c5402195ec4bc5ddbd8901"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description of
land</header><text>The land referred to in paragraph (1) is the approximately 3,737 acres of land identified as <quote>To DOA</quote> on the Map.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id448186d9c0e441a381df84bdbdbf8c05"><enum>202.</enum><header>Boundary
modifications</header>
<subsection id="idD612EE033EEC43D3BB9EF205318DF323"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Park</header>
<paragraph id="id96A3E93E10E547749F09EFBF6274D518"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The boundary of the Park is revised to reflect the boundary depicted on the Map.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id37D9DAFFC5454FCABFC726E8C0FFF519"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Map</header>
<subparagraph id="idA8A68E17A2B94162A4B8E1C209AAAF79"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Army, shall prepare and keep on file for public inspection in the appropriate office of the Secretary a map and a legal description of the revised boundary of the Park.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3bf075b677d445fb9a01c3fbc9ee6a3c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>The map and legal description under subparagraph (A) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map and legal description.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2df346d630d74674af64310ce6553aad"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Boundary survey</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of the establishment of the Park and subject to the availability of funds, the Secretary shall complete an official boundary survey of the Park.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3A3229C2A71F4F95AE0641BFF44CFFCC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Missile
range</header>
<paragraph id="idBC49EDB95F3B410FBD87B905184FAD00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The boundary of the missile range and the Public Land Order are modified to exclude the land transferred to the Secretary under section 201(a) and to include the land transferred to the Secretary of the Army under section 201(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16C11331A39F4D9ABD170ED98638194E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prepare a map and legal description depicting the revised boundary of the missile range.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEECAE82B93A14C4BBFE615DD327CD3D8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 2854 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/201">Public Law 104–201</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/54/320301">54 U.S.C. 320301</external-xref> note) is repealed.</text> </subsection></section><section id="id983af0c853064890a4caa23e39ba7984"><enum>203.</enum><header>Administration</header> <subsection id="id281dee6f2be648e29f5046d83eb1bc73"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Park</header><text>The Secretary shall administer the land transferred under section 201(a) in accordance with laws (including regulations) applicable to the Park.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idfbdcb5dd713a44fcab384aca73fca3ca"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Missile
range</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Army shall administer the land transferred to the Secretary of the Army under section 201(b) as part of the missile range.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idE4A2F112C84E4682A05B57096EE5F494"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Infrastructure; resource management</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id247d6d8add8b46eeb2060da40c974b10"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Range Road 7</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id2A1A7CEFF21945A18F8AC0EE7FB95582"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Infrastructure management</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, in planning, constructing, and managing infrastructure on the land described in subparagraph (C), the Secretary of the Army shall apply low-impact development techniques and strategies to prevent impacts within the missile range and the Park from stormwater runoff from the land described in that subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id60d9c749920d482c87d68e86e17ee286"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Resource management</header><text>The Secretary of the Army shall—</text> <clause commented="no" id="idB7E3DF27F62346D48471904848C9782A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>manage the land described in subparagraph (C) in a manner consistent with the protection of natural and cultural resources within the missile range and the Park and in accordance with section 101(a)(1)(B) of the Sikes Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/670a">16 U.S.C. 670a(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>), division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3001">25 U.S.C. 3001</external-xref> et seq.); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id8AC015F0BCEF4AB48916FFC1C07CFD02"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include the land described in subparagraph (C) in the integrated natural and cultural resource management plan for the missile range.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb1e31be822e84a4fa731c5a3cee46e69"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) is the land that is transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army under section 201(b) and located in the area east of Range Road 7 in—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id65a331e6dcc141e891e2ade9e53064c8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>T. 17 S., R. 5 E., sec. 31;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="id695c7da969c34e178d48021b57166367"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>T. 18 S., R. 5 E.; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A52E423A1E145B79AAA54FA0657F917"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>T. 19 S., R. 5 E., sec. 5.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfac5163d6a3b4386926f9ee02c07746d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fence</header> <subparagraph id="idFC1A8B4784F447368C7EA9EA18A37167"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Army shall continue to allow the Secretary to maintain the fence shown on the Map until such time as the Secretary determines that the fence is unnecessary for the management of the Park.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id505a35a3c8c34f1ab4a2e40f3eaf8778"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Removal</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the fence is unnecessary for the management of the Park under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall promptly remove the fence at the expense of the Department of the Interior.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida6d8df068a6e49c6b4bff037834e04b1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Research</header><text>The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary may enter into an agreement to allow the Secretary to conduct certain research in the area identified as <quote>Cooperative Use Research Area</quote> on the Map.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idbad2911bb84c4a9a89ab36283c7bb255"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Military munitions and munitions debris</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id1a610081edf642b185d9b07a0737f641"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Response action</header><text>With respect to any Federal liability, the Secretary of the Army shall remain responsible for any response action addressing military munitions or munitions debris on the land transferred under section 201(a) to the same extent as on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6cb0940caee14f1aae5df0479453b4dd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Investigation of military munitions and munitions debris</header>
<subparagraph id="id11C00B76FE284AF681AABB4D3EFD79AD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may request that the Secretary of the Army conduct 1 or more investigations of military munitions or munitions debris on any land transferred under section 201(a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5741D1F5887E4F4ABDAE2C0DBB1F949E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Access</header><text>The Secretary shall give access to the Secretary of the Army to the land covered by a request under subparagraph (A) for the purposes of conducting the 1 or more investigations under that subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69EE43736CDE4D61ACEBA546634D1C9F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>An investigation conducted under this paragraph shall be subject to available appropriations.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id250a913f570942c6ba0fb64b87aeb042"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicable law</header><text>Any activities undertaken under this subsection shall be carried out in accordance with—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id17939C16DD914B0CBF571B8CED93ADD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9601">42 U.S.C. 9601</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide90754de08a848529271d4b3286386c9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the purposes for which the Park was established; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB31454DB88044A3F80722604719F178B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other applicable law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>