[House Report 106-826]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                                       
106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-826

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             EFFIGY MOUNDS NATIONAL MONUMENT ADDITIONS ACT

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 September 7, 2000.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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  Mr. Young of Alaska, from the Committee on Resources, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 3745]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill 
(H.R. 3745) to authorize the addition of certain parcels to the 
Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa, having considered the 
same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend 
that the bill as amended do pass.
  The amendment is as follows:
  Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

  This Act may be cited as the ``Effigy Mounds National Monument 
Additions Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

  In this Act:
          (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Proposed 
        Boundary Adjustments/Effigy Mounds National Monument'', 
        numbered 394/800 35, and dated May 1999.
          (2) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Effigy Mounds 
        National Monument, Iowa.
          (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        the Interior.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONS TO EFFIGY MOUNDS NATIONAL MONUMENT.

  (a) In General.--The Secretary may acquire by purchase, from willing 
sellers only, each of the parcels described in subsection (b).
  (b) Parcels.--The parcels referred to in subsection (a) are the 
following:
          (1) Ferguson/kistler tract.--The parcel consisting of 
        approximately 1054 acres of undeveloped, privately-owned land 
        located in portions of secs. 28, 29, 31, 32, and 33, T. 95 N., 
        R. 3 W., Fairview Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, as depicted 
        on the map.
          (2) Riverfront tract.--The parcel consisting of approximately 
        50 acres of bottom land located between the Mississippi River 
        and the north unit of the Monument in secs. 27 and 34, Fairview 
        Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, as depicted on the map.
  (c) Boundary Adjustment.--On acquisition of a parcel described in 
subsection (b), the Secretary shall modify the boundary of the Monument 
to include the parcel. Any parcel included within the boundary of the 
Monument pursuant to this subsection shall be administered by the 
Secretary as part of the Monument.
  (d) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
  (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $750,000.

                          Purpose of The BILL

    The purpose of H.R. 3745 is to authorize the addition of 
certain parcels to the Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa.

                  Background and Need For Legislation

    Effigy Mounds National Monument, created by Presidential 
Proclamation in 1949, is located in northeastern Iowa along the 
Mississippi River. Currently, the 1481-acre Monument protects 
approximately 200 mound sites built by Eastern Woodland Indians 
from about 500 BC to 1300 AD. Although prehistoric mounds are 
common from the Midwest to the Atlantic seaboard, they seldom 
are found in an effigy outline of mammals, birds, or reptiles. 
The 200 mounds, including the 29 effigy mounds, are thought to 
have served a variety of purposes such as territory markers, 
burials, or other cultural activities. The Monument hosts an 
estimated 80,000 visitors annually.
    H.R. 3745 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
acquire 5 tracts of land from willing sellers to expand the 
boundaries of Effigy Mounds National Monument. The Iowa Natural 
Heritage Foundation has negotiated the purchase of the 
Ferguson/Kistler Tract, which represents the largest of the 5 
parcels at 1045 acres. This tract also contains two effigy 
mounds and numerous other historic and prehistoric sites. The 
acquired land would consist approximately 1100 acres and the 
Monument boundary adjusted accordingly. H.R. 3745 would 
authorize $750,000 to be appropriated to carry out this bill.

                            Committee Action

    H.R. 3745 was introduced by Congressman James Nussle (R-IA) 
on February 29, 2000. The bill was referred to the Committee on 
Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee on 
National Parks and Public Lands. On June 8, 2000, the 
Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On June 27, 2000, the 
Subcommittee met to consider the bill. An amendment in the 
nature of a substitute was offered by Congressman James V. 
Hansen (R-UT) to limit the monument expansion to the Ferguson/
Kistler Tract (1,054 acres) and the Riverfront tract (15 
acres). The amendment was adopted by a recorded vote of 7-6, as 
follows:


    No further amendments were offered, and the bill, as 
amended, was ordered favorably reported to the Resources 
Committee by voice vote. The Resources Committee met to 
consider the bill on July 26, 2000. The bill, as amended, was 
ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by 
unanimous consent, with a technical amendment changing the 
acreage of the Riverfront tract from 15 acres to 50 acres.

            Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations

    Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Resources' oversight findings and recommendations 
are reflected in the body of this report.

                   Constitutional Authority Statement

    Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.

                    Compliance With House Rule XIII

    1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives requires an estimate and 
a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be 
incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(3)(B) 
of that rule provides that this requirement does not apply when 
the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted 
cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    2. Congressional Budget Act. As required by clause 3(c)(2) 
of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this 
bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending 
authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in 
revenues or tax expenditures.
    3. Government Reform Oversight Findings. Under clause 
3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee has received no report of 
oversight findings and recommendations from the Committee on 
Government Reform on this bill.
    4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. Under clause 
3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate 
for this bill from the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office.
                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                    Washington, DC, August 3, 2000.
Hon. Don Young,
Chairman, Committee on Resources,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 3745, the Effigy 
Mounds National Monument Additions Act.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Deborah Reis.
            Sincerely,
                                          Barry B. Anderson
                                    (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).
    Enclosure.

H.R. 3745--Effigy Mounds National Monument Additions Act

    H.R. 3745 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
purchase two parcels of land totaling about 1,100 acres to be 
added to the Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa. For this 
purpose, the bill would authorize the appropriation of 
$750,000.
    Assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts and based 
on information provided by the National Park Service (NPS), CBO 
estimates that implementing H.R. 3745 would cost the federal 
government about $2 million over the next five years. Of this 
amount, $750,000 would be used to purchase the two parcels 
authorized for inclusion in the monument's boundaries and 
$500,000 would be used to construct a visitor contact station 
on the larger of the two parcels, the Ferguson/Kistler tract. 
Finally, annual costs to operate the expanded monument would 
increase by about $250,000 as a result of the bill.
    H.R. 3745 would not affect direct spending or receipts; 
therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would not apply. The bill 
contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as 
defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would have no 
significant impact on the budgets of state, local, or tribal 
governments.
    On July 19, 2000, CBO submitted a cost estimate for S. 
1643, the Effigy Mounds National Monument Additions Act, as 
ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources on July 13, 2000. The Senate bill would allow three 
more land parcels to be acquired by the NPS and would authorize 
$250,000 more for that purpose.
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Deborah Reis. 
The estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy 
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4

    This bill contains no unfunded mandates.

               PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL, OR TRIBAL LAW

    This bill is not intended to preempt State, local, or 
tribal law.

                        CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

    If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing 
law.

                                
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