Fort Bowie National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act of 2004

Fort Bowie National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act of 2004 - Modifies the boundary of the Fort Bowie National Historic Site to include approximately 715 acres on the map specified as "Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Proposed Boundary Revision".

Directs the National Park Service to allow public access on the Quillian Well Road to adjacent Bureau of Land Management property.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4447 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4447

 To revise the boundary of the Fort Bowie National Historic Site, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2004

  Mr. Kolbe introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To revise the boundary of the Fort Bowie National Historic Site, 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 ``Fort Bowie National Historic Site 
Boundary Revision Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Fort Bowie, established in 1862--
                    (A) was the focal point of military operations 
                against Geronimo and his band of Apaches; and
                    (B) the site of the Bascom Affair, a wagon train 
                massacre, and the battle of Apache Pass, where under 
                the direction of Mangus Colorados and Cochise a large 
                force of Chiricahua Apache fought the California 
                Volunteers.
            (2) Fort Bowie National Historic Site was established by 
        Congress on August 30, 1964--
                    (A) to preserve the adobe walls of various post 
                buildings and the ruins of the Butterfield Stage 
                Station; and
                    (B) to commemorate the story of the bitter conflict 
                between the Chiricahua Apaches and the United States 
                military.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to modify the boundary of 
Fort Bowie National Historic Site in order to--
            (1) protect and interpret the site of the Bascom-Cochise 
        Affair;
            (2) protect and interpret the site where Geronimo and 
        approximately 37 warriors, women, and children surrendered to 
        General Nelson A. Miles;
            (3) provide greater opportunities for visitor understanding 
        of the complete story of Fort Bowie; and
            (4) protect the cultural landscape of the site.

SEC. 3. BOUNDARY OF FORT BOWIE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.

    The first section of the Act of August 30, 1964 (78 Stat. 681), is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``That the'' and inserting the following:
    ``Sec. 1.
(a) The'';
            (2) by striking ``this Act: Provided,'' and all that 
        follows through the period and inserting ``this Act.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) The boundary of the Fort Bowie National Historic Site is 
modified to include the approximately 715 acres generally depicted on 
the map entitled `Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Proposed Boundary 
Revision', numbered 424/80,017, and dated _______. The map shall be on 
file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.''.

SEC. 4. QUILLIAN WELL ROAD ACCESS.

    Section 4 of the Act of August 30, 1964 (78 Stat. 681), is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 4 as section 5; and
            (2) by inserting after section 3 the following new section:
    ``Sec. 4. The National Park Service shall allow public access on 
the Quillian Well Road to adjacent Bureau of Land Management property 
in accordance with applicable National Park Service laws and 
regulations.''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.

    Section 5 of the Act of August 30, 1964 (78 Stat. 681), as 
redesignated by section 4 of this Act, is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 5. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out this Act.''.
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