Camp Hale Study Act

Camp Hale Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study to determine: (1) the suitability and feasibility of designating Camp Hale, in Colorado, as a unit of the National Park System; or (2) any other designation or management option that would provide for the protection of resources within Camp Hale, including continued management of Camp Hale by the Forest Service. Requires the study to include the significance of Camp Hale in relation to national security during World War II and the Cold War, including: (1) the use of Camp Hale for training of the 10th Mountain Division and other elements of the U.S. Armed Forces; and (2) the use of Camp Hale for training by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of Tibetan refugees seeking to resist the Chinese occupation of Tibet.

Expresses the intent of Congress that the Secretaries not propose any designation that would affect valid existing rights, including: (1) all existing interstate water compacts; (2) water rights decreed at, or flowing within, below, or through Camp Hale; (3) water rights in Colorado; (4) U.S. water rights; and (5) the management and operation of any reservoir.

Requires the Secretary to submit the study and any recommendations related to Camp Hale to Congress.

Authorizes appropriations.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2330 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2330

    To direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study to 
determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as 
                  a unit of the National Park System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study to 
determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as 
                  a unit of the National Park System.

    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 ``Camp Hale Study Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY OF THE SUITABILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF 
              ESTABLISHING CAMP HALE AS A UNIT OF THE NATIONAL PARK 
              SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the National Park Service (hereinafter referred to as the 
``Secretary''), shall complete a special resource study of Camp Hale to 
determine--
            (1) the suitability and feasibility of designating Camp 
        Hale as a separate unit of the National Park System; and
            (2) the methods and means for the protection and 
        interpretation of Camp Hale by the National Park Service, other 
        Federal, State, or local government entities or private or 
        nonprofit organizations.
    (b) Study Requirements.--The Secretary shall conduct the study in 
accordance with section 8(c) of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5(c)).
    (c) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds 
are made available to carry out this Act, 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 
containing--
            (1) the results of the study; and
            (2) any recommendations of the Secretary.

SEC. 3. EFFECT OF STUDY.

    Nothing in this Act shall affect valid existing rights or the 
exercise of such rights, including--
            (1) all interstate water compacts in existence on the date 
        of the enactment of this Act (including full development of any 
        apportionment made in accordance with the compacts);
            (2) water rights decreed at the Camp Hale site or flowing 
        within, below, or through the Camp Hale site;
            (3) water rights in the State of Colorado;
            (4) water rights held by the United States;
            (5) the management and operation of any reservoir, 
        including the storage, management, release, or transportation 
        of water; and
            (6) the ability, subject to compliance with lawful existing 
        local, State, and Federal regulatory requirements, to construct 
        and operate that infrastructure determined necessary by those 
        with decreed water rights to develop and place to beneficial 
        use such rights.
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