Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to transfer or acquire only from willing sellers the private or state lands or interests identified on the map entitled "Proposed Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modification".
Transfers administrative jurisdiction of specified withdrawn federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to the National Park Service (NPS).
Transfers to the BIA the administrative jurisdiction of certain federal land administered by the NPS for purposes of the San Carlos Irrigation Project.
Requires the Secretary to administer all such transferred or acquired lands as part of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in Arizona.
Requires the Secretary, as consideration for the acquisition of state and private lands, unless such lands are donated, to: (1) pay fair market value for such lands; and (2) convey to the state of Arizona and private land owners, as the case may be, federal lands, interest in federal land, or any other federal asset of equal value located in Arizona.
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the state of Arizona to provide for cooperative management of specified state trust lands.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2497 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2497
To modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 25, 2013
Mrs. Kirkpatrick (for herself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, and
Mr. Grijalva) 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 2013''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Casa Grande Ruin Reservation was set aside on March 2,
1889, proclaimed as the Nation's first archeological preserve
on June 22, 1892, and redesignated as Casa Grande Ruins
National Monument on August 3, 1918.
(2) Casa Grande Ruins National Monument protects one of the
finest architectural examples of 13th Century Hohokam culture
in the American Southwest known to early Spanish explorers as
the ``Great House''.
(3) Casa Grande is only part of the story of this ancient
town that may have covered 2 square miles.
(4) Recent surveys and research have determined that the
area of the Great House and the village surrounding it extends
beyond the current monument boundary.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled
``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.
SEC. 4. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OF
LANDS.
(a) Acquisition of Lands.--The Secretary is authorized to 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 the NPS.--The
following Federal lands as 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 the lands
identified in subsections (a) and (b), 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.--
(1) Transfers.--Upon completion of the transfers pursuant
to subsection (b), the Secretary shall modify the boundary of
the Monument accordingly, and shall update the map to reflect
such transfers.
(2) Acquisitions.--Upon completion of any of the
acquisitions pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall
modify the boundary of the Monument accordingly, and shall
update the map to reflect such acquisitions.
(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.
(g) Compensation.--As consideration for the acquisition of State
and private lands or interests in lands, unless such lands and
interests in lands are donated, the Secretary shall--
(1) pay fair market value for such lands; or
(2) convey to the State of Arizona and private land owners,
as the case may be, Federal lands, interest in Federal land, or
any other Federal asset of equal value located in the State of
Arizona.
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE TRUST LANDS.
The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the State to provide
for cooperative management of the approximately 200 acres of State
trust lands generally depicted on the map.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
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