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Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2019
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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 3119
To modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument,
and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Ms. MCSALLY (for herself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources
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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Casa Grande Ruins
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National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
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Congress finds that—
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(1) Casa Grande Ruin Reservation was—
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(A) set aside on March 2, 1889;
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(B) proclaimed as the first archaeological
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preserve in the United States on June 22,
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1892; and
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(C) redesignated as the ‘‘Casa Grande
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Ruins National Monument’’ on August 3, 1918;
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(2) the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
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protects 1 of the finest architectural examples of
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13th century Hohokam culture in the Southwest,
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which was known to early Spanish explorers as the
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‘‘Great House’’;
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(3) Casa Grande is only part of the story of an
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ancient town that may have covered 2 square miles;
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and
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(4) recent surveys and research have deter-
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mined that the area of the Great House and the vil-
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lage surrounding the Great House extends beyond
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the existing boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins Na-
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tional Monument.
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
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In this Act:
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(1) BIA LAND.—The term ‘‘BIA land’’ means
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the approximately 7.41 acres of Federal land admin-
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istered by the Director of the Bureau of Indian Af-
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fairs, as generally depicted on the map.
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(2) BLM
LAND.—The term ‘‘BLM land’’
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means the approximately 3.8 acres of Federal land
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administered by the Director of the Bureau of Land
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Management, as generally depicted on the map.
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(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
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titled ‘‘Proposed Casa Grande Ruins Boundary
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Modification’’, numbered 300–120,734, and dated
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May 2013.
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(4)
MONUMENT.—The
term
‘‘Monument’’
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means the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
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in the State.
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(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
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the Secretary of the Interior.
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(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State
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of Arizona.
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SEC. 4. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE
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JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN LAND.
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(a) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The Secretary may ac-
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quire by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or
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appropriated funds, from willing sellers only, the State
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land or private land or an interest in the State land or
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private land, as generally depicted on the map, to be ad-
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ministered as part of the Monument.
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(b) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION
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OVER BIA LAND AND BLM LAND.—
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(1) WITHDRAWAL.—The BIA land and the
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BLM land are withdrawn from—
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(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and
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disposal under the public land laws;
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(B) location, entry, and patent under the
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mining laws; and
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(C) operation of the mineral leasing and
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geothermal leasing laws and mineral materials
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laws.
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(2) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC-
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TION.—
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(A) BLM LAND.—Administrative jurisdic-
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tion over the BLM land is transferred from the
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Director of the Bureau of Land Management to
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the Director of the National Park Service.
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(B) BIA LAND.—Administrative jurisdic-
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tion over the BIA is transferred from the Direc-
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tor of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Di-
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rector of the National Park Service.
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(c) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION
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TO BIA.—Administrative jurisdiction over the approxi-
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mately 3.5 acres of Federal land administered by the Di-
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rector of the National Park Service, as generally depicted
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on the map as ‘‘Lands to be Transferred to BIA’’, is
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transferred from the Director of the National Park Service
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to the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for pur-
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poses of the San Carlos Irrigation Project.
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(d) ADMINISTRATION; BOUNDARY
AND MAP UP-
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DATE.—On the acquisition of land or an interest in land
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under subsection (a) or the transfer of land under sub-
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section (b), the Secretary shall—
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(1) administer the acquired land or interest in
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land or transferred land as part of the Monument,
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in accordance with the laws generally applicable to
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units of the National Park System, including appli-
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cable provisions of division A of subtitle I of title 54,
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United States Code; and
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(2) modify the boundary of the Monument and
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update the map to reflect the acquisition or transfer.
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(e) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file
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and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of
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the National Park Service.
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(f) COMPENSATION.—Except in a case in which State
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land or private land or an interest in State land or private
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land is acquired by donation, as consideration for the ac-
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quisition of State land or private land or an interest in
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State land or private land under subsection (a), the Sec-
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retary shall—
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(1) pay fair market value for the acquired land
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or interest in land; or
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(2) convey to the State or private landowner, as
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applicable, Federal land, an interest in Federal land,
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or any other Federal asset of equal value located in
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the State.
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SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE TRUST LAND.
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The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the
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State to provide for the cooperative management by the
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Secretary and the State of the approximately 200 acres
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of State trust land, as generally depicted on the map.
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