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12. Florissant Fossil Beds

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in the State of Colorado (83 Stat. 101)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to preserve and interpret for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the excellently preserved insect and leaf fossils and related geologic sites and objects at the Florissant lakebeds, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange such land and interests in land in Teller County, Colorado, as he may designate from the lands shown on the map entitled "Proposed Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument", numbered NM-FFB-7100, and dated March 1967, and more particularly described by metes and bounds in an attachment to that map, not exceeding, however, six thousand acres thereof, for the purpose of establishing the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall administer the property acquired pursuant to section 1 of this Act as the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes," approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.Ć. 1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented.

SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not more than $3,727,000, as may be necessary for the acquisition of lands and interests in land for the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and for necessary development expenses in connection therewith. Approved August 20, 1969.

Legislative History

House Report No. 91-411 (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs). Senate Report No. 91-263 (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs). Congressional Record, Vol. 115 (1969):

June 20: Considered and passed Senate.

Aug. 4: Considered and passed House, amended.
Aug. 7 Senate concurred in House amendments.

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13. George Washington Birthplace

An Act to provide for increases in appropriation ceilings and boundary changes in certain units of the national park system, and for other purposes. (86 Stat. 120)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,

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TITLE III-BOUNDARY CHANGES

SEC. 301. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to revise the boundaries of the following units of the national park system:

(4) George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia: to add approximately 62.3

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SEC. 302.The boundary revisions authorized in section 301 shall become effective upon publication in the Federal Register of a map or other description of the lands added or excluded by the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 303. Within the boundaries of the areas as revised in accordance with section 301, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands and interest therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer from any other Federal agency. Lands and interests therein so acquired shall become part of the area to which they are added, and shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable thereto. When acquiring any land pursuant to this Act, the Secretary (i) may tender, to the owner or owners of record on the date of enactment of this Act, a revocable permit for the continued use and occupancy of such land or any portion thereof subject to such terms and conditions as he deems necessary or (ii) may acquire any land pursuant to this Act subject to the retention of a right of use and occupancy for a term not to exceed 25 years or for the life of the owner or owners. Lands and interests therein excluded from the areas pursuant to section 301 may be exchanged for non-Federal lands within the boundaries as revised, or they may be transferred to the jurisdiction of any other Federal agency or to a State or political subdivision thereof, without monetary consideration, as the Secretary of the Interior may deem appropriate. In exercising the authority in this section with respect to lands and interests therein excluded from the areas, the Secretary of the Interior may, on behalf of the United States, retrocede to the appropriate State exclu

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sive or concurrent legislative jurisdiction subject to such terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate, over such lands, to be effective upon acceptance thereof by the State. Any such lands not so exchanged or transferred may be disposed of in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended.

SEC. 304. For the acquisition of lands and interests in lands which are added to the areas referred to in section 301, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, but not more than the following

amounts:

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George Washington Birthplace National Monument, $57,000.

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Approved April 11, 1972.

14. Hohokam Pima

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Hohokam Pima National Monument in the vicinity of the Snaketown archeologistical site, Arizona, and for other purposes. (86 Stat. 1047) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to preserve and interpret for the benefit and inspiration of the people a site containing significant archeological values, including the irrigation systems in the valleys of central Arizona developed by the Hohokam and Pima Indians, and their descendants, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to establish the Hohokam Pima National Monument (hereinafter referred to as the "monument"). Such monument, which shall not exceed two thousand acres in size, shall comprise lands in the vicinity of and including the Snaketown archeological site on the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, as generally depicted on the drawing entitled "Boundary Map Snaketown National Monument", numbered NMSNA-20,003-A, and dated October 1971. The monument may be established by the Secretary when he determines that the beneficial interest in a sufficient amount of land has been transferred to constitute an efficiently administrable unit.

SEC. 2. (a) The Gila River Indian Community Council, (hereinafter referred to as the "council") for the Gila River Indian Community (hereinafter referred to as the "community") may acquire the beneficial interest in any allotted lands located within the boundaries of the monument and may, in exchange therefor, convey to such allottees, or their successors in interest, the beneficial interest in any lands of at least equal value outside the boundaries of the monument which are held in trust for the benefit of the community. In arranging such equal exchanges with allottees the council may acquire beneficial whole or fractionated interests in tracts outside the boundaries of the monument. When the council is unable to acquire such interests, it may request that the Secretary, on its behalf and with funds which it provides, acquire such beneficial interest in any lands within the boundaries of the monument, and the Secretary may acquire such interest by condemnation.

(b) The council is authorized to transfer to the Secretary the beneficial interest in any lands held in trust for the benefit of the community, including such interests as are acquired pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, located within the boundaries of the monument. In exchange for such transfer, the Secretary shall declare that title to public lands of at least equal value which are

under his jurisdiction are held in trust for the community. SEC. 3. (a) The administration and protection of the Hohokam Pima National Monument shall be exercised by the Secretary in accordance with the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); except that the council shall be permitted to develop and operate revenue-producing visitor services and facilities within such monument in accordance with plans and regulations of the Secretary. Any revenues resulting from the operation of such services and facilities may be retained by the council.

(b) An appropriate portion of any admission fees attributable to such services and facilities may, in accordance with an agreement between the Secretary and the Council, be transferred to the council.

SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not more than $135,000 for the acquisition of lands and not more than $1,781,000 for the development of the monument.

Approved October 21, 1972.

Legislative History

House Report No. 92-1425 (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs). Senate Report No. 92-1282 accompanying S. 1927, (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs).

Congressional Record, Vol. 118 (1972):

Oct. 10, considered and passed House.

Oct. 12, considered and passed Senate, in lieu of S. 1927.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Vol. 8, No. 44: Oct. 28. Presidential statement.

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