H.R. 1630House108th Congress (2003-2005)Enacted

Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act of 2004

To revise the boundary of the Petrified Forest National Park in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes.

Also known as Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act of 2003

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Became Public Law No: 108-430.

December 3, 2004

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HouseIntro Referral

Introduced in House

April 3, 2003

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

Natural Resources Committee

April 3, 2003

HouseCommittee

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.

Federal Lands Subcommittee

April 10, 2003

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Executive Comment Requested from Interior.

Natural Resources Committee

April 10, 2003

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Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Federal Lands Subcommittee

June 15, 2004

HouseCommittee

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Federal Lands Subcommittee

July 8, 2004

HouseCommittee

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

Federal Lands Subcommittee

July 8, 2004

HouseCommittee

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Natural Resources Committee

July 14, 2004

HouseCommittee

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

Natural Resources Committee

July 14, 2004

HouseCommittee

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-713.

Natural Resources Committee

September 30, 2004

HouseCalendars

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 435.

September 30, 2004

HouseFloor

Mr. Gibbons moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

October 4, 2004 • 2:07 PM

HouseFloor

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7950-7951)

October 4, 2004 • 2:07 PM

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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1630.

October 4, 2004 • 2:07 PM

HouseFloor

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7950)

October 4, 2004 • 2:12 PM

HouseFloor

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

October 4, 2004 • 2:12 PM

SenateIntro Referral

Received in the Senate, read twice.

October 5, 2004

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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11183)

October 10, 2004

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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

October 10, 2004

SenateFloor

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

November 16, 2004

HouseResolving Differences

Mr. Renzi asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H10054-10055; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H10054)

November 19, 2004 • 7:36 PM

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Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.

November 19, 2004

HouseResolving Differences

On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.

November 19, 2004 • 7:36 PM

HouseResolving Differences

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

November 19, 2004 • 7:36 PM

President

Presented to President.

November 23, 2004

Became Law

Signed by President.

December 3, 2004

Became Law

Became Public Law No: 108-430.

December 3, 2004

Amendments

2 amendments

Offered to this bill

S.Amdt. 4055Oct 10, 2004

To make a technical correction.

Amendment SA 4055 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Pete V. Domenici

S.Amdt. 4047Oct 9, 2004

Replaces “June” with “July”

Floor Debate

7 members

What members said about H.R. 1630 on the floor

6 Republicans1 Democrat

Sen. Rick SantorumR-PA · Sep 21, 2004

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. on Oceans Commission. Mr.…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. on Oceans Commission.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., on S. 1963--Wireless 411 Privacy Act.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, September 21, at 10 a.m. to consider the nominations of Karen Alderman Harbert, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs and Domestic Policy and John Spitaleri Shaw, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety and Health.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on ``Indian Jails: A Clarion Call for Reform.''

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, for a joint hearing with the House of Representatives' Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hear the legislative presentation of The American Legion. The hearing will take place in room 345 of the Cannon House Office Building at 10 a.m.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

select committee on intelligence

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 21, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. to hold a closed business meeting.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

select committee on intelligence

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 21, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed business meeting.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

subcommittee on immigration and border security

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Refugees: Seeking Solutions to a Global Concern'' on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. in SD226.

Agenda:

Panel I: Gene Dewey, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of State, Washington, D.C.; Eduardo Aguirre, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.

Panel II: Charles H. Kuck, Managing Partner, Immigration Group, Weathersby, Howard & Kuck, LLC, Atlanta, GA; Mark Franken, Chair, Refugee Counsel, USA, Washington, D.C.; Lavinia Limon, Executive Director, United States Committee for Refugees, Washington, D.C.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, September 21 at 2:30 pm.

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 784 and H.R. 1630, to Revise the Boundary of Petrified Forest National Park in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes; S. 2656, to establish a National Commission on the Quincentennial of the Discovery of Florida by Ponce De Leon; S. 2499, to modify the boundary of the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes; S. 1311, to establish the Hudson-Fulton- Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2055, to amend P.L. 89-366 to allow for an Adjustment in the Number of Free Roaming Horses Permitted in Cape Lookout National Seashore.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Rep. Rick RenziR-AZ-1 · Oct 4, 2004

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Gibbons) for yielding me this time. I rise today in support of H.R. 1630, the Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act of 2004. This…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Gibbons) for yielding me this time.

I rise today in support of H.R. 1630, the Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act of 2004. This legislation authorizes the largest and most responsible park expansion this Congress has considered.

The Petrified Forest is truly a national treasure. It contains some of the most valuable natural and cultural resources in the world. The Petrified Forest contains resources dating back 225 million years.

Yet, today, the Petrified Forest is being threatened. Looters are raiding unprotected areas around the Petrified Forest National Park, searching for fossilized wood and valuable property, and they are selling these items on the black market. Our American Indian grave sites have been dug up and destroyed, and adjacent landowners have been forced to hire their own private security to prevent theft and vandalism.

In 1992, the National Park Service released a general management plan that proposed the inclusion of some 98,000 acres of surrounding threatened land. Since this time, additional Bureau of Land Management, State of Arizona, and private land has been identified for inclusion in the Petrified Forest National Park.

The Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act of 2004 authorizes the inclusion of 125,000 additional acres surrounding the Petrified Forest National Park. Expanding the Petrified Forest National Park will increase tourism and enhance research opportunities for communities in northern Arizona. In addition, private landowners identified in this exchange are willing sellers and will first consider a land exchange with the Federal Government.

As amended, this legislation ensures that acquisition by donation or exchange or other Federal lands shall occur first. Then, if additional lands need to be acquired, the Federal Government can purchase private land from willing sellers. This compromise will allow for the largest expansion of a national park this Congress, while ensuring the Federal Government's backlog maintenance needs are not further aggravated.

This important legislation has broad support from several nationally recognized archeological groups, as well as support from the Navajo County Board

of Supervisors, the city of Holbrook and the city of Winslow, Arizona.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1630, the Petrified Forest National Park Expansion Act of 2004.

Sen. Craig ThomasR-WY · Sep 13, 2004

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that the following hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on…

Rep. Donna M. ChristensenD-VI · Oct 4, 2004

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.) Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1630 as it is being brought to the floor…

Rep. Jim GibbonsR-NV-2 · Oct 4, 2004

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1630) to revise the boundary of the Petrified Forest National Park in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes, as amended. Mr.…

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Sen. Ben Nighthorse CampbellR-CO · Sep 13, 2004

Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Wednesday, September 29, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. in room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building to conduct a…

Sen. William H. FristR-TN · Oct 10, 2004

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of H.R. 3391, H.R. 3479, H.R. 4593, H.R. 4827, H.R. 1630, and H.R. 4579 which are at the desk. I ask…

Rep. Rick RenziR-AZ-1 · Nov 19, 2004

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 1630) to revise the boundary of the Petrified Forest National Park in the State of Arizona, and for other…

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Enrolled BillIssued November 19, 2004

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1630 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

H.R.1630

One Hundred Eighth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four

An Act

To revise the boundary of the Petrified Forest National Park in the
State of Arizona, 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 ``Petrified Forest National Park
Expansion Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Proposed
Boundary Adjustments, Petrified Forest National Park'', numbered
110/80,044, and dated July 2004.
(2) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Petrified Forest
National Park in the State.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
the Interior.
(4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Arizona.

SEC. 3. BOUNDARY REVISION.

(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to revise the boundary
of the Park to include approximately 125,000 acres as depicted on the
map.
(b) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service.

SEC. 4. ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND.

(a) Private Land.--The Secretary may acquire from a willing seller,
by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange,
any private land or interests in private land within the revised
boundary of the Park. In acquiring private land and interests in
private land within the revised boundary of the Park, the Secretary
shall undertake to acquire such private land and interests in private
land first by donation or exchange.
(b) State Land.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may, with the consent of the
State and in accordance with Federal and State law, acquire from
the State any State land or interests in State land within the
revised boundary of the Park.
(2) Plan.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, in coordination with
the State, develop a plan for acquisition for State land or
interests in State land under paragraph (1).
(3) Management agreement.--If the Secretary is unable to
acquire the State land under paragraph (1) within the 3-year period
required by paragraph (2), the Secretary may enter into an
agreement that would allow the National Park Service to manage
State land within the revised boundary of the Park.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

(a) In General.--Subject to applicable laws, all land and interests
in land acquired under this Act shall be administered by the Secretary
as part of the Park.
(b) Transfer of Jurisdiction.--The Secretary shall transfer to the
National Park Service administrative jurisdiction over any land under
the jurisdiction of the Secretary that--
(1) is depicted on the map as being within the boundaries of
the Park; and
(2) is not under the administrative jurisdiction of the
National Park Service on the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) Exchange After Enactment.--Upon completion of an exchange of
land after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
transfer administrative jurisdiction over the exchanged lands within
the boundary of the Park as depicted on the map to the National Park
Service.
(d) Grazing.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall permit the continuation of
grazing on land transferred to the Secretary under this Act,
subject to applicable laws, regulations, and Executive orders.
(2) Termination of leases or permits.--Nothing in this
subsection prohibits the Secretary from accepting the voluntary
termination of a grazing permit or grazing lease within the Park.
(e) Amendment to General Management Plan.--Not later than 3 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall amend
the general management plan for the Park to address the use and
management of any additional land acquired under this Act.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.