Chickasaw National Recreation Area Land Exchange Act of 2004
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 728.
September 28, 2004
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Introduced in Senate
April 29, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
April 29, 2004
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-704.
July 15, 2004
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
September 15, 2004
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Dodd with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-369.
September 28, 2004
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 728.
September 28, 2004
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[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 2374 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 728
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2374
[Report No. 108-369]
To provide for the conveyance of certain land to the United States and
to revise the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 29, 2004
Mr. Nickles (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
September 28, 2004
Reported by Mr. Domenici, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To provide for the conveyance of certain land to the United States and
to revise the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Chickasaw National
Recreation Area Land Exchange Act of 2004.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by provision 64 of the Agreement between the
United States and the Choctaws and Chickasaws dated March 21,
1902, approved by the Act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 641, 655;
chapter 1362), 640 acres of property were ceded to the United
States for the purpose of creating Sulphur Springs Reservation,
later known as ``Platt National Park'', to protect water and
other resources and provide public access;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in 1976, Platt National Park, the Arbuckle
Recreation Area, and additional land were combined to create
Chickasaw National Recreation Area--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) to protect and expand water and other
resources; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) to memorialize the history and culture
of the Chickasaw Nation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) recently, the Chickasaw Nation has expressed
interest in establishing a cultural center inside or adjacent
to the park;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) in the Final Amendment to the General
Management Plan of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area
(1994), it was determined that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the best location for a proposed
Chickasaw Nation Cultural Center is within the existing
boundary of the recreation area; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the selected cultural center site
should be conveyed to the Chickasaw Nation in exchange
for land of equal value;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) the land selected to be conveyed to the
Chickasaw Nation holds significant historical and cultural
connections with the people of the Chickasaw Nation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) the city of Sulphur, Oklahoma, is a key
partner in the land exchange through its donation of land to
the Chickasaw Nation for the purpose of exchange with the
United States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) the City has conveyed fee simple title to the
non-Federal land described as Tract 102-26 to the Chickasaw
Nation by warranty deed; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) the Secretary, the Chickasaw Nation, and the
City have signed a preliminary agreement to effect a land
exchange to allow the construction of a cultural center and
further protect the watershed and riparian resources of the
park.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide for
the land conveyance and trust acquisition in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) City.--The term ``City'' means the city of
Sulphur, Oklahoma.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means
the Chickasaw National Recreational Area land and interests in
that land, identified as Tract 102-25 on the Map.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal
land'' means the land and interests in land, formerly owned by
the City and currently owned by the Chickasaw Nation, located
adjacent to the existing boundary of Chickasaw National
Recreation Area and identified as Tract 102-26 on the
Map.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled
``Proposed Land Exchange and Boundary Revision, Chickasaw
National Recreation Area'', dated September 8, 2003, and
numbered 107/800035a.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of the Interior.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. CHICKASAW NATIONAL RECREATION AREA LAND
CONVEYANCE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Land Exchange; Trust Status.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Land exchange.--If the Chickasaw Nation
conveys to the United States fee simple title to the non-
Federal land, the Secretary shall simultaneously convey to the
Chickasaw Nation all of the right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to the Federal land.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Trust status.--On the exchange of land under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall place the Federal land
conveyed to the Chickasaw Nation in trust for the benefit of
the Chickasaw Nation to allow the construction of a cultural
center and to protect the watershed and riparian resources of
the Chickasaw National Recreation Area.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Equal Value of Land.--The value of the Federal land
and the non-Federal land shall be of approximately equal value, as
determined by the Secretary through an appraisal performed by a
qualified appraiser and in conformance with the Uniform Appraisal
Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Conditions.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the land
conveyance and trust acquisition under subsection (a) shall not take
place until completion of all items included in the Preliminary
Exchange Agreement among the City, the Chickasaw Nation, and the
Secretary, executed on July 16, 2002.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Administration of Acquired Land.--On conveyance of the
non-Federal land to the Secretary under this Act--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the non-Federal land shall become part of the
Chickasaw National Recreation Area; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the Secretary shall manage the land in
accordance with the Act of August 25, 1916 (commonly known as
the ``National Park Service Act'') (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) and
the other laws (including regulations) applicable to the
National Park System.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Boundary Revision.--On completion of the land exchange
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall revise the boundary of
Chickasaw National Recreation Area to reflect the acquisition of the
non-Federal land conveyed to the United States.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Land Exchange Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the
Chickasaw National Recreational Area land and interests in the
land, identified as Tract 102-25 on the Map.
(2) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means
the land and interests in the land formerly owned by the City
of Sulphur, Oklahoma, and currently owned by the Chickasaw
Nation, located adjacent to the existing boundary of Chickasaw
National Recreation Area and identified as Tract 102-26 on the
Map.
(3) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled
``Proposed Land Exchange and Boundary Revision, Chickasaw
National Recreation Area'', dated September 8, 2003, and
numbered 107/800035a.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
SEC. 3. CHICKASAW NATIONAL RECREATION AREA LAND CONVEYANCE.
(a) Land Conveyance.--Not later 180 days after the Chickasaw Nation
conveys all right, title, and interest in and to the non-Federal land
to the United States, the Secretary shall convey all right, title, and
interest in and to the Federal land to the Chickasaw Nation.
(b) Equal Value of Land.--The value of the Federal land and the
non-Federal land shall be of approximately equal value, as determined
by the Secretary through an appraisal performed by a qualified
appraiser and in conformance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for
Federal Land Acquisitions.
(c) Conditions.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the
conveyance of the non-Federal land authorized under subsection
(a) shall not take place until the completion of all provisions
included in the Preliminary Exchange Agreement among the City
of Sulphur, the Chickasaw Nation, and the National Park
Service, executed on July 16, 2002, except as provided in
paragraph (2).
(2) Exception.--Completion of the provisions in section
III.B.3. of the Preliminary Exchange Agreement among the City
of Sulphur, the Chickasaw Nation, and the National Park
Service, executed on July 16, 2002, providing for the Federal
land to be taken into trust for the benefit of the Chickasaw
Nation shall not be required.
(d) Administration of Acquired Land.--On completion of the land
exchange authorized under subsection (a), the Secretary--
(1) shall revise the boundary of Chickasaw National
Recreation Area to reflect the exchange; and
(2) shall administer the land acquired by the United States
in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations).
Calendar No. 728
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2374
[Report No. 108-369]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide for the conveyance of certain land to the United States and
to revise the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma,
and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
September 28, 2004
Reported with an amendment