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Calendar No. 299
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1376
[Report No. 111–149]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 28, 2009
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
March 2, 2010
Reported by Mr. Bingaman, without amendment
AN ACT
To establish the Waco Mammoth National Monument in the State of Texas, and for other purposes.
SHORT TITLE
This Act may be cited as the
Waco Mammoth National Monument
Establishment Act of 2009
.
FINDINGS
Congress finds as follows:
The Waco Mammoth Site area is located near the confluence of the Brazos and the Bosque rivers in Central Texas, near the City of Waco.
Baylor University has been investigating the site since 1978 after the discovery of bones emerging from eroding creek banks leading to the uncovering of portions of five mammoths.
Several additional mammoth remains have been uncovered making this the largest known concentration of mammoths dying from the same event.
The discoveries have received international attention.
The University and the City of Waco have been working together to protect the site and to develop further research and educational opportunities.
DEFINITIONS
In this Act the following definitions apply:
National Monument
The term national monument means the Waco Mammoth National Monument, established in section 4.
Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
Map
The term “map” means the map titled “Proposed Boundary Waco-Mammoth National Monument”, numbered T21/80,000, and dated April, 2009.
Waco Mammoth National Monument, Texas
Establishment
There is established the Waco Mammoth National Monument in the State of Texas, as a unit of the National Park System, as generally depicted on the map.
Availability of map
The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
Administration of National Monument
In General
The Secretary shall administer the national monument in accordance with this Act, the cooperative agreements described in this section, and laws and regulations generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including the National Park Service Organic Act (39 Stat. 535, 16 U.S.C. 1).
Cooperative agreements
The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements for the management of the national monument with Baylor University and City of Waco, pursuant to the National Park Service General Authorities Act (16 U.S.C. 1a–2(1)).
Acquisition of property and boundary management
Acquisition of property
The Secretary is authorized to acquire from willing sellers lands, or interests in lands, within the proposed boundary of the national monument necessary for effective management.
Conditions
Lands identified in subsection (a) may be acquired—
by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, transfer from another Federal agency, or by exchange; and
in the case of lands owned by the State of Texas, or a political subdivision thereof, or Baylor University only by donation or exchange.
Construction of facilities on Nonfederal lands
In General
The Secretary is authorized, subject to the appropriation of necessary funds, to construct essential administrative or visitor use facilities on non-Federal lands within the national monument.
Other funding
In addition to the use of Federal funds authorized in subsection (a), the Secretary may use donated funds, property, and services to carry out this section.
General Management plan
In General
Not later than three years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with Baylor University and City of Waco, shall prepare a management plan for the national monument.
Inclusions
The management plan shall include, at a minimum—
measures for the preservation of the resources of the national monument;
requirements for the type and extent of development and use of the national monument;
identification of visitor carrying capacities for national monument; and
opportunities for
involvement by Baylor University, the City of Waco, the State of Texas, and
other local and national entities in the formulation of educational programs
for the national monu-
ment and for developing and supporting the national monument.
March 2, 2010
Reported without amendment