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 112 STAT. 3388 PUBLIC LAW 105-376 —NOV. 12, 1998 Public Law 105-376 105th Congress An Act Nov. 12, 1998 [S. 1132] Bandelier National Monument Administrative Impro ement and V atershed Protection Act of 1998. New Mexico. 16 USC 431 note [table]. To modify the boundaries of the Bandelier National Monument to include the lands within the headwaters of the Upper Alamo Watershed which drain into the Monument and which are not currently within the jurisdiction of a Federal land management agency, to authorize purchase or donation of those lands, 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 "BandeHer National Monument Administrative Improvement and Watershed Protection Act of 1998". SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds that: (1) Bandelier National Monument (hereinafter, the Monument) was established by Presidential proclamation on February 11, 1916, to preserve the archeological resources of a 'Vanished people, with as much land as may be necessary for the proper protection thereof..." (No. 1322; 39 Stat. 1746). (2) At various times since its establishment, the Congress and the President have adjusted the Monument's boundaries and purpose to further preservation of archeological and natural resources within the Monument. (A) On February 25, 1932, the Otowi Section of the Santa Fe National Forest (some 4,699 acres of land) was transferred to the Monument from the Santa Fe National Forest (Presidential Proclamation No. 1191; 17 Stat. 2503). (B) In December of 1959, 3,600 acres of Frijoles Mesa were transferred to the National Park Service from the Atomic Energy Committee (hereinafter, AEC) and subsequently added to the Monument on January 9, 1991, because of "pueblo-type archeological ruins germane to those in the monument" (Presidential Proclamation No. 3388). (C) On May 27, 1963, Upper Canyon, 2,882 acres of land previously administered by the AEC, was added to the Monument to preserve "their unusual scenic character together with geologic and topographic features, the preservation of which would implement the purposes" of the Monument (Presidential Proclamation No. 3539). (D) In 1976, concerned about upstream land management activities that could result in flooding and erosion

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