Santa Rita Public Lands Exchange Act of 1988

Summary

Santa Rita Public Lands Exchange Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to transfer to, or exchange with, the State of Arizona all of the lands in the Santa Rita Experiment Station lying outside of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary to use such lands to: (1) satisfy the remaining Federal debt to Arizona for relinquishments of land for the Central Arizona Project; and (2) acquire Catalina State Park and other specified lands in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Provides that those lands in the Catalina State Park and Madera-Elephant Head Trail area that are acquired in accordance with this Act shall be included in the National Forest System and that such Park shall be managed cooperatively by Arizona and Federal authorities. Provides that all lands acquired by the Government under this Act shall be exempt from any further planning requirements of the 1976 National Forest Management Act until the 1986 Coronado Forest Plan is revised, at which time future management direction shall be determined as part of planning for the entire National Forest. Revokes executive and public land orders which withdrew the Santa Rita Experimental Range for a Forest and Range Experiment Station. Withdraws from entry under the public land laws certain lands lying within the Coronado National Forest for use as a Forest and Range Experiment Station administrative headquarters site. Revokes a certain public land order which withdrew lands for forest administrative sites. Revokes executive and public land orders which withdrew and established administrative jurisdiction for the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge with respect to specified lands. Restricts use of such lands to those uses which will conserve, protect, and enhance the bighorn sheep and other wildlife and plant species contained on such lands. Places such lands under the jurisdiction of the BLM to be administered as public lands. Designates the New Water Mountains Wilderness, to be a part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Releases specified lands as a part of such wilderness. Places specified lands into the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. Withdraws certain Federal lands of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and the New Water Mountains Wilderness from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under public land laws; (2) location, entry, or patent under Federal mining laws; and (3) disposition under Federal laws concerning mineral and geothermal leasing. Places specified Federal lands into the National Wildlife Refuge System as part of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. Revokes certain orders which withdrew lands from the Colorado River Storage Project, for the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, for the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, and in aid of the Salt River Project. Adjusts a boundary of the Coronado National Forest. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations, including to provide for at least ten full-time equivalent employees of the BLM to perform resource management and law enforcement activities as a part of the administration of: (1) lands transferred from the Fish and Wildlife Service to the BLM under this Act; and (2) BLM lands in Black Canyon Corridor.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

3 official files

• Indefinitely postponed in Senate

  summary · EN · 19 October 1988

  Open at official source

• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 27 September 1988

  Open at official source

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 29 April 1988

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.