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1 1971, which is on file and available for public inspection in 2 the office of the National Park Service, Department of the 3 Interior. When the Secretary of the Interior finds that two 4 tracts of land adjacent to the boundary of the national recrea5 tion area at Sit Down Bench and Warm Creek, comprising 6 seven thousand eight hundred and thirty-six acres and four 7 thousand nine hundred and forty six aeres, respectively, are 8 not needed or used for powersite development or related 9 facilities, he may add the lands to the area by publication of a notice in the Federal Register, and from time to time he 11 may make other boundary revisions in the same manner, but 12 the The total acreage of the national recreation area may not 13 exceed one million one hundred and sixty seven thousand 14 four hundred and twenty one million two hundred eighty-five 15 thousand three hundred and ten acres.

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SEC. 2. (a) Within the boundaries of the national rec17 reation area, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire land 18 and interests in land by donation, purchase with donated or 19 appropriated funds, or by exchange, except that land owned 20 by a State, political subdivision thereof, or an Indian tribe 21 may be acquired only with the concurrence of the owner. (b) When acquiring property by exchange, the See23 retary may accept title to any non-Federal property within 24 the boundaries of the national recreation area, and in ex25 change therefor he may convey to the grantor of such prop

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1 erty any federally owned property under his jurisdiction 2 which he classifies as suitable for exchange or other disposal 3 and which is located in the same State as the non-Federal 4 property to be acquired. The values of the properties so ex5 changed either shall be approximately equal, or if they are 6 not approximately equal the values shall be equalized by the 7 payment of cash to the grantor or to the Secretary as the 8 eircumstances require.

9 fe) (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect 10 the mineral rights reserved to the Navajo Indian Tribe under 11 section 2 of the Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1686), 12 or the rights reserved to the Navajo Indian Tribal Council 13 in said section 2 with respect to the use of the lands there 14 described under the heading "PARCEL B".

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area, subject to valid existing rights, are withdrawn from 17 location, entry, and patent under the United States mining 18 laws. Under such regulations as he deems appropriate, the 19 Secretary of the Interior shall permit the removal of the non20 leasable minerals from lands or interests in lands within the 21 national recreation area in the manner prescribed by section 22 10 of the Act of August 4, 1939, as amended (53 Stat. 23 1196; 43 U.S.C. 387 et seq.), and he shall permit the re24 moval of leasable minerals from lands or interests in lands 25 within the recreation area in accordance with the Mineral

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1 Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C.

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181 et seq.), or the Acquired Lands Mineral Leasing Act of 3 August 7, 1947 (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), if he finds that 4 such disposition would not have significant adverse effects on 5 the Glen Canyon project or on the administration of the 6 national recreation area pursuant to this Act.

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(b) All receipts derived from permits and leases issued 8 on lands in the national recreation area under the Mineral 9 Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, or the Act 10 of August 7, 1947, shall be disposed of as provided in the 11 applicable Act; and receipts from the disposition of non12 leasable minerals within the recreation area shall be disposed 13 of in the same manner as moneys received from the sale of 14 public lands.

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SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior shall administer, 16 protect, and develop the Glen Canyon National Recreation 17 Area in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Au18 gust 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), as 19 amended and supplemented, and with any other statutory 20 authority available to him for the conservation and man21 agement of natural resources to the extent he finds such 22 authority will further the purposes of this Act: Provided, 23 however, That nothing in this Act shall affect or interfere 24 with the authority of the Secretary of the Interior granted 25 by Public Law 485, Eighty-fourth Congress, second session,

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to operate Glen Canyon Dam and Reservoir in accordance 2 with the purposes of the Colorado River Storage Project

3 Act for river regulation, irrigation, flood control, and gen4 eration of hydroelectric power.

5 SEC. 5. The Secretary shall permit hunting, fishing, and 6 trapping on the lands and waters under his jurisdiction 7 within the recreation area in accordance with the applicable 8 Federal and State laws: Provided, That the Secretary, after 9 consultation with the respective State fish and game commis 10 sions, may issue regulations designating zones where and 11 establishing periods when no hunting, fishing, or trapping 12 shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administra 13 tion, or public use and enjoyment. laws, except that the Sec14 retary may designate zones where and establish periods when 15 no hunting, fishing, or trapping may be permitted for reasons 16 of public safety, administration, fish or wildlife management, 17 or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any 18 regulations of the Secretary pursuant to this section shall be 19 put into effect only after consultation with the appropriate 20 State fish and game commission. Nothing in this Act shall 21 affect the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the States of Utah 22 and Arizona under other provisions of State laws with

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SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior shall grant ease

25 ments and rights-of-way on a nondiscriminatory basis upon,

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1 over, under, across, or along any component of the Glen 2 Canyon National Recreation Area, if he finds that such 3 easements and rights-of-way would not have significant 4 adverse effects on the administration of the national recrea5 tion area pursuant to this Act.

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SEC. 7. (a) The Secretaries of the Interior and Trans

7 portation, in consultation with other Federal departments 8 involved, and with the States of Arizona and Utah, shall 9 conduct a study of proposed road alinements within and ad10 jacent to the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Such 11 study shall consider what roads are appropriate and neces12 sary for full utilization of the area for the purposes of this 13 Act as well as to connect with roads of ingress and egress

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(b) A report of the findings and conclusions of the Sec16 retaries of the Interior and Transportation shall be submitted 17 to the Congress within two years of the date of enactment 18 of this Act, including recommendations for such further legis19 lation as may be necessary to implement the findings and 20 conclusions developed from the study.

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SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a 22 study of the Escalante River Drainage encompassed within 23 the boundaries of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area as set forth in this bill to determine the suitability of any

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