§ 410ss. — Establishment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410ss]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LIX-Q--TUMACACORI NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 410ss. Establishment
(a) In general
In order to protect and interpret, for the education and benefit of
the public, sites in the State of Arizona associated with the early
Spanish missionaries and explorers of the 17th and 18th centuries, there
is hereby established the Tumacacori National Historical Park
(hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the ``park'').
(b) Area included
The park shall consist of the existing Tumacacori National Monument,
together with (1) the ruins of Los Santos Angeles de Guevavi, the first
mission in Arizona (consisting of approximately 8 acres) and (2) the
Kino visita and rancheria ruins of Calabazas (consisting of
approximately 22 acres), each as generally depicted on the map entitled
``Boundary Map, Tumacacori National Historical Park'', numbered 311/
80018, and dated February 1990. The park shall also consist of
approximately 310 acres of land adjacent to the original Tumacacori unit
of the park and generally depicted on the map entitled ``Tumacacori
National Historical Park, Arizona Proposed Boundary Revision 2001'',
numbered 310/80,044, and dated July 2001. The maps shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
(c) Abolition of monument
The Tumacacori National Monument is hereby abolished and any funds
available for purposes of the monument shall be available for purposes
of the park.
(Pub. L. 101-344, Sec. 1, Aug. 6, 1990, 104 Stat. 393; Pub. L. 107-218,
Sec. 3, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1328.)
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107-218 inserted ``The park shall also
consist of approximately 310 acres of land adjacent to the original
Tumacacori unit of the park and generally depicted on the map entitled
`Tumacacori National Historical Park, Arizona Proposed Boundary Revision
2001', numbered 310/80,044, and dated July 2001.'' and substituted ``The
maps'' for ``The map'' and ``the appropriate offices'' for ``the
offices''.
Short Title of 2002 Amendment
Pub. L. 107-218, Sec. 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1328, provided
that: ``This Act [amending this section and enacting provisions set out
as a note under this section] may be cited as the `Tumacacori National
Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2002'.''
Findings and Purposes
Pub. L. 107-218, Sec. 2, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1328, provided
that:
``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
``(1) Tumacacori Mission in southern Arizona was declared a
National Monument in 1908 in recognition of its great historical
significance as `one of the oldest mission ruins in the southwest'.
``(2) In establishing Tumacacori National Historical Park in
1990 to include the Tumacacori Mission and the ruins of the mission
of Los Santos Angeles de Guevavi and the Kino visita and rancheria
of Calabazas, Congress recognized the importance of these sites `to
protect and interpret, for the education and benefit of the public,
sites in the State of Arizona associated with the early Spanish
missionaries and explorers of the 17th and 18th centuries'.
``(3) Tumacacori National Historical Park plays a major role in
interpreting the Spanish colonial heritage of the United States.
``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act [see Short Title of 2002
Amendment note above] are--
``(1) to protect and interpret the resources associated with the
Tumacacori Mission by revising the boundary of Tumacacori National
Historical Park to include approximately 310 acres of land adjacent
to the park; and
``(2) to enhance the visitor experience at Tumacacori by
developing access to these associated mission resources.''
