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104th CONGRESS
1st Session
To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to prohibit the
inclusion of certain sites on the National Register of Historic
Places, and for other purposes.
 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
      January 18, 1995
 
Mr. Herger (Wally Herger, Republican, California 2nd Dist.
202-225-3076) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Resources
 
A BILL
To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to prohibit the
inclusion of certain sites on the National Register of Historic
Places, 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. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION ON NATIONAL REGISTER OF
        HISTORIC PLACES.
Section 101(a)(6) of the National Historic Preservation Act (16
U.S.C. 470 and following) is amended by inserting
 `(A)' after `(6)' and by adding the following at the end
thereof:
 `(B) After the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, any
unimproved or unmodified natural landscape feature which does not
contain artifacts or other physical evidence of human activity
that have unique significance in history or pre-history shall not
be--
      `(i) eligible for inclusion on the National Register of
           Historic Places;
      `(ii) included on the National Register of Historic
   Places; or
      `(iii) considered to be a historic or pre-historic
  property or historic resource for purposes of this
Act or any other Federal law.
 
Nothing in this subparagraph shall invalidate or otherwise affect
any determination made under this Act or under any other Federal
law prior to the enactment of this subparagraph with  respect to
any site.'.
 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF DESIGNATION OF MT. SHASTA
  The Mt. Shasta area in the State of California, as generally
depicted on the United States Forest Service map entitled
`Geographic Limits Multiple Property Form Mt. Shasta Native
American Culture and History', numbered 1, and dated April 1993,
may not be designated by any agency or authority of the United
States as a historic district, historic site or national monument
under the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 and
following) or the Antiquities Act (16 U.S.C. 431-433). Any
designation made prior to the enactment of this Act which is
inconsistent with the preceding sentence shall cease to have any
force and effect upon the enactment of this Act. The map referred
to in this section shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the offices of the United States Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture.
Peter Welsh                           [log in to unmask]
Arizona State University
Department of Anthropology
Tempe, AZ  85287-2402