118 STAT. 2239 PUBLIC LAW 108–389—OCT. 30, 2004 Public Law 108–389 108th Congress An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain land to the United States and to revise the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma, 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 ‘‘Chickasaw National Recreation Area Land Exchange Act of 2004’’. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: (1) By provision 64 of the agreement between the United States and the Choctaws and Chickasaws dated March 21, 1902 (32 Stat. 641, 655–56), approved July 1, 1902, 640 acres of property were ceded to the United States for the purpose of creating Sulphur Springs Reservation, later known as Platt National Park, to protect water and other resources and provide public access. (2) In 1976, Platt National Park, the Arbuckle Recreation Area, and additional lands were combined to create Chickasaw National Recreation Area to protect and expand water and other resources as well as to memorialize the history and cul ture of the Chickasaw Nation. (3) More recently, the Chickasaw Nation has expressed interest in establishing a cultural center inside or adjacent to the park. (4) The Chickasaw National Recreation Area’s Final Amendment to the General Management Plan (1994) found that the best location for a proposed Chickasaw Nation Cultural Center is within the Recreation Area’s existing boundary and that the selected cultural center site should be conveyed to the Chickasaw Nation in exchange for land of equal value. (5) The land selected to be conveyed to the Chickasaw Nation holds significant historical and cultural connections to the people of the Chickasaw Nation. (6) The City of Sulphur, Oklahoma, is a key partner in this land exchange through its donation of land to the Chicka saw Nation for the purpose of exchange with the United States. (7) The City of Sulphur, Oklahoma, has conveyed fee simple title to the non Federal land described as Tract 102–26 to the Chickasaw Nation by Warranty Deed. (8) The National Park Service, the Chickasaw Nation, and the City of Sulphur, Oklahoma, have signed a preliminary Chickasaw National Recreation Area Land Exchange Act of 2004. 16 USC 460hh note. Oct. 30, 2004 [H.R. 4066]
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