Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2005

H.R. 1019, the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2005, proposes to expand the protected area of the monument by authorizing the Department of the Interior to acquire specific lands from the State of Arizona. The bill would also transfer a portion of federal land from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to facilitate infrastructure improvements, specifically the widening and paving of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. For the public, these changes are intended to enhance the preservation of the monument’s archaeological sites while supporting local irrigation and transportation needs in the surrounding community.