**Public Law 111-11 -- Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009**

***Provisions Related to the National Park Service***

**[Title I---Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation
System]{.underline}**

This title designates wilderness areas in five national park units
(acreage amounts are approximate):

*Subtitle H*---11,740 acres within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore,
Michigan

*Subtitle L*---36,000 acres within Joshua Tree National Park, California

*Subtitle M*---85,000 acres within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National
Parks, California

*Subtitle N*---249,000 acres within Rocky Mountain National Park,
Colorado

*Subtitle O*---124,000 acres within Zion National Park, Utah. This
subtitle also designates the Virgin River and some of its tributaries as
a National Wild and Scenic River.

**[Title III---Forest Service Authorizations]{.underline}**

*Subtitle D*---Land Conveyances and Exchanges

[Section 3303]{.underline} authorizes exchange of approximately 160
acres of U.S. Forest Service land for approximately 154 acres of private
land for inclusion within Pecos National Historical Park.

**[Title V---Rivers and Trails]{.underline}**

*Subtitle A---Additions to the National Wild and Scenic River System*

The designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers that will require some
National Park Service involvement are:

> [Section 5002:]{.underline} Snake River Headwaters, Wyoming
>
> [Section 5003:]{.underline} Taunton River, Massachusetts

*Subtitle B*---*Wild and Scenic Rivers Studies*

> [Section 5101]{.underline} authorizes a study of Missisquoi and Trout
> Rivers, Vermont, for potential addition to the National Wild and
> Scenic Rivers System.

*Subtitle C*---*Additions to the National Trails System*

These designated trails will be under the responsibility or partial
responsibility of the National Park Service:

> [Section 5201]{.underline} designates the Arizona National Scenic
> Trail.
>
> [Section 5202]{.underline} designates the New England National Scenic
> Trail.
>
> [Section 5203]{.underline} establishes the Ice Age Flood National
> Geologic Trail (an auto route, not an addition to the National Trails
> System).
>
> [Section 5204]{.underline} designates the Washington-Rochambeau
> Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.
>
> [Section 5205]{.underline} designates the Pacific Northwest National
> Scenic Trail.
>
> [Section 5206]{.underline} designates additional routes and
> campgrounds for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.

*Subtitle D*---National Trail System Amendments

> [Section 5301]{.underline} authorizes the Federal government to
> purchase land from willing sellers for nine of the 25 trails currently
> in the National Trails System.
>
> [Section 5302]{.underline} authorizes the study of possible additions
> to existing trails.
>
> [Section 5303]{.underline} authorizes studies of the Chisholm Trail
> and the Great Western Trails for potential inclusion in the National
> Trails System.

**[Title VI -- Department of the Interior Authorizations]{.underline}**

*Subtitle B---Competitive Status for Federal Employees in Alaska*

> [Section 6101]{.underline} requires the Secretary to convert to
> competitive status employees who were hired under a special hiring
> authority for Alaskan residents and who meet certain requirements.
> Also allows former employees to count time spent in local-hire
> employment as time spent in competitive status.

**[Title VII---National Park Service Authorizations]{.underline}**

*Subtitle A---Additions to the National Park System*

> [Section 7001]{.underline} authorizes the Secretary to establish the
> Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, New Jersey, after
> agreements are made with the state or other entities on land donations
> and management.
>
> [Section 7002]{.underline} authorizes the Secretary to designate the
> William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site,
> Arkansas, after accepting the donation of the Clinton birthplace home
> by the Clinton Birthplace Foundation, Inc.
>
> [Section 7003]{.underline} requires the Secretary to accept donations
> of real property of historic value from willing sellers in Monroe and
> Wayne counties, Michigan and, after sufficient property is acquired,
> to designate the acquired land as the River Raisin National
> Battlefield Park.

S*ubtitle B*---*Amendments to Existing Units of the National Park
System*

> [Section 7101]{.underline} decreases a matching funds requirement and
> authorizes additional appropriations for Keewenaw National Historical
> Park, Michigan.
>
> [Section 7102]{.underline} allows Weir Farm National Historic Site,
> Connecticut, to acquire up to 15 acres of land to develop visitor and
> administrative facilities.
>
> [Section 7103]{.underline} adds 1,656 acres to the boundary of Little
> River Canyon National Preserve, Alabama.
>
> [Section 7104]{.underline} expands the boundary of Hopewell Culture
> National Historical Park, Ohio, by 358 acres.
>
> [Section 7105]{.underline} adjusts the boundary of the Barataria
> Preserve Unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve,
> Louisiana, by 8,900 acres.
>
> [Section 7106]{.underline} modifies the boundary of Minute Man
> National Historical Park, Massachusetts, to include the Colonel James
> Barrett farm and the area around the Joshua Brooks House.
>
> [Section 7107]{.underline} modifies the boundary of Everglades
> National Park to add a 600-acre Tarpon Basin property to the park.
> Also authorizes land exchanges between the park and Florida Power and
> Light and between the park and the State of Florida.
>
> [Section 7108]{.underline} authorizes a non-profit organization to
> establish a memorial at Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Hawaii, to
> honor those individuals that were forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa
> Peninsula from 1866 to 1969.
>
> [Section 7109]{.underline} authorizes the Secretary to enter into
> cooperative agreements with any of the management partners of Boston
> Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Massachusetts.
>
> [Section 7110]{.underline} renames Edison National Historic Site, New
> Jersey, as Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
>
> [Section 7111]{.underline} authorizes the establishment of the "Votes
> for Women History Trail Route" in New York to link sites associated
> with the struggle for women's suffrage. Also authorizes a National
> Women's Rights History Project and a National Women's Rights History
> Project and Partnerships Network.
>
> [Section 7112]{.underline} expands the boundary of Martin Van Buren
> National Historic Site, New York, to include an additional 261 acres
> surrounding the Van Buren estate.
>
> [Section 7113]{.underline} changes the name of Palo Alto Battlefield
> National Historic Site, Texas, to Palo Alto Battlefield National
> Historical Park and adds 34 acres of the Resaca de la Palma
> battlefield site to the boundary of the park.
>
> [Section 7114]{.underline} changes the name of Abraham Lincoln
> Birthplace National Historic Site, Kentucky, to Abraham Lincoln
> Birthplace National Historical Park.
>
> [Section 7115]{.underline} requires the Secretary to permit hunting
> and fishing on NPS land and water within New River Gorge National
> River, West Virginia, rather that permitting hunting and fishing on a
> discretionary basis.
>
> [Section 7116]{.underline} makes technical corrections to several
> national park laws to fix incorrect section references, map numbers
> and wording errors.
>
> [Section 7117]{.underline} authorizes the addition of Hawthorne Hill
> and the Wright Company factory to Dayton Aviation Heritage National
> Historical Park through donation. Also permits the Secretary to
> provide grants to park partners for construction and development if
> certain conditions are met.
>
> [Section 7118]{.underline} authorizes the acquisition of 55 acres
> adjacent to Fort Davis National Historic Site, Texas, for inclusion in
> the park.

*Subtitle C*---*Special Resource Studies*

This section authorizes special resource studies to evaluate the
suitability and feasibility of the following resources or lands for
possible inclusion in the National Park System as new units or additions
to existing units:

[Section 7201]{.underline}: Walnut Canyon, Arizona

[Section 7202]{.underline}: Tule Lake Segregation Center, California

[Section 7203]{.underline}: Estate Grange, U.S. Virgin Islands

[Section 7204]{.underline}: Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Maine

[Section 7205]{.underline}: Shepherdstown Battlefield, West Virginia

[Section 7206]{.underline}: Green McAdoo School, Tennessee

[Section 7207]{.underline}: Harry S Truman Birthplace, Missouri

[Section 7208]{.underline}: Battle of Matewan, West Virginia

[Section 7209]{.underline}: Battle of Camden, South Carolina

[Section 7210]{.underline}: Fort San Geronimo, Puerto Rico

[Section 7211]{.underline}: Butterfield Overland Trail (various states).

> [Section 7212]{.underline} authorizes a National Historic Landmark
> theme study on sites associated with the Cold War, and authorizes a
> commission to assist with the study.

*Subtitle D*---*Program Authorizations*

> [Section 7301]{.underline} reauthorizes the American Battlefield
> Protection Program, which authorizes technical assistance by NPS and
> grants to protect and interpret Civil War battlefield sites, through
> Fiscal 2013.
>
> [Section 7302]{.underline} authorizes the Preserve America program
> through which the Secretary, in partnership with the Advisory Council
> on Historic Preservation, may provide competitive grants to support
> preservation efforts through heritage tourism, education, and historic
> preservation planning activities.
>
> [Section 7303]{.underline} authorizes the Save America's Treasures
> program, through which the Secretary may provide grants for projects
> to preserve nationally significant collections and historic
> properties.
>
> [Section 7304]{.underline} extends the authority for funding the Route
> 66 preservation program through 2019.
>
> [Section 7305]{.underline} amends the National Cave and Karst Research
> Institute law to remove the non-Federal matching fund requirement.

*Subtitle E--- Advisory Commissions*

> [Section 7401]{.underline} extends the expiration date for the Na Hoa
> Pili O Kaloko-Honokohau Advisory Commission through 2017.
>
> [Section 7402]{.underline} extends the Cape Cod National Seashore
> Advisory Commission through 2018.
>
> [Section 7403]{.underline} extends the Concessions Management Advisory
> Board through 2009.
>
> [Section 7404]{.underline} establishes the St. Augustine 450^th^
> Commemoration Commission through 2015 with members appointed by the
> Secretary including one National Park Service employee.

**[Title VIII---Heritage Areas]{.underline}**

*Subtitle A*---*National Heritage Area Designations*

This subtitle designates new heritage areas with standard provisions for
duties of local coordinating entities, funding levels and terms of
availability, plan approvals, reporting requirements, and other
features. The heritage areas are:

[Section 8001]{.underline}: Sangre de Cristo, Colorado

> [Section 8002]{.underline}: Cache La Poudre River, Colorado (new local
> coordinating entity but not a new national heritage area)
>
> [Section 8003]{.underline}: South Park, Colorado
>
> [Section 8004]{.underline}: Northern Plains, North Dakota

[Section 8005]{.underline}: Baltimore, Maryland

[Section 8006]{.underline}: Freedom's Way, Massachusetts and New
Hampshire

[Section 8007]{.underline}: Mississippi Hills, Mississippi

[Section 8008]{.underline}: Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

[Section 8009]{.underline}: Muscle Shoals, Alabama

[Section 8010]{.underline}: Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm, Alaska.

*Subtitle B*---*National Heritage Area Studies*

This section authorizes two studies of the suitability and feasibility
of establishing heritage areas:

> [Section 8101]{.underline}: Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage
> Corridor in Alabama and Georgia

[Section 8202]{.underline}: Northern Neck National Heritage Area in
Virginia.

*Subtitle C*---*Amendments Relating to National Heritage Corridors*

> [Section 8201]{.underline} extends the authority of the Secretary to
> make grants or provide assistance to the Quinebaug and Shetucket
> Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor to September 30, 2015, and
> increases the total that may be appropriated to \$15 million.
>
> [Section 8202]{.underline} names a new local coordinating entity for
> the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and reauthorizes
> federal funding for an additional five years.
>
> [Section 8203]{.underline} extends the authority for the Secretary to
> provide financial assistance from 10 to 15 years for the Erie Canalway
> National Heritage Corridor.
>
> [Section 8204]{.underline} authorizes ex-officio members of the John
> H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
> commission to attend and vote in meetings.