**Summary of National Park Service laws in 110^th^ Congress,**

**2007 -- 2008**

**Boundary modifications**:

-   Shiloh National Military Park in TN/MS (included in the Consolidated
    Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008) - P.L. 110-161.

-   Mesa Verde National Park (included in the Consolidated
    Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008) - P.L. 110-161.

-   Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site (included in the
    Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Lowell National Historical Park (included in the Consolidated
    Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

**Boundary modification and name change:**

-   Minidoka National Historic Site (included in the Consolidated
    Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument (includes USS
    Arizona Memorial) - Presidential Proclamation 8327.

**Heritage areas**:

-   Establishes the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage
    Area (included in the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) --
    P.L. 110-229.

-   Establishes the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area (included in
    the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Establishes the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area (included in
    the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Authorizes an additional \$5 million in appropriations for nine
    national heritage areas established in 1996 by P.L. 104-333
    (included in the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L.
    110-229.

-   Makes technical changes to the National Coal Heritage Area, Rivers
    of Steel National Heritage Area, the South Carolina National
    Heritage Area, and renames the Ohio and Erie National Heritage
    Canalway (included in the Consolidated Natural Resources Act
    of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Authorizes the Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area study
    (included in the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L.
    110-229.

-   Authorizes a study of sites related to Abraham Lincoln in Kentucky
    as a potential National Heritage Area (included in the Consolidated
    Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

**Trails:**

-   Establishes the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
    (included in the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L.
    110-229.

-   Authorizes the conveyance of land associated with the Lewis and
    Clark National Historic Trail, Nebraska (included in the
    Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Authorizes a study of the eastern legacy of the Lewis and Clark
    National Historic Trail (included in the Consolidated Natural
    Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

**Wild and scenic rivers:**

-   Designates the Eightmile Wild and Scenic River, Connecticut
    (included in the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L.
    110-229.

**NPS lands issues**:

-   Authorizes the National Park Service to acquire land by condemnation
    to establish a memorial at the Flight 93 National Memorial in
    Pennsylvania (included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for
    Fiscal Year 2008) - P.L. 110-161.

-   Provides a grant to the state of Mississippi for the acquisition of
    land on Cat Island in the Gulf Island National Seashore (included in
    the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008) - P.L.
    110-161.

-   Authorizes an exchange of land between Denali National Park and the
    Alaska Railroad Corporation (included in the Consolidated Natural
    Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

**Concessions authorities:**

-   Authorizes the Secretary or either party to a concessions contract
    to seek *de novo* review by the United States Court of Federal
    Claims of the value determination of a concession contract issued
    prior to November 13, 1998, in cases where the Secretary considers
    the decision of a value determination proceeding on the contract to
    misinterpret or misapply relevant requirements or authority and
    authorizes the court to change the determination (included in the
    Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008) - P.L.
    110-161.

-   Clarifies the parties who have historic concessionaire rights at
    Denali National Park (included in the Consolidated Appropriations
    Act for Fiscal Year 2008) - P.L. 110-161.

-   Authorizes historic operator rights of entry for certain permit
    holders at Glacier Bay National Park (included in the Consolidated
    Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008) - P.L. 110-161.

**Natural resource authorities:**

-   Provides for the conservation and development of water and related
    resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct
    various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the
    United States (included in the Water Resources Development Act) -
    P.L. 110-114.

-   Repeals prior language prohibiting the National Park Service from
    implementing part of an approved Settlement Agreement to exterminate
    deer and elk on Santa Rosa Island (included in the Consolidated
    Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008) - P.L. 110-161.

-   Authorizes cooperative agreements for natural resource protection
    both inside and outside of park boundaries (included in the
    Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Provides authority to move ahead with the one-mile bridge along the
    Tamiami Trail to implement the Mod Water project for Everglades
    National Park (included in the Consolidated Security, Disaster
    Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009) -- P.L.
    110-329.

**Energy authorities:**

-   Provides authorities to move the United States toward greater energy
    independence and security -- P. L. 110-140.

**Transportation authorities:**

-   Provides for the replacement of the Dyke Marsh Bridge on George
    Washington Memorial Parkway (included in the Water Resources
    Development Act) - P.L. 110-114.

-   Provides technical corrections to the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
    Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users -- P.L.
    110-244.

**Miscellaneous other authorities**:

-   Allows individuals employed by the Roosevelt Campobello
    International Park Commission eligible to obtain federal health
    insurance -- P.L. 110-74.

-   Authorizes funds to be used for the National Park Service's
    proportionate cost of upgrading the West Yellowstone/Hebgen Basin
    municipal solid waste disposal system within Yellowstone National
    Park (included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal
    Year 2008) - P.L. 110-161.

-   Reauthorizes the National Park Service Advisory Board through
    January 1, 2009 (included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for
    Fiscal Year 2008) - P.L. 110-161.

-   Provides for the transfer of the Great Onyx, Harper's Ferry, and
    Oconaluftee Job Corps centers from the National Park Service to the
    Forest Service (included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for
    Fiscal Year 2008) - P.L. 110-161.

-   Authorizes the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, increases
    the park's land acquisition ceiling, authorizes participation in the
    intermodal transportation center, and authorizes the conveyance of
    tracts between the city and the park (included in the Consolidated
    Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Redesignates the Ellis Island Library in honor of Bob Hope (included
    in the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Authorizes increased operational funding and a change in the grant
    authority for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
    program (included in the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008)
    -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Authorizes payment to subcontractors for work at Grand Canyon
    National Park (included in the Consolidated Natural Resources Act
    of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Extends financial and technical assistance to the New Jersey Coastal
    Heritage Trail Route (included in the Consolidated Natural Resources
    Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Provides for a program for circulating quarter dollar coins that are
    emblematic of a national park or other national site in each -- P.L.
    110-456.

**Grants passed through the National Park Service:**

-   Authorizes a grant to the Alice Ferguson Foundation for site
    planning, design and rehabilitation of the Potomac River Habitat
    Study Complex and Wareham Lodge (included in the Consolidated
    Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008) - P.L. 110-161.

**Studies**:

-   Newtonia Civil War Battlefields, Missouri (included in the
    Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum, Missouri (included in the
    Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Wolf House, Arkansas (included in the Consolidated Natural Resources
    Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Space Shuttle Columbia, Texas (included in the Consolidated Natural
    Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Cesar E. Chavez sites in Arizona and California and other states
    (included in the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L.
    110-229.

-   Taunton, Massachusetts (included in the Consolidated Natural
    Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Rim of the Valley Corridor, California (included in the Consolidated
    Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

**D.C. Parks and Memorials**:

-   Extends the authorization for establishing a memorial in the
    District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became
    disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States -
    P.L. 110-106.

-   Authorizes a commemorative work to honor Brigadier General Francis
    Marion and his family (included in the Consolidated Natural
    Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Changes various authorities for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
    Commission (included in the Consolidated Natural Resources Act
    of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Extension of the authority for one year to establish the Martin
    Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. (included in the
    Albuquerque Indian School Act) -- P.L. 110-453.

**Commissions**

-   Authorizes the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial
    Commemoration Commission (included in the Consolidated Natural
    Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

-   Establishes a commission to study the potential creation of a
    National Museum of the American Latino (included in the Consolidated
    Natural Resources Act of 2008) -- P.L. 110-229.

**Appropriations**:

-   Emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2007 -- P.L. 110-28.

-   Department of Defense Appropriations for FY 2008 - P.L. 110-116
    (Sec. 8089, Gateway NRA and Sec. 8104, USS Arizona appropriations).

-   Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008 - P.L. 110-161.

-   Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing
    Appropriations Act, 2009 -- P.L. 110-329.