In the Senate of the United States,

October 19 (legislative day, September 22), 2000.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 898) entitled ‘‘An Act designating certain land in

the San Isabel National Forest in the State of Colorado as

the ‘Spanish Peaks Wilderness.’ ’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

2 The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Table of contents.

TITLE I—SPANISH PEAKS WILDERNESS, COLORADO

Sec. 101. Short title.

Sec. 102. Designation of Spanish Peaks Wilderness.

Sec. 103. Force and effect clause.

Sec. 104. Access.

Sec. 105. Conforming amendment.

TITLE II—VIRGINIA WILDERNESS

Sec. 201. Short title.

Sec. 202. Designation of wilderness areas.

TITLE III—WASHOE TRIBE LAND CONVEYANCE

Sec. 301. Washoe Tribe land conveyance.
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TITLE IV—SAINT CROIX ISLAND REGIONAL HERITAGE CENTER

Sec. 401. Short title.

Sec. 402. Findings and purposes.

Sec. 403. Definitions.

Sec. 404. Saint Croix Island Regional Heritage Center.

Sec. 405. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE V—PARK AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS

Sec. 501. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Sec. 502. Corrections in designations of Hawaiian national parks.

Sec. 503. Hamilton Grange National Memorial.

Sec. 504. Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site.

Sec. 505. Fort Matanzas National Monument.

TITLE VI—ALASKA NATIONAL PARK UNIT REPORTS

Sec. 601. Mt. McKinley high altitude rescue fee study.

Sec. 602. Alaska Native hiring report.

Sec. 603. Pilot program.

TITLE VII—GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT

Sec. 701. Short title.

Sec. 702. Definitions.

Sec. 703. Commercial fishing.

Sec. 704. Sea gull egg collection study.

Sec. 705. Authorization of appropriations.

1 TITLE I—SPANISH PEAKS

2 WILDERNESS, COLORADO

3 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Spanish Peaks Wilder5 ness Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 102. DESIGNATION OF SPANISH PEAKS WILDERNESS.

7 Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993

8 (Public Law 103–77; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by

9 adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(20) SPANISH PEAKS WILDERNESS.—Certain

11 land in the San Isabel National Forest that comprises

12 approximately 18,000 acres, as generally depicted on
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1 a map entitled ‘Proposed Spanish Peaks Wilderness’,

2 dated February 10, 1999, and which shall be known

3 as the Spanish Peaks Wilderness.’’.

4 SEC. 103. FORCE AND EFFECT CLAUSE.

5 The map and boundary description of the Spanish

6 Peaks Wilderness shall have the same force and effect as

7 if included in the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (Public

8 Law 103–77; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note), except that the Sec9 retary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Sec10 retary’’) may correct clerical and typographical errors in

11 the map and boundary description.

12 SEC. 104. ACCESS.

13 (a) BULLS EYE MINE ROAD.—(1) With respect to the

14 Bulls Eye Mine Road, the Secretary shall allow the continu15 ation of those historic uses of the road which existed prior

16 to the date of enactment of this title, subject to such terms

17 and conditions as the Secretary deems necessary.

18 (2) Nothing in this section—

19 (A) requires the Secretary to open the Bulls Eye

20 Mine Road or otherwise restricts or limits the Sec21 retary’s management authority with respect to the

22 road; or

23 (B) requires the Secretary to improve or main24 tain the road.
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1 (3) The Secretary shall consult with local citizens and

2 other interested parties regarding the implementation of

3 this title with respect to the road.

4 (b) PRIVATE LANDS.—Access to any privately-owned

5 land within the Spanish Peaks Wilderness shall be provided

6 in accordance with section 5 of the Wilderness Act (16

7 U.S.C. 1134 et seq.).

8 SEC. 105. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

9 Section 10 of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993

10 (Public Law 103–77; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is repealed.

11 TITLE II—VIRGINIA WILDERNESS

12 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE

13 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Virginia Wilderness Act

14 of 2000’’.

15 SEC. 202 DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.

16 Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to designate cer17 tain National Forest System lands in the States of Virginia

18 and West Virginia as wilderness areas’’ (Public Law 100–

19 326; 102 Stat. 584) is amended—

20 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

21 end;

22 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and

23 inserting a semicolon; and

24 (3) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(7) certain land in the George Washington Na2 tional Forest, comprising approximately 5,963 acres,

3 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘The Priest

4 Wilderness Study Area’, dated June 6, 2000, to be

5 known as the ‘Priest Wilderness Area’; and

6 ‘‘(8) certain land in the George Washington Na7 tional Forest, comprising approximately 4,608 acres,

8 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘The Three

9 Ridges Wilderness Study Area’, dated June 6, 2000,

10 to be known as the ‘Three Ridges Wilderness Area’.’’.

11 TITLE III—WASHOE TRIBE LAND

12 CONVEYANCE

13 SEC. 301. WASHOE TRIBE LAND CONVEYANCE.

14 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

15 (1) the ancestral homeland of the Washoe Tribe

16 of Nevada and California (referred to in this section

17 as the ‘‘Tribe’’) included an area of approximately

18 5,000 square miles in and around Lake Tahoe, Cali19 fornia and Nevada, and Lake Tahoe was the heart of

20 the territory;

21 (2) in 1997, Federal, State, and local govern22 ments, together with many private landholders, recog23 nized the Washoe people as indigenous people of Lake

24 Tahoe Basin through a series of meetings convened by

25 those governments at 2 locations in Lake Tahoe;
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1 (3) the meetings were held to address protection

2 of the extraordinary natural, recreational, and eco3 logical resources in the Lake Tahoe region;

4 (4) the resulting multiagency agreement includes

5 objectives that support the traditional and customary

6 uses of Forest Service land by the Tribe; and

7 (5) those objectives include the provision of access

8 by members of the Tribe to the shore of Lake Tahoe

9 in order to reestablish traditional and customary cul10 tural practices.

11 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are—

12 (1) to implement the joint local, State, tribal,

13 and Federal objective of returning the Tribe to Lake

14 Tahoe; and

15 (2) to ensure that members of the Tribe have the

16 opportunity to engage in traditional and customary

17 cultural practices on the shore of Lake Tahoe to meet

18 the needs of spiritual renewal, land stewardship,

19 Washoe horticulture and ethnobotony, subsistence

20 gathering, traditional learning, and reunification of

21 tribal and family bonds.

22 (c) CONVEYANCE.—Subject to valid existing rights and

23 subject to the easement reserved under subsection (d), the

24 Secretary of Agriculture shall convey to the Secretary of the

25 Interior, in trust for the Tribe, for no consideration, all
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1 right, title, and interest in the parcel of land comprising

2 approximately 24.3 acres, located within the Lake Tahoe

3 Basin Management Unit north of Skunk Harbor, Nevada,

4 and more particularly described as Mount Diablo Meridian,

5 T15N, R18E, section 27, lot 3.

6 (d) EASEMENT.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The conveyance under sub8 section (c) shall be made subject to reservation to the

9 United States of a nonexclusive easement for public

10 and administrative access over Forest Development

11 Road #15N67 to National Forest System land.

12 (2) ACCESS BY INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIL13 ITIES.—The Secretary shall provide a reciprocal ease14 ment to the Tribe permitting vehicular access to the

15 parcel over Forest Development Road #15N67 to—

16 (A) members of the Tribe for administrative

17 and safety purposes; and

18 (B) members of the Tribe who, due to age,

19 infirmity, or disability, would have difficulty ac20 cessing the conveyed parcel on foot.

21 (e) USE OF LAND.—

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—In using the parcel conveyed

23 under subsection (c), the Tribe and members of the

24 Tribe—
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1 (A) shall limit the use of the parcel to tradi2 tional and customary uses and stewardship con3 servation for the benefit of the Tribe;

4 (B) shall not permit any permanent resi5 dential or recreational development on, or com6 mercial use of, the parcel (including commercial

7 development, tourist accommodations, gaming,

8 sale of timber, or mineral extraction); and

9 (C) shall comply with environmental re10 quirements that are no less protective than envi11 ronmental requirements that apply under the

12 Regional Plan of the Tahoe Regional Planning

13 Agency.

14 (2) REVERSION.—If the Secretary of the Interior,

15 after notice to the Tribe and an opportunity for a

16 hearing, based on monitoring of use of the parcel by

17 the Tribe, makes a finding that the Tribe has used or

18 permitted the use of the parcel in violation of para19 graph (1) and the Tribe fails to take corrective or re20 medial action directed by the Secretary of the Inte21 rior, title to the parcel shall revert to the Secretary

22 of Agriculture.
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1 TITLE IV—SAINT CROIX ISLAND

2 REGIONAL HERITAGE CENTER

3 SECTION 401. SHORT TITLE.

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Saint Croix Island Her5 itage Act’’.

6 SEC. 402. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

8 (1) Saint Croix Island is located in the Saint

9 Croix River, a river that is the boundary between the

10 State of Maine and Canada;

11 (2) the Island is the only international historic

12 site in the National Park System;

13 (3) in 1604, French nobleman Pierre Dugua

14 Sieur de Mons, accompanied by a courageous group

15 of adventurers that included Samuel Champlain,

16 landed on the Island and began the construction of a

17 settlement;

18 (4) the French settlement on the Island in 1604

19 and 1605 was the initial site of the first permanent

20 settlement in the New World, predating the English

21 settlement of 1607 at Jamestown, Virginia;

22 (5) many people view the expedition that settled

23 on the Island in 1604 as the beginning of the Acadian

24 culture in North America;
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1 (6) in October, 1998, the National Park Service

2 completed a general management plan to manage and

3 interpret the Saint Croix Island International His4 toric Site;

5 (7) the plan addresses a variety of management

6 alternatives, and concludes that the best management

7 strategy entails developing an interpretive trail and

8 ranger station at Red Beach, Maine, and a regional

9 heritage center in downtown Calais, Maine, in co10 operation with Federal, State, and local agencies;

11 (8) a 1982 memorandum of understanding,

12 signed by the Department of the Interior and the Ca13 nadian Department for the Environment, outlines a

14 cooperative program to commemorate the inter15 national heritage of the Saint Croix Island site and

16 specifically to prepare for the 400th anniversary of

17 the settlement in 2004; and

18 (9) only four years remain before the 400th an19 niversary of the settlement at Saint Croix Island, an

20 occasion that should be appropriately commemorated.

21 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to direct

22 the Secretary of the Interior to take all necessary and ap23 propriate steps to work with Federal, State, and local agen24 cies, historical societies, and nonprofit organizations to fa25 cilitate the development of a regional heritage center in
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1 downtown Calais, Maine before the 400th anniversary of

2 the settlement of Saint Croix Island.

3 SEC. 403. DEFINITIONS.

4 In this title:

5 (1) ISLAND.—The term ‘‘Island’’ means Saint

6 Croix Island, located in the Saint Croix River, be7 tween Canada and the State of Maine.

8 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

9 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di10 rector of the National Park Service.

11 SEC. 404. SAINT CROIX ISLAND REGIONAL HERITAGE CEN12 TER.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide assist14 ance in planning, constructing, and operating a regional

15 heritage center in downtown Calais, Maine, to facilitate the

16 management and interpretation of the Saint Croix Island

17 International Historic Site.

18 (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—To carry out sub19 section (a), in administering the Saint Croix Island Inter20 national Historic Site, the Secretary may enter into cooper21 ative agreements under appropriate terms and conditions

22 with other Federal agencies, State and local agencies and

23 nonprofit organizations—
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1 (1) to provide exhibits, interpretive services (in2 cluding employing individuals to provide such serv3 ices), and technical assistance;

4 (2) to conduct activities that facilitate the dis5 semination of information relating to the Saint Croix

6 Island International Historic Site;

7 (3) to provide financial assistance for the con8 struction of the regional heritage center in exchange

9 for space in the center that is sufficient to interpret

10 the Saint Croix Island International Historic Site;

11 and

12 (4) to assist with the operation and maintenance

13 of the regional heritage center.

14 SEC. 405. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

15 (a) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap17 propriated to carry out this title (including the de18 sign and construction of the regional heritage center)

19 $2,000,000.

20 (2) EXPENDITURE.—Paragraph (1) authorizes

21 funds to be appropriated on the condition that any

22 expenditure of those funds shall be matched on a dol23 lar-for-dollar basis by funds from non-Federal

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1 (b) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—There are au2 thorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to

3 maintain and operate interpretive exhibits in the regional

4 heritage center.

5 TITLE V—PARK AREA BOUNDARY

6 ADJUSTMENTS

7 SEC. 501. HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK.

8 The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to add

9 certain lands on the island of Hawaii to the Hawaii Na10 tional Park, and for other purposes’’, approved June 20,

11 1938 (16 U.S.C. 391b), is amended by striking ‘‘park: Pro12 vided,’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘park. Land (in13 cluding the land depicted on the map entitled ‘NPS–PAC

14 1997HW’) may be acquired by the Secretary through dona15 tion, exchange, or purchase with donated or appropriated

16 funds.’’.

17 SEC. 502. CORRECTIONS IN DESIGNATIONS OF HAWAIIAN

18 NATIONAL PARKS.

19 (a) HAWAI‘I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 87–278 (75 Stat.

21 577) is amended by striking ‘‘Hawaii Volcanoes Na22 tional Park’’ each place it appears and inserting

23 ‘‘Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park’’.

24 (2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law

25 (other than this section), regulation, document,
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1 record, map, or other paper of the United States to

2 ‘‘Hawaii Volcanoes National Park’’ shall be consid3 ered a reference to ‘‘Hawai‘i Volcanoes National

4 Park’’.

(b) HALEAKALA ̄ 5 NATIONAL PARK.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 86–744 (74 Stat.

7 881) is amended by striking ‘‘Haleakala National

Park’’ and inserting ‘‘Haleakala ̄ 8 National Park’’.

9 (2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law

10 (other than this section), regulation, document,

11 record, map, or other paper of the United States to

12 ‘‘Haleakala National Park’’ shall be considered a reference to ‘‘Haleakala ̄ 13 National Park’’.

(c) KALOKO-HONOKO ̄ 14 HAU.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 505 of the National

16 Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 396d)

17 is amended—

18 (A) in the section heading, by striking

19 ‘‘KALOKO-HONOKOHAU’’ and inserting

‘‘KALOKO-HONOKO ̄ 20 HAU’’; and

21 (B) by striking ‘‘Kaloko-Honokohau’’ each

22 place it appears and inserting ‘‘KalokoHonoko ̄ 23 hau’’.

24 (2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law

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1 record, map, or other paper of the United States to

2 ‘‘Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park’’ shall

be considered a reference to ‘‘Kaloko-Honoko ̄ 3 hau Na4 tional Historical Park’’.

(d) PU‘UHONUA O HO

 ̄ 5 NAUNAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL

6 PARK.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Act of July 21, 1955

8 (chapter 385; 69 Stat. 376), as amended by section

9 305 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978

10 (92 Stat. 3477), is amended by striking ‘‘Puuhonua

11 o Honaunau National Historical Park’’ each place it

appears and inserting ‘‘Pu‘uhonua o Ho ̄ 12 naunau Na13 tional Historical Park’’.

14 (2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law

15 (other than this section), regulation, document,

16 record, map, or other paper of the United States to

17 ‘‘Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park

18 shall be considered a reference to ‘‘Pu‘uhonua o

Ho ̄ 19 naunau National Historical Park’’.

(e) PU‘UKOHOLA ̄ 20 HEIAU NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 92–388 (86 Stat.

22 562) is amended by striking ‘‘Puukohola Heiau Na23 tional Historic Site’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Pu‘ukohola ̄ 24 Heiau National Historic Site’’.
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1 (2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law

2 (other than this section), regulation, document,

3 record, map, or other paper of the United States to

4 ‘‘Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site’’ shall be

considered a reference to ‘‘Pu‘ukohola ̄ 5 Heiau National

6 Historic Site’’.

7 (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 401(8) of

8 the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (Public Law

9 95–625; 92 Stat. 3489) is amended by striking ‘‘Hawaii

10 Volcanoes’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Hawai‘i

11 Volcanoes’’.

12 (2) The first section of Public Law 94–567 (90 Stat.

13 2692) is amended in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘Haleakala’’

each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Haleakala ̄ 14 ’’.

15 SEC. 503. HAMILTON GRANGE NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

16 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of No17 vember 19, 1988 (16 U.S.C. 431 note), the Secretary of the

18 Interior is authorized to accept by donation not to exceed

19 one acre of land or interests in land from the City of New

20 York for the purpose of relocating Hamilton Grange. Such

21 land to be donated shall be within close proximity to the

22 existing location of Hamilton Grange.

23 (b) Lands and interests in land acquired pursuant to

24 section (a) shall be added to and administered as part of

25 Hamilton Grange National Memorial.
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1 SEC. 504. SAINT-GAUDENS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.

2 Public Law 88–543 (16 U.S.C. 461 (note)), which es3 tablished Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, is

4 amended—

5 (1) in section 3 by striking ‘‘not to exceed sixty6 four acres of lands and interests therein’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘279 acres of lands and buildings, or interests

8 therein’’;

9 (2) in section 6 by striking ‘‘$2,677,000’’ from

10 the first sentence and inserting ‘‘$10,632,000’’; and

11 (3) in section 6 by striking ‘‘$80,000’’ from the

12 last sentence and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000’’.

13 SEC. 505. FORT MATANZAS NATIONAL MONUMENT

14 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

15 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map enti16 tled ‘‘Fort Matanzas National Monument’’, numbered

17 347/80,004 and dated February, 1991.

18 (2) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ means

19 the Fort Matanzas National Monument in Florida.

20 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

21 the Secretary of the Interior.

22 (b) REVISION OF BOUNDARY.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Monu24 ment is revised to include an area totaling approxi25 mately 70 acres, as generally depicted on the Map.
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1 (2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on

2 file and available for public inspection in the office

3 of the Director of the National Park Service.

4 (c) ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND.—The Sec5 retary may acquire any land, water, or interests in land

6 that are located within the revised boundary of the Monu7 ment by—

8 (1) donation;

9 (2) purchase with donated or appropriated

10 funds;

11 (3) transfer from any other Federal agency; or

12 (4) exchange.

13 (d) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to applicable laws, all

14 land and interests in land held by the United States that

15 are included in the revised boundary under section 2 shall

16 be administered by the Secretary as part of the Monument.

17 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are

18 authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary

19 to carry out this section.

20 TITLE VI—ALASKA NATIONAL

21 PARK UNIT REPORTS

22 SEC. 601. MT. MCKINLEY HIGH ALTITUDE RESCUE FEE

23 STUDY.

24 No later than nine months after the enactment of this

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1 to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall complete a report on the suit2 ability and feasibility of recovering the costs of high altitude

3 rescues on Mt. McKinley, within Denali National Park and

4 Preserve. The Secretary shall also report on the suitability

5 and feasibility of requiring climbers to provide proof of

6 medical insurance prior to the issuance of a climbing per7 mit by the National Park Service. The report shall also re8 view the amount of fees charged for a climbing permit and

9 make such recommendations for changing the fee structure

10 as the Secretary deems appropriate. Upon completion, the

11 report shall be submitted to the Committee on Energy and

12 Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Re13 sources of the House of Representatives.

14 SEC. 602. ALASKA NATIVE HIRING REPORT.

15 (a) Within six months after the enactment of this sec16 tion the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to

17 as the ‘‘Secretary’’ shall submit a report detailing the

18 progress the Department has made in the implementation

19 of the provisions of sections 1307 and 1308 of the Alaska

20 National Interest Lands Conservation Act and provisions

21 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance

22 Act. The report shall include a detailed action plan on the

23 future implementation of the provisions of sections 1307

24 and 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva25 tion Act and provisions of the Indian Self-Determination
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1 and Education Assistance Act. The report shall describe, in

2 detail, the measures and actions that will be taken, along

3 with a description of the anticipated results to be achieved

4 during the next three fiscal years. The report shall focus

5 on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the

6 Interior in Alaska and shall also address any laws, rules,

7 regulations and policies which act as a deterrent to hiring

8 Native Alaskans or contracting with Native Alaskans to

9 perform and conduct activities and programs of those agen10 cies and bureaus under the jurisdiction of the Department

11 of the Interior.

12 (b) The report shall be completed within existing ap13 propriations and shall be transmitted to the Committee on

14 Resources of the United States Senate; and the Committee

15 on Resources of the United States House of Representatives.

16 SEC. 603. PILOT PROGRAM.

17 (a) In furtherance of the goals of sections 1307 and

18 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation

19 Act and the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination

20 and Education Assistance Act, the Secretary shall—

21 (1) implement pilot programs to employ resi22 dents of local communities at the following units of

23 the National Park System located in northwest Alas24 ka:

25 (A) Bering Land Bridge National Preserve,
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1 (B) Cape Krusenstern National Monument,

2 (C) Kobuk Valley National Park, and

3 (D) Noatak National Preserve; and

4 (2) report on the results of the programs within

5 one year to the Committee on Energy and Natural

6 Resources of the United States and the Committee on

7 Resources of the House of Representatives.

8 (b) In implementing the programs, the Secretary shall

9 consult with the Native Corporations, non-profit organiza10 tions, and Tribal entities in the immediate vicinity of such

11 units and shall also, to the extent practicable, involve such

12 groups in the development of interpretive materials and the

13 pilot programs relating to such units.

14 TITLE VII—GLACIER BAY NA15 TIONAL PARK RESOURCE

16 MANAGEMENT

17 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Glacier Bay National

19 Park Resource Management Act of 2000’’.

20 SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS.

21 As used in this title—

22 (1) the term ‘‘local residents’’ means those per23 sons living within the vicinity of Glacier Bay Na24 tional Park and Preserve, including but not limited

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1 ants of those who had an historic and cultural tradi2 tion of sea gull egg gathering within the boundary of

3 what is now Glacier Bay National Park and Pre4 serve;

5 (2) the term ‘‘outer waters’’ means all of the ma6 rine waters within the park outside of Glacier Bay

7 proper;

8 (3) the term ‘‘park’’ means Glacier Bay National

9 Park;

10 (4) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of

11 the Interior; and

12 (5) the term ‘‘State’’ means the State of Alaska.

13 SEC. 703. COMMERCIAL FISHING.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allow for com15 mercial fishing in the outer waters of the park in accord16 ance with the management plan referred to in subsection

17 (b) in a manner that provides for the protection of park

18 resources and values.

19 (b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary and the State

20 shall cooperate in the development of a management plan

21 for the regulation of commercial fisheries in the outer wa22 ters of the park in accordance with existing Federal and

23 State laws and any applicable international conservation

24 and management treaties.
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1 (c) SAVINGS.—(1) Nothing in this title shall alter or

2 affect the provisions of section 123 of the Department of

3 the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for

4 Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–277), as amended by

5 section 501 of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appro6 priations Act (Public Law 106–31).

7 (2) Nothing in this title shall enlarge or diminish Fed8 eral or State title, jurisdiction, or authority with respect

9 to the waters of the State of Alaska, the waters within Gla10 cier Bay National Park and Preserve, or tidal or submerged

11 lands.

12 (d) STUDY.—(1) Not later than one year after the date

13 funds are made available, the Secretary, in consultation

14 with the State, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the

15 International Pacific Halibut Commission, and other af16 fected agencies shall develop a plan for a comprehensive

17 multi-agency research and monitoring program to evaluate

18 the health of fisheries resources in the park’s marine waters,

19 to determine the effect, if any, of commercial fishing on—

20 (A) the productivity, diversity, and sustain21 ability of fishery resources in such waters; and

22 (B) park resources and values.

23 (2) The Secretary shall promptly notify the Committee

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1 ate and the Committee on Resources of the United States

2 House of Representatives upon the completion of the plan.

3 (3) The Secretary shall complete the program set forth

4 in the plan not later than seven years after the date the

5 Congressional Committees are notified pursuant to para6 graph (2), and shall transmit the results of the program

7 to such Committees on a biennial basis.

8 SEC. 704. SEA GULL EGG COLLECTION STUDY.

9 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary, in consultation with local

10 residents, shall undertake a study of sea gulls living within

11 the park to assess whether sea gull eggs can be collected on

12 a limited basis without impairing the biological sustain13 ability of the sea gull population in the park. The study

14 shall be completed no later than two years after the date

15 funds are made available.

16 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—If the study referred to in

17 subsection (a) determines that the limited collection of sea

18 gull eggs can occur without impairing the biological sus19 tainability of the sea gull population in the park, the Sec20 retary shall submit recommendations for legislation to the

21 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United

22 States Senate and the Committee on Resources of the United

23 States House of Representatives.
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1 SEC. 705. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as

3 are necessary to carry out this title.

Attest:

Secretary.

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 898

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