PUBLIC LAW 109–131—DEC. 20, 2005

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK PAYMENTS,

RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA GOLDEN GATE

NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, AND

REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY

ADJUSTMENTS

119 STAT. 2566 PUBLIC LAW 109–131—DEC. 20, 2005

Public Law 109–131

109th Congress

An Act

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and

other services that are necessary to assist certain local school districts in the

State of California in providing educational services for students attending schools

located within Yosemite National Park, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior

to adjust the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, to adjust

the boundaries of Redwood National Park, 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. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Table of contents.

TITLE I—YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS

Sec. 101. Payments for educational services.

Sec. 102. Authorization for park facilities to be located outside the boundaries of

Yosemite National Park.

TITLE II—RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL

RECREATION AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

Sec. 201. Short title.

Sec. 202. Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California.

TITLE III—REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

Sec. 301. Short title.

Sec. 302. Redwood National Park boundary adjustment.

TITLE I—YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS

SEC. 101. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) For fiscal years 2006 through 2009, the

Secretary of the Interior may provide funds to the Bass Lake

Joint Union Elementary School District and the Mariposa Unified

School District in the State of California for educational services

to students—

(A) who are dependents of persons engaged in the administration, operation, and maintenance of Yosemite National Park;

or

(B) who live within or near the park upon real property

owned by the United States.

(2) The Secretary’s authority to make payments under this

section shall terminate if the State of California or local education

agencies do not continue to provide funding to the schools referred

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to in subsection (a) at per student levels that are no less than

the amount provided in fiscal year 2005.

(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Payments made under this

section shall only be used to pay public employees for educational

services provided in accordance with subsection (a). Payments may

not be used for construction, construction contracts, or major capital

improvements.

(c) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FUNDS.—Payments made under

this section shall not exceed the lesser of—

(1) $400,000 in any fiscal year; or

(2) the amount necessary to provide students described

in subsection (a) with educational services that are normally

provided and generally available to students who attend public

schools elsewhere in the State of California.

(d) SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.—(1) Except as otherwise provided

in this subsection, the Secretary may use funds available to the

National Park Service from appropriations, donations, or fees.

(2) Funds from the following sources shall not be used to

make payments under this section:

(A) Any law authorizing the collection or expenditure of

entrance or use fees at units of the National Park System,

including—

(i) the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965

(16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.); and

(ii) the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act

(16 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.).

(B) Any unexpended receipts collected through—

(i) the recreational fee demonstration program established under section 315 of the Department of the Interior

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (16 U.S.C.

460l–6a note; Public Law 104–134); or

(ii) the national park passport program established

under section 602 of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5992).

(C) Emergency appropriations for flood recovery at

Yosemite National Park.

(3)(A) The Secretary may use an authorized funding source

to make payments under this section only if the funding available

to Yosemite National Park from such source (after subtracting

any payments to the school districts authorized under this section)

is greater than or equal to the amount made available to the

park for the prior fiscal year, or in fiscal year 2005, whichever

is greater.

(B) It is the sense of Congress that any payments made under

this section should not result in a reduction of funds to Yosemite

National Park from any specific funding source, and that with

respect to appropriated funds, funding levels should reflect annual

increases in the park’s operating base funds that are generally

made to units of the National Park System.

SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE LOCATED

OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL

PARK.

(a) FUNDING AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND

EXTERNAL FACILITIES.—Section 814(c) of the Omnibus Parks and

Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 346e) is

amended—

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(1) in the heading by inserting ‘‘AND YOSEMITE

NATIONAL PARK’’ after ‘‘ZION NATIONAL PARK’’;

(2) in the first sentence—

(A) by inserting ‘‘and Yosemite National Park’’ after

‘‘Zion National Park’’; and

(B) by inserting ‘‘for transportation systems or’’ after

‘‘appropriated funds’’; and

(3) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘facilities’’ and

inserting ‘‘systems or facilities’’.

(b) CLARIFYING AMENDMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION FEE

AUTHORITY.—Section 501 of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5981) is amended in the first sentence

by striking ‘‘service contract’’ and inserting ‘‘service contract,

cooperative agreement, or other contractual arrangement’’.

TITLE II—RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA

GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden

Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act’’.

SEC. 202. GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CALIFORNIA.

Section 2(a) of Public Law 92–589 (16 U.S.C. 460bb–1(a)) is

amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘The recreation area shall comprise’’ and

inserting the following:

‘‘(1) INITIAL LANDS.—The recreation area shall comprise’’;

and

(2) by striking ‘‘The following additional lands are also’’

and all that follows through the period at the end of the

subsection and inserting the following new paragraphs:

‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL LANDS.—In addition to the lands described

in paragraph (1), the recreation area shall include the following:

‘‘(A) The parcels numbered by the Assessor of Marin

County, California, 119–040–04, 119–040–05, 119–040–18,

166–202–03, 166–010–06, 166–010–07, 166–010–24, 166–

010–25, 119–240–19, 166–010–10, 166–010–22, 119–240–

03, 119–240–51, 119–240–52, 119–240–54, 166–010–12,

166–010–13, and 119–235–10.

‘‘(B) Lands and waters in San Mateo County generally

depicted on the map entitled ‘Sweeney Ridge Addition,

Golden Gate National Recreation Area’, numbered NRA

GG–80,000–A, and dated May 1980.

‘‘(C) Lands acquired under the Golden Gate National

Recreation Area Addition Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 460bb–

1 note; Public Law 102–299).

‘‘(D) Lands generally depicted on the map entitled

‘Additions to Golden Gate National Recreation Area’, numbered NPS–80–076, and dated July 2000/PWR–PLRPC.

‘‘(E) Lands generally depicted on the map entitled

‘Rancho Corral de Tierra Additions to the Golden Gate

16 USC 460bb

note.

Rancho Corral de

Tierra Golden

Gate National

Recreation Area

Boundary

Adjustment Act.

PUBLIC LAW 109–131—DEC. 20, 2005 119 STAT. 2569

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 136:

SENATE REPORTS: No. 109–63 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005):

July 26, considered and passed Senate.

Dec. 6, considered and passed House.

Æ

National Recreation Area’, numbered NPS–80,079E, and

dated March 2004.

‘‘(3) ACQUISITION LIMITATION.—The Secretary may acquire

land described in paragraph (2)(E) only from a willing seller.’’.

TITLE III—REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK

BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Redwood National Park

Boundary Adjustment Act of 2005’’.

SEC. 302. REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

Section 2(a) of the Act of Public Law 90–545 (16 U.S.C. 79b(a))

is amended—

(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘(a) The area’’ and

all that follows through the period at the end and inserting

the following: ‘‘(a)(1) The Redwood National Park consists of

the land generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Redwood

National Park, Revised Boundary’, numbered 167/60502, and

dated February, 2003.’’;

(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as designated by paragraph (1)) the following:

‘‘(2) The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be—

‘‘(A) on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service; and

‘‘(B) provided by the Secretary of the Interior to the appropriate officers of Del Norte and Humboldt Counties, California.’’;

and

(3) in the second sentence—

(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(3) The Secretary;’’ and

(B) by striking ‘‘one hundred and six thousand acres’’

and inserting ‘‘133,000 acres’’.

Approved December 20, 2005.

16 USC 79a note.

Redwood

National Park

Boundary

Adjustment Act

of 2005.