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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2627 

To amend the Act of August 21, 1935, to extend the authorization for 

the National Park System Advisory Board, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 24, 2006 

Mr. DOMENICI (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Act of August 21, 1935, to extend the authorization for the National Park System Advisory Board, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Park System 

5 Advisory Board Reauthorization Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD. 

7 Section 3 of the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 

8 463), is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 3’’ and inserting the fol10 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 3. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD.’’; 

2 (2) in subsection (a)— 

3 (A) by striking ‘‘(a) There is hereby estab4 lished’’ and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established’’; 

7 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

8 ‘‘The Board shall advise’’ and inserting the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The Board shall advise’’; 

11 (C) in the third sentence, by striking 

12 ‘‘Members of the Board’’ and inserting the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(3) TERM; APPOINTMENT.—Members of the 

15 Board’’; 

16 (D) by striking the fourth through ninth 

17 sentences and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(4) MEMBERSHIP.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be 

20 comprised of not more than 12 members, ap21 pointed from among citizens of the United 

22 States with a demonstrated commitment to the 

23 mission of the National Park Service, of 

24 whom— 

25 ‘‘(i) at least 4 members shall have 

26 outstanding expertise in 1 or more of the 


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1 fields of history, archeology, anthropology, 

2 historical or landscape architecture, biol3 ogy, ecology, geology, marine science, or 

4 social science; 

5 ‘‘(ii) 3 members shall have out6 standing expertise and prior experience 

7 in— 

8 ‘‘(I) the management of National 

9 or State parks or protected areas; or 

10 ‘‘(II) natural or cultural re11 sources management; 

12 ‘‘(iii) 3 members shall have out13 standing expertise in any other profes14 sional or scientific discipline important to 

15 the mission of the National Park Service, 

16 such as financial management, travel and 

17 tourism management, recreational use 

18 management, concessions management, 

19 and land use planning or business manage20 ment; 

21 ‘‘(iv) at least 1 member shall have ex22 pertise in, and appreciation for, the his23 toric recreational opportunities within 

24 units of the National Park System; and 


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1 ‘‘(v) at least 1 member shall be a lo2 cally elected official from an area adjacent 

3 or within close proximity to a unit of the 

4 National Park System. 

5 ‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION.— 

6 Board members appointed under subparagraph 

7 (A) shall be selected to represent various geo8 graphic regions, including each of the adminis9 trative regions of the National Park Service.’’; 

10 (E) in the tenth sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

11 Board shall hold’’ and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(5) MEETINGS.—The Board shall hold’’; 

13 (F) in the eleventh sentence, by striking 

14 ‘‘Any vacancy’’ and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(6) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy’’; 

16 (G) in the twelfth sentence, by striking 

17 ‘‘The Board may adopt’’ and inserting the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(7) PROCEDURES.—The Board may adopt’’; 

20 (H) in the thirteenth sentence, by striking 

21 ‘‘All members’’ and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(8) COMPENSATION.— 

23 ‘‘(A) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—All members’’; 


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1 (I) in the fourteenth sentence, by striking 

2 ‘‘With the exception of travel and per diem as 

3 noted above’’ and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘(B) NO ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.— 

5 Except as provided in subparagraph (A)’’; 

6 (J) in the fifteenth sentence, by striking 

7 ‘‘It shall be the duty of such board’’ and insert8 ing the following: 

9 ‘‘(9) DUTIES.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of 

11 the Board’’; 

12 (K) in the sixteenth sentence, by striking 

13 ‘‘Such board shall also’’ and inserting the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(B) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Board 

16 shall’’; and 

17 (L) in the seventeenth sentence, by strik18 ing ‘‘Such board is’’ and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—The Board is’’; 

20 (3) in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘ADVI22 SORY BOARD STAFF.—’’; and 

23 (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

24 (4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

2 The Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.), 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) in section 3(c)(1)(D) by striking ‘‘arrange5 ments.’’ and inserting ‘‘arrangements,’’; and 

6 (2) in the first undesignated subsection of sec7 tion 4, by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’. 

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