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Union Calendar No. 470

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3534

[Report No. 104–866]

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to renew certain permits in the

Mineral King Addition of the Sequoia National Park and to protect

historic and cultural resources in that national park, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 23, 1996

Mr. RADANOVICH (for himself, Mr. COOLEY of Oregon, Mr. HERGER, Mr.

CALVERT, Mrs. SEASTRAND, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. DOOLEY of

California, and Mr. CONDIT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

OCTOBER 3, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Omit the part struck through]

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to renew certain

permits in the Mineral King Addition of the Sequoia

National Park and to protect historic and cultural resources in that national park, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mineral King Act of

3 1996’’.

4 SEC. 2. RENEWAL OF CERTAIN HISTORIC CABIN PERMITS

5 IN THE MINERAL KING ADDITION OF THE SE6 QUOIA NATIONAL PARK.

7 Paragraph (2) of section 314(d) of the National

8 Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 45f(d)) is

9 amended by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(C)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B),

11 until the date of the death of the last cabin permittee of

12 record on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

13 may renew or extend permits or leases continued under

14 subparagraph (A) or (B) to the heirs of lessees or permit15 tees (including heirs to whom such leases or permits have

16 been renewed or extended) who have died prior to the en17 actment of this subparagraph or may die after its enact18 ment in the same manner (including by requiring the pay19 ment of annual fees based on fair market value) as leases

20 or permits may be renewed or extended under subpara21 graph (B), unless—

22 ‘‘(I) the permit or lease is incompatible with the

23 protection of the parks resources; or

24 ‘‘(II) the land occupied under the leases or per25 mit will be used for some other park purpose in ac26 cordance with the comprehensive management plan
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1 prepared under subsection (e), and the Secretary

2 has available sufficient funds to carry out such use.

3 ‘‘(ii) For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term

4 ‘heirs’ means—

5 ‘‘(I) those family members of the deceased per6 mittee or lessee, designated by the permittee or les7 see, in a manner prescribed by the Secretary, as

8 heirs eligible for renewals or extensions under this

9 subparagraph, and

10 ‘‘(II) in the absence of such designation, those

11 family members of the deceased permittee or lessee

12 who are entitled to inherit the estate of the permit13 tee or lessee.’’.

14 SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RE15 SOURCES.

16 Section 314 of the National Parks and Recreation

17 Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 45f) is amended by adding at the

18 end the following new subsection:

19 ‘‘(i)(1) After receiving an opinion of the State His20 toric Preservation Officer as to whether any portion or

21 portions of the area added to the park under this section

22 appear to be eligible for listing as a historic district or

23 districts on the National Register of Historic Places, the

24 Secretary shall—
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1 ‘‘(A) develop and implement a plan for the ap2 propriate protection of historic and cultural re3 sources located in any such portion or portions of

4 the park, which, in the opinion of the State Historic

5 Preservation Officer, appear to be eligible for such

6 listing; and

7 ‘‘(B) modify the comprehensive management

8 plan prepared under subsection (e) accordingly.

9 ‘‘(2) The development and implementation of the

10 plan under subparagraph (A) shall be in consultation with

11 the Mineral King District Association and the Mineral

12 King Historic Preservation Society.

13 ‘‘(3) The plan developed under subparagraph (A)

14 May authorize cabin occupancy consistent with protection

15 of historic and cultural resources and consistent with the

16 authority the Secretary otherwise has to permit such occu17 pancy.’’.

Union Calendar No. 470

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3534

[Report No. 104–866]

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to renew

and for other purposes.and cultural resources in that National Park,the Sequoia National Park and to protect historiccertain permits in the Mineral King Addition of

OCTOBER 3, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and