I

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3500

To amend the Act to establish a Redwood National Park in the State

of California, to increase efficiency and cost savings in the management

of Redwood National Park by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior

to enter into agreements with the State of California to acquire from

and provide to the State goods and services to be used by the National

Park Service and the State of California in the cooperative management

of lands in Redwood National Park and lands in Del Norte Coast

Redwoods State Park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, and Prairie

Creek Redwoods State Park, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 21, 1996

Mr. RIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Resources

A BILL

To amend the Act to establish a Redwood National Park

in the State of California, to increase efficiency and

cost savings in the management of Redwood National

Park by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to

enter into agreements with the State of California to

acquire from and provide to the State goods and services

to be used by the National Park Service and the State

of California in the cooperative management of lands

in Redwood National Park and lands in Del Norte Coast

Redwoods State Park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State
2

•HR 3500 IH

Park, and Prairie Creek Redwoods State 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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Redwood Parks Coop5 erative Management Act of 1996’’.

6 SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF STATE AND FED7 ERAL PARK LANDS AT REDWOOD NATIONAL

8 PARK.

9 (a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Section 3(a) of

10 Public Law 90–545, entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a Red11 wood National Park in the State of California, and for

12 other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 79c), is amended by inserting

13 ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘SEC. 3. (a)’’, and by adding at the end the

14 following new paragraph:

15 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may enter into agreements with

16 the State of California to acquire from and provide to the

17 State goods and services to be used by the National Park

18 Service or the State of California, respectively, in the coop19 erative management of lands in Redwood National Park

20 and lands in Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park,

21 Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, and Prairie Creek

22 Redwoods State Park, if the Secretary determines that ap23 propriations for that purpose are available and the agree24 ment is in the best interests of the United States.’’.
3

•HR 3500 IH

1 (b) PERIOD OF ASSIGNMENTS OF STATE AND FED2 ERAL PERSONNEL.—Section 3(a) of that Act (16 U.S.C.

3 79c(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing new paragraph:

5 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an

6 assignment arranged by the Secretary under section 3372

7 of title 5, United States Code, of a Federal or State em8 ployee for work at Redwood National Park, or an exten9 sion of such an assignment, may be for any period of time

10 determined by the Secretary and the State of California

11 to be mutually beneficial.’’.

12 (c) MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—

13 Section 3(c) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 79c(e)) is amended

14 by striking the third sentence and inserting the following:

15 ‘‘The Secretary shall submit an annual written report to

16 the Congress by January 31 of each year which describes

17 the contracts and cooperative agreements entered into in

18 the previous year under this subsection.’’.

19 (d) UPDATING OF MAPS.—Section 2(a) of such Act

20 (16 U.S.C. 79b(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘the maps enti21 tled’’ and all that follows through ‘‘March 1978’’ and in22 serting ‘‘the maps entitled 167–60501a and dated April

23 1996’’.

Æ