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Calendar No. 653 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3785 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 20, 2004 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To authorize the exchange of certain land in Everglades 

National Park. 

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

3 SECTION 1. EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK. 

4 Section 102 of the Everglades National Park Protec5 tion and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r–6) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘The park boundary’’ and 

9 inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The park boundary’’; 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘The map’’ and inserting 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map’’; and 

4 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(3) ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

7 acquire from 1 or more willing sellers not more 

8 than 10 acres of land located outside the 

9 boundary of the park and adjacent to or near 

10 the East Everglades area of the park for the 

11 development of administrative, housing, mainte12 nance, or other park purposes. 

13 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION; APPLICABLE

14 LAW.—On acquisition of the land under sub15 paragraph (A), the land shall be administered 

16 as part of the park in accordance with the laws 

17 (including regulations) applicable to the park.’’; 

18 and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(h) LAND EXCHANGES.— 

21 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

22 ‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Admin23 istrator’ means the Administrator of General 

24 Services. 
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1 ‘‘(B) COUNTY.—The term ‘County’ means 

2 Miami-Dade County, Florida. 

3 ‘‘(C) COUNTY LAND.—The term ‘County 

4 land’ means the 2 parcels of land owned by the 

5 County totaling approximately 152.93 acres 

6 that are designated as ‘Tract 605–01’ and 

7 ‘Tract 605–03’. 

8 ‘‘(D) DISTRICT.—The term ‘District’ 

9 means the South Florida Water Management 

10 District. 

11 ‘‘(E) DISTRICT LAND.—The term ‘District 

12 land’ means the approximately 1,054 acres of 

13 District land located in the Southern Glades 

14 Wildlife and Environmental Area and identified 

15 on the map as ‘South Florida Water Manage16 ment District Exchange Lands’. 

17 ‘‘(F) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

18 LAND.—The term ‘General Services Adminis19 tration land’ means the approximately 595.28 

20 acres of land designated as ‘Site Alpha’ that is 

21 declared by the Department of the Navy to be 

22 excess land. 

23 ‘‘(G) MAP.—The term ‘map’ means the 

24 map entitled ‘Boundary Modification for C–111 
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1 Project, Everglades National Park’, numbered 

2 160/80,007A, and dated May 18, 2004. 

3 ‘‘(H) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAND.— 

4 The term ‘National Park Service land’ means 

5 the approximately 1,054 acres of land located 

6 in the Rocky Glades area of the park and iden7 tified on the map as ‘NPS Exchange Lands’. 

8 ‘‘(2) EXCHANGE OF GENERAL SERVICES ADMIN9 ISTRATION LAND AND COUNTY LAND.—The Admin10 istrator shall convey to the County fee title to the 

11 General Services Administration land in exchange 

12 for the conveyance by the County to the Secretary 

13 of fee title to the County land. 

14 ‘‘(3) EXCHANGE OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

15 LAND AND DISTRICT LAND.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 

17 after the completion of the exchange under 

18 paragraph (2), the Secretary shall convey to the 

19 District fee title to the National Park Service 

20 land in exchange for fee title to the District 

21 land. 

22 ‘‘(B) USE OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

23 LAND.—The National Park Service land con24 veyed to the District shall be used by the Dis25 trict for the purposes of the C–111 project, in-
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1 cluding restoration of the Everglades natural 

2 system. 

3 ‘‘(C) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—On com4 pletion of the land exchange under subpara5 graph (A), the Secretary shall modify the 

6 boundary of the park to reflect the exchange of 

7 the National Park Service land and the District 

8 land. 

9 ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be 

10 on file and available for public inspection in the ap11 propriate offices of the National Park Service.’’. 

12 SEC. 2. BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE. 

13 Subsection (d)(3) of the first section of Public Law 

14 93–440 (16 U.S.C. 698f) is amended by striking ‘‘The 

15 amount described in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

16 amount described in paragraph (2)’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 19, 2004. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk. 
Calendar No. 653 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3785 

AN ACT 

To authorize the exchange of certain land in 

Everglades National Park. 

JULY 20, 2004 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar