108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3785

AN ACT

To authorize the exchange of certain land in

Everglades National Park.

108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3785

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,
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1 SECTION 1. EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK.

2 Section 102 of the Everglades National Park Protec3 tion and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r–6) is

4 amended—

5 (1) in subsection (a)—

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

7 inserting the following:

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The park boundary’’;

9 (B) by striking ‘‘The map’’ and inserting

10 the following:

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

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

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

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

15 acquire from 1 or more willing sellers not more

16 than 10 acres of land located outside the

17 boundary of the park and adjacent to or near

18 the East Everglades area of the park for the

19 development of administrative, housing, mainte20 nance, or other park purposes.

21 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION; APPLICABLE

22 LAW.—On acquisition of the land under sub23 paragraph (A), the land shall be administered

24 as part of the park in accordance with the laws

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

26 and
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following:

2 ‘‘(h) LAND EXCHANGES.—

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

4 ‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Admin5 istrator’ means the Administrator of General

6 Services.

7 ‘‘(B) COUNTY.—The term ‘County’ means

8 Miami-Dade County, Florida.

9 ‘‘(C) COUNTY LAND.—The term ‘County

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

11 County totaling approximately 152.93 acres

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

13 ‘Tract 605–03’.

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

15 means the South Florida Water Management

16 District.

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

18 land’ means the approximately 1,054 acres of

19 District land located in the Southern Glades

20 Wildlife and Environmental Area and identified

21 on the map as ‘South Florida Water Manage22 ment District Exchange Lands’.

23 ‘‘(F) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

24 LAND.—The term ‘General Services Adminis25 tration land’ means the approximately 595.28
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1 acres of land designated as ‘Site Alpha’ that is

2 declared by the Department of the Navy to be

3 excess land.

4 ‘‘(G) MAP.—The term ‘map’ means the

5 map entitled ‘Boundary Modification for C–111

6 Project, Everglades National Park’, numbered

7 160/80,007A, and dated May 18, 2004.

8 ‘‘(H) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAND.—

9 The term ‘National Park Service land’ means

10 the approximately 1,054 acres of land located

11 in the Rocky Glades area of the park and iden12 tified on the map as ‘NPS Exchange Lands’.

13 ‘‘(2) EXCHANGE OF GENERAL SERVICES ADMIN14 ISTRATION LAND AND COUNTY LAND.—The Admin15 istrator shall convey to the County fee title to the

16 General Services Administration land in exchange

17 for the conveyance by the County to the Secretary

18 of fee title to the County land.

19 ‘‘(3) EXCHANGE OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

20 LAND AND DISTRICT LAND.—

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

22 after the completion of the exchange under

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

24 District fee title to the National Park Service
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1 land in exchange for fee title to the District

2 land.

3 ‘‘(B) USE OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

4 LAND.—The National Park Service land con5 veyed to the District shall be used by the Dis6 trict for the purposes of the C–111 project, in7 cluding restoration of the Everglades natural

8 system.

9 ‘‘(C) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—On com10 pletion of the land exchange under subpara11 graph (A), the Secretary shall modify the

12 boundary of the park to reflect the exchange of

13 the National Park Service land and the District

14 land.

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

16 on file and available for public inspection in the ap17 propriate offices of the National Park Service.’’.

18 SEC. 2. BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE.

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

20 93–440 (16 U.S.C. 698f) is amended by striking ‘‘The
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1 amount described in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘The

2 amount described in paragraph (2)’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 19, 2004.

Attest:

Clerk.