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Union Calendar No. 296

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3785

[Report No. 108–516] 

To authorize the exchange of certain land in Everglades National Park. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2004

Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Resources 

JUNE 1, 2004 

Additional sponsors: Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. FOLEY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 

Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. SHAW, Mr. HASTINGS of 

Florida, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, 

Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. BOYD, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. 

HARRIS, Mr. KELLER, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. WEXLER, and Mr. MEEK of 

Florida 

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

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

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 10, 2004] 

A BILL

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 ac15 quire from 1 or more willing sellers not more 

16 than 10 acres of land located outside the bound17 ary of the park and adjacent to or near the East 

18 Everglades area of the park for the development 

19 of administrative, housing, maintenance, or 

20 other park purposes. 

21 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION; APPLICABLE LAW.—

22 On acquisition of the land under subparagraph 

23 (A), the land shall be administered as part of the 

24 park in accordance with the laws (including reg25 ulations) applicable to the park.’’; and 

26 (2) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(h) LAND EXCHANGES.—

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

3 ‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis4 trator’ means the Administrator of General Serv5 ices. 

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

7 Miami-Dade County, Florida. 

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

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

10 County totaling approximately 152.93 acres that 

11 are designated as ‘Tract 605–01’ and ‘Tract 

12 605–03’. 

13 ‘‘(D) DISTRICT.—The term ‘District’ means 

14 the South Florida Water Management District. 

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

16 land’ means the approximately 1,054 acres of 

17 District land located in the Southern Glades 

18 Wildlife and Environmental Area and identified 

19 on the map as ‘South Florida Water Manage20 ment District Exchange Lands’. 

21 ‘‘(F) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

22 LAND.—The term ‘General Services Administra23 tion land’ means the approximately 595.28 acres 

24 of land designated as ‘Site Alpha’ that is de-
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1 clared by the Department of the Navy to be ex2 cess land. 

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

4 entitled ‘Boundary Modification for C–111 

5 Project, Everglades National Park’, numbered 

6 160/80,007, and dated April 30, 2002. 

7 ‘‘(H) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAND.—The 

8 term ‘National Park Service land’ means the ap9 proximately 1,054 acres of land located in the 

10 Rocky Glades area of the park and identified on 

11 the map as ‘NPS Exchange Lands’. 

12 ‘‘(2) EXCHANGE OF GENERAL SERVICES ADMINIS13 TRATION LAND AND COUNTY LAND.—The Adminis14 trator shall convey to the County fee title to the Gen15 eral Services Administration land in exchange for the 

16 conveyance by the County to the Secretary of fee title 

17 to the County land. 

18 ‘‘(3) EXCHANGE OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

19 LAND AND DISTRICT LAND.—

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

21 after the completion of the exchange under para22 graph (2), the Secretary shall convey to the Dis23 trict fee title to the National Park Service land 

24 in exchange for fee title to the District land. 
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1 ‘‘(B) USE OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

2 LAND.—The National Park Service land con3 veyed to the District shall be used by the District 

4 for the purposes of the C–111 project, including 

5 restoration of the Everglades natural system. 

6 ‘‘(C) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—On comple7 tion of the land exchange under subparagraph 

8 (A), the Secretary shall modify the boundary of 

9 the park to reflect the exchange of the National 

10 Park Service land and the District land. 

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

12 on file and available for public inspection in the ap13 propriate offices of the National Park Service.’’. 

14 SEC. 2. BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE. 

15 Subsection (d)(3) of the first section of Public Law 93–

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

17 described in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘The amount de18 scribed in paragraph (2)’’. 
Union Calendar No. 296

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3785

[Report No. 108–516] 

A BILL

To authorize the exchange of certain land in 

Everglades National Park. 

JUNE 1, 2004

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,