H. R. 3785

One Hundred Eighth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four

An Act

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK.

Section 102 of the Everglades National Park Protection and

Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r–6) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

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

the following:

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

(B) by striking ‘‘The map’’ and inserting the following:

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

(C) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(3) ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire from

1 or more willing sellers not more than 10 acres of land

located outside the boundary of the park and adjacent

to or near the East Everglades area of the park for the

development of administrative, housing, maintenance, or

other park purposes.

‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION; APPLICABLE LAW.—On acquisition of the land under subparagraph (A), the land shall

be administered as part of the park in accordance with

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

and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(h) LAND EXCHANGES.— ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:

‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Administrator’ means

the Administrator of General Services.

‘‘(B) COUNTY.—The term ‘County’ means Miami-Dade

County, Florida.

‘‘(C) COUNTY LAND.—The term ‘County land’ means

the 2 parcels of land owned by the County totaling approximately 152.93 acres that are designated as ‘Tract 605–

01’ and ‘Tract 605–03’.

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

Florida Water Management District.

‘‘(E) DISTRICT LAND.—The term ‘District land’ means

the approximately 1,054 acres of District land located in

the Southern Glades Wildlife and Environmental Area and

identified on the map as ‘South Florida Water Management

District Exchange Lands’.
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‘‘(F) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION LAND.—The

term ‘General Services Administration land’ means the

approximately 595.28 acres of land designated as ‘Site

Alpha’ that is declared by the Department of the Navy

to be excess land.

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

‘Boundary Modification for C–111 Project, Everglades

National Park’, numbered 160/80,007A, and dated May

18, 2004.

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

‘National Park Service land’ means the approximately 1,054

acres of land located in the Rocky Glades area of the

park and identified on the map as ‘NPS Exchange Lands’.

‘‘(2) EXCHANGE OF GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION LAND

AND COUNTY LAND.—The Administrator shall convey to the

County fee title to the General Services Administration land

in exchange for the conveyance by the County to the Secretary

of fee title to the County land.

‘‘(3) EXCHANGE OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAND AND DISTRICT LAND.—

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

completion of the exchange under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall convey to the District fee title to the National

Park Service land in exchange for fee title to the District

land.

‘‘(B) USE OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAND.—The

National Park Service land conveyed to the District shall

be used by the District for the purposes of the C–111

project, including restoration of the Everglades natural

system.

‘‘(C) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—On completion of the

land exchange under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall

modify the boundary of the park to reflect the exchange

of the National Park Service land and the District land.

‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file and

available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of

the National Park Service.’’.

SEC. 2. BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE.

Subsection (d)(3) of the first section of Public Law 93–440

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

(2)’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.