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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2067

To facilitate improved management of National Park Service lands.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 19, 1995

Mr. HANSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Resources

A BILL

To facilitate improved management of National Park Service

lands.

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

3 TITLE I—MINOR BOUNDARY REVISIONS

4 Section 7(c) of the Land and Water Conservation

5 Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–9(c)) is amended—

6 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘Committee

7 on Interior and Insular Affairs’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘Committee on Resources’’; and

9 (2) by striking ‘‘area: PROVIDED, HOWEVER,’’

10 and all that follows through ‘‘1965;’’ and inserting

11 the following: ‘‘area, except that, in all cases except
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1 the case of technical boundary revisions (resulting

2 from such causes as survey error or changed road

3 alignments), the authority of the Secretary under

4 this clause (i) shall apply only if each of the follow5 ing conditions is met—

6 (I) the sum of the total acreage of lands,

7 waters, and interests therein to be added to the

8 area and the total such acreage to be deleted

9 from the area is not more than 5 percent of the

10 total Federal acreage authorized to be included

11 in the area and is less than 200 acres in size;

12 (II) the acquisition, if any, is not a major

13 Federal action significantly affecting the quality

14 of the human environment, as determined by

15 the Secretary;

16 (III) the sum of the total appraised value

17 of the lands, waters, and interest therein to be

18 added to the area and the total appraised value

19 of the lands, waters, and interests therein to be

20 deleted from the area does not exceed

21 $500,000;

22 (IV) the proposed boundary revision is not

23 an element of a more comprehensive boundary

24 modification proposal; and
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1 (V) the Director of the National Park

2 Service obtains written support for the bound3 ary modification from all property owners

4 whose lands, water, or interests therein, or a

5 portion of whose lands, water, or interests

6 therein, will be added to or deleted from the

7 area by the boundary modification: Provided,

8 however, that minor boundary revisions involv9 ing only deletions of acreage from an area of

10 the national parks system may be made only by

11 Act of Congress.

12 TITLE II—AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN

13 PARK FACILITIES TO BE LOCATED

14 OUTSIDE OF UNITS OF THE NATIONAL

15 PARK SYSTEM

16 Section 4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to improve the

17 administration of the national park system by the Sec18 retary of the Interior, and to clarify the authorities appli19 cable to the system, and for other purposes’’ approved Au20 gust 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a–1 et seq.), is amended to

21 read as follows:

22 ‘‘SEC. 4. (a) In order to facilitate the administration

23 of the national park system, the Secretary of the Interior

24 is authorized, under such terms and conditions as he may

25 deem advisable, to establish essential facilities for park ad-
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1 ministration, visitor use, and park employee residential

2 housing outside the boundaries, but within the vicinity, of

3 units of the national park system for purposes of assuring

4 conservation, visitor use, and proper management of such

5 units. Such facilities and the use thereof shall be in con6 formity with approved plans for the unit concerned. Such

7 facilities may only be developed by the Secretary upon

8 finding that location of such facilities would—

9 ‘‘(1) avoid undue degradation of the primary

10 natural or cultural resources within the unit;

11 ‘‘(2) enhance service to the public; or

12 ‘‘(3) provide a cost saving to the Federal Gov13 ernment.

14 ‘‘(b) For the purpose of establishing facilities under

15 subsection (a):

16 ‘‘(1) The Secretary may enter into agreements

17 permitting the Secretary to use such Federal lands

18 as the head of a Federal agency having primary au19 thority over the administration of such land and the

20 Secretary determine is suitable for such use.

21 ‘‘(2) The Secretary, under such terms and con22 ditions as the Secretary determines are reasonable,

23 may lease or acquire (from willing sellers only) by

24 purchase or donation, real property (other than Fed25 eral land), for purposes as specified in this section.
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1 ‘‘(3) For real property acquired pursuant to

2 paragraph (2), the Secretary shall establish written

3 guidelines setting forth criteria to be used in deter4 mining whether the acquisition would—

5 ‘‘(A) reflect unfavorably upon the ability of

6 the Department or any employee to carry out

7 its responsibilities or official duties in a fair and

8 objective manner; or

9 ‘‘(B) would compromise the integrity or

10 the appearance of the integrity of the Depart11 ment’s programs or any official involved in

12 those programs.

13 ‘‘(4) The Secretary may construct, operate, and

14 maintain such permanent and temporary buildings

15 and facilities as the Secretary deems appropriate on

16 land which is in the vicinity of any unit of the na17 tional park system for which the Secretary has ac18 quired authority under this section, except that the

19 Secretary may not begin construction, operation, or

20 maintenance of buildings or facilities on land not

21 owned by the United States until the owner of such

22 lands has entered into a binding agreement with the

23 Secretary, the terms of which assure the continued

24 use of such buildings and facilities for a period of
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1 time commensurate with the level of Federal invest2 ment.’’.

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