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Calendar No. 95 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 136 

[Report No. 109–63] 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding 

and other services that are necessary to assist certain local school districts in the State of California in providing educational services for 

students attending schools located within Yosemite National Park, to 

authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries of the 

Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24, 2005 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

APRIL 28, 2005 

Reported by Mr. DOMENICI, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and other services that are necessary 

to assist certain local school districts in the State of 

California in providing educational services for students 

attending schools located within Yosemite National Park, 

to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the 
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boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 

and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS 

Sec. 102. Payments for educational services. 

Sec. 103. Authorization for park facilities to be located outside the boundaries 

of Yosemite National Park. 

TITLE II—RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL 

RECREATION AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Sec. 202. Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California. 

5 TITLE I—YOSEMITE NATIONAL 

6 PARK AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS 

7 SEC. 101. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) For fiscal years 2006 through 

9 2009, the Secretary of the Interior may provide funds to 

10 the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District 

11 and the Mariposa Unified School District in the State of 

12 California for educational services to students— 

13 (A) who are dependents of persons engaged in 

14 the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

15 Yosemite National Park; or 

16 (B) who live within or near the park upon real 

17 property owned by the United States. 
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1 (2) The Secretary’s authority to make payments 

2 under this section shall terminate if the State of California 

3 or local education agencies do not continue to provide 

4 funding to the schools referred to in subsection (a) at per 

5 student levels that are no less than the amount provided 

6 in fiscal year 2005. 

7 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Payments 

8 made under this section shall only be used to pay public 

9 employees for educational services provided in accordance 

10 with subsection (a). Payments may not be used for con11 struction, construction contracts, or major capital im12 provements. 

13 (c) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FUNDS.—Payments 

14 made under this section shall not exceed the lesser of— 

15 (1) $400,000 in any fiscal year; or 

16 (2) the amount necessary to provide students 

17 described in subsection (a) with educational services 

18 that are normally provided and generally available to 

19 students who attend public schools elsewhere in the 

20 State of California. 

21 (d) SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.—(1) Except as otherwise 

22 provided in this subsection, the Secretary may use funds 

23 available to the National Park Service from appropria24 tions, donations, or fees. 
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1 (2) Funds from the following sources shall not be 

2 used to make payments under this section: 

3 (A) Any law authorizing the collection or ex4 penditure of entrance or use fees at units of the Na5 tional Park System, including the Land and Water 

6 Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 

7 et seq.); the recreational fee demonstration program 

8 established under section 315 of the Department of 

9 the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 

10 Act, 1996 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a note); and the Na11 tional Park Passport Program established under sec12 tion 602 of the National Parks Omnibus Manage13 ment Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5992). 

14 (B) Emergency appropriations for flood recov15 ery at Yosemite National Park. 

16 (A) Any law authorizing the collection or ex17 penditure of entrance or use fees at units of the Na18 tional Park System, including— 

19 (i) the Land and Water Conservation Fund 

20 Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.); and 

21 (ii) the Federal Lands Recreation Enhance22 ment Act (16 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.). 

23 (B) Any unexpended receipts collected through— 

24 (i) the recreational fee demonstration pro25 gram established under section 315 of the De-
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1 partment of the Interior and Related Agencies 

2 Appropriations Act, 1996 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a 

3 note; Public Law 104–134); or 

4 (ii) the national park passport program es5 tablished under section 602 of the National 

6 Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 

7 U.S.C. 5992). 

8 (C) Emergency appropriations for flood recovery 

9 at Yosemite National Park. 

10 (3)(A) The Secretary may use an authorized funding 

11 source to make payments under this section only if the 

12 funding available to Yosemite National Park from such 

13 source (after subtracting any payments to the school dis14 tricts authorized under this section) is greater than or 

15 equal to the amount made available to the park for the 

16 prior fiscal year, or in fiscal year 2005, whichever is great17 er. 

18 (B) It is the sense of Congress that any payments 

19 made under this section should not result in a reduction 

20 of funds to Yosemite National Park from any specific 

21 funding source, and that with respect to appropriated 

22 funds, funding levels should reflect annual increases in the 

23 park’s operating base funds that are generally made to 

24 units of the National Park System. 
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1 SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE 

2 LOCATED OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF YO3 SEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 

4 (a) FUNDING AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORTATION

5 SYSTEMS AND EXTERNAL FACILITIES.—Section 814(c) of 

6 the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act 

7 of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 346e) is amended— 

8 (1) in the heading by inserting ‘‘AND YOSEM9 ITE NATIONAL PARK’’ after ‘‘ZION NATIONAL

10 PARK’’; 

11 (2) in the first sentence— 

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘and Yosemite National 

13 Park’’ after ‘‘Zion National Park’’; and 

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘for transportation sys15 tems or’’ after ‘‘appropriated funds’’; and 

16 (3) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘facili17 ties’’ and inserting ‘‘systems or facilities’’. 

18 (b) CLARIFYING AMENDMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION

19 FEE AUTHORITY.—Section 501 of the National Parks 

20 Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5981) is 

21 amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘service con22 tract’’ and inserting ‘‘service contract, cooperative agree23 ment, or other contractual arrangement’’. 
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1 TITLE II—RANCHO CORRAL DE 

2 TIERRA GOLDEN GATE NA3 TIONAL RECREATION AREA 

4 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT 

5 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Rancho Corral de 

7 Tierra Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary 

8 Adjustment Act’’. 

9 SEC. 202. GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, 

10 CALIFORNIA. 

11 (a) Section 2(a) of Public Law 92–589 (16 U.S.C. 

12 460bb–1(a)) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘The recreation area shall com14 prise’’ and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) INITIAL LANDS.—The recreation area shall 

16 comprise’’; and 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘The following additional lands 

18 are also’’ and all that follows through the period at 

19 the end of the subsection and inserting the following 

20 new paragraphs: 

21 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL LANDS.—In addition to the 

22 lands described in paragraph (1), the recreation area 

23 shall include the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) The parcels numbered by the Asses25 sor of Marin County, California, 119–040–04, 
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1 119–040–05, 119–040–18, 166–202–03, 166– 

2 010–06, 166–010–07, 166–010–24, 166–010– 

3 25, 119–240–19, 166–010–10, 166–010–22, 

4 119–240–03, 119–240–51, 119–240–52, 119– 

5 240–54, 166–010–12, 166–010–13, and 119– 

6 235–10. 

7 ‘‘(B) Lands and waters in San Mateo 

8 County generally depicted on the map entitled 

9 ‘Sweeney Ridge Addition, Golden Gate National 

10 Recreation Area’, numbered NRA GG–80,000– 

11 A, and dated May 1980. 

12 ‘‘(C) Lands acquired under the Golden 

13 Gate National Recreation Area Addition Act of 

14 1992 (16 U.S.C. 460bb–1 note; Public Law 

15 102–299). 

16 ‘‘(D) Lands generally depicted on the map 

17 entitled ‘Additions to Golden Gate National 

18 Recreation Area’, numbered NPS–80–076, and 

19 dated July 2000/PWR–PLRPC. 

20 ‘‘(E) Lands generally depicted on the map 

21 entitled ‘Rancho Corral de Tierra Additions to 

22 the Golden Gate National Recreation Area’, 

23 numbered NPS–80,079E, and dated March 

24 2004. 
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1 ‘‘(3) ACQUISITION LIMITATION.—The Secretary 

2 may acquire land described in paragraph (2)(E) only 

3 from a willing seller.’’. 
Calendar No. 95 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 136 

[Report No. 109–63] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to proRecreation Area, and for other purposes. just the boundaries of the Golden Gate National to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to ad- schools located within Yosemite National Park, educational services for students attending districts in the State of California in providing that are necessary to assist certain local school vide supplemental funding and other services 

APRIL 28, 2005 

Reported with amendments