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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 136 

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 

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 

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: 
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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. 

1 TITLE I—YOSEMITE NATIONAL 

2 PARK AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS 

3 SEC. 101. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. 

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

5 2009, the Secretary of the Interior may provide funds to 

6 the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District 

7 and the Mariposa Unified School District in the State of 

8 California for educational services to students— 

9 (A) who are dependents of persons engaged in 

10 the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

11 Yosemite National Park; or 

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

13 property owned by the United States. 

14 (2) The Secretary’s authority to make payments 

15 under this section shall terminate if the State of California 

16 or local education agencies do not continue to provide 

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

18 student levels that are no less than the amount provided 

19 in fiscal year 2005. 
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1 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Payments 

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

3 employees for educational services provided in accordance 

4 with subsection (a). Payments may not be used for con5 struction, construction contracts, or major capital im6 provements. 

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

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

9 (1) $400,000 in any fiscal year; or 

10 (2) the amount necessary to provide students 

11 described in subsection (a) with educational services 

12 that are normally provided and generally available to 

13 students who attend public schools elsewhere in the 

14 State of California. 

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

16 provided in this subsection, the Secretary may use funds 

17 available to the National Park Service from appropria18 tions, donations, or fees. 

19 (2) Funds from the following sources shall not be 

20 used to make payments under this section: 

21 (A) Any law authorizing the collection or ex22 penditure of entrance or use fees at units of the Na23 tional Park System, including the Land and Water 

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

25 et seq.); the recreational fee demonstration program 
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1 established under section 315 of the Department of 

2 the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 

3 Act, 1996 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a note); and the Na4 tional Park Passport Program established under sec5 tion 602 of the National Parks Omnibus Manage6 ment Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5992). 

7 (B) Emergency appropriations for flood recov8 ery at Yosemite National Park. 

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

10 source to make payments under this section only if the 

11 funding available to Yosemite National Park from such 

12 source (after subtracting any payments to the school dis13 tricts authorized under this section) is greater than or 

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

15 prior fiscal year, or in fiscal year 2005, whichever is great16 er. 

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

18 made under this section should not result in a reduction 

19 of funds to Yosemite National Park from any specific 

20 funding source, and that with respect to appropriated 

21 funds, funding levels should reflect annual increases in the 

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

23 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 YOSEMITE

9 NATIONAL PARK’’ after ‘‘ZION NATIONAL PARK’’; 

10 (2) in the first sentence— 

11 (A) by inserting ‘‘and Yosemite National 

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

13 (B) by inserting ‘‘for transportation sys14 tems or’’ after ‘‘appropriated funds’’; and 

15 (3) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘facili16 ties’’ and inserting ‘‘systems or facilities’’. 

17 (b) CLARIFYING AMENDMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION

18 FEE AUTHORITY.—Section 501 of the National Parks 

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

20 amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘service con21 tract’’ and inserting ‘‘service contract, cooperative agree22 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.’’. 

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