H. Res. 520

In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

August 16, 1994.

1 Resolved, That, upon adoption of this resolution, the

2 bill (H.R. 1305) to make boundary adjustments and other

3 miscellaneous changes to authorities and programs of the

4 National Park Service, with the Senate amendment there5 to, shall be considered to have been taken from the Speak6 er’s table, and the same hereby agreed to with an amend7 ment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be in8 serted by the Senate, insert the following:

9 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minor Boundary Ad11 justments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of

12 1994’’.

13 TITLE I—MINOR BOUNDARY

14 ADJUSTMENTS

15 SEC. 101. YUCCA HOUSE NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY

16 ADJUSTMENT.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The boundaries of Yucca House

18 National Monument are revised to include the approxi-
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1 mately 24.27 acres of land generally depicted on the map

2 entitled ‘‘Boundary—Yucca House National Monument,

3 Colorado’’, numbered 318/80,001–B, and dated February

4 1990.

5 (b) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (a)

6 shall be on file and available for public inspection in ap7 propriate offices of the National Park Service of the

8 Department of the Interior.

9 (c) ACQUISITION BY DONATION.—(1) Within the

10 lands described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the

11 Interior may acquire lands and interests in lands by dona12 tion.

13 (2) The Secretary of the Interior may pay adminis14 trative costs arising out of any donation described in para15 graph (1) with appropriated funds.

16 SEC. 102. ZION NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

17 (a) ACQUISITION AND BOUNDARY CHANGE.—The

18 Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by exchange approximately 5.48 acres located in the SW1 19 ⁄4 of

20 Section 28, Township 41 South, Range 10 West, Salt

21 Lake Base and Meridian. In exchange therefor the Sec22 retary is authorized to convey all right, title, and interest

23 of the United States in and to approximately 5.51 acres

24 in Lot 2 of Section 5, Township 41 South, Range 11 West,

25 both parcels of land being in Washington County, Utah.
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1 Upon completion of such exchange, the Secretary is au2 thorized to revise the boundary of Zion National Park to

3 add the 5.48 acres in Section 28 to the park and to ex4 clude the 5.51 acres in Section 5 from the park. Land

5 added to the park shall be administered as part of the

6 park in accordance with the laws and regulations applica7 ble thereto.

8 (b) EXPIRATION.—The authority granted by this sec9 tion shall expire two years after the date of the enactment

10 of this Act.

11 SEC. 103. PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE

12 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

13 The boundary of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

14 is hereby modified as depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Area

15 Proposed for Addition to Pictured Rocks National Lake16 shore’’, numbered 625–80, 043A and dated July 1992.

17 SEC. 104. INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

18 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

19 The administrative boundary between Independence

20 National Historical Park and the United States Customs

21 House along the Moravian Street Walkway in Philadel22 phia, Pennsylvania, is hereby modified as generally de23 picted on the drawing entitled ‘‘Exhibit 1, Independence

24 National Historical Park, Boundary Adjustment’’, and

25 dated May 1987, which shall be on file and available for
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1 public inspection in the Office of the National Park Serv2 ice, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the Inte3 rior is authorized to accept and transfer jurisdiction over

4 property in accord with such administrative boundary, as

5 modified by this section.

6 SEC. 105. CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT

7 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

8 (a) BOUNDARY REVISION.—The boundary of Craters

9 of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, is revised to add

10 approximately 210 acres and to delete approximately 315

11 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Craters

12 of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, Proposed 1987

13 Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 131–80,008, and dated

14 October 1987, which map shall be on file and available

15 for public inspection in the Office of the National Park

16 Service, Department of the Interior.

17 (b) ADMINISTRATION AND ACQUISITION.—Federal

18 lands, and interests therein deleted from the boundary of

19 the national monument by this section shall be adminis20 tered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau

21 of Land Management in accordance with the Federal

22 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.

23 1701 et seq.), and Federal lands, and interests therein

24 added to the national monument by this section shall be

25 administered by the Secretary as part of the national
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1 monument, subject to the laws and regulations applicable

2 thereto. The Secretary is authorized to acquire private

3 lands, and interests therein within the boundary of the na4 tional monument by donation, purchase with donated or

5 appropriated funds, or exchange, and when acquired they

6 shall be administered by the Secretary as part of the na7 tional monument, subject to the laws and regulations ap8 plicable thereto.

9 SEC. 106. HAGERMAN FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT

10 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

11 Section 302 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act

12 of 1988 (102 Stat. 4576) is amended by adding the follow13 ing new subsection:

14 ‘‘(d) To further the purposes of the monument, the

15 Secretary is also authorized to acquire from willing sellers

16 only, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated

17 funds, or exchange not to exceed 65 acres outside the

18 boundary depicted on the map referred to in section 301

19 and develop and operate thereon research, information, in20 terpretive, and administrative facilities. Lands acquired

21 and facilities developed pursuant to this subsection shall

22 be administered by the Secretary as part of the monu23 ment. The boundary of the monument shall be modified

24 to include the lands added under this subsection as a non25 contiguous parcel.’’.
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1 SEC. 107. WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY

2 ADJUSTMENT.

3 The boundary of the Wupatki National Monument,

4 Arizona, is hereby revised to include the lands and inter5 ests in lands within the area generally depicted as ‘‘Pro6 posed Addition 168.89 Acres’’ on the map entitled

7 ‘‘Boundary—Wupatki and Sunset Crater National Monu8 ments, Arizona’’, numbered 322–80,021, and dated April

9 1989. The map shall be on file and available for public

10 inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, De11 partment of the Interior. Subject to valid existing rights,

12 Federal lands, and interests therein within the area added

13 to the monument by this section are hereby transferred

14 without monetary consideration or reimbursement to the

15 administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service,

16 to be administered as part of the monument in accordance

17 with the laws and regulations applicable thereto.

18 TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS

19 SPECIFIC PARK AMENDMENTS

20 SEC. 201. ADVISORY COMMISSIONS.

21 (a) KALOKO-HONOKOHAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL

22 PARK, HI.—

23 (1) This subsection may be cited as the ‘‘Na

24 Hoa Pili Kaloko-Honokohau Re-establishment Act of

25 1994’’.
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1 (2) Notwithstanding section 505(f)(7) of Public

2 Law 95–625 (16 U.S.C. 396d(7)), the Na Hoa Pili

3 O Kaloko-Honokohau, the Advisory Commission for

4 Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, is

5 hereby re-established in accordance with section

6 505(f), as amended by subsection (b) of this section.

7 (3) Section 505(f)(7) of Public Law 95–625

8 (16 U.S.C. 396d(7)), is amended by striking ‘‘this

9 Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘the Na Hoa Pili

10 Kaloko-Honokohau Re-establishment Act of 1994.’’.

11 (b) WOMEN’S RIGHTS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK,

12 NY.—Section 1601(h)(5) of the Act of December 28,

13 1980 (16 U.S.C. 410ll(h)(5)), is amended by striking ‘‘ten

14 years’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘twenty-five years’’.

15 SEC. 202. AMENDMENT OF BOSTON NATIONAL HISTORIC

16 PARK ACT.

17 Section 3(b) of the Boston National Historical Park

18 Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 410z–1(b)) is amended by insert19 ing ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sentence thereof and by adding

20 the following at the end thereof:

21 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to

22 enter into a cooperative agreement with the Boston Public

23 Library to provide for the distribution of informational

24 and interpretive materials relating to the park and to the

25 Freedom Trail.’’.
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1 TITLE III—GENERAL AUTHOR2 IZATIONS AND REPEALERS

3 SEC. 301. LIMITATION ON PARK BUILDINGS.

4 The 10th undesignated paragraph (relating to a limi5 tation on the expenditure of funds for park buildings)

6 under the heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, DEPART7 MENT OF THE INTERIOR’’, which appears under the head8 ing ‘‘UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE9 RIOR’’, as contained in the first section of the Act of Au10 gust 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 460), as amended (16 U.S.C.

11 451), is hereby repealed.

12 SEC. 302. APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF

13 CHILDREN.

14 The first section of the Act of August 7, 1946 (16

15 U.S.C. 17j–2), is amended by adding at the end the follow16 ing:

17 ‘‘(j) Provide transportation for children in nearby

18 communities to and from any unit of the National Park

19 System used in connection with organized recreation and

20 interpretive programs of the National Park Service.’’.

21 SEC. 303. FERAL BURROS AND HORSES.

22 Section 9 of the Act of December 15, 1971 (16

23 U.S.C. 1338a), is amended by adding at the end thereof

24 the following: ‘‘Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to

25 limit the authority of the Secretary in the management
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1 of units of the National Park System, and the Secretary

2 may, without regard either to the provisions of this Act,

3 or section 47(a) of title 18, United States Code, use motor

4 vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, or contract

5 for such use, in furtherance of the management of the Na6 tional Park System, and the provisions of section 47(a)

7 of title 18, United States Code, shall not be applicable to

8 such use.’’.

9 SEC. 304. AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE10 RIOR RELATING TO MUSEUMS.

11 (a) FUNCTIONS.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to in12 crease the public benefits from the National Park System

13 by facilitating the management of museum properties re14 lating thereto, and for other purposes’’ approved July 1,

15 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), is amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (b) of the first section, by

17 striking out ‘‘from such donations and bequests of

18 money’’; and

19 (2) by adding at the end thereof the following:

20 ‘‘SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.

21 ‘‘(a) In addition to the functions specified in the first

22 section of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may per23 form the following functions in such manner as he shall

24 consider to be in the public interest:
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1 ‘‘(1) Transfer museum objects and museum col2 lections that the Secretary determines are no longer

3 needed for museum purposes to qualified Federal

4 agencies that have programs to preserve and inter5 pret cultural or natural heritage, and accept the

6 transfer of museum objects and museum collections

7 for the purposes of this Act from any other Federal

8 agency, without reimbursement. The head of any

9 other Federal agency may transfer, without reim10 bursement, museum objects and museum collections

11 directly to the administrative jurisdiction of the Sec12 retary of the Interior for the purposes of this Act.

13 ‘‘(2) Convey museum objects and museum col14 lections that the Secretary determines are no longer

15 needed for museum purposes, without monetary con16 sideration but subject to such terms and conditions

17 as the Secretary deems necessary, to private institu18 tions exempt from Federal taxation under section

19 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and

20 to non-Federal governmental entities if the Secretary

21 determines that the recipient is dedicated to the

22 preservation and interpretation of natural or cultural

23 heritage and is qualified to manage the property,

24 prior to any conveyance under this subsection.
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1 ‘‘(3) Destroy or cause to be destroyed museum

2 objects and museum collections that the Secretary

3 determines to have no scientific, cultural, historic,

4 educational, esthetic, or monetary value.

5 ‘‘(b) The Secretary shall ensure that museum objects

6 and museum collections are treated in a careful and delib7 erate manner that protects the public interest. Prior to

8 taking any action under subsection (a), the Secretary shall

9 establish a systematic review and approval process, includ10 ing consultation with appropriate experts, that meets the

11 highest standards of the museum profession for all actions

12 taken under this section.’’.

13 (b) APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.—The Act enti14 tled ‘‘An Act to increase the public benefits from the Na15 tional Park System by facilitating the management of mu16 seum properties relating thereto, and for other purposes’’

17 approved July 1, 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), as amended by

18 subsection (a), is further amended by adding the following:

19 ‘‘SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.

20 ‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—Authorities in this Act shall be

21 available to the Secretary of the Interior with regard to

22 museum objects and museum collections that were under

23 the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for pur24 poses of the National Park System before the date of en25 actment of this section as well as those museum objects
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1 and museum collections that may be acquired on or after

2 such date.

3 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act,

4 the terms ‘museum objects’ and ‘museum collections’

5 mean objects that are eligible to be or are made part of

6 a museum, library, or archive collection through a formal

7 procedure, such as accessioning. Such objects are usually

8 movable and include but are not limited to prehistoric and

9 historic artifacts, works of art, books, documents, photo10 graphs, and natural history specimens.’’.

11 SEC. 305. VOLUNTEERS IN THE PARKS INCREASE.

12 Section 4 of the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969

13 (16 U.S.C. 18j) is amended by striking out ‘‘$1,000,000’’

14 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,750,000’’.

15 SEC. 306. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR RESEARCH

16 PURPOSES.

17 Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to improve the

18 administration of the National Park System by the Sec19 retary of the Interior, and to clarify the authorities appli20 cable to the system, and for other purposes’’ approved Au21 gust 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a–2), is amended—

22 (1) in paragraph (i), by striking out the period

23 at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘;

24 and’’; and

25 (2) by adding at the end thereof the following:
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1 ‘‘(j) enter into cooperative agreements with

2 public or private educational institutions, States,

3 and their political subdivisions, or private conserva4 tion organizations for the purpose of developing ade5 quate, coordinated, cooperative research and training

6 programs concerning the resources of the National

7 Park System, and, pursuant to such agreements, to

8 accept from and make available to the cooperator

9 such technical and support staff, financial assistance

10 for mutually agreed upon research projects, supplies

11 and equipment, facilities, and administrative services

12 relating to cooperative research units as the Sec13 retary deems appropriate; except that this paragraph

14 shall not waive any requirements for research

15 projects that are subject to the Federal procurement

16 regulations.’’.

17 SEC. 307. CARL GARNER FEDERAL LANDS CLEANUP DAY.

18 The Federal Lands Cleanup Act of 1985 (36 U.S.C.

19 169i–169i–1) is amended by striking ‘‘Federal Lands

20 Cleanup Day’’ each place it occurs and inserting in lieu

21 thereof, ‘‘Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day’’.

Attest:

Clerk.