Union Calendar No. 325

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3708

[Report No. 103–588]

A BILL

To reform the operation, maintenance, and developand for other purposes. ment of the Steamtown National Historic Site,

JULY 12, 1994

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 325

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3708

[Report No. 103–588]

To reform the operation, maintenance, and development of the Steamtown

National Historic Site, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 22, 1993

Mr. VENTO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Natural Resources

JULY 12, 1994

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 22, 1993]

A BILL

To reform the operation, maintenance, and development of

the Steamtown National Historic Site, 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,
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1 TITLE I—STEAMTOWN NATIONAL

2 HISTORIC SITE

3 SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT.

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to preserve and inter5 pret certain elements of railroading, especially steam-oper6 ated railroads during the period of 1850 to 1950, there is

7 hereby established the Steamtown National Historic Site

8 (hereinafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘historic site’’).

9 The purposes of the historic site shall include interpretation

10 of the evolution of railroads and their impact on the devel11 opment of this nation, including technological, economic,

12 social, and political effects and the relationship of railroads

13 to industrialization.

14 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The historic site shall consist of the

15 lands and interests in lands within the area generally de16 picted on the map entitled ‘‘Boundary Map, Steamtown

17 National Historic Site’’, numbered STTO-80,000B, and

18 dated June, 1994. The map shall be on file and available

19 for public inspection in the offices of the National Park

20 Service, Department of the Interior. No revisions may be

21 made in the boundary of the historic site, except by Act

22 of Congress.

23 (c) REPEAL.—Sections 1 through 5 of the Steamtown

24 National Historic Site Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–591;

25 100 Stat. 3341–248–249) are hereby repealed.
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1 SEC. 102. ADMINISTRATION.

2 The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this title

3 referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall administer the historic

4 site in accordance with this title and with the provisions

5 of law generally applicable to units of the national park

6 system, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a

7 National Park Service, and for other purposes’’, approved

8 August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3, and 4).

9 On or before September 30, 1995, the Secretary shall pre10 pare and submit to the Committee on Natural Resources

11 of the United States House of Representatives and to the

12 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United

13 States Senate a new comprehensive general management

14 plan for the historic site. The plan shall be prepared with

15 the assistance of nationally recognized experts in railroad

16 management and history and shall be consistent with this

17 title, with section 12 of the Act of August 18, 1970 (16

18 U.S.C. 1a–1 through 1a–7) and with other applicable provi19 sions of law. The Secretary shall provide for public partici20 pation and comment in the development of the plan.

21 SEC. 103. ACQUISITION OF LAND.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire lands

23 or interests in land within the boundaries of the historic

24 site only by donation or by purchase with donated funds.

25 (b) CONTAMINATED LANDS.—The Secretary may not

26 acquire any lands or interests in lands for purposes of the
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1 historic site unless such lands are not contaminated with

2 a hazardous substance or a pollutant or contaminant which

3 will require removal or remedial action at the expense of

4 the United States. The Secretary shall take such steps as

5 are necessary to obtain cost recovery under the Comprehen6 sive Environmental Compensation, Response, and Liability

7 Act of 1980 (Superfund) for any funds of the National Park

8 Service expended, prior to the date of the enactment of this

9 Act, on removal or remedial action with respect to any con10 tamination of lands within the boundaries of historic site.

11 Any such reimbursement shall be credited to miscellaneous

12 receipts in the Treasury.

13 SEC. 104. PARK SERVICE ACTIVITIES.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take such ac15 tions as necessary and appropriate to administer the his16 toric site, to maintain and preserve the facilities at the his17 toric site, to interpret the resources of the site and their

18 history to the public, and to provide essential services to

19 the public at the historic site.

20 (b) RAILROAD EQUIPMENT.—(1) The Secretary shall

21 preserve the collection of railroad equipment, including lo22 comotives and rolling stock, which is present at the historic

23 site as of the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary

24 may also preserve such equipment and essential machinery

25 as is necessary for the maintenance of the locomotives and
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1 rolling stock. The Secretary may not purchase any addi2 tional locomotive for operation at the historic site if such

3 purchase would result in the operation by the United States

4 at the historic site of more locomotives than the number of

5 locomotives operating at the site as of June 22, 1994.

6 (2) No Federal funds may be expended to provide ac7 cess between the historic site and any structure that is pri8 vately owned and operated for profit. The Secretary may

9 exchange or purchase appropriate examples of locomotives

10 and rolling stock to enhance the site’s collection if the total

11 number of such equipment does not increase and if all such

12 actions are consistent with the general management plan

13 for the historic site.

14 (3) The Secretary shall dispose of all locomotives and

15 rolling stock that are not needed for exchange under para16 graph (2), that do not meet the criteria of the National Reg17 ister of Historic Places, and that are not necessary for the

18 interpretive activities of the historic site.

19 (4) The Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress

20 no later than February 31, 1995 containing an inventory

21 of all locomotive and rolling stock at the historic site, a

22 statement of the range of historic significance of the compo23 nents of the collection, a statement of how many of each

24 are needed to meet the purposes of the historic site, the res25 toration and repair plans and estimates of the Secretary
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1 for facilities and equipment at the historic site, and a de2 tailed deaccession plan.

3 (5) The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, seek

4 donations and assistance from volunteers and other cost5 sharing methods to restore the locomotives and rolling stock.

6 (c) ARTIFACTS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS.—The Sec7 retary shall preserve the artifact collection and archival

8 materials located at the site.

9 (d) EXCURSIONS.—To the extent that it furthers public

10 understanding, and provided that appropriate interpreta11 tion is provided, the Secretary may provide a regular excur12 sion from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Moscow, Pennsylva13 nia. For purposes of such excursions, the Secretary may

14 provide essential visitor services at Moscow, Pennsylvania.

15 The Secretary may not expend funds of the National Park

16 Service for the restoration or maintenance of tracks, bridges

17 or tunnels located outside the historic site, except that the

18 Secretary may use funds appropriated prior to November

19 15, 1991 for restoration of tracks and bridges between the

20 historic site and Moscow, Pennsylvania, pursuant to a co21 operative agreement to be entered into between the Secretary

22 and the owner of such tracks and bridges permitting the

23 National Park Service to use such tracks and bridges for

24 excursions authorized under this section. The Secretary

25 may pay customary and appropriate track usage fees and
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1 may also provide additional special excursions if no such

2 excursion is longer than 60 miles one way.

3 (e) USER AND INTERPRETIVE FEES.—(1) User or in4 terpretive fees charged for the rail excursion from the his5 toric site to Moscow, Pennsylvania, or to any other location

6 shall be established at a level such that a minimum of 100

7 percent of the costs of maintenance, personnel, equipment,

8 and fees imposed on the Secretary for the excursion shall

9 be recovered by the Secretary.

10 (2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

11 Secretary is authorized to impose a fee on any person using

12 the core complex within the site. The amount of such fee

13 shall not exceed a single charge of $5 per person per day

14 for the use of the entire core complex. No fee shall be im15 posed for the use of such complex by any person under 16

16 years of age or any person who is part of an organized

17 school group or outing conducted for educational purposes

18 by a school or other bona fide educational institution.

19 (B) The proceeds of any fee imposed under this section

20 shall be credited to a special account established for the Na21 tional Park Service in the Treasury of the United States

22 and shall be available, without further appropriation, for

23 use by the Secretary of the Interior to further educational

24 and interpretive programs at the site, including the cooper25 ative agreement specified in subsection (g)(2).
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1 (C) As part of each annual budget submission to the

2 Congress, the Secretary shall provide a report detailing the

3 amount of fees received under subparagraph (A) and the

4 expenditures under subparagraph (B) during the imme5 diately preceding fiscal year. A copy of such report shall

6 also be made available annually to the Committee on Natu7 ral Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of the

8 United States House of Representatives and to the Commit9 tee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee

10 on Appropriations of the United States Senate.

11 (D) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘core com12 plex’’ means the two museums, the theater, the visitor cen13 ter, and roundhouse.

14 (f) TRACK AND SWITCH REHABILITATION.—The Sec15 retary may assist the owner of Bridge 60 and Bridge 60

16 Wye with track and switch rehabilitation to facilitate ac17 tivities directly associated with the historic site. Any finan18 cial assistance for any such project shall be limited to a

19 portion of the total costs of the project. The portion paid

20 by the Secretary shall not exceed that fraction of the total

21 costs of the project which is equal to the fraction of the total

22 usage of such tracks and switches attributable to use by

23 equipment associated with the historic site. Nothing in this

24 Act or in any other provision of law shall authorize the
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1 Secretary to acquire either of such bridges or the associated

2 tracks and switches.

3 (g) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—(1) The Secretary

4 may enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate

5 authorities for law enforcement and for purposes of control6 ling rail traffic through the historic site, but the Secretary

7 may not enter into any other cooperative agreement relat8 ing to administration of the historic site with any entity

9 (other than a department or agency of the United States)

10 without specific authorization by an Act of Congress ap11 proved after the enactment of this Act, except as provided

12 in paragraph (2) of this subsection.

13 (2) The Secretary is authorized to enter into a coopera14 tive agreement with a qualified educational institution to

15 provide, at the Secretary’s direction, certain visitor services

16 and educational programs within the historic site and to

17 collect the fees authorized under paragraph (2) of subsection

18 (e). The Secretary shall transmit any cooperative agreement

19 proposed to be entered into under this paragraph to the

20 Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House

21 of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and

22 Natural Resources of the United States Senate at least 60

23 days before such agreement is entered into by the Secretary.

24 (h) REPORT ON ALTERNATIVES.—(1) The Secretary

25 shall prepare a report identifying any feasible and suitable
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1 alternatives for managing the historic site, including part2 nerships or direct management by the Commonwealth of

3 Pennsylvania, local governments, other agencies, or private

4 entities. Such report shall be submitted to the Congress not

5 later than 2 years after the enactment of this Act.

6 (2) In taking the action referred to in paragraph (1)

7 the Secretary shall consult with other Federal land manag8 ing agencies, State and local officials, the national park

9 System Advisory Board, resource management, recreation,

10 and scholarly organizations, and other interested parties as

11 the Secretary deems advisable. Such consultation shall in12 clude appropriate opportunities for public review and com13 ment.

14 SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

15 There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such

16 sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this

17 title, except that no funds may be appropriated after the

18 enactment of this Act for any construction, development, or

19 related activities with respect to the site without specific

20 authorization by an Act of Congress pursuant to a law en21 acted after the enactment of this Act. No Federal funds may

22 be expended at the site for purposes other than those speci23 fied in section 104 and in section 105(d). Not more than

24 5 percent of the funds appropriated annually for operation

25 of the historic site may be used for the restoration or repair
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1 of locomotives, cars, and other rolling stock without specific

2 authorization by an Act of Congress enacted after the enact3 ment of this Act.

4 TITLE II—DELAWARE WATER

5 GAP NATIONAL RECREATION

6 AREA

7 SEC. 201. BOUNDARIES.

8 Section 2(a) of the Act of September 1, 1965 (79 Stat.

9 612; 16 U.S.C. 460o–1(a)) establishing the Delaware Water

10 Gap National Recreation Area is amended by striking ‘‘as

11 generally depicted on the drawing entitled ‘Proposed Tocks

12 Island National Recreation Area’ dated and numbered Sep13 tember 1962, NRA–TI–7100, which drawing is on file’’ and

14 inserting ‘‘as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Dela15 ware Water Gap National Recreation Area’ dated November

16 1991 and numbered DWGNRA–620/80,900A which shall be

17 on file’’.