Calendar No. 660

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3708

AN ACT

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

SEPTEMBER 27 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 660

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3708

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 14 (legislative day, JULY 11), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

SEPTEMBER 27 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Reported by Mr. JOHNSTON, with amendments

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

AN ACT

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 in5 terpret certain elements of railroading, especially steam6 operated railroads during the period of 1850 to 1950,

7 there is hereby established the Steamtown National His8 toric Site (hereinafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘his9 toric site’’). The purposes of the historic site shall include

10 interpretation of the evolution of railroads and their im11 pact on the development of this nation, including techno12 logical, economic, social, and political effects and the rela13 tionship of railroads to industrialization.

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

15 the lands and interests in lands within the area generally

16 depicted 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25 100 Stat. 3341–248–249) are hereby repealed.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 his4 toric site in accordance with this title and with the provi5 sions of law generally applicable to units of the national

6 park system, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to estab7 lish a National Park Service, and for other purposes’’, ap8 proved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2,

9 3, and 4). On or before September 30, 1995, the Secretary

10 shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Natural Re11 sources of the United States House of Representatives and

12 to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of

13 the United States Senate a new comprehensive general

14 management plan for the historic site. The plan shall be

15 prepared with the assistance of nationally recognized ex16 perts in railroad management and history and shall be

17 consistent with this title, with section 12 of the Act of

18 August 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a–1 through 1a–7) and with

19 other applicable provisions of law. The Secretary shall pro20 vide for public participation and comment in the develop21 ment of the plan.

22 SEC. 103. ACQUISITION OF LAND.

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

24 or interests in land within the boundaries of the historic

25 site only by donation or by purchase with donated funds.
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1 (b) CONTAMINATED LANDS.—The Secretary may not

2 acquire any lands or interests in lands for purposes of the

3 historic site unless such lands are not contaminated with

4 a hazardous substance or a pollutant or contaminant

5 which will require removal or remedial action at the ex6 pense of the United States. The Secretary shall take such

7 steps as are necessary to obtain cost recovery under the

8 Comprehensive Environmental Compensation, Response,

9 and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) for any funds of

10 the National Park Service expended, prior to the date of

11 the enactment of this Act, on removal or remedial action

12 with respect to any contamination of lands within the

13 boundaries of historic site. Any such reimbursement shall

14 be credited to miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury.

15 SEC. 104. PARK SERVICE ACTIVITIES.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take such ac17 tions as necessary and appropriate to administer the his18 toric site, to maintain and preserve the facilities at the

19 historic site, to interpret the resources of the site and their

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

21 the public at the historic site.

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

23 preserve the collection of railroad equipment, including lo24 comotives and rolling stock, which is present at the his25 toric site as of the date of enactment of this Act. The
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1 Secretary may also preserve such equipment and essential

2 machinery as is necessary for the maintenance of the loco3 motives and rolling stock. The Secretary may not purchase

4 any additional locomotive for operation at the historic site

5 if such purchase would result in the operation by the

6 United States at the historic site of more locomotives than

7 the number of locomotives operating at the site as of June

8 22, 1994.

9 (2) No Federal funds may be expended to provide ac10 cess between the historic site and any structure that is

11 privately owned and operated for profit. The Secretary

12 may exchange or purchase appropriate examples of loco13 motives and rolling stock to enhance the site’s collection

14 if the total number of such equipment does not increase

15 and if all such actions are consistent with the general

16 management plan for the historic site.

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

18 rolling stock that are not needed for exchange under para19 graph (2), that do not meet the criteria of the National

20 Register of Historic Places, and that are not necessary

21 for the interpretive activities of the historic site.

22 (4) The Secretary shall submit a report to the Con23 gress no later than February 31, February 28, 1995 con24 taining an inventory of all locomotive and rolling stock at

25 the historic site, a statement of the range of historic sig-
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1 nificance of the components of the collection, a statement

2 of how many of each are needed to meet the purposes of

3 the historic site, the restoration and repair plans and esti4 mates of the Secretary for facilities and equipment at the

5 historic site, and a detailed deaccession plan.

6 (5) The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable,

7 seek donations and assistance from volunteers and other

8 cost-sharing methods to restore the locomotives and roll9 ing stock.

10 (c) ARTIFACTS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS.—The

11 Secretary shall preserve the artifact collection and archival

12 materials located at the site.

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

14 public understanding, and provided that appropriate inter15 pretation is provided, the Secretary may provide a regular

16 excursion from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Moscow, Penn17 sylvania. For purposes of such excursions, the Secretary

18 may provide essential visitor services at Moscow, Penn19 sylvania. The Secretary may not expend funds of the Na20 tional Park Service for the restoration or maintenance of

21 tracks, bridges or tunnels located outside the historic site,

22 except that the Secretary may use funds appropriated

23 prior to November 15, 1991 for restoration of tracks and

24 bridges between the historic site and Moscow, Pennsylva25 nia, pursuant to a cooperative agreement to be entered
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1 into between the Secretary and the owner of such tracks

2 and bridges permitting the National Park Service to use

3 such tracks and bridges for excursions authorized under

4 this section. The Secretary may pay customary and appro5 priate track usage fees and may also provide additional

6 special excursions if no such excursion is longer than 60

7 miles one way.

8 (e) USER AND INTERPRETIVE FEES.—(1) User or in9 terpretive fees charged for the rail excursion from the his10 toric site to Moscow, Pennsylvania, or to any other loca11 tion shall be established at a level such that a minimum

12 of 100 percent of the costs of maintenance, personnel,

13 equipment, and fees imposed on the Secretary for the ex14 cursion shall be recovered by the Secretary.

15 (2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

16 the Secretary is authorized to impose a fee on any person

17 using the core complex within the site. The amount of

18 such fee shall not exceed a single charge of $5 per person

19 per day for the use of the entire core complex. No fee

20 shall be imposed for the use of such complex by any person

21 under 16 years of age or any person who is part of an

22 organized school group or outing conducted for edu23 cational purposes by a school or other bona fide edu24 cational institution.
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1 (B) The proceeds of any fee imposed under this sec2 tion shall be credited to a special account established for

3 the National Park Service in the Treasury of the United

4 States and shall be available, without further appropria5 tion, for use by the Secretary of the Interior to further

6 educational and interpretive programs at the site, includ7 ing the cooperative agreement specified in subsection

8 (g)(2).

9 (C) As part of each annual budget submission to the

10 Congress, the Secretary shall provide a report detailing

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

12 the expenditures under subparagraph (B) during the im13 mediately preceding fiscal year. A copy of such report shall

14 also be made available annually to the Committee on Nat15 ural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of

16 the United States House of Representatives and to the

17 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the

18 Committee on Appropriations of the United States Senate.

19 (D) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘core com20 plex’’ means the two museums, the theater, the visitor cen21 ter, and roundhouse.

22 (e) USER AND INTERPRETIVE FEES.—User or inter23 pretive fees charged for the rail excursion from the historic

24 site to Moscow, Pennsylvania, or to any other location, shall

25 be established at a level such that a minimum of 100 per-
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1 cent of the costs of maintenance, personnel, equipment, and

2 fees imposed on the Secretary for the excursion shall be re3 covered by the Secretary.

4 (f) TRACK AND SWITCH REHABILITATION.—The Sec5 retary may assist the owner of Bridge 60 and Bridge 60

6 Wye with track and switch rehabilitation to facilitate ac7 tivities directly associated with the historic site. Any finan8 cial assistance for any such project shall be limited to a

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

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

11 costs of the project which is equal to the fraction of the

12 total usage of such tracks and switches attributable to use

13 by equipment associated with the historic site. Nothing in

14 this Act or in any other provision of law shall authorize

15 the Secretary to acquire either of such bridges or the asso16 ciated tracks and switches.

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

18 may enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate

19 authorities for law enforcement and for purposes of con20 trolling rail traffic through the historic site, but the Sec21 retary may not enter into any other cooperative agreement

22 relating to administration of the historic site with any en23 tity (other than a department or agency of the United

24 States) without specific authorization by an Act of Con-
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1 gress approved after the enactment of this Act, except as

2 provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection.

3 (2) The Secretary is authorized to enter into a coop4 erative agreement with a qualified educational institution

5 to provide, at the Secretary’s direction, certain visitor

6 services and educational programs within the historic site

7 and to collect the fees authorized under paragraph (2) of

8 subsection (e). The Secretary shall transmit any coopera9 tive agreement proposed to be entered into under this

10 paragraph to the Committee on Natural Resources of the

11 United States House of Representatives and to the Com12 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United

13 States Senate at least 60 days before such agreement is

14 entered into by the Secretary.

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

16 shall prepare a report identifying any feasible and suitable

17 alternatives for managing the historic site, including part18 nerships or direct management by the Commonwealth of

19 Pennsylvania, local governments, other agencies, or pri20 vate entities. Such report shall be submitted to the Con21 gress not later than 2 years after the enactment of this

22 Act.

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

24 the Secretary shall consult with other Federal land man25 aging agencies, State and local officials, the national park
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1 National Park System Advisory Board, resource manage2 ment, recreation, and scholarly organizations, and other

3 interested parties as the Secretary deems advisable. Such

4 consultation shall include appropriate opportunities for

5 public review and comment.

6 SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such

8 sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of

9 this title, except that no funds may be appropriated after

10 the enactment of this Act for any construction, develop11 ment, or related activities with respect to the site without

12 specific authorization by an Act of Congress pursuant to

13 a law enacted after the enactment of this Act. No Federal

14 funds may be expended at the site for purposes other than

15 those specified in section 104 and in section 105(d). 104.

16 Not more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated annu17 ally for operation of the historic site may be used for the

18 restoration or repair of locomotives, cars, and other rolling

19 stock without specific authorization by an Act of Congress

20 enacted after the enactment of this Act.
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1 TITLE II—DELAWARE WATER

2 GAP NATIONAL RECREATION

3 AREA

4 SEC. 201. BOUNDARIES.

5 Section 2(a) of the Act of September 1, 1965 (79

6 Stat. 612; 16 U.S.C. 460o–1(a)) establishing the Dela7 ware Water Gap National Recreation Area is amended by

8 striking ‘‘as generally depicted on the drawing entitled

9 ‘Proposed Tocks Island National Recreation Area’ dated

10 and numbered September 1962, NRA–TI–7100, which

11 drawing is on file’’ and inserting ‘‘as generally depicted

12 on the map entitled ‘Delaware Water Gap National Recre13 ation Area’ dated November 1991 and numbered

14 DWGNRA–620/80,900A which shall be on file’’.

15 TITLE III—CIVIL WAR BATTLE16 FIELD OF CORINTH, MIS17 SISSIPPI

18 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Corinth, Mississippi,

20 Battlefield Act of 1994.’’

21 SEC. 302. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

22 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

23 (1) the 14 sites located in the vicinity of Corinth,

24 Mississippi, that were designated as a National His25 toric Landmark by the Secretary of the Interior in
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1 1991 represent nationally significant events in the

2 Siege and Battle of Corinth during the Civil War;

3 and

4 (2) the Landmark sites should be preserved and

5 interpreted for the benefit, inspiration, and education

6 of the people of the United States.

7 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to provide

8 for a center for the interpretation of the Siege and Battle

9 of Corinth and other Civil War actions in the region and

10 to enhance public understanding of the significance of the

11 Corinth Campaign in the Civil War relative to the Western

12 theater of operations, in cooperation with State or local gov13 ernmental entities and private organizations and individ14 uals.

15 SEC. 303. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AT CORINTH, MIS16 SISSIPPI.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (here18 inafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized to ac19 quire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated

20 funds, or exchange, such lands or interests therein in the

21 vicinity of the Corinth Battlefield in the State of Mis22 sissippi, as the Secretary determines necessary for the con23 struction of an interpretive center to commemorate and in24 terpret the 1862 Civil War Siege and Battle of Corinth:
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1 Provided, That such lands or interests therein shall only

2 be acquired with the consent of the owner thereof.

3 (b) PUBLICLY OWNED LANDS.—Lands and interests in

4 lands owned by the State of Mississippi or a political sub5 division of the State of Mississippi may be acquired only

6 by donation.

7 SEC. 304. INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND MARKING.

8 (a) CONSTRUCTION OF CENTER.—The Secretary is au9 thorized to construct, operate, and maintain on the prop10 erty acquired under section 3 a center for the interpretation

11 of the Siege and Battle of Corinth and associated historical

12 events. The center shall include interpretive exhibits and

13 such other features as may be necessary for public apprecia14 tion and understanding of the Siege and Battle of Corinth.

15 (b) MARKING.—The Secretary may mark sites associ16 ated with the Siege and Battle of Corinth National Historic

17 Landmark, as designated on May 6, 1991, if such sites are

18 determined by the Secretary to be protected by State or local

19 governmental agencies.

20 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The lands and interests in

21 lands acquired, and the facilities constructed and main22 tained pursuant to this Act shall be administered by the

23 Secretary as a part of Shiloh National Military Park, sub24 ject to the appropriate laws and regulations applicable to

25 the park, the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535, chapter
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1 408; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of August 21, 1935

2 (49 Stat. 666, chapter 593, 16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).

3 SEC. 305. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), there are

5 authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary

6 to carry out this title.

7 (b) CONSTRUCTION.—Of the amounts made available

8 to carry out this title, not more than $6,000,000 may be

9 used to carry out section 304(a).

Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.