Union Calendar No. 100

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1305

[Report No. 103–178]

A BILL

To make boundary adjustments and other misof the National Park Service. cellaneous changes to authorities and programs

JULY 15, 1993

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee

dered to be printedof the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
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Union Calendar No. 100

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1305

[Report No. 103–178]

To make boundary adjustments and other miscellaneous changes to authorities

and programs of the National Park Service.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 10, 1993

Mr. VENTO (for himself and Mr. HANSEN) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

JULY 15, 1993

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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

A BILL

To make boundary adjustments and other miscellaneous

changes to authorities and programs of the National

Park Service.

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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minor Boundary Ad3 justments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of

4 1993’’.

5 TITLE I—MINOR BOUNDARY

6 ADJUSTMENTS

7 SEC. 101. YUCCA HOUSE NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY

8 ADJUSTMENT.

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

10 National Monument are revised to include the approxi11 mately 24.27 acres of land generally depicted on the map

12 entitled ‘‘Boundary—Yucca House National Monument,

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

14 1990.

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

16 shall be on file and available for public inspection in

17 appropriate offices of the National Park Service of the

18 Department of the Interior.

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

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

21 Interior may acquire lands and interests in lands by

22 donation.

23 (2) The Secretary of the Interior may pay adminis24 trative costs arising out of any donation described in para25 graph (1) with appropriated funds.
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1 SEC. 102. ZION NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

2 (a) ACQUISITION AND BOUNDARY CHANGE.—The

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

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

6 Lake Base and Meridian. In exchange therefor the Sec7 retary is authorized to convey all right, title, and interest

8 of the United States in and to approximately 5.51 acres

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

10 both parcels of land being in Washington County, Utah.

11 Upon completion of such exchange, the Secretary is au12 thorized to revise the boundary of Zion National Park to

13 add the 5.48 acres in Section 28 to the park and to ex14 clude the 5.51 acres in Section 5 from the park. Land

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

16 park in accordance with the laws and regulations applica17 ble thereto.

18 (b) EXPIRATION.—The authority granted by this sec19 tion shall expire two years after the date of the enactment

20 of this Act.

21 SEC. 103. PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE

22 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

23 The boundary of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

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

25 Proposed for Addition to Pictured Rocks National Lake26 shore,’’ numbered 625–80, 043A and dated July 1992.
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1 SEC. 104. INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

2 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

3 The administrative boundary between Independence

4 National Historical Park and the United States Customs

5 House along the Moravian Street Walkway in Philadel6 phia, Pennsylvania, is hereby modified as generally de7 picted on the drawing entitled ‘‘Exhibit 1, Independence

8 National Historical Park, Boundary Adjustment’’, and

9 dated May 1987, which shall be on file and available for

10 public inspection in the Office of the National Park Serv11 ice, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the Inte12 rior is authorized to accept and transfer jurisdiction over

13 property in accord with such administrative boundary, as

14 modified by this section.

15 SEC. 105. CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT

16 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

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

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

19 approximately 210 acres and to delete approximately 315

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

21 of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, Proposed 1987

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

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

24 for public inspection in the Office of the National Park

25 Service, Department of the Interior.
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1 (b) ADMINISTRATION; ACQUISITION.—Federal lands,

2 waters, and interests therein deleted from the boundary

3 of the national monument by this section shall be adminis4 tered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau

5 of Land Management in accordance with the Federal

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

7 1701 et seq.), and Federal lands, waters, and interests

8 therein added to the national monument by this section

9 shall be administered by the Secretary as part of the na10 tional monument, subject to the laws and regulations ap11 plicable thereto. The Secretary is authorized to acquire

12 private lands, waters, and interests therein within the

13 boundary of the national monument by donation, purchase

14 with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, and

15 when acquired they shall be administered by the Secretary

16 as part of the national monument, subject to the laws and

17 regulations applicable thereto.

18 SEC. 106. HAGERMAN FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT

19 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

20 Section 302 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act

21 of 1988 (102 Stat. 4576) is amended by adding the follow22 ing new subsection:

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

24 Secretary is also authorized to acquire from willing sellers

25 only, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated
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1 funds, or exchange not to exceed 65 acres outside the

2 boundary depicted on the map referred to in section 301

3 and develop and operate thereon research, information, in4 terpretive, and administrative facilities. Lands acquired

5 and facilities developed pursuant to this subsection shall

6 be administered by the Secretary as part of the monu7 ment. The boundary of the monument shall be modified

8 to include the lands added under this subsection as a non9 contiguous parcel.’’.

10 SEC. 107. WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY AD11 JUSTMENT.

12 The boundary of the Wupatki National Monument,

13 Arizona, is hereby revised to include the lands and inter14 ests in lands within the area generally depicted as ‘‘Pro15 posed Addition 168.89 Acres’’ on the map entitled

16 ‘‘Boundary—Wupatki and Sunset Crater National Monu17 ments, Arizona’’, numbered 322–80,021, and dated April

18 1989. The map shall be on file and available for public

19 inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, De20 partment of the Interior. Subject to valid existing rights,

21 Federal lands, and interests therein within the area added

22 to the monument by this section are hereby transferred

23 without monetary consideration or reimbursement to the

24 administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service,
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1 to be administered as part of the monument in accordance

2 with the laws and regulations applicable thereto.

3 TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS

4 SPECIFIC PARK AMENDMENTS

5 SEC. 201. ADVISORY COMMISSIONS.

6 (a) KALOKO-HONOKOHAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL

7 PARK, HI.—Section 505(f)(7) of the National Parks and

8 Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 396d(f)(7)), is amend9 ed by striking out ‘‘ten years’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

10 ‘‘twenty years’’.

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. FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT, GA.

16 Section 4 of the Act of June 26, 1936 (ch. 844; 49

17 Stat. 1979), is amended by striking out ‘‘: Provided,

18 That’’ and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof

19 a period.

20 SEC. 203. AMENDMENT OF BOSTON NATIONAL HISTORIC

21 PARK ACT.

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

23 Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 410z–1(b)) is amended by inserting

24 ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sentence thereof and by adding the fol25 lowing at the end thereof:
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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to

2 enter into a cooperative agreement with the Boston Public

3 Library to provide for the distribution of informational and

4 interpretive materials relating to the park and to the Free5 dom Trail.’’.

6 TITLE III—GENERAL AUTHOR7 IZATIONS AND REPEALERS

8 SEC. 301. LIMITATION ON PARK BUILDINGS.

9 The 10th undesignated paragraph (relating to a limi10 tation on the expenditure of funds for park buildings)

11 under the heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, DEPART12 MENT OF THE INTERIOR’’, which appears under the head13 ing ‘‘UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE14 RIOR’’, as contained in the first section of the Act of Au15 gust 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 460), as amended (16 U.S.C.

16 451), is hereby repealed.

17 SEC. 302. APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF

18 CHILDREN.

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

20 U.S.C. 17j–2), is amended by adding at the end the follow21 ing:

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

23 communities to and from any unit of the National Park

24 System used in connection with organized recreation and

25 interpretive programs of the National Park Service.’’.
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1 SEC. 303. FERAL BURROS AND HORSES.

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

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

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

5 limit the authority of the Secretary in the management

6 of units of the National Park System, and the Secretary

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

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

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

10 for such use, in furtherance of the management of the Na11 tional Park System, and the provisions of section 47(a)

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

13 such use.’’.

14 SEC. 304. AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE15 RIOR RELATING TO MUSEUMS.

16 (a) FUNCTIONS.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to in17 crease the public benefits from the National Park System

18 by facilitating the management of museum properties re19 lating thereto, and for other purposes’’ approved July 1,

20 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), is amended—

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

22 striking out ‘‘from such donations and bequests of

23 money’’; and

24 (2) by adding at the end thereof the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.

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

3 section of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may per4 form the following functions in such manner as he shall

5 consider to be in the public interest:

6 ‘‘(1) Transfer museum objects, museum collec7 tions, and other personal property that the Secretary

8 determines is no longer needed for museum purposes

9 to qualified Federal agencies that have programs to

10 preserve and interpret cultural or natural heritage

11 and accept the transfer of personal property for the

12 purposes of this Act from any other Federal agency.

13 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

14 head of any other Federal agency may transfer per15 sonal property directly to the administrative jurisdic16 tion of the Secretary of the Interior for the purposes

17 of this Act.

18 ‘‘(2) Convey museum objects, museum collec19 tions, and other personal property that the Secretary

20 determines is no longer needed for museum pur21 poses, without monetary consideration but subject to

22 such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems

23 necessary, to private institutions exempt from Fed24 eral taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal

25 Revenue Code of 1986 and to non-Federal govern26 mental entities if the Secretary determines that the
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1 recipient is dedicated to the preservation and inter2 pretation of natural or cultural heritage and is quali3 fied to manage the property, prior to any conveyance

4 under this subsection.

5 ‘‘(3) Sell by negotiated sale or to the highest

6 bidder those museum objects, museum collections,

7 and other personal property that the Secretary de8 termines—

9 ‘‘(A) are no longer needed for museum

10 purposes or no longer have scientific value; and

11 ‘‘(B) cannot reasonably be disposed of by

12 exchange, loan, gift, or transfer under para13 graph (c) or (e) of the first section of this Act

14 and paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Act, subject

15 to such terms and conditions as the Secretary

16 deems necessary to protect the public interest.

17 ‘‘The proceeds of any sale under this subsection

18 shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, be

19 retained by the Secretary and used solely to defray

20 the costs of administration, acquisition, mainte21 nance, repair, and related expenses with respect to

22 museum objects, museum collections, and other per23 sonal property under the jurisdiction of the Sec24 retary of the Interior and used for purposes of the

25 National Park System.
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1 ‘‘(4) Destroy or cause to be destroyed museum

2 objects, museum collections, and other personal

3 property that the Secretary determines to have no

4 scientific, cultural, historic, educational, esthetic, or

5 monetary value.

6 ‘‘(b) The Secretary shall ensure that museum prop7 erty is treated in a careful and deliberate manner that pro8 tects the public interest. Prior to taking any action under

9 subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish a systematic

10 review and approval process, including consultation with

11 appropriate experts, that meets the highest standards of

12 the museum profession for all actions taken under this

13 section.’’.

14 (b) APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.—The Act enti15 tled ‘‘An Act to increase the public benefits from the Na16 tional Park System by facilitating the management of mu17 seum properties relating thereto, and for other purposes’’

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

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

20 ‘‘SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.

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

22 available to the Secretary of the Interior with regard to

23 museum objects, museum collections, and other personal

24 property that was under the administrative jurisdiction of

25 the Secretary for purposes of the National Park System
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1 before the date of enactment of this section as well as

2 those properties that may be acquired on or after such

3 date.

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

5 the terms ‘museum object, museum property and other

6 personal property’ mean objects that are made part of a

7 museum, library, or archive collection through a formal

8 procedure, such as accessioning. Such objects are usually

9 movable and include but are not limited to prehistoric and

10 historic artifacts, works of art, books, documents, photo11 graphs, and natural history specimens.

12 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY OF ACT.—To the extent that the man13 agement of museum objects, museum property and other

14 personal property differs from management of personal

15 property as described in the Federal Property and Admin16 istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, the provisions

17 of this Act shall control and the Secretary is authorized

18 to promulgate regulations to govern the acquisition, man19 agement, and disposition of such museum property.’’.

20 SEC. 304. AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE21 RIOR RELATING TO MUSEUMS.

22 (a) FUNCTIONS.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to increase

23 the public benefits from the National Park System by facili24 tating the management of museum properties relating
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1 thereto, and for other purposes’’ approved July 1, 1955 (16

2 U.S.C. 18f), is amended—

3 (1) in paragraph (b) of the first section, by strik4 ing out ‘‘from such donations and bequests of money’’;

5 and

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

7 ‘‘SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.

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

9 section of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may per10 form the following functions in such manner as he shall

11 consider to be in the public interest:

12 ‘‘(1) Transfer museum objects and museum col13 lections that the Secretary determines are no longer

14 needed for museum purposes to qualified Federal

15 agencies that have programs to preserve and interpret

16 cultural or natural heritage and accept the transfer of

17 museum objects and museum collections for the pur18 poses of this Act from any other Federal agency. Not19 withstanding any other provision of law, the head of

20 any other Federal agency may transfer museum ob21 jects and museum collections directly to the adminis22 trative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for

23 the purposes of this Act.

24 ‘‘(2) Convey museum objects and museum collec25 tions that the Secretary determines are no longer
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1 needed for museum purposes, without monetary con2 sideration but subject to such terms and conditions as

3 the Secretary deems necessary, to private institutions

4 exempt from Federal taxation under section 501(c)(3)

5 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to non-Fed6 eral governmental entities if the Secretary determines

7 that the recipient is dedicated to the preservation and

8 interpretation of natural or cultural heritage and is

9 qualified to manage the property, prior to any con10 veyance under this subsection.

11 ‘‘(3) Sell by negotiated sale or to the highest bid12 der those museum objects and museum collections that

13 the Secretary determines—

14 ‘‘(A) are no longer needed for museum pur15 poses or no longer have scientific value; and

16 ‘‘(B) cannot reasonably be disposed of by

17 exchange, loan, gift, or transfer under paragraph

18 (c) or (e) of the first section of this Act and

19 paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Act, subject to

20 such terms and conditions as the Secretary

21 deems necessary to protect the public interest.

22 The proceeds of any sale under this subsection shall,

23 notwithstanding any other provision of law, be re24 tained by the Secretary and, subject to appropriation,

25 used solely to defray the costs of administration, ac-
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1 quisition, maintenance, repair, and related expenses

2 with respect to museum objects and museum collec3 tions under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the In4 terior and used for purposes of the National Park

5 System.

6 ‘‘(4) Destroy or cause to be destroyed museum

7 objects and museum collections that the Secretary de8 termines to have no scientific, cultural, historic, edu9 cational, esthetic, or monetary value.

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

11 and museum collections are treated in a careful and delib12 erate manner that protects the public interest. Prior to tak13 ing any action under subsection (a), the Secretary shall es14 tablish a systematic review and approval process, including

15 consultation with appropriate experts, that meets the high16 est standards of the museum profession for all actions taken

17 under this section.’’.

18 (b) APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.—The Act entitled

19 ‘‘An Act to increase the public benefits from the National

20 Park System by facilitating the management of museum

21 properties relating thereto, and for other purposes’’ ap22 proved July 1, 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), as amended by sub23 section (a), is further amended by adding the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.

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

3 available to the Secretary of the Interior with regard to mu4 seum objects and museum collections that were under the

5 administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for purposes of

6 the National Park System before the date of enactment of

7 this section as well as those museum objects and museum

8 collections that may be acquired on or after such date.

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

10 terms ‘museum objects’ and ‘museum collections’ mean ob11 jects that are eligible to be or are made part of a museum,

12 library, or archive collection through a formal procedure,

13 such as accessioning. Such objects are usually movable and

14 include but are not limited to prehistoric and historic arti15 facts, works of art, books, documents, photographs, and nat16 ural history specimens.

17 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY OF ACT.—To the extent that the man18 agement of museum objects and museum collections differs

19 from management of personal property as described in the

20 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949,

21 as amended, the provisions of this Act shall control and the

22 Secretary is authorized to promulgate regulations to govern

23 the acquisition, management, and disposition of such mu24 seum objects and museum collections.’’.
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1 SEC. 305. VOLUNTEERS IN THE PARKS INCREASE.

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

3 (16 U.S.C. 18j) is amended by striking out ‘‘$1,000,000’’

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

5 SEC. 306. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR RESEARCH

6 PURPOSES.

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

8 administration of the national park system by the Sec9 retary of the Interior, and to clarify the authorities appli10 cable to the system, and for other purposes’’ approved Au11 gust 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a–2), is amended—

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

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

14 and’’; and

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

16 ‘‘(j) enter into cooperative agreements with

17 public or private educational institutions, States,

18 and their political subdivisions, or private conserva19 tion organizations for the purpose of developing ade20 quate, coordinated, cooperative research and training

21 programs concerning the resources of the National

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

23 accept from and make available to the cooperator

24 such technical and support staff, financial assistance

25 for mutually agreed upon research projects, supplies

26 and equipment, facilities, and administrative services
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1 relating to cooperative research units as the Sec2 retary deems appropriate; except that this paragraph

3 shall not waive any requirements for research

4 projects that are subject to the Federal procurement

5 regulations.’’.

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