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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1305

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

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minor Boundary Ad5 justments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of

6 1993’’.
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1 TITLE I—MINOR BOUNDARY

2 ADJUSTMENTS

3 SEC. 101. YUCCA HOUSE NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY

4 ADJUSTMENT.

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

6 National Monument are revised to include the approxi7 mately 24.27 acres of land generally depicted on the map

8 entitled ‘‘Boundary—Yucca House National Monument,

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

10 1990.

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

12 shall be on file and available for public inspection in

13 appropriate offices of the National Park Service of the

14 Department of the Interior.

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

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

17 Interior may acquire lands and interests in lands by

18 donation.

19 (2) The Secretary of the Interior may pay adminis20 trative costs arising out of any donation described in para21 graph (1) with appropriated funds.

22 SEC. 102. ZION NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

23 (a) ACQUISITION AND BOUNDARY CHANGE.—The

24 Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by exchange approximately 5.48 acres located in the SW1 25 ⁄4 of
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1 Section 28, Township 41 South, Range 10 West, Salt

2 Lake Base and Meridian. In exchange therefor the Sec3 retary is authorized to convey all right, title, and interest

4 of the United States in and to approximately 5.51 acres

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

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

7 Upon completion of such exchange, the Secretary is au8 thorized to revise the boundary of Zion National Park to

9 add the 5.48 acres in Section 28 to the park and to ex10 clude the 5.51 acres in Section 5 from the park. Land

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

12 park in accordance with the laws and regulations applica13 ble thereto.

14 (b) EXPIRATION.—The authority granted by this sec15 tion shall expire two years after the date of the enactment

16 of this Act.

17 SEC. 103. PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE

18 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

19 The boundary of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

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

21 Proposed for Addition to Pictured Rocks National Lake22 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 TITLE III—GENERAL AUTHOR21 IZATIONS AND REPEALERS

22 SEC. 301. LIMITATION ON PARK BUILDINGS.

23 The 10th undesignated paragraph (relating to a limi24 tation on the expenditure of funds for park buildings)

25 under the heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, DEPART-
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1 MENT OF THE INTERIOR’’, which appears under the head2 ing ‘‘UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE3 RIOR’’, as contained in the first section of the Act of Au4 gust 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 460), as amended (16 U.S.C.

5 451), is hereby repealed.

6 SEC. 302. APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF

7 CHILDREN.

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

9 U.S.C. 17j–2), is amended by adding at the end the follow10 ing:

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

12 communities to and from any unit of the National Park

13 System used in connection with organized recreation and

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

15 SEC. 303. FERAL BURROS AND HORSES.

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

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

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

19 limit the authority of the Secretary in the management

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

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

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

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

24 for such use, in furtherance of the management of the Na25 tional Park System, and the provisions of section 47(a)
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1 of title 18, United States Code, shall not be applicable to

2 such use.’’.

3 SEC. 304. AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE4 RIOR RELATING TO MUSEUMS.

5 (a) FUNCTIONS.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to in6 crease the public benefits from the National Park System

7 by facilitating the management of museum properties re8 lating thereto, and for other purposes’’ approved July 1,

9 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), is amended—

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

11 striking out ‘‘from such donations and bequests of

12 money’’; and

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

14 ‘‘SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.

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

16 section of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may per17 form the following functions in such manner as he shall

18 consider to be in the public interest:

19 ‘‘(1) Transfer museum objects, museum collec20 tions, and other personal property that the Secretary

21 determines is no longer needed for museum purposes

22 to qualified Federal agencies that have programs to

23 preserve and interpret cultural or natural heritage

24 and accept the transfer of personal property for the

25 purposes of this Act from any other Federal agency.
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1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

2 head of any other Federal agency may transfer per3 sonal property directly to the administrative jurisdic4 tion of the Secretary of the Interior for the purposes

5 of this Act.

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

8 determines is no longer needed for museum pur9 poses, without monetary consideration but subject to

10 such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems

11 necessary, to private institutions exempt from Fed12 eral taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal

13 Revenue Code of 1986 and to non-Federal govern14 mental entities if the Secretary determines that the

15 recipient is dedicated to the preservation and inter16 pretation of natural or cultural heritage and is quali17 fied to manage the property, prior to any conveyance

18 under this subsection.

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

20 bidder those museum objects, museum collections,

21 and other personal property that the Secretary de22 termines—

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

24 purposes or no longer have scientific value; and
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1 ‘‘(B) cannot reasonably be disposed of by

2 exchange, loan, gift, or transfer under para3 graph (c) or (e) of the first section of this Act

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

5 to such terms and conditions as the Secretary

6 deems necessary to protect the public interest.

7 ‘‘The proceeds of any sale under this subsection

8 shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, be

9 retained by the Secretary and used solely to defray

10 the costs of administration, acquisition, mainte11 nance, repair, and related expenses with respect to

12 museum objects, museum collections, and other per13 sonal property under the jurisdiction of the Sec14 retary of the Interior and used for purposes of the

15 National Park System.

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

17 objects, museum collections, and other personal

18 property that the Secretary determines to have no

19 scientific, cultural, historic, educational, esthetic, or

20 monetary value.

21 ‘‘(b) The Secretary shall ensure that museum prop22 erty is treated in a careful and deliberate manner that pro23 tects the public interest. Prior to taking any action under

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

25 review and approval process, including consultation with
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1 appropriate experts, that meets the highest standards of

2 the museum profession for all actions taken under this

3 section.’’.

4 (b) APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.—The Act enti5 tled ‘‘An Act to increase the public benefits from the Na6 tional Park System by facilitating the management of mu7 seum properties relating thereto, and for other purposes’’

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

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

10 ‘‘SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.

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

12 available to the Secretary of the Interior with regard to

13 museum objects, museum collections, and other personal

14 property that was under the administrative jurisdiction of

15 the Secretary for purposes of the National Park System

16 before the date of enactment of this section as well as

17 those properties that may be acquired on or after such

18 date.

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

20 the terms ‘museum object, museum property and other

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

22 museum, library, or archive collection through a formal

23 procedure, such as accessioning. Such objects are usually

24 movable and include but are not limited to prehistoric and
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1 historic artifacts, works of art, books, documents, photo2 graphs, and natural history specimens.

3 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY OF ACT.—To the extent that the man4 agement of museum objects, museum property and other

5 personal property differs from management of personal

6 property as described in the Federal Property and Admin7 istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, the provisions

8 of this Act shall control and the Secretary is authorized

9 to promulgate regulations to govern the acquisition, man10 agement, and disposition of such museum property.’’.

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.’’.

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