In the Senate of the United States,

November 19, 1999.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 149) entitled ‘‘An Act to make technical corrections to the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management

Act of 1996 and to other laws related to parks and public

lands.’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

1 Ω1æPage 2, after line 25, insert:

2 (4) In section 104(b) (110 Stat. 4101), by—

3 (A) adding the following after the end of the

4 first sentence: ‘‘The National Park Service or

5 any other Federal agency is authorized to enter

6 into agreements, leases, contracts and other ar7 rangements with the Presidio Trust which are

8 necessary and appropriate to carry out the pur9 poses of this title.’’;

10 (B) inserting after ‘‘June 30, 1932 (40

11 U.S.C. 303b).’’ ‘‘The Trust may use alternative
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1 means of dispute resolution authorized under

2 subchapter IV of chapter 5 of title 5, United

3 States Code (5 U.S.C. 571 et seq.).’’; and

4 (C) by inserting at the end of the paragraph

5 ‘‘The Trust is authorized to use funds available

6 to the Trust to purchase insurance and for rea7 sonable reception and representation expenses,

8 including membership dues, business cards and

9 business related meal expenditures.’’.

10 (5) Section 104(g) (110 Stat. 4103) is amended

11 to read as follows:

12 ‘‘(g) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.—Nothwithstanding

13 section 1341 of title 31 of the United States Code, all pro14 ceeds and other revenues received by the Trust shall be re15 tained by the Trust. Those proceeds shall be available, with16 out further appropriation, to the Trust for the administra17 tion, preservation, restoration, operation and maintenance,

18 improvement, repair and related expenses incurred with re19 spect to Presidio properties under its administrative juris20 diction. The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest, at the

21 direction of the Trust, such excess moneys that the Trust

22 determines are not required to meet current withdrawals.

23 Such investment shall be in public debt securities with ma24 turities suitable to the needs of the Trust and bearing inter25 est at rates determined by the Secretary of the Treasury
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1 taking into consideration the current average yield on out2 standing marketable obligations of the United States of

3 comparable maturity.’’.

4 (6) In section 104(j) (110 Stat. 4103), by strik5 ing ‘‘exercised.’’ and inserting ‘‘exercised, including

6 rules and regulations for the use and management of

7 the property under the Trust’s jurisdiction.’’.

8 (7) In section 104 (110 Stat. 4101, 4104), by

9 adding after subsection (o) the following:

10 ‘‘(p) EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO NAME AND INSIGNIA.—

11 The Trust shall have the sole and exclusive right to use the

12 words ‘Presidio Trust’ and any seal, emblem, or other insig13 nia adopted by its Board of Directors. Without express

14 written authority of the Trust, no person may use the words

15 ‘Presidio Trust’, or any combination or variation of those

16 words alone or with other words, as the name under which

17 that person shall do or purport to do business, for the pur18 pose of trade, or by way of advertisement, or in any manner

19 that may falsely suggest any connection with the Trust.’’.

20 (8) In section 104(n) (110 Stat. 4103), by insert21 ing after ‘‘implementation of the’’ in the first sentence

22 the words ‘‘general objectives of the’’.

23 (9) In section 105(a)(2) (110 Stat. 4104), by

24 striking ‘‘not more than $3,000,000 annually’’ and

25 inserting after ‘‘Of such sums,’’ the word ‘‘funds’’.
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1 (10) In section 105(c) (110 Stat. 4104), by in2 serting before ‘‘including’’ the words ‘‘on a reimburs3 able basis,’’.

4 (11) Section 103(c)(2) (110 Stat. 4099) is

5 amended by striking ‘‘consecutive terms.’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘consecutive terms, except that upon the expira7 tion of his or her term, an appointed member may

8 continue to serve until his or her successor has been

9 appointed.’’.

10 (12) Section 103(c)(9) (110 Stat. 4100) is

11 amended by striking ‘‘properties administered by the

12 Trust’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘properties ad13 ministered by the Trust and all interest created under

14 leases, concessions, permits and other agreements asso15 ciated with the properties’’.

16 (13) Section 104(d) (110 Stat. 4102) is amended

17 as follows—

18 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘FINANCIAL

19 AUTHORITIES.—’’;

20 (B) by striking ‘‘(1) The authority’’ and in21 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘(A) The authority’’;

22 (C) by striking ‘‘(A) the terms’’ and insert23 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘(i) the terms’’;

24 (D) by striking ‘‘(B) adequate’’ and insert25 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘(ii) adequate’’;
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1 (E) by striking ‘‘(C) such guarantees’’ and

2 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(iii) such guarantees’’;

3 (F) by striking ‘‘(2) The authority’’ and in4 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘(B) The authority’’;

5 (G) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and

6 (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3) respectively;

7 (H) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by

8 this section)—

9 (i) by striking ‘‘The authority’’ and in10 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Trust shall also

11 have the authority’’;

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘after determining that

13 the projects to be funded from the proceeds

14 thereof are creditworthy and that a repay15 ment schedule is established and only’’; and

16 (iii) by inserting after ‘‘and subject to

17 such terms and conditions,’’ the words ‘‘in18 cluding a review of the creditworthiness of

19 the loan and establishment of a repayment

20 schedule,’’; and

21 (I) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by

22 this section) by inserting before ‘‘this subsection’’

23 the words ‘‘paragraph (2) of’’.

24 Ω2æPage 16, after line 3, insert:
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1 (6) In subsection (h)(2), by striking ‘‘ration’’

2 and inserting ‘‘ratio’’.

3 Ω3æPage 16, after line 21, insert:

4 SEC. 129. BOUNDARY REVISIONS.

5 Section 814(b)(2)(G) of Public Law 104–333 is

6 amended by striking ‘‘are adjacent to’’ and inserting in lieu

7 thereof ‘‘abut’’.

8 Ω4æPage 21, after line 24, insert:

9 (5) Section 10(g)(5)(A) of such Act (112 Stat.

10 3050) is amended by striking ‘‘Daggett County’’ and

11 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Dutch John’’.

12 Ω5æPage 23, after line 2, insert:

13 SEC. 305. NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION.

14 Section 4 of Public Law 90–209 is amended—

15 (1) by inserting ‘‘with or’’ between ‘‘practicable’’

16 and ‘‘without’’ in the final sentence thereof; and

17 (2) by adding at the end thereof a new sentence

18 as follows: ‘‘Monies reimbursed to either Department

19 shall be returned by the Department to the account

20 from which the funds for which the reimbursement is

21 made were drawn and may, without further appro22 priation, be expended for any purpose for which such

23 account is authorized.’’.
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1 SEC. 306. NATIONAL PARKS OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT ACT

2 OF 1998.

3 Section 603(c)(1) of Public Law 105–391 is amended

4 by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘15’’.

5 SEC. 307. GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONU6 MENT.

7 Section 201(d) of Public Law 105–355 is amended by

8 inserting ‘‘and/or Tropic Utah,’’ after the words ‘‘school dis9 trict, Utah,’’ and by striking ‘‘Public Purposes Act,’’ and

10 the remainder of the sentence and inserting in lieu thereof

11 ‘‘Public Purposes Act.’’.

12 SEC. 308. SPIRIT MOUND.

13 Section 112(a) of division C of Public Law 105–277

14 (112 Stat. 2681–592) is amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘is authorized to acquire’’ and

16 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘is authorized: (1) to ac17 quire’’;

18 (2) by striking ‘‘South Dakota.’’ and inserting in

19 lieu thereof ‘‘South Dakota; or’’; and

20 (3) by adding at the end thereof the following

21 new paragraph:

22 ‘‘(2) to transfer available funds for the acquisi23 tion of the tract to the State of South Dakota upon

24 the completion of a binding agreement with the State

25 to provide for the acquisition and long-term preserva-
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1 tion, interpretation, and restoration of the Spirit

2 Mound tract.’’.

3 SEC. 309. AMERICA’S AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE PARTNER4 SHIP ACT AMENDMENT.

5 Section 702(5) of division II of the Public Law 104–

6 333 (110 Stat. 4265), is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary

7 of Agriculture’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary of

8 the Interior’’.

9 SEC. 310. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ENTRANCE AND REC10 REATIONAL USE FEES.

11 (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to re12 tain and expend revenues from entrance and recreation use

13 fees at units of the National Park System where such fees

14 are collected under section 4 of the Land and Water Con15 servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–6a), notwith16 standing the provisions of section 4(i) of such Act. Fees shall

17 be retained and expended in the same manner and for the

18 same purposes as provided under the Recreational Fee

19 Demonstration Program (section 315 of Public Law 104–

20 134, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601–6a note).

21 (b) Nothing in this section shall affect the collection

22 of fees at units of the National Park System designated as

23 fee demonstration projects under the Recreational Fee Dem24 onstration Program.
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1 (c) The authorities in this section shall expire upon

2 the termination of the Recreational Fee Demonstration Pro3 gram.

4 SEC. 311. NATIONAL PARKS OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT ACT

5 OF 1998.

6 Section 404 of the National Parks Omnibus Manage7 ment Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–391; 112 Stat. 3508;

8 16 U.S.C. 5953) is amended by striking ‘‘conract terms and

9 conditions,’’ and inserting ‘‘contract terms and condi10 tions,’’.

Attest:

Secretary.
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 149

AMENDMENTS