Union Calendar No. 32

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 694

[Report No. 104–59]

A BILL

Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1995’’.

Entitled the ‘‘Minor Boundary Adjustments and

FEBRUARY 28, 1995

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. 32

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 694

[Report No. 104–59]

Entitled the ‘‘Minor Boundary Adjustments and Miscellaneous Park

Amendments Act of 1995’’.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 26, 1995

Mr. HANSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Natural Resources

FEBRUARY 28, 1995

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 January 26, 1995]

A BILL

Entitled the ‘‘Minor Boundary Adjustments and

Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1995’’.

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 Adjust5 ments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1995’’.
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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 Na6 tional Monument are revised to include the approximately

7 24.27 acres of land generally depicted on the map entitled

8 ‘‘Boundary—Yucca House National Monument, Colorado’’,

9 numbered 318/80,001–B, and dated February 1990.

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

11 be on file and available for public inspection in appropriate

12 offices of the National Park Service of the Department of

13 the Interior.

14 (c) ACQUISITION BY DONATION.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Within the boundaries de16 scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior

17 may acquire lands and interests in lands by dona18 tion.

19 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary of

20 the Interior may pay administrative costs arising out

21 of any donation described in paragraph (1) with ap22 propriated funds.

23 SEC. 102. ZION NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

24 (a) ACQUISITION AND BOUNDARY CHANGE.—The Sec25 retary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by exchange
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1 approximately 5.48 acres, in Washington County, Utah,

that are located in the SW1 2 ⁄4 of Section 28, Township 41

3 South, Range 10 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian. In

4 exchange therefor the Secretary is authorized to convey all

5 right, title, and interest of the United States in and to ap6 proximately 5.51 acres, in Washington County, Utah, that

7 are located in Lot 2 of Section 5, Township 41 South,

8 Range 11 West. Upon completion of the exchange, the Sec9 retary is authorized to revise the boundary of Zion National

10 Park to add to the park the approximately 5.48 acres ac11 quired by the Secretary under this subsection and to delete

12 from the park the approximately 5.51 acres conveyed by

13 the Secretary under this subsection. Land added to the park

14 under this subsection shall be administered as part of the

15 park in accordance with the laws and regulations applica16 ble thereto.

17 (b) EXPIRATION.—The authority granted by this sec18 tion shall expire upon the expiration of the two-year period

19 beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

20 SEC. 103. PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE BOUND21 ARY ADJUSTMENT.

22 The boundary of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

23 is hereby modified as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Area

24 Proposed for Addition to Pictured Rocks National Lake25 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 Philadelphia,

6 Pennsylvania, is hereby modified as generally depicted on

7 the drawing entitled ‘‘Exhibit 1, Independence National

8 Historical Park, Boundary Adjustment’’, and dated May

9 1987, which shall be on file and available for public inspec10 tion in the Office of the National Park Service, Department

11 of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized

12 to accept and transfer jurisdiction over property in accord13 ance with such administrative boundary, as modified by

14 this section.

15 SEC. 105. CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT

16 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

17 (a) BOUNDARY REVISION.—The boundary of the Cra18 ters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, is revised to

19 add approximately 210 acres and to delete approximately

20 315 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Cra21 ters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, Proposed 1987

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

23 October 1987. The map shall be on file and available for

24 public inspection in the Office of the National Park Service,

25 Department of the Interior.
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1 (b) ADMINISTRATION AND ACQUISITION.—Federal

2 lands, waters, and interests therein deleted from the bound3 ary of the Craters of the Moon National Monument by this

4 section shall be administered by the Secretary of the Inte5 rior through the Bureau of Land Management in accord6 ance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act

7 of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). Federal lands, waters, and

8 interests therein added to the national monument by this

9 section shall be administered by the Secretary as part of

10 the national monument, subject to the laws and regulations

11 applicable 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 shall

15 administer such acquired lands, waters, and interests there16 in as part of the national monument, subject to the laws

17 and regulations applicable thereto.

18 SEC. 106. HAGERMAN FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT

19 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

20 Section 302 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of

21 1988 (102 Stat. 4576) is amended by adding at the end

22 the following new subsection:

23 ‘‘(d) To further the purposes of the monument, the Sec24 retary is authorized to acquire by donation or, from willing

25 sellers only, by purchase with donated or appropriated
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1 funds or by exchange not more than 65 acres outside the

2 boundary depicted on the map referred to in section 301

3 and to develop and operate, on such acres, research, infor4 mation, interpretive, and administrative facilities. Lands

5 acquired and facilities developed under this subsection shall

6 be administered by the Secretary as part of the monument.

7 The boundary of the monument shall be modified to include

8 the lands added under this subsection as a noncontiguous

9 parcel.’’.

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

12 The boundary of the Wupatki National Monument, Ar13 izona, is hereby revised to include the lands and interests

14 in lands within the area generally depicted as ‘‘Proposed

15 Addition 168.89 Acres’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Boundary—

16 Wupatki and Sunset Crater National Monuments, Ari17 zona’’, numbered 322–80,021, and dated April 1989. The

18 map shall be on file and available for public inspection in

19 the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the

20 Interior. Subject to valid existing rights, Federal lands and

21 interests therein within the area added to the monument

22 by this section are hereby transferred without monetary

23 consideration or reimbursement to the administrative juris24 diction of the National Park Service and shall be adminis-
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1 tered as part of the monument in accordance with the laws

2 and regulations applicable thereto.

3 TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS

4 SPECIFIC PARK AMENDMENTS

5 SEC. 201. ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR KALOKO6 HONOKOHAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

7 Section 505(f)(7) of the National Parks and Recreation

8 Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 396d(f)(7)), is amended by striking

9 ‘‘ten years’’ and inserting ‘‘twenty-five years’’.

10 SEC. 202. FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT, GA.

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

12 1979), is amended by striking ‘‘: Provided, That’’ and all

13 that follows and inserting a period.

14 SEC. 203. AMENDMENT OF BOSTON NATIONAL HISTORIC

15 PARK ACT.

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

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

18 ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’ and by adding at the end the following

19 new paragraph:

20 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to

21 enter into a cooperative agreement with the Boston Public

22 Library to provide for the distribution of informational and

23 interpretive materials relating to the Boston National His24 torical Park and to the Freedom Trail.’’.
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1 TITLE III—GENERAL

2 AUTHORIZATIONS AND

3 REPEALERS

4 SEC. 301. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON PARK BUILDINGS.

5 The 10th undesignated paragraph (relating to a limi6 tation on the expenditure of funds for park buildings) under

7 the heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, DEPARTMENT OF

8 THE INTERIOR’’, under the heading ‘‘UNDER THE DE9 PARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR’’, in the first section

10 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 460; 16 U.S.C. 451),

11 is hereby repealed.

12 SEC. 302. APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF

13 CHILDREN.

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

15 U.S.C. 17j–2), is amended by adding at the end the follow16 ing new subsection:

17 ‘‘(j) Provision of transportation for children in nearby

18 communities to and from any unit of the National Park

19 System used in connection with organized recreation and

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

21 SEC. 303. FERAL BURROS AND HORSES.

22 Section 9 of the Act of December 15, 1971 (16 U.S.C.

23 1338a), is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘No

24 provision of this Act shall be construed to limit the author25 ity of the Secretary of the Interior to manage units of the
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1 National Park System. No provision of this Act shall be

2 construed to diminish the authority of the Secretary of the

3 Interior to use motor vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, or heli4 copters, or to contract for such use, in furtherance of the

5 management of the National Park System, and section

6 47(a) of title 18, United States Code, shall not apply to

7 such use, or the contracting for such use, by the Secretary

8 of the Interior in furtherance of such management.’’.

9 SEC. 304. AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE10 RIOR RELATING TO MUSEUMS.

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

12 the public benefits from the National Park System by facili13 tating the management of museum properties relating

14 thereto, and for other purposes’’, approved July 1, 1955 (16

15 U.S.C. 18f), is amended—

16 (1) in subsection (b) of the first section, by strik17 ing ‘‘from such donations and bequests of money’’;

18 and

19 (2) by adding at the end the following new sec20 tion:

21 ‘‘SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.

22 ‘‘(a) TRANSFER, CONVEYANCE, AND DESTRUCTION.—

23 In addition to the functions specified in the first section

24 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may perform the
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1 following functions in such manner as he shall consider to

2 be in the public interest:

3 ‘‘(1) Transfer museum objects and museum col4 lections that the Secretary determines are no longer

5 needed for museum purposes to qualified Federal

6 agencies that have programs to preserve and interpret

7 cultural or natural heritage, and accept the transfer

8 of museum objects and museum collections for the

9 purposes of this Act from any other Federal agency,

10 without reimbursement. The head of any other Fed11 eral agency may transfer, without reimbursement,

12 museum objects and museum collections directly to

13 the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the

14 Interior for the purposes of this Act.

15 ‘‘(2) Convey museum objects and museum collec16 tions that the Secretary determines are no longer

17 needed for museum purposes, without monetary con18 sideration but subject to such terms and conditions as

19 the Secretary deems necessary, to private institutions

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

21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.

22 501(c)(3)) and to non-Federal governmental entities if

23 the Secretary determines, prior to any conveyance

24 under this subsection, that the private or non-Federal

25 recipient is dedicated to the preservation and inter-
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1 pretation of natural or cultural heritage and is quali2 fied to manage the objects or collections, as the case

3 may be.

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

5 objects and museum collections that the Secretary de6 termines to have no scientific, cultural, historic, edu7 cational, esthetic, or monetary value.

8 ‘‘(b) CARE, DELIBERATION, AND REVIEW.—The Sec9 retary shall ensure that museum objects and museum collec10 tions are treated in a careful and deliberate manner that

11 protects the public interest. Prior to taking any action

12 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish a system13 atic review and approval process, including consultation

14 with appropriate experts, that meets the highest standards

15 of the museum profession and applies to all actions taken

16 under this section.’’.

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

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

19 Park System by facilitating the management of museum

20 properties relating thereto, and for other purposes’’, ap21 proved July 1, 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), as amended by sub22 section (a), is further amended by adding at the end the

23 following new section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.

2 ‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—Authorities granted to the Sec3 retary of the Interior by this Act shall be available to the

4 Secretary only with regard to—

5 ‘‘(1) museum objects and museum collections that

6 were under the administrative jurisdiction of the Sec7 retary for purposes of the National Park System on

8 the day before the date of the enactment of this sec9 tion; and

10 ‘‘(2) museum objects and museum collections that

11 the Secretary acquires on or after such date.

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

13 terms ‘museum objects’ and ‘museum collections’ mean ob14 jects that are eligible to be or are made part of a museum,

15 library, or archive collection through a formal procedure,

16 such as accessioning. Such objects are usually movable and

17 include but are not limited to prehistoric and historic arti18 facts, works of art, books, documents, photographs, and nat19 ural history specimens.’’.

20 SEC. 305. VOLUNTEERS IN THE PARKS INCREASE.

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

22 (16 U.S.C. 18j) is amended by striking all that follows

23 ‘‘Act’’ and inserting a period.
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1 SEC. 306. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR RESEARCH PUR2 POSES.

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

4 administration of the national park system by the Sec5 retary of the Interior, and to clarify the authorities applica6 ble to the system, and for other purposes’’, approved August

7 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a–2), is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (i), by striking the period at

9 the end and inserting a semicolon; and

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section:

12 ‘‘(j) enter into cooperative agreements with pub13 lic or private educational institutions, States, and

14 their political subdivisions, for the purpose of develop15 ing adequate, coordinated, cooperative research and

16 training programs concerning the resources of the Na17 tional Park System, and, pursuant to any such agree18 ment, to accept from and make available to the co19 operator the technical and support staff, financial as20 sistance, supplies and equipment, facilities, and ad21 ministrative services, relating to cooperative research

22 units, that the Secretary determines to be appro23 priate; except that no provision of this subsection

24 shall be construed to waive any requirement with re25 spect to research projects that are subject to the Fed26 eral procurement regulations.’’.