IIB 

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 620

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 26, 2003

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

Resources 

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and other services that are necessary 

to assist the State of California or local educational 

agencies in California in providing educational services 

for students attending schools located within the Park.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) The three elementary schools serving the 

6 children of employees of Yosemite National Park are 

7 served by the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary 

8 School District and the Mariposa Unified School 

9 District. 

10 (2) The schools are in remote mountainous 

11 areas and long distances from other educational and 

12 administrative facilities of the two local educational 

13 agencies. 

14 (3) Because of their remote locations and rel15 atively small number of students, schools serving the 

16 children of employees of the Park provide fewer 

17 services in more basic facilities than the educational 

18 services and facilities provided to students that at19 tend other schools served by the two local edu20 cational agencies. 

21 (4) Because of the long distances involved and 

22 adverse weather and road conditions that occur dur23 ing much of the school year, it is impractical for the 

24 children of employees of the Park who live within or 
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1 near the Park to attend other schools served by the 

2 two local educational agencies. 

3 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author4 ize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental 

5 funding and other services that are necessary to assist the 

6 State of California or local educational agencies in Cali7 fornia in providing educational services for students at8 tending schools located within the Park. 

9 SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. 

10 (a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FUNDS.—For fiscal 

11 years 2003 through 2007, the Secretary may provide 

12 funds to the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School 

13 District and the Mariposa Unified School District for edu14 cational services to students who are dependents of per15 sons engaged in the administration, operation, and main16 tenance of the Park or students who live at or near the 

17 Park upon real property of the United States. 

18 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Payments 

19 made by the Secretary under this section may not be used 

20 for new construction, construction contracts, or major cap21 ital improvements, and may be used only to pay public 

22 employees for services otherwise authorized by this Act. 

23 (c) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FUNDS.—Payments 

24 made under this section shall not exceed the lesser of 

25 $400,000 in any fiscal year or the amount necessary to 
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1 provide students described in subsection (a) with edu2 cational services that are normally provided and generally 

3 available to students who attend public schools elsewhere 

4 in the State of California. 

5 (d) ADJUSTMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Subject to sub6 section (c), the Secretary is authorized to adjust payments 

7 made under this section if the State of California or the 

8 appropriate local education agencies do not continue to 

9 provide funding for educational services at Park schools 

10 at per student levels that are equal to or greater than 

11 those provided in the fiscal year immediately prior to the 

12 date of the enactment of this section. 

13 (e) SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.—

14 (1) AUTHORIZED SOURCES.—Except as pro15 vided in paragraph (2), in order to make payments 

16 under this section, the Secretary may use funds 

17 available to the National Park Service from appro18 priations, donations, or fees. 

19 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—Funds from the following 

20 sources may not be used to make payments under 

21 this section: 

22 (A) Fees authorized and collected under 

23 the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 

24 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.). 
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1 (B) The recreational fee demonstration 

2 program under section 315 of the Department 

3 of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropria4 tions Act, 1996 (as contained in section 101(c) 

5 of Public Law 104–134; 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a 

6 note). 

7 (C) The national park passport program 

8 established under section 602 of the National 

9 Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 

10 U.S.C. 5992). 

11 (D) Emergency appropriations for Yosem12 ite flood recovery. 

13 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 

14 following definitions apply: 

15 (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—The 

16 term ‘‘local educational agencies’’ has the meaning 

17 given that term in section 9101(26) of the Elemen18 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 

19 (2) EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.—The term ‘‘edu20 cational services’’ means services that may include 

21 maintenance and minor upgrades of facilities and 

22 transportation to and from school. 

23 (3) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means Yosemite 

24 National Park. 
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1 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE LO4 CATED OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF YO5 SEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 

6 Section 814(c) of the Omnibus Parks and Public 

7 Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 346e) is 

8 amended—

9 (1) in the first sentence—

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘and Yosemite National 

11 Park’’ after ‘‘Zion National Park’’; and 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘transportation systems 

13 and’’ before ‘‘the establishment of’’; and 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘park’’ each place it appears 

15 and inserting ‘‘parks’’.

Passed the House of Representatives March 25, 

2003. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk.