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Calendar No. 478

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 620

[Report No. 108–255] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 26, 2003

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

Resources 

APRIL 26, 2004

Reported by Mr. DOMENICI, with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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.

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: 
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1 (1) The three elementary schools serving the 

2 children of employees of Yosemite National Park are 

3 served by the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary 

4 School District and the Mariposa Unified School 

5 District. 

6 (2) The schools are in remote mountainous 

7 areas and long distances from other educational and 

8 administrative facilities of the two local educational 

9 agencies. 

10 (3) Because of their remote locations and rel11 atively small number of students, schools serving the 

12 children of employees of the Park provide fewer 

13 services in more basic facilities than the educational 

14 services and facilities provided to students that at15 tend other schools served by the two local edu16 cational agencies. 

17 (4) Because of the long distances involved and 

18 adverse weather and road conditions that occur dur19 ing much of the school year, it is impractical for the 

20 children of employees of the Park who live within or 

21 near the Park to attend other schools served by the 

22 two local educational agencies. 

23 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author24 ize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental 

25 funding and other services that are necessary to assist the 
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1 State of California or local educational agencies in Cali2 fornia in providing educational services for students at3 tending schools located within the Park. 

4 SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. 

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

6 years 2003 through 2007, the Secretary may provide 

7 funds to the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School 

8 District and the Mariposa Unified School District for edu9 cational services to students who are dependents of per10 sons engaged in the administration, operation, and main11 tenance of the Park or students who live at or near the 

12 Park upon real property of the United States. 

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

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

15 for new construction, construction contracts, or major cap16 ital improvements, and may be used only to pay public 

17 employees for services otherwise authorized by this Act. 

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

19 made under this section shall not exceed the lesser of 

20 $400,000 in any fiscal year or the amount necessary to 

21 provide students described in subsection (a) with edu22 cational services that are normally provided and generally 

23 available to students who attend public schools elsewhere 

24 in the State of California. 
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1 (d) ADJUSTMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Subject to sub2 section (c), the Secretary is authorized to adjust payments 

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

4 appropriate local education agencies do not continue to 

5 provide funding for educational services at Park schools 

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

7 those provided in the fiscal year immediately prior to the 

8 date of the enactment of this section. 

9 (e) SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.—

10 (1) AUTHORIZED SOURCES.—Except as pro11 vided in paragraph (2), in order to make payments 

12 under this section, the Secretary may use funds 

13 available to the National Park Service from appro14 priations, donations, or fees. 

15 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—Funds from the following 

16 sources may not be used to make payments under 

17 this section: 

18 (A) Fees authorized and collected under 

19 the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 

20 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.). 

21 (B) The recreational fee demonstration 

22 program under section 315 of the Department 

23 of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropria24 tions Act, 1996 (as contained in section 101(c) 
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1 of Public Law 104–134; 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a 

2 note). 

3 (C) The national park passport program 

4 established under section 602 of the National 

5 Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 

6 U.S.C. 5992). 

7 (D) Emergency appropriations for Yosem8 ite flood recovery. 

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

10 following definitions apply: 

11 (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—The 

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

13 given that term in section 9101(26) of the Elemen14 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 

15 (2) EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.—The term ‘‘edu16 cational services’’ means services that may include 

17 maintenance and minor upgrades of facilities and 

18 transportation to and from school. 

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

20 National Park. 

21 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

22 the Secretary of the Interior. 
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1 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE LO2 CATED OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF YO3 SEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 

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

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

6 amended—

7 (1) in the first sentence—

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘and Yosemite National 

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

10 (B) by inserting ‘‘transportation systems 

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

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

13 and inserting ‘‘parks’’.

14 SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

15 The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—FUNDING FOR YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK SCHOOLS 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Payments for educational services. 

Sec. 103. Authorization for park facilities to be located outside the boundaries of 

Yosemite National Park; fees. 

TITLE II—RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL 

RECREATION AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Sec. 202. Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California. 

Sec. 203. Manzanar National Historic Site Advisory Commission.
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1 TITLE I—FUNDING FOR YOSEM2 ITE NATIONAL PARK 

3 SCHOOLS 

4 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Yosemite National Park 

6 School Funding Act’’. 

7 SEC. 102. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. 

8 (a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FUNDS.—For fiscal years 

9 2004 through 2008, the Secretary may provide funds to the 

10 Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District and the 

11 Mariposa Unified School District for educational services 

12 to students who are dependents of persons engaged in the 

13 administration, operation, and maintenance of the Park or 

14 students who live at or near the Park upon real property 

15 of the United States. 

16 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Payments made 

17 by the Secretary under this section may not be used for 

18 new construction, construction contracts, or major capital 

19 improvements, and may be used only to pay public employ20 ees for services otherwise authorized by this title. 

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

22 made under this section shall not exceed the lesser of 

23 $400,000 in any fiscal year or the amount necessary to pro24 vide students described in subsection (a) with educational 

25 services that are normally provided and generally available 
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1 to students who attend public schools elsewhere in the State 

2 of California. 

3 (d) ADJUSTMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Subject to sub4 section (c), the Secretary is authorized to adjust payments 

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

6 appropriate local education agencies do not continue to pro7 vide funding for educational services at Park schools at per 

8 student levels that are equal to or greater than those pro9 vided in the fiscal year immediately prior to the date of 

10 the enactment of this Act. 

11 (e) SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.—

12 (1) AUTHORIZED SOURCES.—Except as other13 wise provided in this subsection, the Secretary may 

14 use funds available to the National Park Service from 

15 appropriations, donations, or fees. 

16 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—Funds from the following 

17 sources shall not be used to make payments under this 

18 section: 

19 (A) Any law authorizing the collection or 

20 expenditure of entrance or use fees at units of the 

21 National Park System, including—

22 (i) the Land and Water Conservation 

23 Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et 

24 seq.);
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1 (ii) the recreational fee demonstration 

2 program established under section 315 of 

3 the Department of the Interior and Related 

4 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (16 

5 U.S.C. 460l–6a note); or 

6 (iii) the National Park Passport Pro7 gram established under section 602 of the 

8 National Parks Omnibus Management Act 

9 of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5992). 

10 (B) Emergency appropriations for flood re11 covery at Yosemite National Park. 

12 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this title, the 

13 following definitions apply: 

14 (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—The term 

15 ‘‘local educational agencies’’ has the meaning given 

16 that term in section 9101(26) of the Elementary and 

17 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

18 7801(26)). 

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. 103. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE LO4 CATED OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF YO5 SEMITE NATIONAL PARK; FEES. 

6 (a) AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE LO7 CATED OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF YOSEMITE NA8 TIONAL PARK.—Section 814(c) of the Omnibus Parks and 

9 Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 346e) 

10 is amended—

11 (1) in the first sentence—

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘and Yosemite National 

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

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘transportation systems 

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

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

17 inserting ‘‘parks’’. 

18 (b) FEES.—Section 501 of the National Parks Omni19 bus Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5981) is amended 

20 in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘, cooperative agreement, 

21 or other contractual agreement’’ after ‘‘contract’’. 
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1 TITLE II—RANCHO CORRAL DE 

2 TIERRA GOLDEN GATE NA3 TIONAL RECREATION AREA 

4 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT 

5 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Rancho Corral de Tier7 ra Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Ad8 justment Act’’. 

9 SEC. 202. GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, 

10 CALIFORNIA. 

11 (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Section 2(a) of Public 

12 Law 92–589 (16 U.S.C. 460bb–1(a)) is amended—

13 (1) by striking ‘‘The recreation area shall com14 prise’’ and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) INITIAL LANDS.—The recreation area shall 

16 comprise’’; and 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘The following additional lands 

18 are also’’ and all that follows through the period at 

19 the end of the subsection and inserting the following 

20 new paragraphs: 

21 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL LANDS.—In addition to the 

22 lands described in paragraph (1), the recreation area 

23 shall include the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) The parcels numbered by the Assessor 

25 of Marin County, California, 119–040–04, 119–
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1 040–05, 119–040–18, 166–202–03, 166–010–06, 

2 166–010–07, 166–010–24, 166–010–25, 119–

3 240–19, 166–010–10, 166–010–22, 119–240–03, 

4 119–240–51, 119–240–52, 119–240–54, 166–

5 010–12, 166–010–13, and 119–235–10. 

6 ‘‘(B) Lands and waters in San Mateo 

7 County generally depicted on the map entitled 

8 ‘Sweeney Ridge Addition, Golden Gate National 

9 Recreation Area’, numbered NRA GG–80,000–A, 

10 and dated May 1980. 

11 ‘‘(C) Lands acquired under the Golden Gate 

12 National Recreation Area Addition Act of 1992 

13 (16 U.S.C. 460bb–1 note; Public Law 102–299). 

14 ‘‘(D) Lands generally depicted on the map 

15 entitled ‘Additions to Golden Gate National 

16 Recreation Area’, numbered NPS–80–076, and 

17 dated July 2000/PWR–PLRPC. 

18 ‘‘(E) Lands generally depicted on the map 

19 entitled ‘Rancho Corral de Tierra Additions to 

20 the Golden Gate National Recreation Area’, 

21 numbered NPS–80,079E, and dated March 2004. 

22 ‘‘(3) ACQUISITION LIMITATION.—The Secretary 

23 may acquire land described in paragraph (2)(E) only 

24 from a willing seller.’’. 
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1 (b) ADVISORY COMMISSION.—Section 5 of Public Law 

2 92–589 (16 U.S.C. 460bb–4) is amended—

3 (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

4 following new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall be com6 posed of 18 members appointed by the Secretary for terms 

7 of five years each. In appointing such members, the Sec8 retary shall ensure that the interests of local, historic rec9 reational users of the recreation area are represented.’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘cease to exist 

11 thirty years after the enactment of this Act’’ and in12 serting ‘‘terminate on December 31, 2014’’. 

13 SEC. 203. MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE ADVISORY 

14 COMMISSION. 

15 Section 105(h) of Public Law 102–248 (16 U.S.C. 461 

16 note) is amended by striking ‘‘10 years after the date of 

17 enactment of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘on December 31, 

18 2013’’.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to authorize 

the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental 

funding and other services that are necessary to assist 

certain local school districts in the State of California in 

providing educational services for students attending 

schools located within Yosemite National Park, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries 

of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and for 

other purposes.’’.
Calendar No. 478

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 620

[Report No. 108–255] 

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. 

APRIL 26, 2004

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title