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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 620

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2003

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

Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education 

and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL

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: 

5 (1) The three elementary schools serving the 

6 children of employees of Yosemite National Park are 
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1 served by the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary 

2 School District and the Mariposa Unified School 

3 District. 

4 (2) The schools are in remote mountainous 

5 areas and long distances from other educational and 

6 administrative facilities of the two local educational 

7 agencies. 

8 (3) Because of their remote locations and rel9 atively small number of students, schools serving the 

10 children of employees of the Park provide fewer 

11 services in more basic facilities than the educational 

12 services and facilities provided to students that at13 tend other schools served by the two local edu14 cational agencies. 

15 (4) Because of the long distances involved and 

16 adverse weather and road conditions that occur dur17 ing much of the school year, it is impractical for the 

18 children of employees of the Park who live within or 

19 near the Park to attend other schools served by the 

20 two local educational agencies. 

21 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author22 ize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental 

23 funding and other services that are necessary to assist the 

24 State of California or local educational agencies in Cali-
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1 fornia in providing educational services for students at2 tending schools located within the Park. 

3 SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. 

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

5 years 2003 through 2007, the Secretary may provide 

6 funds to the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School 

7 District and the Mariposa Unified School District for edu8 cational services to students who are dependents of per9 sons engaged in the administration, operation, and main10 tenance of the Park or students who live at or near the 

11 Park upon real property of the United States. 

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

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

14 for new construction, construction contracts, or major cap15 ital improvements, and may be used only to pay public 

16 employees for services otherwise authorized by this Act. 

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

18 made under this section shall not exceed the lesser of 

19 $400,000 in any fiscal year or the amount necessary to 

20 provide students described in subsection (a) with edu21 cational services that are normally provided and generally 

22 available to students who attend public schools elsewhere 

23 in the State of California. 

24 (d) SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.—
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1 (1) AUTHORIZED SOURCES.—Except as pro2 vided in paragraph (2), in order to make payments 

3 under this section, the Secretary may use funds 

4 available to the National Park Service from appro5 priations, donations, or fees. 

6 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—Funds from the following 

7 sources may not be used to make payments under 

8 this section: 

9 (A) Fees authorized and collected under 

10 the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 

11 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq,). 

12 (B) The recreational fee demonstration 

13 program under section 315 of the Department 

14 of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropria15 tions Act, 1996 (as contained in section 101(c) 

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

17 note). 

18 (C) The national park passport program 

19 established under section 602 of the National 

20 Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 

21 U.S.C. 5992). 

22 (D) Emergency appropriations for Yosem23 ite flood recovery. 

24 (e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 

25 following definitions apply: 
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1 (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—The 

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

3 given that term in section 9101(26) of the Elemen4 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 

5 (2) EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.—The term ‘‘edu6 cational services’’ means services that may include 

7 maintenance and minor upgrades of facilities and 

8 transportation to and from school. 

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

10 National Park. 

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

12 the Secretary of the Interior. 

13 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE LO14 CATED OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF YO15 SEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 

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

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

18 amended—

19 (1) in the first sentence—

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘and Yosemite National 

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

22 (B) by inserting ‘‘transportation systems 

23 and’’ before ‘‘the establishment of’’; and 
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘park’’ each place it appears 

2 and inserting ‘‘parks’’.

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