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Union Calendar No. 325
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3708
[Report No. 103–588]
To reform the operation, maintenance, and development of the Steamtown
National Historic Site, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 22, 1993
Mr. VENTO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources
JULY 12, 1994
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 November 22, 1993]
A BILL
To reform the operation, maintenance, and development of
the Steamtown National Historic Site, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I—STEAMTOWN NATIONAL
HISTORIC SITE
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to preserve and inter-
pret certain elements of railroading, especially steam-oper-
ated railroads during the period of 1850 to 1950, there is
hereby established the Steamtown National Historic Site
(hereinafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘historic site’’).
The purposes of the historic site shall include interpretation
of the evolution of railroads and their impact on the devel-
opment of this nation, including technological, economic,
social, and political effects and the relationship of railroads
to industrialization.
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The historic site shall consist of the
lands and interests in lands within the area generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Boundary Map, Steamtown
National Historic Site’’, numbered STTO-80,000B, and
dated June, 1994. The map shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the offices of the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior. No revisions may be
made in the boundary of the historic site, except by Act
of Congress.
(c) REPEAL.—Sections 1 through 5 of the Steamtown
National Historic Site Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–591;
100 Stat. 3341–248–249) are hereby repealed.
SEC. 102. ADMINISTRATION.
The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this title
referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall administer the historic
site in accordance with this title and with the provisions
of law generally applicable to units of the national park
system, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a
National Park Service, and for other purposes’’, approved
August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3, and 4).
On or before September 30, 1995, the Secretary shall pre-
pare and submit to the Committee on Natural Resources
of the United States House of Representatives and to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United
States Senate a new comprehensive general management
plan for the historic site. The plan shall be prepared with
the assistance of nationally recognized experts in railroad
management and history and shall be consistent with this
title, with section 12 of the Act of August 18, 1970 (16
U.S.C. 1a–1 through 1a–7) and with other applicable provi-
sions of law. The Secretary shall provide for public partici-
pation and comment in the development of the plan.
SEC. 103. ACQUISITION OF LAND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire lands
or interests in land within the boundaries of the historic
site only by donation or by purchase with donated funds.
(b) CONTAMINATED LANDS.—The Secretary may not
acquire any lands or interests in lands for purposes of the
historic site unless such lands are not contaminated with
a hazardous substance or a pollutant or contaminant which
will require removal or remedial action at the expense of
the United States. The Secretary shall take such steps as
are necessary to obtain cost recovery under the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Compensation, Response, and Liability
Act of 1980 (Superfund) for any funds of the National Park
Service expended, prior to the date of the enactment of this
Act, on removal or remedial action with respect to any con-
tamination of lands within the boundaries of historic site.
Any such reimbursement shall be credited to miscellaneous
receipts in the Treasury.
SEC. 104. PARK SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take such ac-
tions as necessary and appropriate to administer the his-
toric site, to maintain and preserve the facilities at the his-
toric site, to interpret the resources of the site and their
history to the public, and to provide essential services to
the public at the historic site.
(b) RAILROAD EQUIPMENT.—(1) The Secretary shall
preserve the collection of railroad equipment, including lo-
comotives and rolling stock, which is present at the historic
site as of the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary
may also preserve such equipment and essential machinery
as is necessary for the maintenance of the locomotives and
rolling stock. The Secretary may not purchase any addi-
tional locomotive for operation at the historic site if such
purchase would result in the operation by the United States
at the historic site of more locomotives than the number of
locomotives operating at the site as of June 22, 1994.
(2) No Federal funds may be expended to provide ac-
cess between the historic site and any structure that is pri-
vately owned and operated for profit. The Secretary may
exchange or purchase appropriate examples of locomotives
and rolling stock to enhance the site’s collection if the total
number of such equipment does not increase and if all such
actions are consistent with the general management plan
for the historic site.
(3) The Secretary shall dispose of all locomotives and
rolling stock that are not needed for exchange under para-
graph (2), that do not meet the criteria of the National Reg-
ister of Historic Places, and that are not necessary for the
interpretive activities of the historic site.
(4) The Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress
no later than February 31, 1995 containing an inventory
of all locomotive and rolling stock at the historic site, a
statement of the range of historic significance of the compo-
nents of the collection, a statement of how many of each
are needed to meet the purposes of the historic site, the res-
toration and repair plans and estimates of the Secretary
for facilities and equipment at the historic site, and a de-
tailed deaccession plan.
(5) The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, seek
donations and assistance from volunteers and other cost-
sharing methods to restore the locomotives and rolling stock.
(c) ARTIFACTS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS.—The Sec-
retary shall preserve the artifact collection and archival
materials located at the site.
(d) EXCURSIONS.—To the extent that it furthers public
understanding, and provided that appropriate interpreta-
tion is provided, the Secretary may provide a regular excur-
sion from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Moscow, Pennsylva-
nia. For purposes of such excursions, the Secretary may
provide essential visitor services at Moscow, Pennsylvania.
The Secretary may not expend funds of the National Park
Service for the restoration or maintenance of tracks, bridges
or tunnels located outside the historic site, except that the
Secretary may use funds appropriated prior to November
15, 1991 for restoration of tracks and bridges between the
historic site and Moscow, Pennsylvania, pursuant to a co-
operative agreement to be entered into between the Secretary
and the owner of such tracks and bridges permitting the
National Park Service to use such tracks and bridges for
excursions authorized under this section. The Secretary
may pay customary and appropriate track usage fees and
may also provide additional special excursions if no such
excursion is longer than 60 miles one way.
(e) USER AND INTERPRETIVE FEES.—(1) User or in-
terpretive fees charged for the rail excursion from the his-
toric site to Moscow, Pennsylvania, or to any other location
shall be established at a level such that a minimum of 100
percent of the costs of maintenance, personnel, equipment,
and fees imposed on the Secretary for the excursion shall
be recovered by the Secretary.
(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary is authorized to impose a fee on any person using
the core complex within the site. The amount of such fee
shall not exceed a single charge of $5 per person per day
for the use of the entire core complex. No fee shall be im-
posed for the use of such complex by any person under 16
years of age or any person who is part of an organized
school group or outing conducted for educational purposes
by a school or other bona fide educational institution.
(B) The proceeds of any fee imposed under this section
shall be credited to a special account established for the Na-
tional Park Service in the Treasury of the United States
and shall be available, without further appropriation, for
use by the Secretary of the Interior to further educational
and interpretive programs at the site, including the cooper-
ative agreement specified in subsection (g)(2).
(C) As part of each annual budget submission to the
Congress, the Secretary shall provide a report detailing the
amount of fees received under subparagraph (A) and the
expenditures under subparagraph (B) during the imme-
diately preceding fiscal year. A copy of such report shall
also be made available annually to the Committee on Natu-
ral Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of the
United States House of Representatives and to the Commit-
tee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee
on Appropriations of the United States Senate.
(D) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘core com-
plex’’ means the two museums, the theater, the visitor cen-
ter, and roundhouse.
(f) TRACK AND SWITCH REHABILITATION.—The Sec-
retary may assist the owner of Bridge 60 and Bridge 60
Wye with track and switch rehabilitation to facilitate ac-
tivities directly associated with the historic site. Any finan-
cial assistance for any such project shall be limited to a
portion of the total costs of the project. The portion paid
by the Secretary shall not exceed that fraction of the total
costs of the project which is equal to the fraction of the total
usage of such tracks and switches attributable to use by
equipment associated with the historic site. Nothing in this
Act or in any other provision of law shall authorize the
Secretary to acquire either of such bridges or the associated
tracks and switches.
(g) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—(1) The Secretary
may enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate
authorities for law enforcement and for purposes of control-
ling rail traffic through the historic site, but the Secretary
may not enter into any other cooperative agreement relat-
ing to administration of the historic site with any entity
(other than a department or agency of the United States)
without specific authorization by an Act of Congress ap-
proved after the enactment of this Act, except as provided
in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(2) The Secretary is authorized to enter into a coopera-
tive agreement with a qualified educational institution to
provide, at the Secretary’s direction, certain visitor services
and educational programs within the historic site and to
collect the fees authorized under paragraph (2) of subsection
(e). The Secretary shall transmit any cooperative agreement
proposed to be entered into under this paragraph to the
Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House
of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the United States Senate at least 60
days before such agreement is entered into by the Secretary.
(h) REPORT ON ALTERNATIVES.—(1) The Secretary
shall prepare a report identifying any feasible and suitable
alternatives for managing the historic site, including part-
nerships or direct management by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, local governments, other agencies, or private
entities. Such report shall be submitted to the Congress not
later than 2 years after the enactment of this Act.
(2) In taking the action referred to in paragraph (1)
the Secretary shall consult with other Federal land manag-
ing agencies, State and local officials, the national park
System Advisory Board, resource management, recreation,
and scholarly organizations, and other interested parties as
the Secretary deems advisable. Such consultation shall in-
clude appropriate opportunities for public review and com-
ment.
SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this
title, except that no funds may be appropriated after the
enactment of this Act for any construction, development, or
related activities with respect to the site without specific
authorization by an Act of Congress pursuant to a law en-
acted after the enactment of this Act. No Federal funds may
be expended at the site for purposes other than those speci-
fied in section 104 and in section 105(d). Not more than
5 percent of the funds appropriated annually for operation
of the historic site may be used for the restoration or repair
of locomotives, cars, and other rolling stock without specific
authorization by an Act of Congress enacted after the enact-
ment of this Act.
TITLE 
II—DELAWARE 
WATER
GAP NATIONAL RECREATION
AREA
SEC. 201. BOUNDARIES.
Section 2(a) of the Act of September 1, 1965 (79 Stat.
612; 16 U.S.C. 460o–1(a)) establishing the Delaware Water
Gap National Recreation Area is amended by striking ‘‘as
generally depicted on the drawing entitled ‘Proposed Tocks
Island National Recreation Area’ dated and numbered Sep-
tember 1962, NRA–TI–7100, which drawing is on file’’ and
inserting ‘‘as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Dela-
ware Water Gap National Recreation Area’ dated November
1991 and numbered DWGNRA–620/80,900A which shall be
on file’’.