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Union Calendar No. 245
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3421
[Report No. 107–410, Part 1]
To provide adequate school facilities within Yosemite National Park, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 6, 2001
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
APRIL 16, 2002
Reported from the Committee on Resources, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
APRIL 16, 2002
Referral to the Committee on Education and the Workforce extended for a
period ending not later than April 16, 2002
APRIL 16, 2002
The Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged; committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered
to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 6, 2001]
A BILL
To provide adequate school facilities within Yosemite
National Park, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Yosemite National Park
Education Improvement Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) The three elementary schools serving the chil-
dren of employees of Yosemite National Park are
served by the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary
School District and the Mariposa Unified School Dis-
trict.
(2) The schools are in remote mountainous areas
and long distances from other educational and ad-
ministrative facilities of the two local educational
agencies.
(3) Because of their remote locations and rel-
atively small number of students, schools serving the
children of employees of the Park provide fewer serv-
ices in more basic facilities than the educational serv-
ices and facilities provided to students that attend
other schools served by the two local educational agen-
cies.
(4) Because of the long distances involved and
adverse weather and road conditions that occur dur-
ing much of the school year, it is impractical for the
children of employees of the Park who live within or
near the Park to attend other schools served by the
two local educational agencies.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to authorize
the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental fund-
ing 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.
SEC. 3. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FUNDS.—For fiscal years
2003 through 2007, the Secretary may provide funds to the
Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District and the
Mariposa Unified School District for educational services
to students who are dependents of persons engaged in the
administration, operation, and maintenance of the Park or
students who live at or near the Park upon real property
of the United States.
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Payments made
by the Secretary under this section may not be used for
new construction, construction contracts, or major capital
improvements, and may be used only to pay public employ-
ees for services otherwise authorized by this Act.
(c) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FUNDS.—Payments
made under this section shall not exceed the lesser of
$750,000 in any fiscal year or the amount necessary to pro-
vide students described in subsection (a) with educational
services that are normally provided and generally available
to students who attend public schools elsewhere in the State
of California.
(d) ADJUSTMENT
OF PAYMENTS.—Subject to sub-
section (c), the Secretary is authorized to adjust payments
made under this section if the State of California or the
appropriate local educational agencies do not continue to
provide funding for educational services at Park schools at
per student levels that are equivalent to or greater than
those provided in the fiscal year prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
(e) SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.—
(1) AUTHORIZED SOURCES.—Except as provided
in paragraph (2), in order to make payments under
this section, the Secretary may use funds available to
the National Park Service from appropriations, dona-
tions, or fees.
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Funds from the following
sources may not be used to make payments under this
section:
(A) Fees authorized and collected under the
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
(16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.).
(B) The recreational fee demonstration pro-
gram under section 315 of the Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1996 (as contained in section 101(c) of Pub-
lic Law 104–134; 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a note).
(C) The national park passport program es-
tablished under section 602 of the National
Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16
U.S.C. 5992).
(D) Emergency appropriations for Yosemite
flood recovery.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the fol-
lowing definitions apply:
(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—The term
‘‘local educational agencies’’ has the meaning given
that term in section 9101(26) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(2) EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES.—The term ‘‘edu-
cational services’’ means services that may include
maintenance and minor upgrades of facilities and
transportation to and from school.
(3) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means Yosemite
National Park.
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
Union Calendar No. 245
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3421
[Report No. 107–410, Part 1]
A BILL
To provide adequate school facilities within
Yosemite National Park, and for other purposes.
APRIL 16, 2002
Reported from the Committee on Resources, with an
amendment
APRIL 16, 2002
Referral to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force extended for a period ending not later than April
16, 2002
APRIL 16, 2002
The Committee on Education and the Workforce dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be
printed