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the historic population level of the free-roaming horse herd, which
shall be not less than the number of horses in existence on the
date of the enactment of this section nor more than 50.
‘‘(b) The Secretary may not remove, or assist in, or permit
the removal of any free-roaming horses from Federal lands within
the boundary of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways unless—
‘‘(1) the entity with whom the Secretary has entered into
the agreement under subsection (a), following notice and a
90-day response period, substantially fails to meet the terms
and conditions of the agreement;
‘‘(2) the number of free-roaming horses exceeds 50; or
‘‘(3) in the case of an emergency or to protect public health
and safety, as defined in the agreement.
‘‘(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating
liability for the United States for any damages caused by the
free-roaming horses to property located inside or outside the bound-
aries of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.’’.
SEC. 804. AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
RELATING TO MUSEUMS.
(a) FUNCTIONS.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to increase the public
benefits from the National Park System by facilitating the manage-
ment of museum properties relating thereto, and for other purposes’’
approved July 1, 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), is amended—
(1) in subsection (b) of the first section, by striking out
‘‘from such donations and bequests of money’’; and
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.
‘‘(a) MUSEUM OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS.—In addition to the
functions specified in the first section of this Act, the Secretary
of the Interior may perform the following functions in such manner
as he shall consider to be in the public interest:
‘‘(1) Transfer museum objects and museum collections that
the Secretary determines are no longer needed for museum
purposes to qualified Federal agencies, including the Smithso-
nian Institution, that have programs to preserve and interpret
cultural or natural heritage, and accept the transfer of museum
objects and museum collections for the purposes of this Act
from any other Federal agency, without reimbursement. The
head of any other Federal agency may transfer, without
reimbursement, museum objects and museum collections
directly to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of
the Interior for the purpose of this Act.
‘‘(2) Convey museum objects and museum collections that
the Secretary determines are no longer needed for museum
purposes, without monetary consideration but subject to such
terms and conditions as the Secretary deems necessary, to
private institutions exempt from Federal taxation under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to non-
Federal governmental entities if the Secretary determines that
the recipient is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation
of natural or cultural heritage and is qualified to manage
the property, prior to any conveyance under this subsection.
‘‘(3) Destroy or cause to be destroyed museum objects and
museum collections that the Secretary determines to have no
scientific, cultural, historic, educational, esthetic, or monetary
value.
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‘‘(b) REVIEW AND APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ensure that
museum collections are treated in a careful and deliberate manner
that protects the public interest. Prior to taking any action under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish a systematic review
and approval process, including consultation with appropriate
experts, that meets the highest standards of the museum profession
for all actions taken under this section.’’.
(b) APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act
to increase the public benefits from the National Park System
by facilitating the management of museum properties relating
thereto, and for other purposes’’ approved July 1, 1955 (16 U.S.C.
18f), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding
the following after section 2:
‘‘SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—Authorities in this Act shall be available
to the Secretary of the Interior with regard to museum objects
and museum collections that were under the administrative jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary for the purposes of the National Park System
before the date of enactment of this section as well as those museum
objects and museum collections that may be acquired on or after
such date.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this Act, the terms
‘museum objects’ and ‘museum collections’ mean objects that are
eligible to be or are made part of a museum, library, or archive
collection through a formal procedure, such as accessioning. Such
objects are usually movable and include but are not limited to
prehistoric and historic artifacts, works of art, books, documents,
photographs, and natural history specimens.’’.
SEC. 805. VOLUNTEERS IN PARKS INCREASE.
Section 4 of the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 (16 U.S.C.
18j) is amended by striking out ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘$3,500,000’’.
SEC. 806. CARL GARNER FEDERAL LANDS CLEANUP DAY.
The Federal Lands Cleanup Act of 1985 (36 U.S.C. 169i–
169–1) is amended by striking the terms ‘‘Federal Lands Cleanup
Day’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Carl Garner Federal
Lands Cleanup Day’’.
SEC. 807. FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT, GEORGIA.
Section 4 of the Act of June 26, 1936 (ch. 844; 49 Stat. 1979),
is amended by striking ‘‘: Provided, That’’ and all that follows
and inserting a period.
SEC. 808. LAURA C. HUDSON VISITOR CENTER.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The visitor center at Jean Lafitte National
Historical Park, located at 419 Rue Decatur in New Orleans,
Louisiana, is hereby designated as the ‘‘Laura C. Hudson Visitor
Center’’.
(b) LEGAL REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regulation,
paper, record, map, or any other document of the United States
to the visitor center referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘Laura C. Hudson Visitor Center’’.
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SEC. 809. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO VISITOR CENTER.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The visitor center at the Channel Islands
National Park, California, is designated as the ‘‘Robert J.
Lagomarsino Visitor Center’’.
(b) LEGAL REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regulation,
document, record, map, or other document of the United States
to the visitor center referred to in section 301 is deemed to be
a reference to the ‘‘Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center’’.
SEC. 810. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS OUTSIDE AUTHORIZED BOUNDARY
OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to collect and expend
donated funds and expend appropriated funds for the operation
and maintenance of a visitor center to be constructed for visitors
to and administration of Rocky Mountain National Park with
private funds on privately owned lands located outside the boundary
of the park.
SEC. 811. DAYTON AVIATION.
Section 201(b) of the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–419, approved October 16, 1992),
is amended as follows:
(1) In paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘from recommendations’’
and inserting ‘‘after consideration of recommendations’’.
(2) In paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘from recommendations’’
and inserting ‘‘after consideration of recommendations’’.
(3) In paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘from recommendations’’
and inserting ‘‘after consideration of recommendations’’.
(4) In paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘from recommendations’’
and inserting ‘‘after consideration of recommendations’’.
(5) In paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘from recommendations’’
and inserting ‘‘after consideration of recommendations’’.
SEC. 812. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN TRANSFERS OF NATIONAL
FOREST LANDS.
After the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary
of Agriculture shall not transfer (by exchange or otherwise) any
lands owned by the United States and managed by the Secretary
as part of the Angeles National Forest to any person unless the
instrument of conveyance contains a restriction, enforceable by
the Secretary, on the future use of such land prohibiting the use
of any portion of such land as a solid waste landfill. Such restriction
shall be promptly enforced by the Secretary when and if a violation
of the restriction occurs.
SEC. 813. GRAND LAKE CEMETERY.
(a) AGREEMENT.—Notwithstanding any other law, not later
than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Interior shall enter into an appropriate form of agreement
with the town of Grand Lake, Colorado, authorizing the town to
maintain permanently, under appropriate terms and conditions,
a cemetery within the boundaries of the Rocky Mountain National
Park.
(b) CEMETERY BOUNDARIES.—The cemetery shall be comprised
of approximately 5 acres of land, as generally depicted on the
map entitled ‘‘Grand Lake Cemetery’’ and dated February 1995.
(c) AVAILABILITY FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.—The Secretary of
the Interior shall place the map described in subsection (b) on
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file, and make the map available for public inspection, in the
headquarters office of the Rocky Mountain National Park.
(d) LIMITATION.—The cemetery shall not be extended beyond
the boundaries of the cemetery shown on the map described in
subsection (b).
SEC. 814. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.
(a) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HOUSING IMPROVEMENT.—
(1) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are—
(A) to develop where necessary an adequate supply
of quality housing units for field employees of the National
Park Service within a reasonable time frame;
(B) to expand the alternatives available for construc-
tion and repair of essential Government housing;
(C) to rely on the private sector to finance or supply
housing in carrying out this section, to the maximum extent
possible, in order to reduce the need for Federal appropria-
tions;
(D) to ensure that adequate funds are available to
provide for long-term maintenance needs of field employee
housing; and
(E) to eliminate unnecessary Government housing and
locate such housing as is required in a manner such that
primary resource values are not impaired.
(2) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—To enhance the ability of the
Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this subsection referred
to as ‘‘the Secretary’’), acting through the Director of the
National Park Service, to effectively manage units of the
National Park System, the Secretary is authorized where nec-
essary and justified to make available employee housing, on
or off the lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the
National Park Service, and to rent or lease such housing to
field employees of the National Park Service at rates based
on the reasonable value of the housing in accordance with
requirements applicable under section 5911 of title 5, United
States Code.
(3) REVIEW
AND
REVISION
OF
HOUSING
CRITERIA.—Upon
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall review and revise
the existing criteria under which housing is provided to employ-
ees of the National Park Service. Specifically, the Secretary
shall examine the existing criteria with respect to what cir-
cumstances the National Park Service requires an employee
to occupy Government quarters to provide necessary services,
protect Government property, or because of a lack of availability
of non-Federal housing in the geographic area.
(4) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—A report detailing the results
of the revisions required by paragraph (3) shall be submitted
to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act. The report shall include justifications for keeping,
or for changing, each of the criteria or factors used by the
Department of the Interior with regard to the provision of
housing to employees of the National Park Service.
(5) REVIEW
OF
CONDITION
OF
AND
COSTS
RELATING
TO
HOUSING.—Using the revised criteria developed under para-
graph (3), the Secretary shall undertake a review, for each