108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3785
AN ACT
To authorize the exchange of certain land in
Everglades National Park.
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3785
AN ACT
To authorize the exchange of certain land in Everglades
National Park.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK.
Section 102 of the Everglades National Park Protec-
tion and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r–6) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘The park boundary’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The park boundary’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘The map’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may
acquire from 1 or more willing sellers not more
than 10 acres of land located outside the
boundary of the park and adjacent to or near
the East Everglades area of the park for the
development of administrative, housing, mainte-
nance, or other park purposes.
‘‘(B) 
ADMINISTRATION; 
APPLICABLE
LAW.—On acquisition of the land under sub-
paragraph (A), the land shall be administered
as part of the park in accordance with the laws
(including regulations) applicable to the park.’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) LAND EXCHANGES.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Admin-
istrator’ means the Administrator of General
Services.
‘‘(B) COUNTY.—The term ‘County’ means
Miami-Dade County, Florida.
‘‘(C) COUNTY LAND.—The term ‘County
land’ means the 2 parcels of land owned by the
County totaling approximately 152.93 acres
that are designated as ‘Tract 605–01’ and
‘Tract 605–03’.
‘‘(D) 
DISTRICT.—The 
term 
‘District’
means the South Florida Water Management
District.
‘‘(E) DISTRICT LAND.—The term ‘District
land’ means the approximately 1,054 acres of
District land located in the Southern Glades
Wildlife and Environmental Area and identified
on the map as ‘South Florida Water Manage-
ment District Exchange Lands’.
‘‘(F) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
LAND.—The term ‘General Services Adminis-
tration land’ means the approximately 595.28
acres of land designated as ‘Site Alpha’ that is
declared by the Department of the Navy to be
excess land.
‘‘(G) MAP.—The term ‘map’ means the
map entitled ‘Boundary Modification for C–111
Project, Everglades National Park’, numbered
160/80,007A, and dated May 18, 2004.
‘‘(H) NATIONAL
PARK
SERVICE
LAND.—
The term ‘National Park Service land’ means
the approximately 1,054 acres of land located
in the Rocky Glades area of the park and iden-
tified on the map as ‘NPS Exchange Lands’.
‘‘(2) EXCHANGE OF GENERAL SERVICES ADMIN-
ISTRATION LAND AND COUNTY LAND.—The Admin-
istrator shall convey to the County fee title to the
General Services Administration land in exchange
for the conveyance by the County to the Secretary
of fee title to the County land.
‘‘(3) EXCHANGE OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
LAND AND DISTRICT LAND.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable
after the completion of the exchange under
paragraph (2), the Secretary shall convey to the
District fee title to the National Park Service
land in exchange for fee title to the District
land.
‘‘(B) USE
OF
NATIONAL
PARK
SERVICE
LAND.—The National Park Service land con-
veyed to the District shall be used by the Dis-
trict for the purposes of the C–111 project, in-
cluding restoration of the Everglades natural
system.
‘‘(C) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—On com-
pletion of the land exchange under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall modify the
boundary of the park to reflect the exchange of
the National Park Service land and the District
land.
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be
on file and available for public inspection in the ap-
propriate offices of the National Park Service.’’.
SEC. 2. BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE.
Subsection (d)(3) of the first section of Public Law
93–440 (16 U.S.C. 698f) is amended by striking ‘‘The
amount described in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘The
amount described in paragraph (2)’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 19, 2004.
Attest:
Clerk.