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Calendar No. 679
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3421
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 1, 2002
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
OCTOBER 8, 2002
Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
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 
children of employees of Yosemite National Park are
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served by the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary 
School District and the Mariposa Unified School 
District. 
(2) The schools are in remote mountainous 
areas and long distances from other educational and 
administrative 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 
services in more basic facilities than the educational 
services and facilities provided to students that at-
tend other schools served by the two local edu-
cational agencies. 
(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 author-
ize 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 Cali-
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fornia in providing educational services for students at-
tending 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 edu-
cational services to students who are dependents of per-
sons engaged in the administration, operation, and main-
tenance 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 cap-
ital improvements, and may be used only to pay public 
employees 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 
provide students described in subsection (a) with edu-
cational 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
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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 pro-
vided in paragraph (2), in order to make payments 
under this section, the Secretary may use funds 
available to the National Park Service from appro-
priations, donations, 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 
program under section 315 of the Department 
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1996 (as contained in section 101(c) 
of Public Law 104–134; 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a 
note).
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(C) The national park passport program 
established under section 602 of the National 
Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 
U.S.C. 5992). 
(D) Emergency appropriations for Yosem-
ite flood recovery. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 
following definitions apply: 
(1)
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES.—The 
term ‘‘local educational agencies’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 9101(26) of the Elemen-
tary 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.
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:
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(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 Mariposa Unified School District. 
(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 student 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
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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) LIMITATIONS 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) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF FUNDS.—Payments 
made under this section shall not exceed the lesser of 
$400,000 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) LIMITATION ON FUNDING SOURCES.—
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(1) 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 1956 
(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. 4601–6a 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. 
(E) Funds appropriated for the Operation 
of the National Park Service (ONPS Funds). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 
following definitions apply: 
(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—The term 
‘‘local educational agencies’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 9109(26) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
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(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. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE LO-
CATED OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF YO-
SEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 
Section 814(c) of the Omnibus Parks and Public 
Lands Management Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 346e) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and Yosemite National 
Park’’ after ‘‘Zion National Park’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘transportation systems 
and’’ before ‘‘the establishment of’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘park’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘parks’’. 
SEC. 5. ADVISORY COMMISSIONS. 
(a) GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AD-
VISORY COMMISSION.—Section 5 of Public Law 92–589 (16 
U.S.C. 460bb–4) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(b) The Commission’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Provided, That the’’ and 
all that follows through the period; 
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘thirty’’ and 
inserting ‘‘40’’. 
(b) MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE ADVISORY 
COMMISSION.—Section 105(h) of Public Law 102–248 (16 
U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by striking ‘‘10 years after 
the date of enactment of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘on De-
cember 31, 2012’’.
Calendar No. 679
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3421
AN ACT 
To provide adequate school facilities within 
Yosemite National Park, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 8, 2002
Reported with an amendment