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Union Calendar No. 100
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1305
[Report No. 103–178]
To make boundary adjustments and other miscellaneous changes to authorities
and programs of the National Park Service.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 10, 1993
Mr. VENTO (for himself and Mr. HANSEN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
JULY 15, 1993
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To make boundary adjustments and other miscellaneous
changes to authorities and programs of the National
Park Service.
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 ‘‘Minor Boundary Ad-
justments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of
1993’’.
TITLE I—MINOR BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENTS
SEC. 101. YUCCA HOUSE NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundaries of Yucca House
National Monument are revised to include the approxi-
mately 24.27 acres of land generally depicted on the map
entitled ‘‘Boundary—Yucca House National Monument,
Colorado’’, numbered 318/80,001–B, and dated February
1990.
(b) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (a)
shall be on file and available for public inspection in
appropriate offices of the National Park Service of the
Department of the Interior.
(c) ACQUISITION
BY DONATION.—(1) Within the
lands described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the
Interior may acquire lands and interests in lands by
donation.
(2) The Secretary of the Interior may pay adminis-
trative costs arising out of any donation described in para-
graph (1) with appropriated funds.
SEC. 102. ZION NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
(a) ACQUISITION
AND BOUNDARY CHANGE.—The
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by ex-
change approximately 5.48 acres located in the SW1⁄4 of
Section 28, Township 41 South, Range 10 West, Salt
Lake Base and Meridian. In exchange therefor the Sec-
retary is authorized to convey all right, title, and interest
of the United States in and to approximately 5.51 acres
in Lot 2 of Section 5, Township 41 South, Range 11 West,
both parcels of land being in Washington County, Utah.
Upon completion of such exchange, the Secretary is au-
thorized to revise the boundary of Zion National Park to
add the 5.48 acres in Section 28 to the park and to ex-
clude the 5.51 acres in Section 5 from the park. Land
added to the park shall be administered as part of the
park in accordance with the laws and regulations applica-
ble thereto.
(b) EXPIRATION.—The authority granted by this sec-
tion shall expire two years after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 
103. 
PICTURED 
ROCKS 
NATIONAL 
LAKESHORE
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
The boundary of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
is hereby modified as depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Area
Proposed for Addition to Pictured Rocks National Lake-
shore,’’ numbered 625–80, 043A and dated July 1992.
SEC. 104. INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
The administrative boundary between Independence
National Historical Park and the United States Customs
House along the Moravian Street Walkway in Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, is hereby modified as generally de-
picted on the drawing entitled ‘‘Exhibit 1, Independence
National Historical Park, Boundary Adjustment’’, and
dated May 1987, which shall be on file and available for
public inspection in the Office of the National Park Serv-
ice, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the Inte-
rior is authorized to accept and transfer jurisdiction over
property in accord with such administrative boundary, as
modified by this section.
SEC. 105. CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
(a) BOUNDARY REVISION.—The boundary of Craters
of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, is revised to add
approximately 210 acres and to delete approximately 315
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Craters
of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, Proposed 1987
Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 131–80,008, and dated
October 1987, which map shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the Office of the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior.
(b) ADMINISTRATION; ACQUISITION.—Federal lands,
waters, and interests therein deleted from the boundary
of the national monument by this section shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau
of Land Management in accordance with the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.), and Federal lands, waters, and interests
therein added to the national monument by this section
shall be administered by the Secretary as part of the na-
tional monument, subject to the laws and regulations ap-
plicable thereto. The Secretary is authorized to acquire
private lands, waters, and interests therein within the
boundary of the national monument by donation, purchase
with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, and
when acquired they shall be administered by the Secretary
as part of the national monument, subject to the laws and
regulations applicable thereto.
SEC. 106. HAGERMAN FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
Section 302 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act
of 1988 (102 Stat. 4576) is amended by adding the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(d) To further the purposes of the monument, the
Secretary is also authorized to acquire from willing sellers
only, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated
funds, or exchange not to exceed 65 acres outside the
boundary depicted on the map referred to in section 301
and develop and operate thereon research, information, in-
terpretive, and administrative facilities. Lands acquired
and facilities developed pursuant to this subsection shall
be administered by the Secretary as part of the monu-
ment. The boundary of the monument shall be modified
to include the lands added under this subsection as a non-
contiguous parcel.’’.
SEC. 107. WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY AD-
JUSTMENT.
The boundary of the Wupatki National Monument,
Arizona, is hereby revised to include the lands and inter-
ests in lands within the area generally depicted as ‘‘Pro-
posed Addition 168.89 Acres’’ on the map entitled
‘‘Boundary—Wupatki and Sunset Crater National Monu-
ments, Arizona’’, numbered 322–80,021, and dated April
1989. The map shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, De-
partment of the Interior. Subject to valid existing rights,
Federal lands, and interests therein within the area added
to the monument by this section are hereby transferred
without monetary consideration or reimbursement to the
administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service,
‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
enter into a cooperative agreement with the Boston Public
Library to provide for the distribution of informational and
interpretive materials relating to the park and to the Free-
dom Trail.’’.
TITLE 
III—GENERAL 
AUTHOR-
IZATIONS AND REPEALERS
SEC. 301. LIMITATION ON PARK BUILDINGS.
The 10th undesignated paragraph (relating to a limi-
tation on the expenditure of funds for park buildings)
under the heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, DEPART-
MENT OF THE INTERIOR’’, which appears under the head-
ing ‘‘UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-
RIOR’’, as contained in the first section of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 460), as amended (16 U.S.C.
451), is hereby repealed.
SEC. 302. APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF
CHILDREN.
The first section of the Act of August 7, 1946 (16
U.S.C. 17j–2), is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(j) Provide transportation for children in nearby
communities to and from any unit of the National Park
System used in connection with organized recreation and
interpretive programs of the National Park Service.’’.
SEC. 303. FERAL BURROS AND HORSES.
Section 9 of the Act of December 15, 1971 (16
U.S.C. 1338a), is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following: ‘‘Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to
limit the authority of the Secretary in the management
of units of the National Park System, and the Secretary
may, without regard either to the provisions of this Act,
or section 47(a) of title 18, United States Code, use motor
vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, or contract
for such use, in furtherance of the management of the Na-
tional Park System, and the provisions of section 47(a)
of title 18, United States Code, shall not be applicable to
such use.’’.
SEC. 304. AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE-
RIOR RELATING TO MUSEUMS.
(a) FUNCTIONS.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to in-
crease the public benefits from the National Park System
by facilitating the management of museum properties re-
lating thereto, and for other purposes’’ approved July 1,
1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), is amended—
(1) in paragraph (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) In addition to the functions specified in the first
section of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may per-
form the following functions in such manner as he shall
consider to be in the public interest:
‘‘(1) Transfer museum objects, museum collec-
tions, and other personal property that the Secretary
determines is no longer needed for museum purposes
to qualified Federal agencies that have programs to
preserve and interpret cultural or natural heritage
and accept the transfer of personal property for the
purposes of this Act from any other Federal agency.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
head of any other Federal agency may transfer per-
sonal property directly to the administrative jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of the Interior for the purposes
of this Act.
‘‘(2) Convey museum objects, museum collec-
tions, and other personal property that the Secretary
determines is no longer needed for museum pur-
poses, without monetary consideration but subject to
such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems
necessary, to private institutions exempt from Fed-
eral taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and to non-Federal govern-
mental entities if the Secretary determines that the
recipient is dedicated to the preservation and inter-
pretation of natural or cultural heritage and is quali-
fied to manage the property, prior to any conveyance
under this subsection.
‘‘(3) Sell by negotiated sale or to the highest
bidder those museum objects, museum collections,
and other personal property that the Secretary de-
termines—
‘‘(A) are no longer needed for museum
purposes or no longer have scientific value; and
‘‘(B) cannot reasonably be disposed of by
exchange, loan, gift, or transfer under para-
graph (c) or (e) of the first section of this Act
and paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Act, subject
to such terms and conditions as the Secretary
deems necessary to protect the public interest.
‘‘The proceeds of any sale under this subsection
shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, be
retained by the Secretary and used solely to defray
the costs of administration, acquisition, mainte-
nance, repair, and related expenses with respect to
museum objects, museum collections, and other per-
sonal property under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Interior and used for purposes of the
National Park System.
‘‘(4) Destroy or cause to be destroyed museum
objects,
museum
collections,
and
other
personal
property that the Secretary determines to have no
scientific, cultural, historic, educational, esthetic, or
monetary value.
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall ensure that museum prop-
erty is treated in a careful and deliberate manner that pro-
tects 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 enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to increase the public benefits from the Na-
tional Park System by facilitating the management of mu-
seum 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:
‘‘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, museum collections, and other personal
property that was under the administrative jurisdiction of
the Secretary for purposes of the National Park System
before the date of enactment of this section as well as
those properties that may be acquired on or after such
date.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act,
the terms ‘museum object, museum property and other
personal property’ mean objects that 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, photo-
graphs, and natural history specimens.
‘‘(c) PRIORITY OF ACT.—To the extent that the man-
agement of museum objects, museum property and other
personal property differs from management of personal
property as described in the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, the provisions
of this Act shall control and the Secretary is authorized
to promulgate regulations to govern the acquisition, man-
agement, and disposition of such museum property.’’.
SEC. 304. AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE-
RIOR RELATING TO MUSEUMS.
(a) FUNCTIONS.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to increase
the public benefits from the National Park System by facili-
tating the management of museum properties relating
needed for museum purposes, without monetary con-
sideration 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-Fed-
eral 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 con-
veyance under this subsection.
‘‘(3) Sell by negotiated sale or to the highest bid-
der those museum objects and museum collections that
the Secretary determines—
‘‘(A) are no longer needed for museum pur-
poses or no longer have scientific value; and
‘‘(B) cannot reasonably be disposed of by
exchange, loan, gift, or transfer under paragraph
(c) or (e) of the first section of this Act and
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Act, subject to
such terms and conditions as the Secretary
deems necessary to protect the public interest.
The proceeds of any sale under this subsection shall,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, be re-
tained by the Secretary and, subject to appropriation,
used solely to defray the costs of administration, ac-
quisition, maintenance, repair, and related expenses
with respect to museum objects and museum collec-
tions under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the In-
terior and used for purposes of the National Park
System.
‘‘(4) Destroy or cause to be destroyed museum
objects and museum collections that the Secretary de-
termines to have no scientific, cultural, historic, edu-
cational, esthetic, or monetary value.
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall ensure that museum objects
and museum collections are treated in a careful and delib-
erate manner that protects the public interest. Prior to tak-
ing any action under subsection (a), the Secretary shall es-
tablish a systematic review and approval process, including
consultation with appropriate experts, that meets the high-
est 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’’ ap-
proved July 1, 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), as amended by sub-
section (a), is further amended by adding the following:
‘‘SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—Authorities in this Act shall be
available to the Secretary of the Interior with regard to mu-
seum objects and museum collections that were under the
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for 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) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the
terms ‘museum objects’ and ‘museum collections’ mean ob-
jects 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 arti-
facts, works of art, books, documents, photographs, and nat-
ural history specimens.
‘‘(c) PRIORITY OF ACT.—To the extent that the man-
agement of museum objects and museum collections differs
from management of personal property as described in the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949,
as amended, the provisions of this Act shall control and the
Secretary is authorized to promulgate regulations to govern
the acquisition, management, and disposition of such mu-
seum objects and museum collections.’’.
SEC. 305. VOLUNTEERS IN THE 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 ‘‘$1,750,000’’.
SEC. 306. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR RESEARCH
PURPOSES.
Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to improve the
administration of the national park system by the Sec-
retary of the Interior, and to clarify the authorities appli-
cable to the system, and for other purposes’’ approved Au-
gust 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a–2), is amended—
(1) in paragraph (i), by striking out the period
at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘;
and’’; and
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(j) enter into cooperative agreements with
public or private educational institutions, States,
and their political subdivisions, or private conserva-
tion organizations for the purpose of developing ade-
quate, coordinated, cooperative research and training
programs concerning the resources of the National
Park System, and, pursuant to such agreements, to
accept from and make available to the cooperator
such technical and support staff, financial assistance
for mutually agreed upon research projects, supplies
and equipment, facilities, and administrative services
relating to cooperative research units as the Sec-
retary deems appropriate; except that this paragraph
shall not waive any requirements for research
projects that are subject to the Federal procurement
regulations.’’.
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