I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3804 
To make technical corrections to various Acts affecting the National Park 
Service, to extend, amend, or establish certain National Park Service 
authorities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 13, 2009 
Mr. TONKO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure and Oversight and Government Reform, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To make technical corrections to various Acts affecting the 
National Park Service, to extend, amend, or establish 
certain National Park Service authorities, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘National Park Service Authorities and Corrections Act 
of 2009’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 101. National Park System Advisory Board. 
Sec. 102. National Park Service Concessions Management Advisory Board. 
Sec. 103. National Park System uniform penalties. 
Sec. 104. Volunteers in the parks. 
TITLE II—PEARL HARBOR TICKETING 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Facilitation of admission to historic attractions within Pearl Harbor 
Naval Complex. 
Sec. 203. Protection of resources. 
TITLE III—CHANGES TO NATIONAL PARK UNITS 
Sec. 301. George Washington Memorial Parkway. 
Sec. 302. District of Columbia snow removal. 
Sec. 303. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park. 
Sec. 304. Lava Beds National Monument Wilderness boundary adjustment. 
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
Sec. 401. Baltimore National Heritage Area. 
Sec. 402. Muscle shoals national heritage area. 
Sec. 403. Snake River headwaters. 
Sec. 404. Taunton River. 
Sec. 405. Cumberland Island National Seashore. 
Sec. 406. Niagara Falls National Heritage Area. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL PARK 
SERVICE AUTHORIZATIONS 
SEC. 101. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD. 
Section 3(f) of the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
463(f)), is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
SEC. 102. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONCESSIONS MAN-
AGEMENT ADVISORY BOARD. 
Section 409(d) of the National Park Service Conces-
sions Management Improvement Act of 1998 (Public Law 
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105–391) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting 
‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 103. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM UNIFORM PENALTIES. 
(a) FINES AND IMPRISONMENT.—The first section of 
the Act of March 2, 1933 (47 Stat. 1420, ch. 180), is 
amended by striking ‘‘such fine and imprisonment.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘such fine and imprisonment; except if the viola-
tion occurs within a park, site, monument, or memorial 
that is part of the National Park System, where violations 
shall be subject to the penalty provision set forth in section 
3 of the Act of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 3; commonly 
known as the ‘National Park Service Organic Act’) and 
section 3571 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
(b) COST OF PROCEEDINGS.—Section 2(k) of the Act 
of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 462(k)), is amended by 
striking ‘‘cost of the proceedings.’’ and inserting ‘‘cost of 
the proceedings; except if the violation occurs within an 
area that is part of the National Park System, where vio-
lations shall be subject to the penalty provision set forth 
in section 3 of the Act of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 
3; commonly known as the ‘National Park Service Organic 
Act’), and section 3571 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
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SEC. 104. VOLUNTEERS IN THE PARKS. 
Section 4 of the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 
(16 U.S.C. 18j) is amended by striking ‘‘$3,500,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
TITLE II—PEARL HARBOR 
TICKETING 
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) PEARL HARBOR HISTORIC SITE.—The term 
‘‘Pearl Harbor historic site’’ means a historic attrac-
tion within the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex, includ-
ing the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, 
the Battleship Missouri Memorial, the Pacific Avia-
tion Museum—Pearl Harbor, and any other historic 
attraction that the Secretary identifies as a Pearl 
Harbor historic site and that is not administered or 
managed by the Secretary. 
(3) VISITOR CENTER.—The term ‘‘visitor cen-
ter’’ means the visitor center located within the 
Pearl Harbor Naval Complex on lands that are with-
in the World War II Valor in the Pacific National 
Monument and managed by the Secretary through 
the National Park Service. 
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SEC. 202. FACILITATION OF ADMISSION TO HISTORIC AT-
TRACTIONS WITHIN PEARL HARBOR NAVAL 
COMPLEX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in managing the 
World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, 
may enter into an agreement with the nonprofit organiza-
tions or other legally recognized entities that are author-
ized to administer or manage a Pearl Harbor historic 
site— 
(1) to allow visitors to a Pearl Harbor historic 
site to gain access to the site by passing through se-
curity screening at the Visitor Center; and 
(2) to allow the sale of tickets to a Pearl Har-
bor historic site within the Visitor Center by employ-
ees of the National Park Service or by organizations 
that administer or manage a Pearl Harbor historic 
site. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—In any agreement en-
tered into pursuant to this title, the Secretary— 
(1) shall require the organization administering 
or managing a Pearl Harbor historic site to pay to 
the Secretary a reasonable fee to recover administra-
tive costs associated with the use of the Visitor Cen-
ter for public access and ticket sales, the proceeds 
of which shall remain available, without further ap-
propriation, for use by the National Park Service at 
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the World War II Valor in the Pacific National 
Monument; 
(2) shall ensure the limited liability of the 
United States arising from the admission of the pub-
lic through the Visitor Center to a Pearl Harbor his-
toric site and the sale or issuance of any tickets to 
the site; and 
(3) may include any other terms and conditions 
the Secretary deems appropriate. 
(c) LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY.—Under this title, 
the Secretary shall have no authority— 
(1) to regulate or approve the rates for admis-
sion to an attraction within the Pearl Harbor his-
toric site; 
(2) to regulate or manage any visitor services of 
any historic sites within the Pearl Harbor Naval 
Complex other than at those sites managed by the 
National Park Service as part of World War II 
Valor in the Pacific National Monument; or 
(3) to charge an entrance fee for admission to 
the World War II Valor in the Pacific National 
Monument. 
SEC. 203. PROTECTION OF RESOURCES. 
Nothing in this title authorizes the Secretary or any 
organization that administers or manages a Pearl Harbor 
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historic site to take any action in derogation of the preser-
vation and protection of the values and resources of the 
World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. 
TITLE III—CHANGES TO 
NATIONAL PARK UNITS 
SEC. 301. GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to au-
thorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the transfer of ad-
ministrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land in accord-
ance with the terms and conditions of this section. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) RESEARCH CENTER.—The term ‘‘Research 
Center’’ means the Federal Highway Administra-
tion’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. 
(3) FARM.—The term ‘‘Farm’’ means the 
Claude Moore Colonial Farm. 
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map ti-
tled ‘‘GWMP—Claude Moore Proposed Boundary 
Adjustment’’, numbered 850/82003, and dated April 
2004. The map shall be available for public inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TRANSFER.— 
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(1) TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the 
Secretary of Transportation are authorized to 
transfer administrative jurisdiction for approxi-
mately 0.342 acre of land under the jurisdiction 
of the Department of the Interior within the 
boundary of the George Washington Memorial 
Parkway, generally depicted as ‘‘B’’ on the 
Map, for approximately 0.479 acre within the 
boundary of the Research Center land under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of Transpor-
tation adjacent to the boundary of the George 
Washington Memorial Parkway, generally de-
picted as ‘‘A’’ on the Map. 
(B) USE
RESTRICTION.—The Secretary 
shall restrict the use of 0.139 acre of land with-
in the boundary of the George Washington Me-
morial Parkway immediately adjacent to part of 
the north perimeter fence of the Research Cen-
ter, generally depicted as ‘‘C’’ on the Map, by 
prohibiting the storage, construction, or instal-
lation of any item that may obstruct the view 
from the Research Center into the George 
Washington Memorial Parkway. 
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(2) REIMBURSEMENT
OR
CONSIDERATION.— 
The transfer of administrative jurisdiction under 
this section shall occur without reimbursement or 
consideration. 
(3) COMPLIANCE WITH AGREEMENT.— 
(A) AGREEMENT.—The National Park 
Service and the Federal Highway Administra-
tion shall comply with all terms and conditions 
of the Agreement entered into by the parties on 
September 11, 2002, regarding the transfer of 
administrative jurisdiction, management, and 
maintenance of the lands discussed in the 
Agreement. 
(B) ACCESS
TO
LAND.—The Secretary 
shall allow the Research Center access to the 
land the Secretary restricts under paragraph 
(1)(B) for purposes of maintenance in accord-
ance with National Park Service standards, 
which includes grass mowing and weed control, 
tree maintenance, fence maintenance, and vis-
ual appearance. No tree 6 inches or more in di-
ameter shall be pruned or removed without the 
advance written permission of the Secretary. 
Any pesticide use must be approved in writing 
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by the Secretary prior to application of the pes-
ticide. 
(d) MANAGEMENT OF TRANSFERRED LANDS.— 
(1) INTERIOR LAND.—The land transferred to 
the Secretary under subsection (c)(1) shall be in-
cluded in the boundaries of the George Washington 
Memorial Parkway and shall be administered by the 
National Park Service as part of the parkway sub-
ject to applicable laws and regulations. 
(2) TRANSPORTATION LAND.—The land trans-
ferred to the Secretary of Transportation under sub-
section (c)(1) shall be included in the boundary of 
the Research Center and shall be removed from the 
boundary of the parkway. 
(3) RESTRICTED-USE LAND.—The land the Sec-
retary has designated for restricted use under sub-
section (c)(1) shall be maintained by the Research 
Center. 
SEC. 302. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SNOW REMOVAL. 
Section 3 of the Act entitled, ‘‘An Act Providing for 
the removal of snow and ice from the paved sidewalks of 
the District of Columbia’’, approved September 16, 1922 
(42 Stat. 845, ch. 318), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 3. (a) It shall be the duty of a Federal agency 
to remove, or cause to be removed, snow, sleet, or ice from 
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‘‘(2) If two or more Federal agencies have overlap-
ping responsibility for the same sidewalk or crosswalk they 
may enter into an arrangement assigning responsibility.’’. 
SEC. 303. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. NATIONAL HISTOR-
ICAL PARK. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to es-
tablish the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic 
Site in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes’’ 
(Public Law 96–428; 94 Stat. 1839) is amended— 
(1) in section 1, by striking ‘‘the map entitled 
‘Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic 
Site’, numbered 489/80,013B, and dated September 
1992’’ and inserting ‘‘the map titled ‘Martin Luther 
King, Jr. National Historical Park’, numbered 489/ 
80,032, and dated April 2009’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Martin Luther King, Junior, 
National Historic Site’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Martin Luther King, Jr. National Histor-
ical Park’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘historic site’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘historical park’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law (other 
than this Act), map, regulation, document, record, or 
other official paper of the United States to the ‘‘Martin 
Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site’’ shall be con-
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sidered to be a reference to the ‘‘Martin Luther King, Jr. 
National Historical Park’’. 
SEC. 304. LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT WILDERNESS 
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
The first section of the Act of October 13, 1972 
(Public Law 92–493), is amended in the first sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘That, in’’ and inserting ‘‘SEC-
TION 1. In’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘ten thousand acres’’ and all 
that follows through the end of the sentence and in-
serting ‘‘10,431 acres, as depicted within the pro-
posed wilderness boundary on the map titled ‘Lava 
Beds National Monument, Proposed Wilderness 
Boundary Adjustment’, numbered 147/80,015, and 
dated September 2005, and those lands within the 
area generally known as the ‘Schonchin Lava Flow’, 
comprising approximately 18,029 acres, as depicted 
within the proposed wilderness boundary on the 
map, are designated as wilderness.’’. 
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL 
CORRECTIONS 
SEC. 401. BALTIMORE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111–11) is amended— 
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(1) in sections 8005(b)(3) and 8005(b)(4) by 
striking ‘‘Baltimore Heritage Area Association’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Baltimore City Heritage Area Associa-
tion’’; and 
(2) in section 8005(i) by striking ‘‘EFFECTIVE-
NESS’’ and inserting ‘‘FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE’’. 
SEC. 402. MUSCLE SHOALS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
Section 8009(j) of the Omnibus Public Land Man-
agement Act of 2009 is amended by striking ‘‘EFFECTIVE-
NESS’’ and inserting ‘‘FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE’’. 
SEC. 403. SNAKE RIVER HEADWATERS. 
Section 5002(c)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Man-
agement Act of 2009 is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(205) of section 3(a)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (206) of section 3(a)’’. 
SEC. 404. TAUNTON RIVER. 
Section 5003(b) of the Omnibus Public Land Man-
agement Act of 2009 is amended by striking ‘‘section 
3(a)(206)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 
3(a)(207)’’. 
SEC. 405. CUMBERLAND ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE. 
Section 6(b) of the Act titled ‘‘An Act to establish 
Cumberland Island National Seashore’’ (Public Law 92– 
536) is amended by striking ‘‘physiographic conditions not 
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prevailing’’ and inserting ‘‘physiographic conditions now 
prevailing’’. 
SEC. 406. NIAGARA FALLS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
Section 427(k) of the Consolidated Natural Re-
sources Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–229) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Except as provided for the leasing of adminis-
trative facilities under subsection (g)(1), the’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The’’. 
Æ 
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