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title shall be given priority placement for any available po-
sition within the National Park System notwithstanding
any priority reemployment lists, directives, rules, regula-
tions or other orders from the Department of the Interior,
the Office of Management and Budget, or other Federal
agencies.
SEC. 103. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRESIDIO TRUST.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a wholly
owned government corporation to be known as the Presidio
Trust (hereinafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘Trust’’).
(b) TRANSFER.—(1) Within 60 days after receipt of
a request from the Trust for the transfer of any parcel with-
in the area depicted as Area B on the map entitled ‘‘Pre-
sidio Trust Number 1’’, dated December 7, 1995, the Sec-
retary shall transfer such parcel to the administrative juris-
diction of the Trust. Within one year after the first meeting
of the Board of Directors of the Trust, the Secretary shall
transfer to the Trust administrative jurisdiction over all
remaining parcels within Area B. Such map shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the offices of the
Trust and in the offices of the National Park Service, De-
partment of the Interior. The Trust and the Secretary may
jointly make technical and clerical revisions in the bound-
ary depicted on such map. The Secretary shall retain juris-
diction over those portions of the building identified as
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number 102 as the Secretary deems essential for use as a
visitor center. The Building shall be named the ‘‘William
Penn Mott Visitor Center’’. Any parcel of land, the jurisdic-
tion over which is transferred pursuant to this subsection,
shall remain within the boundary of the Golden Gate Na-
tional Recreation Area. With the consent of the Secretary,
the Trust may at any time transfer to the administrative
jurisdiction of the Secretary any other properties within the
Presidio which are surplus to the needs of the Trust and
which serve essential purposes of the Golden Gate National
Recreation Area. The Trust is encouraged to transfer to the
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary open space
areas which have high public use potential and are contig-
uous to other lands administrated by the Secretary.
(2) Within 60 days after the first meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Trust, the Trust and the Secretary shall
determine cooperatively which records, equipment, and
other personal property are deemed to be necessary for the
immediate administration of the properties to be trans-
ferred, and the Secretary shall immediately transfer such
personal property to the Trust. Within one year after the
first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Trust, the
Trust and the Secretary shall determine cooperatively what,
if any, additional records, equipment, and other personal
property used by the Secretary in the administration of the
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properties to be transferred should be transferred to the
Trust.
(3) The Secretary shall transfer, with the transfer of
administrative jurisdiction over any property, the unobli-
gated balance of all funds appropriated to the Secretary,
all leases, concessions, licenses, permits, and other agree-
ments affecting such property.
(4) At the request of the Trust, the Secretary shall pro-
vide funds to the Trust for preparation of such plan, hiring
of initial staff and other activities deemed by the Trust as
essential to the establishment of the Trust prior to the trans-
fer of properties to the Trust.
(c) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The powers and management
of the Trust shall be vested in a Board of Directors
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Board’’) consisting of
the following 7 members:
(A) the Secretary of the Interior or the Sec-
retary’s designee; and
(B) six individuals, who are not employees
of the Federal Government, appointed by the
President, who shall possess extensive knowledge
and experience in one or more of the fields of
city planning, finance, real estate development,
and resource conservation. At least one of these
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individuals shall be a veteran of the Armed Serv-
ices. At least 3 of these individuals shall reside
in the San Francisco Bay Area. The President
shall make the appointments referred to in this
subparagraph within 90 days after the enact-
ment of this Act and shall ensure that the fields
of city planning, finance, real estate develop-
ment, and resource conservation are adequately
represented. Upon establishment of the Trust, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Trust
shall meet with the Chairman of the Energy and
Natural Resources Committee of the United
States Senate and the Chairman of the Resources
Committee of the United States House of Rep-
resentatives.
(2) TERMS.—Members of the Board appointed
under paragraph (1)(B) shall each serve for a term
of 4 years, except that of the members first appointed,
3 shall serve for a term of 2 years. Any vacancy in
the Board shall be filled in the same manner in which
the original appointment was made, and any member
appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remain-
der of the term for which his or her predecessor was
appointed. No appointed member may serve more
than 8 years in consecutive terms.