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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’’. 
(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 entitled, ‘‘An Act to provide 
for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, 
objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for 
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other purposes’’, approved 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 
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 entitled, ‘‘An Act to provide for the protection of 
national military parks, national parks, battlefield sites, 
national monuments, and miscellaneous memorials under 
the control of the War Department’’, approved 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 violation occurs within a 
park, site, monument, or memorial that is part of the Na-
tional 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.’’. 
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(b) COST OF PROCEEDINGS.—Section 2(k) of the Act 
entitled, ‘‘An Act to provide for the preservation of historic 
American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of na-
tional significance, and for other purposes’’, approved Au-
gust 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 462(k)), is amended by striking 
‘‘cost of the proceedings.’’ and inserting ‘‘cost of the pro-
ceedings; except if the violation occurs within an area 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.’’. 
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-
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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. 
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 
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(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 
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— 
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(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 
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: 
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(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.— 
(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-
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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. 
(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 
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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 
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 
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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 
(Sec. 9–603, D.C. Official Code), 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 
paved sidewalks and crosswalks within the fire limits of 
the District of Columbia that are— 
‘‘(1) in front of or adjacent to buildings owned 
by the United States and under such Federal agen-
cy’s jurisdiction; or 
‘‘(2) public thoroughfares in front of, around, 
or through public squares, reservations, or open 
spaces and that are owned by the United States and 
under such Federal agency’s jurisdiction. 
‘‘(b) The snow, sleet, or ice removal required by sub-
section (a) shall occur within a reasonable time period 
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