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in Federally appropriated funding such that the Trust will
be 80 percent self-sufficient at the end of 7 complete fiscal
years after establishment. The plan shall provide for elimi-
nation of all Federally appropriated funding for public
safety and fire protection purposes on lands or facilities
administered by the Trust at the end of 5 complete fiscal
years after establishment of the Trust. For each of the
11 fiscal years after fiscal year 1997, there are authorized
to be appropriated to the Trust not more than the
amounts specified in such plan. Such sums shall remain
available until expended.
(m) GAO AUDIT.—Ten years after the date of estab-
lishment of the Trust, the General Accounting Office shall
conduct a complete audit of the activities of the Trust and
shall report the results of that audit to the appropriate
congressional committees. The General Accounting Office
shall include in that audit an analysis of the ability of the
Trust to initiate payments to the Treasury.
(n) SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS.—If any provi-
sions of this Act or the application thereof to any body,
agency, situation, or circumstance is held invalid, the re-
mainder of the Act and the application of such provision
to other bodies, agencies, situations, or circumstances
shall not be affected thereby.
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the Presidio, located amidst the incomparable
scenic splendor of the Golden Gate, is one of Ameri-
ca’s great natural and historic sites;
(2) the Presidio is the oldest continuously oper-
ated military post in the Nation dating from 1776,
and was designated a National Historic Landmark in
1962;
(3) preservation of the cultural and historic in-
tegrity of the Presidio for public use recognizes its sig-
nificant role in the history of the United States;
(4) the Presidio, in its entirety, is part of the
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, in accordance
with Public Law 92–589;
(5) as part of the Golden Gate National Recre-
ation Area, the Presidio’s significant natural, his-
toric, scenic, cultural, and recreational resources must
be managed in a manner which is consistent with
sound principles of land use planning and manage-
ment, and which protects the Presidio from develop-
ment and uses which would destroy the scenic beauty
and historic and natural character of the area and
cultural and recreational resources;
(6) removal and/or replacement of some struc-
tures within the Presidio must be considered as a
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management option in the administration of the Pre-
sidio; and
(7) the Presidio will be managed through an in-
novative public/private partnership that minimizes
cost to the United States Treasury and makes efficient
use of private sector resources.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SEC-
RETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
(a) INTERIM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
is authorized to manage leases in existence on the date of
this Act for properties under the administrative jurisdiction
of the Secretary and located at the Presidio. Upon the expi-
ration of any such lease, the Secretary may extend such
lease for a period terminating not later than 6 months after
the first meeting of the Presidio Trust. The Secretary may
not enter into any new leases for property at the Presidio
to be transferred to the Presidio Trust under this Act. Prior
to the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over any prop-
erty to the Presidio Trust, and notwithstanding section
1341 of title 31 of the United States Code, the proceeds from
any such lease shall be retained by the Secretary and such
proceeds shall be available, without further appropriation,
for the preservation, restoration, operation and mainte-
nance, improvement, repair and related expenses incurred
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with respect to Presidio properties. The Secretary may ad-
just the rental charge on any such lease for any amounts
to be expended by the lessee for preservation, maintenance,
restoration, improvement, repair and related expenses with
respect to properties and infrastructure within the Presidio.
(b) PUBLIC INFORMATION AND INTERPRETATION.—
The Secretary shall be responsible, in cooperation with the
Presidio Trust, for providing public interpretive services,
visitor orientation and educational programs on all lands
within the Presidio.
(c) OTHER.—Those lands and facilities within the Pre-
sidio that are not transferred to the administrative jurisdic-
tion of the Presidio Trust shall continue to be managed by
the Secretary. The Secretary and the Presidio Trust shall
cooperate to ensure adequate public access to all portions
of the Presidio. Any infrastructure and building improve-
ment projects that were funded prior to the enactment of
this Act shall be completed by the National Park Service.
(d) PARK SERVICE EMPLOYEES.—Any career em-
ployee of the National Park Service, employed at the Pre-
sidio at the time of the transfer of lands and facilities to
the Presidio Trust, shall not be separated from the Service
by reason of such transfer, unless such employee is employed
by the Trust, other than on detail. The Trust shall have
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sole discretion over whether to hire any such employee or
request a detail of such employee.
SEC. 3. 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 Act 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
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,
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shall remain within the boundary of the Golden Gate Na-
tional Recreation Area.
(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
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.
(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: