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near the Park to attend other schools served by the
two local educational agencies.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author-
ize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental
funding and other services that are necessary to assist the
State of California or local educational agencies in Cali-
fornia in providing educational services for students at-
tending schools located within the Park.
SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
(a) AUTHORITY
TO PROVIDE FUNDS.—For fiscal
years 2003 through 2007, the Secretary may provide
funds to the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School
District and the Mariposa Unified School District for edu-
cational services to students who are dependents of per-
sons engaged in the administration, operation, and main-
tenance of the Park or students who live at or near the
Park upon real property of the United States.
(b) LIMITATION
ON USE
OF FUNDS.—Payments
made by the Secretary under this section may not be used
for new construction, construction contracts, or major cap-
ital improvements, and may be used only to pay public
employees for services otherwise authorized by this Act.
(c) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FUNDS.—Payments
made under this section shall not exceed the lesser of
$400,000 in any fiscal year or the amount necessary to
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provide students described in subsection (a) with edu-
cational services that are normally provided and generally
available to students who attend public schools elsewhere
in the State of California.
(d) ADJUSTMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Subject to sub-
section (c), the Secretary is authorized to adjust payments
made under this section if the State of California or the
appropriate local education agencies do not continue to
provide funding for educational services at Park schools
at per student levels that are equal to or greater than
those provided in the fiscal year immediately prior to the
date of the enactment of this section.
(e) SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.—
(1) AUTHORIZED
SOURCES.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), in order to make payments
under this section, the Secretary may use funds
available to the National Park Service from appro-
priations, donations, or fees.
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Funds from the following
sources may not be used to make payments under
this section:
(A) Fees authorized and collected under
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of
1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.).
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(B) The recreational fee demonstration
program under section 315 of the Department
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1996 (as contained in section 101(c)
of Public Law 104–134; 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a
note).
(C) The national park passport program
established under section 602 of the National
Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16
U.S.C. 5992).
(D) Emergency appropriations for Yosem-
ite flood recovery.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the
following definitions apply:
(1) 
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES.—The
term ‘‘local educational agencies’’ has the meaning
given that term in section 9101(26) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(2) EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.—The term ‘‘edu-
cational services’’ means services that may include
maintenance and minor upgrades of facilities and
transportation to and from school.
(3) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means Yosemite
National Park.
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(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE LO-
CATED OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF YO-
SEMITE NATIONAL PARK.
Section 814(c) of the Omnibus Parks and Public
Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 346e) is
amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and Yosemite National
Park’’ after ‘‘Zion National Park’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘transportation systems
and’’ before ‘‘the establishment of’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘park’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘parks’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 25,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.