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this section shall follow the housing priority listing estab-
lished by the agency under subsection (m), in sequential
order, to the maximum extent practicable.
(o) ANNUAL BUDGET SUBMITTAL.—The President’s
proposed budget to Congress for the first fiscal year begin-
ning after enactment of this Act, and for each subsequent
fiscal year, shall include identification of nonconstruction
funds to be spent for National Park Service housing main-
tenance and operations which are in addition to rental re-
ceipts collected.
(p) EMPLOYEE TRANSPORTATION.—The Secretary
may use applicable appropriations of the National Park
System for transportation to and from work, outside of
regular working hours, of field employees, residing in or
near a national park system unit, such transportation to
be between the unit and the city, or intervening points,
at reasonable rates to be determined by the Secretary tak-
ing into consideration, among other factors, comparable
rates charged by transportation companies in the locality
for similar services, the amounts collected for such trans-
portation to be credited to the current appropriation ac-
count available for administration of the national park
system unit concerned and shall be available to the Sec-
retary for obligation or expenditure. Any surplus proceeds
shall be retained by the agency for those purposes until
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expended. If adequate transportation facilities are avail-
able, or shall be available by any common carrier, at rea-
sonable rates, then and in that event the services con-
templated by this subsection shall not be offered.
(q) STUDY OF HOUSING ALLOWANCES.—Within 12
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility
of providing eligible employees of the National Park Serv-
ice with housing allowances rather than government hous-
ing. The study shall specifically examine the feasibility of
providing rental allowances to temporary and lower paid
permanent employees. Whenever the Secretary submits a
copy of such study to the Office of Management and
Budget, he shall concurrently transmit copies of the report
to the Resources Committee of the United States House
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the United States Senate.
(r) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—
(1) CONSTRUCTION LIMITATIONS ON FEDERAL
LANDS.—The Secretary may not utilize any lands
for the purposes of providing field employee housing
under this section which could impact primary re-
source values of the area or adversely affect the mis-
sion of the agency. Any construction carried out
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under this section shall be fully consistent with ap-
proved land management agency plans.
(2) RENTAL RATES.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish rental rates for all quarters occupied by field
employees of the National Park Service that are
based on the reasonable value of the quarters in ac-
cordance with requirements applicable under section
5911 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) EXEMPTION
FROM
LEASING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The provisions of section 5 of the Act of
July 15, 1968 (82 Stat. 354, 356; 16 U.S.C. 460l-
22), and section 321 of the Act of June 30, 1932
(40 U.S.C. 303b; 47 Stat. 412), shall not apply to
leases issued by the Secretary under this section.
(s) PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from any lease under
subsection (g)(1)(A)(i), any lease under subsection (k)(2),
and any lease of seasonal quarters under subsection (l),
shall be retained by the National Park Service. Such pro-
ceeds shall be deposited into the special fund established
for maintenance and operation of quarters.
(t) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘field employee’’ means—
(A) an employee of the National Park
Service who is exclusively assigned by the Na-
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tional Park Service to perform duties at a field
unit, and the members of their family; and
(B) other individuals who are authorized to
occupy Government quarters under section
5911 of title 5, United States Code, and for
whom there is no feasible alternative to the pro-
vision of Government housing, and the members
of their family.
(3) The term ‘‘land management agency’’
means the National Park Service, Department of the
Interior.
(4) The term ‘‘primary resource values’’ means
resources which are specifically mentioned in the en-
abling legislation or identified in the general man-
agement plan for that field unit or other resource
value recognized under Federal statute.
(5) The term ‘‘quarters’’ means quarters owned
or leased by the Government.
(6) The term ‘‘seasonal quarters’’ means quar-
ters typically occupied by field employees who are
hired on assignments of 6 months or less.
SEC. 3. MINOR BOUNDARY REVISION AUTHORITY.
Section 7(c) of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–9(c)) is amended as
follows:
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(1) In the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Commit-
tee on Natural’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on’’.
(2) By striking ‘‘: Provided, however,’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘1965’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing after the first sentence: ‘‘In all cases except
the case of technical boundary revisions (resulting
from such causes as survey error or changed road
alignments), the authority of the Secretary under
clause (i) shall apply only if each of the following
conditions is met:
‘‘(1) The sum of the total acreage of lands, wa-
ters, and interests therein to be added to the area
and the total such acreage to be deleted from the
area is not more than 5 percent of the total Federal
acreage authorized to be included in the area and is
less than 200 acres in size.
‘‘(2) The acquisition, if any, is not a major
Federal action significantly affecting the quality of
the human environment, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(3) The sum of the total appraised value of
the lands, water, and interest therein to be added to
the area and the total appraised value of the lands,
waters, and interests therein to be deleted from the
area does not exceed $750,000.
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‘‘(4) The proposed boundary revision is not an
element of a more comprehensive boundary modifica-
tion proposal.
‘‘(5) The proposed boundary has been subject
to a public review and comment period.
‘‘(6) The Director of the National Park Service
obtains written support for the boundary modifica-
tion from all property owners whose lands, water, or
interests therein, or a portion of whose lands, water,
or interests therein, will be added to or deleted from
the area by the boundary modification. Minor
boundary revisions involving only deletions of acre-
age owned by the Federal Government and adminis-
tered by the National Park Service may be made
only by Act of Congress.’’.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN PARK FACILITIES
TO BE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF UNITS OF THE
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.
Section 4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to improve the
administration of the national park system by the Sec-
retary of the Interior, and to clarify the authorities appli-
cable to the system, and for other purposes’’ approved Au-
gust 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a–1 et seq.), is amended to
read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES OUTSIDE
BOUNDARIES OF SYSTEM UNITS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—In order to facilitate the adminis-
tration of the national park system, the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized, under such terms and conditions
as he may deem advisable, to establish essential facilities
for park administration, visitor use, and park employee
residential housing outside the boundaries, but within the
vicinity, of units of the national park system for purposes
of assuring conservation, visitor use, and proper manage-
ment of such units. Such facilities, and the use thereof,
shall be in conformity with approved plans for the unit
concerned. The Secretary shall use existing facilities wher-
ever feasible. Such facilities may only be constructed by
the Secretary upon finding that location of such facilities
would—
‘‘(1) avoid undue degradation of the primary
natural or cultural resources within the unit;
‘‘(2) enhance service to the public; or
‘‘(3) provide a cost saving to the Federal Gov-
ernment.
‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS, LEASES, GUIDELINES, AND CON-
STRUCTION.—For the purpose of establishing facilities
under subsection (a):
‘‘(1) The Secretary may enter into agreements
permitting the Secretary to use for such purposes
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those Federal lands that the head of a Federal agen-
cy having primary authority over the administration
of such land and the Secretary determine to be suit-
able for such use.
‘‘(2) The Secretary, under such terms and con-
ditions as the Secretary determines are reasonable,
may, subject to the appropriation of necessary funds
in advance, lease or acquire (from willing sellers
only) by purchase or donation, real property (other
than Federal land), for the purposes specified in this
section.
‘‘(3) For real property acquired pursuant to
paragraph (2), the Secretary shall establish written
guidelines setting forth criteria to be used in deter-
mining whether the acquisition would—
‘‘(A) reflect unfavorably upon the ability of
the Department or an employee to carry out its
responsibilities or official duties in a fair and
objective manner; or
‘‘(B) compromise the integrity, or the ap-
pearance of integrity, of the Department’s pro-
grams or of any official involved in those pro-
grams.
‘‘(4) The Secretary may, subject to the appro-
priation of necessary funds in advance, construct,
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operate, and maintain such permanent and tem-
porary buildings and facilities as the Secretary
deems appropriate on land which is in the vicinity of
any unit of the national park system for which the
Secretary has acquired authority under this section,
except that the Secretary may not begin construc-
tion, operation, or maintenance of buildings or facili-
ties on land not owned by the United States until
the owner of such lands has entered into a binding
agreement with the Secretary, the terms of which
assure the continued use of such buildings and facili-
ties for a period of time commensurate with the level
of Federal investment.
‘‘(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND JOINT VEN-
TURES
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES.—The Sec-
retary is authorized, subject to the appropriation of nec-
essary funds in advance, to enter into cooperative agree-
ments or joint ventures with local or State governmental
agencies, other Federal agencies, Indian Tribes, and pri-
vate entities either on or off the lands subject to the juris-
diction of the Secretary, to provide appropriate and nec-
essary utility and other infrastructure facilities in support
of park administration, visitor use, and park employee res-
idential housing.’’.
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SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY CONGRESSIONAL
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REPEALS.—The following provisions are hereby
repealed:
(1) Section 302(c) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee
River National Recreation Area in the State of
Georgia, and for other purposes (Public Law 95–
344; 92 Stat. 478; 16 U.S.C. 2302(c)).
(2) Section 503 of the Act of December 19,
1980 (Public Law 96–550; 94 Stat. 3228; 16 U.S.C.
410ii–2).
(3) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 4 of the
Act of October 15, 1982 (Public Law 97–335; 96
Stat. 1628; 16 U.S.C. 341 note).
(4) Section 7 of Public Law 89–671 (96 Stat.
1457; 16 U.S.C. 284f).
(5) Section 3(c) of the National Trails System
Act (Public Law 90–543; 82 Stat. 919; 16 U.S.C.
1242(c)).
(6) Section 4(b) of the Act of October 24, 1984
(Public Law 98–540; 98 Stat. 2720; 16 U.S.C. 1a–
8).
(7) Section 106(b) of the National Visitor Cen-
ter Facilities Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–264; 82
Stat. 44; 40 U.S.C. 805(b)).
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(8) Section 6(f)(7) of the Act of September 3,
1964 (Public Law 88–578; 78 Stat. 900; 16 U.S.C.
460l–8(f)(7)).
(9) Subsection (b) of section 8 of the Act of
August 18, 1970 (Public Law 91–383; 90 Stat.
1940; 16 U.S.C. 1a–5(b)).
(10) The last sentence of section 10(a)(2) of
the National Trails System Act (Public Law 90–
543; 82 Stat. 926; 16 U.S.C. 1249(a)(2)).
(11) Section 4 of the Act of October 31, 1988
(Public Law 100–573; 102 Stat. 2891; 16 U.S.C.
460o note).
(12) Section 104(b) of the Act of November 19,
1988 (Public Law 100–698; 102 Stat. 4621).
(13) Section 1015(b) of the Urban Park and
Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–
625; 92 Stat. 3544; 16 U.S.C. 2514(b)).
(14) Section 105 of the Act of August 13, 1970
(Public Law 91–378; 16 U.S.C. 1705).
(15) Section 307(b) of the National Historic
Preservation Act (Public Law 89–665; 16 U.S.C.
470w–6(b)).
(b) AMENDMENTS.—The following provisions are
amended:
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(1) Section 10 of the Archaeological Resources
Protection Act of 1979, by striking the last sentence
of subsection (c) (Public Law 96–95; 16 U.S.C.
470ii(c)).
(2) Section 5(c) of the Act of June 27, 1960
(Public Law 86–523; 16 U.S.C. 469a–3(c); 74 Stat.
220), by inserting a period after ‘‘Act’’ and striking
‘‘and shall submit’’ and all that follows.
(3) Section 7(a)(3) of the Act of September 3,
1964 (Public Law 88–578; 78 Stat. 903; 16 U.S.C.
460l–9(a)(3)), by striking the last sentence.
(4) Section 111 of the Petroglyph National
Monument Establishment Act of 1990 (Public Law
101–313; 104 Stat. 278), by striking out the second
sentence.
(5) Section 307(a) of the National Historic
Preservation Act (Public Law 89–665; 16 U.S.C.
470w–6(a)) is amended by striking the first and sec-
ond sentences.
(6) Section 101(a)(1)(B) of the National His-
toric Preservation Act (Public Law 89–665; 16
U.S.C. 470a) by inserting a period after ‘‘Register’’
the last place such term appears and by striking
‘‘and submitted’’ and all that follows.