ber 15 of each calendar year, for activities that include 
each of the following: 
(1) Cultural or historic resources not listed on 
the FCI. 
(2) Documenting and preserving archaeological 
sites. 
(3) Preserving collections and archives. 
(4) Ethnographic activities. 
(5) Evaluating and protecting cultural land-
scapes. 
(6) Use of national parks for learning, includ-
ing visitor education and interpretation. 
(7) Establishment of partnerships with non- 
park entities for the purpose of leveraging Federal 
funds allocated to cultural resource protection. 
TITLE V—MEETING ANNUAL 
OPERATING NEEDS 
SEC. 501. PROGRESS ON ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) GAO REPORT.—The General Accounting Office 
biennially shall submit to the Committee on Appropria-
tions, Committee on Government Reform, and Committee 
on Resources of the United States House of Representa-
tives and to the Committee on Appropriations, Committee 
on Government Affairs, and Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the United States Senate a report 
that describes each of the following: 
(1) The progress of Congress in eliminating the 
annual operating fund deficit in the National Park 
System, defined as in excess of $600,000,000 based 
on a fiscal year 2002 estimate of then-complete na-
tional park business plans, and a projection of when 
such deficit will be eliminated, based on funding lev-
els and trends. 
(2) A comparison of business plan estimates of 
national park needs versus actual funds appro-
priated to such national parks. 
(3) Any differences in the National Park Serv-
ice’s business plan methodology for the estimate in 
paragraph (2) of this subsection compared to that 
used in fiscal year 2003. 
(4) Management improvement measures under-
taken by individual park units and by the National 
Park Service as a whole, including actual realized 
savings and actual impact on visitor services and re-
source protection. 
(5) Adjustments in, and the total number of, 
full-time equivalent and actual positions dedicated to 
resource protection, visitor services, interpretation, 
and other employment categories.
(6) Any adjustments made in service to the 
public, including but not limited to adjustments to 
visitor center hours and the number or quality of 
ranger-led tours. 
(7) Any changes in the National Park Service’s 
level of effort due to partnership or other leveraged 
activities. 
(8) Any new requirements and assessments 
placed on the national parks for unbudgeted ex-
penses, including, but not limited to, homeland secu-
rity, natural disasters, and employee cost-of-living 
adjustments. 
(9) An assessment of the accuracy and com-
pleteness of the Facility Condition Index described 
in title I of this Act, including adjustments made to 
such Index on an annual basis. 
(b) BUSINESS PLAN IMPLEMENTATION DEMONSTRA-
TION PROGRAM.—In consultation with the Director of the 
National Park Service, at least 60 percent of the amounts 
provided under titles II, III, and IV shall be distributed 
to national parks that have completed comprehensive busi-
ness plans under the Business Plan Initiative of the Na-
tional Park Service. 
(c) EDUCATION AND THE NATIONAL PARKS.—The 
Secretary of Education is hereby authorized to provide