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Union Calendar No. 296
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3785
[Report No. 108–516] 
To authorize the exchange of certain land in Everglades National Park. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2004
Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Resources 
JUNE 1, 2004 
Additional sponsors: Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. FOLEY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 
Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. SHAW, Mr. HASTINGS of 
Florida, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, 
Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. BOYD, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. 
HARRIS, Mr. KELLER, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. WEXLER, and Mr. MEEK of 
Florida 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 10, 2004] 
A BILL 
To authorize the exchange of certain land in Everglades 
National Park.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK. 
Section 102 of the Everglades National Park Protec-
tion and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r–6) is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘The park boundary’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The park boundary’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘The map’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac-
quire from 1 or more willing sellers not more 
than 10 acres of land located outside the bound-
ary of the park and adjacent to or near the East 
Everglades area of the park for the development 
of administrative, housing, maintenance, or 
other park purposes. 
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION; APPLICABLE LAW.—
On acquisition of the land under subparagraph 
(A), the land shall be administered as part of the 
park in accordance with the laws (including reg-
ulations) applicable to the park.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) LAND EXCHANGES.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of General Serv-
ices. 
‘‘(B) COUNTY.—The term ‘County’ means 
Miami-Dade County, Florida. 
‘‘(C) COUNTY
LAND.—The term ‘County 
land’ means the 2 parcels of land owned by the 
County totaling approximately 152.93 acres that 
are designated as ‘Tract 605–01’ and ‘Tract 
605–03’. 
‘‘(D) DISTRICT.—The term ‘District’ means 
the South Florida Water Management District. 
‘‘(E) DISTRICT LAND.—The term ‘District 
land’ means the approximately 1,054 acres of 
District land located in the Southern Glades 
Wildlife and Environmental Area and identified 
on the map as ‘South Florida Water Manage-
ment District Exchange Lands’. 
‘‘(F) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
LAND.—The term ‘General Services Administra-
tion land’ means the approximately 595.28 acres 
of land designated as ‘Site Alpha’ that is de-
clared by the Department of the Navy to be ex-
cess land. 
‘‘(G) MAP.—The term ‘map’ means the map 
entitled ‘Boundary Modification for C–111 
Project, Everglades National Park’, numbered 
160/80,007, and dated April 30, 2002. 
‘‘(H) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAND.—The 
term ‘National Park Service land’ means the ap-
proximately 1,054 acres of land located in the 
Rocky Glades area of the park and identified on 
the map as ‘NPS Exchange Lands’. 
‘‘(2) EXCHANGE OF GENERAL SERVICES ADMINIS-
TRATION
LAND
AND
COUNTY
LAND.—The Adminis-
trator shall convey to the County fee title to the Gen-
eral Services Administration land in exchange for the 
conveyance by the County to the Secretary of fee title 
to the County land. 
‘‘(3) EXCHANGE
OF
NATIONAL
PARK
SERVICE 
LAND AND DISTRICT LAND.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 
after the completion of the exchange under para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall convey to the Dis-
trict fee title to the National Park Service land 
in exchange for fee title to the District land.