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Union Calendar No. 212 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3804 
[Report No. 111–360, Part I] 
To make technical corrections to various Acts affecting the National Park 
Service, to extend, amend, or establish certain National Park Service 
authorities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 13, 2009 
Mr. TONKO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure and Oversight and Government Reform, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
DECEMBER 7, 2009 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 7, 2009 
Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘National Park Service Authorities and Corrections Act 
of 2009’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 101. National Park System Advisory Board. 
Sec. 102. National Park Service Concessions Management Advisory Board. 
Sec. 103. National Park System uniform penalties. 
Sec. 104. Volunteers in the parks. 
TITLE II—PEARL HARBOR TICKETING 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Facilitation of admission to historic attractions within Pearl Harbor 
Naval Complex. 
Sec. 203. Protection of resources. 
TITLE III—CHANGES TO NATIONAL PARK UNITS 
Sec. 301. George Washington Memorial Parkway. 
Sec. 302. District of Columbia snow removal. 
Sec. 303. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park. 
Sec. 304. Lava Beds National Monument Wilderness boundary adjustment. 
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
Sec. 401. Baltimore National Heritage Area. 
Sec. 402. Muscle shoals national heritage area. 
Sec. 403. Snake River headwaters. 
Sec. 404. Taunton River. 
Sec. 405. Cumberland Island National Seashore. 
Sec. 406. Niagara Falls National Heritage Area. 
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TITLE I—NATIONAL PARK 
SERVICE AUTHORIZATIONS 
SEC. 101. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD. 
Section 3(f) of the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
463(f)), is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
SEC. 102. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONCESSIONS MAN-
AGEMENT ADVISORY BOARD. 
Section 409(d) of the National Park Service Conces-
sions Management Improvement Act of 1998 (Public Law 
105–391) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting 
‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 103. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM UNIFORM PENALTIES. 
(a) FINES AND IMPRISONMENT.—The first section of 
the Act of March 2, 1933 (47 Stat. 1420, ch. 180), is 
amended by striking ‘‘such fine and imprisonment.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘such fine and imprisonment; except if the viola-
tion occurs within a park, site, monument, or memorial 
that is part of the National Park System, where violations 
shall be subject to the penalty provision set forth in section 
3 of the Act of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 3; commonly 
known as the ‘National Park Service Organic Act’) and 
section 3571 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
(b) COST OF PROCEEDINGS.—Section 2(k) of the Act 
of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 462(k)), is amended by 
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striking ‘‘cost of the proceedings.’’ and inserting ‘‘cost of 
the proceedings; except if the violation occurs within an 
area that is part of the National Park System, where vio-
lations shall be subject to the penalty provision set forth 
in section 3 of the Act of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 
3; commonly known as the ‘National Park Service Organic 
Act’), and section 3571 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 104. VOLUNTEERS IN THE PARKS. 
Section 4 of the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 
(16 U.S.C. 18j) is amended by striking ‘‘$3,500,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
TITLE II—PEARL HARBOR 
TICKETING 
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) PEARL HARBOR HISTORIC SITE.—The term 
‘‘Pearl Harbor historic site’’ means a historic attrac-
tion within the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex, includ-
ing the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, 
the Battleship Missouri Memorial, the Pacific Avia-
tion Museum—Pearl Harbor, and any other historic 
attraction that the Secretary identifies as a Pearl 
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Harbor historic site and that is not administered or 
managed by the Secretary. 
(3) VISITOR CENTER.—The term ‘‘visitor cen-
ter’’ means the visitor center located within the 
Pearl Harbor Naval Complex on lands that are with-
in the World War II Valor in the Pacific National 
Monument and managed by the Secretary through 
the National Park Service. 
SEC. 202. FACILITATION OF ADMISSION TO HISTORIC AT-
TRACTIONS WITHIN PEARL HARBOR NAVAL 
COMPLEX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in managing the 
World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, 
may enter into an agreement with the nonprofit organiza-
tions or other legally recognized entities that are author-
ized to administer or manage a Pearl Harbor historic 
site— 
(1) to allow visitors to a Pearl Harbor historic 
site to gain access to the site by passing through se-
curity screening at the Visitor Center; and 
(2) to allow the sale of tickets to a Pearl Har-
bor historic site within the Visitor Center by employ-
ees of the National Park Service or by organizations 
that administer or manage a Pearl Harbor historic 
site. 
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(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—In any agreement en-
tered into pursuant to this title, the Secretary— 
(1) shall require the organization administering 
or managing a Pearl Harbor historic site to pay to 
the Secretary a reasonable fee to recover administra-
tive costs associated with the use of the Visitor Cen-
ter for public access and ticket sales, the proceeds 
of which shall remain available, without further ap-
propriation, for use by the National Park Service at 
the World War II Valor in the Pacific National 
Monument; 
(2) shall ensure the limited liability of the 
United States arising from the admission of the pub-
lic through the Visitor Center to a Pearl Harbor his-
toric site and the sale or issuance of any tickets to 
the site; and 
(3) may include any other terms and conditions 
the Secretary deems appropriate. 
(c) LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY.—Under this title, 
the Secretary shall have no authority— 
(1) to regulate or approve the rates for admis-
sion to an attraction within the Pearl Harbor his-
toric site; 
(2) to regulate or manage any visitor services of 
any historic sites within the Pearl Harbor Naval 
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