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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3500
To amend the Act to establish a Redwood National Park in the State
of California, to increase efficiency and cost savings in the management
of Redwood National Park by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior
to enter into agreements with the State of California to acquire from
and provide to the State goods and services to be used by the National
Park Service and the State of California in the cooperative management
of lands in Redwood National Park and lands in Del Norte Coast
Redwoods State Park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, and Prairie
Creek Redwoods State Park, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 21, 1996
Mr. RIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Act to establish a Redwood National Park
in the State of California, to increase efficiency and
cost savings in the management of Redwood National
Park by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to
enter into agreements with the State of California to
acquire from and provide to the State goods and services
to be used by the National Park Service and the State
of California in the cooperative management of lands
in Redwood National Park and lands in Del Norte Coast
Redwoods State Park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State
Park, and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Redwood Parks Coop-
erative Management Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF STATE AND FED-
ERAL PARK LANDS AT REDWOOD NATIONAL
PARK.
(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Section 3(a) of
Public Law 90–545, entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a Red-
wood National Park in the State of California, and for
other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 79c), is amended by inserting
‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘SEC. 3. (a)’’, and by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) The Secretary may enter into agreements with
the State of California to acquire from and provide to the
State goods and services to be used by the National Park
Service or the State of California, respectively, in the coop-
erative management of lands in Redwood National Park
and lands in Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park,
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, and Prairie Creek
Redwoods State Park, if the Secretary determines that ap-
propriations for that purpose are available and the agree-
ment is in the best interests of the United States.’’.
(b) PERIOD OF ASSIGNMENTS OF STATE AND FED-
ERAL PERSONNEL.—Section 3(a) of that Act (16 U.S.C.
79c(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
assignment arranged by the Secretary under section 3372
of title 5, United States Code, of a Federal or State em-
ployee for work at Redwood National Park, or an exten-
sion of such an assignment, may be for any period of time
determined by the Secretary and the State of California
to be mutually beneficial.’’.
(c) MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—
Section 3(c) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 79c(e)) is amended
by striking the third sentence and inserting the following:
‘‘The Secretary shall submit an annual written report to
the Congress by January 31 of each year which describes
the contracts and cooperative agreements entered into in
the previous year under this subsection.’’.
(d) UPDATING OF MAPS.—Section 2(a) of such Act
(16 U.S.C. 79b(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘the maps enti-
tled’’ and all that follows through ‘‘March 1978’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the maps entitled 167–60501a and dated April
1996’’.
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