104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 694
AN ACT
Entitled the ‘‘Minor Boundary Adjustments and
Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1995’’.
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 ‘‘Minor Boundary Ad-
justments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of
1995’’.
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TITLE I—MINOR BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENTS
SEC. 101. YUCCA HOUSE NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundaries of Yucca House
National Monument are revised to include the approxi-
mately 24.27 acres of land generally depicted on the map
entitled ‘‘Boundary—Yucca House National Monument,
Colorado’’, numbered 318/80,001–B, and dated February
1990.
(b) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (a)
shall be on file and available for public inspection in ap-
propriate offices of the National Park Service of the De-
partment of the Interior.
(c) ACQUISITION BY DONATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Within the boundaries de-
scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Inte-
rior may acquire lands and interests in lands by do-
nation.
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary of
the Interior may pay administrative costs arising out
of any donation described in paragraph (1) with ap-
propriated funds.
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SEC. 102. ZION NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
(a) ACQUISITION
AND BOUNDARY CHANGE.—The
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by ex-
change approximately 5.48 acres, in Washington County,
Utah, that are located in the SW1⁄4 of Section 28, Town-
ship 41 South, Range 10 West, Salt Lake Base and Me-
ridian. In exchange therefor the Secretary is authorized
to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States
in and to approximately 5.51 acres, in Washington Coun-
ty, Utah, that are located in Lot 2 of Section 5, Township
41 South, Range 11 West. Upon completion of the ex-
change, the Secretary is authorized to revise the boundary
of Zion National Park to add to the park the approxi-
mately 5.48 acres acquired by the Secretary under this
subsection and to delete from the park the approximately
5.51 acres conveyed by the Secretary under this sub-
section. Land added to the park under this subsection
shall be administered as part of the park in accordance
with the laws and regulations applicable thereto.
(b) EXPIRATION.—The authority granted by this sec-
tion shall expire upon the expiration of the two-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 
103. 
PICTURED 
ROCKS 
NATIONAL 
LAKESHORE
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
The boundary of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
is hereby modified as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Area
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Proposed for Addition to Pictured Rocks National Lake-
shore,’’ numbered 625–80, 043A, and dated July 1992.
SEC. 104. INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
The administrative boundary between Independence
National Historical Park and the United States Customs
House along the Moravian Street Walkway in Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, is hereby modified as generally de-
picted on the drawing entitled ‘‘Exhibit 1, Independence
National Historical Park, Boundary Adjustment’’, and
dated May 1987, which shall be on file and available for
public inspection in the Office of the National Park Serv-
ice, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the Inte-
rior is authorized to accept and transfer jurisdiction over
property in accordance with such administrative boundary,
as modified by this section.
SEC. 105. CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
(a) BOUNDARY REVISION.—The boundary of the
Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, is revised
to add approximately 210 acres and to delete approxi-
mately 315 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, Pro-
posed 1987 Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 131–
80,008, and dated October 1987. The map shall be on
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file and available for public inspection in the Office of the
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
(b) ADMINISTRATION
AND ACQUISITION.—Federal
lands, waters, and interests therein deleted from the
boundary of the Craters of the Moon National Monument
by this section shall be administered by the Secretary of
the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management in
accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). Federal lands,
waters, and interests therein added to the national monu-
ment by this section shall be administered by the Sec-
retary as part of the national monument, subject to the
laws and regulations applicable thereto. The Secretary is
authorized to acquire private lands, waters, and interests
therein within the boundary of the national monument by
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds,
or exchange, and shall administer such acquired lands, wa-
ters, and interests therein as part of the national monu-
ment, subject to the laws and regulations applicable there-
to.
SEC. 106. HAGERMAN FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
Section 302 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act
of 1988 (102 Stat. 4576) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
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without monetary consideration or reimbursement to the
administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service
and shall be administered as part of the monument in ac-
cordance with the laws and regulations applicable thereto.
TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS
SPECIFIC PARK AMENDMENTS
SEC. 
201. 
ADVISORY 
COMMISSION 
FOR 
KALOKO-
HONOKOHAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
Section 505(f)(7) of the National Parks and Recre-
ation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 396d(f)(7)), is amended by
striking ‘‘ten years’’ and inserting ‘‘twenty-five years’’.
SEC. 202. FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT, GA.
Section 4 of the Act of June 26, 1936 (ch. 844; 49
Stat. 1979), is amended by striking ‘‘: Provided, That’’
and all that follows and inserting a period.
SEC. 203. AMENDMENT OF BOSTON NATIONAL HISTORIC
PARK ACT.
Section 3(b) of the Boston National Historical Park
Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 410z–1(b)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’ and by adding at the end the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
enter into a cooperative agreement with the Boston Public
Library to provide for the distribution of informational
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and interpretive materials relating to the Boston National
Historical Park and to the Freedom Trail.’’.
TITLE III—GENERAL
AUTHORIZATIONS AND
REPEALERS
SEC. 301. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON PARK BUILDINGS.
The 10th undesignated paragraph (relating to a limi-
tation on the expenditure of funds for park buildings)
under the heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, DEPART-
MENT OF THE INTERIOR’’, under the heading ‘‘UNDER
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR’’, in the
first section of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 460;
16 U.S.C. 451), is hereby repealed.
SEC. 302. APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF
CHILDREN.
The first section of the Act of August 7, 1946 (16
U.S.C. 17j–2), is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(j) Provision of transportation for children in nearby
communities to and from any unit of the National Park
System used in connection with organized recreation and
interpretive programs of the National Park Service.’’.
SEC. 303. FERAL BURROS AND HORSES.
Section 9 of the Act of December 15, 1971 (16
U.S.C. 1338a), is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing: ‘‘No provision of this Act shall be construed to
limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to man-
age units of the National Park System. No provision of
this Act shall be construed to diminish the authority of
the Secretary of the Interior to use motor vehicles, fixed-
wing aircraft, or helicopters, or to contract for such use,
in furtherance of the management of the National Park
System, and section 47(a) of title 18, United States Code,
shall not apply to such use, or the contracting for such
use, by the Secretary of the Interior in furtherance of such
management.’’.
SEC. 304. AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE-
RIOR RELATING TO MUSEUMS.
(a) FUNCTIONS.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to in-
crease the public benefits from the National Park System
by facilitating the management of museum properties re-
lating thereto, and for other purposes’’, approved July 1,
1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), is amended—
(1) in subsection (b) of the first section, by
striking ‘‘from such donations and bequests of
money’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion:
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‘‘SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.
‘‘(a) TRANSFER, CONVEYANCE, 
AND
DESTRUC-
TION.—In addition to the functions specified in the first
section of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may per-
form the following functions in such manner as he shall
consider to be in the public interest:
‘‘(1) Transfer museum objects and museum col-
lections that the Secretary determines are no longer
needed for museum purposes to qualified Federal
agencies that have programs to preserve and inter-
pret cultural or natural heritage, and accept the
transfer of museum objects and museum collections
for the purposes of this Act from any other Federal
agency, without reimbursement. The head of any
other Federal agency may transfer, without reim-
bursement, museum objects and museum collections
directly to the administrative jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Interior for the purposes of this Act.
‘‘(2) Convey museum objects and museum col-
lections that the Secretary determines are no longer
needed for museum purposes, without monetary con-
sideration but subject to such terms and conditions
as the Secretary deems necessary, to private institu-
tions exempt from Federal taxation under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26
U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and to non-Federal governmental
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entities if the Secretary determines, prior to any
conveyance under this subsection, that the private or
non-Federal recipient is dedicated to the preserva-
tion and interpretation of natural or cultural herit-
age and is qualified to manage the objects or collec-
tions, as the case may be.
‘‘(3) Destroy or cause to be destroyed museum
objects and museum collections that the Secretary
determines to have no scientific, cultural, historic,
educational, esthetic, or monetary value.
‘‘(b) CARE, DELIBERATION, AND REVIEW.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that museum objects and museum col-
lections are treated in a careful and deliberate manner
that protects the public interest. Prior to taking any action
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish a sys-
tematic review and approval process, including consulta-
tion with appropriate experts, that meets the highest
standards of the museum profession and applies to all ac-
tions taken under this section.’’.
(b) APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.—The Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to increase the public benefits from the Na-
tional Park System by facilitating the management of mu-
seum properties relating thereto, and for other purposes’’,
approved July 1, 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), as amended by
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subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—Authorities granted to the Sec-
retary of the Interior by this Act shall be available to the
Secretary only with regard to—
‘‘(1) museum objects and museum collections
that were under the administrative jurisdiction of
the Secretary for purposes of the National Park Sys-
tem on the day before the date of the enactment of
this section; and
‘‘(2) museum objects and museum collections
that the Secretary acquires on or after such date.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act,
the terms ‘museum objects’ and ‘museum collections’
mean objects that are eligible to be or are made part of
a museum, library, or archive collection through a formal
procedure, such as accessioning. Such objects are usually
movable and include but are not limited to prehistoric and
historic artifacts, works of art, books, documents, photo-
graphs, and natural history specimens.’’.
SEC. 305. VOLUNTEERS IN THE PARKS INCREASE.
Section 4 of the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969
(16 U.S.C. 18j) is amended by striking all that follows
‘‘Act’’ and inserting a period.
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SEC. 306. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR RESEARCH
PURPOSES.
Section 3 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
August 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a–2), is amended—
(1) in subsection (i), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(j) enter into cooperative agreements with
public or private educational institutions, States,
and their political subdivisions, for the purpose of
developing adequate, coordinated, cooperative re-
search and training programs concerning the re-
sources of the National Park System, and, pursuant
to any such agreement, to accept from and make
available to the cooperator the technical and support
staff, financial assistance, supplies and equipment,
facilities, and administrative services, relating to co-
operative research units, that the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate; except that no provision of
this subsection shall be construed to waive any re-
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quirement with respect to research projects that are
subject to the Federal procurement regulations.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 14,
1995.
Attest:
Clerk.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 694
AN ACT
Entitled the ‘‘Minor Boundary Adjustments and
Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1995’’.