A bill to authorize additional long-term leases in the El Portal administrative site adjacent to Yosemite National Park, California, and for other purposes.
PL 99-542 (H.R.1390), enacted 10/27/1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-542—OCT. 27, 1986 
100 STAT. 3037 
Public Law 99-542 
99th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize additional long-term leases in the El Portal administrative site adjacent 
Oct. 27, 1986 
to Yosemite National Park, California, and for other purposes. 
[H.R. 1390] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Act 
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entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant 
long-term leases with respect to lands in the El Portal administra- 
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tive site adjacent to Yosemite National Park, California, and for 
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other purposes", approved July 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 393; 16 U.S.C. 
47-2), is amended— 
(1) by striking out "fifty-five years to any operator of conces-
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sion facilities in the park, or its successor for purposes of 
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providing employee housing.", in the first sentence of the first 
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section and inserting in lieu thereof "not to exceed ninety-nine 
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years to any individual, including an employee of the United 
States Government, to any operator of concession facilities in 
the park, or the administrative site, or its successor, or to any 
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public or private corporation or organization (including a non- 
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profit corporation) for purposes of providing employee housing, 
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community facilities, administrative offices, maintenance facili-
ties, and commercial services."; 
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(2) by striking out "the concessioner may sublease the prop-
erty to its employees" in the second sentence of the first section 
and inserting in lieu thereof "if the lessee is a concessioner, 
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corporation, or other organization (including a nonprofit cor-
poration) such lessee may sublease the property to its em-
ployees, employees of the United States Government, or other 
individuals whose residence on the leased premises is solely in 
support of Yosemite National Park or the El Portal administra-
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tive site; 
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(3) in the proviso to the first section by striking out "an 
annual", inserting a period after "him", and deleting the 
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remainder of the sentence; and 
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(4) by redesignating "SEC. 2." as "SEC. 3." and inserting the 
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following new section after the first section: 
"SEC. 2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
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proceeds from any leases issued by the Secretary pursuant to the 
first section of this Act may be credited to the appropriation bearing 
the cost of administering (directly or by contract) the leases and of 
constructing, improving, and maintaining roads, utilities, buildings, 
and other facilities within the El Portal administrative site. In the 
administration of the leases, the Secretary may contract for the 
management of the leases and of the leased premises, subject to such 
terms and conditions, including the right of the Secretary to pur-
chase and sell the unexpired terms of leases and subleases, as will 
protect the interests of the United States. The Secretary may also 
contract for the use by him of any improvements to leased property 
for purposes of the El Portal administrative site or for purposes of 
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PUBLIC LAW 99-542—OCT. 27, 1986 
Housing. 
Regulations. 
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Natural persons. 
Corporations. 
Effective date. 
Fraud. 
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Yosemite National Park, and he may use the proceeds from any 
leases for the purpose of making payments under any such contract. 
"(b) The Secretary may at any time acquire the unexpired term of 
any lease or sublease issued or entered into pursuant to this Act by 
purchase with funds available from the proceeds of leases, or with 
donated or appropriated funds, or by donation or exchange."; and 
(5) by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: 
"SEC. 4. After the date of enactment of this section, no lease may 
be issued for the purpose of providing housing or other facilities in 
the El Portal administrative site except in accordance with regula-
tions promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior. Such regulations 
shall establish the qualifications of natural persons and corporations 
who may be eligible to acquire a lease and a sublease, the process to 
be used in establishing fees for such leases and subleases, and they 
shall set forth the circumstances under which the Secretary may 
elect to acquire any unexpired lease or sublease. Such regulations 
shall become effective only after sixty calendar days from the day on 
which they have been submitted to the Committee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.". 
"SEC. 5. In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Secretary 
shall take care that there be no opportunity for any personal 
influence by an employee of the Department of the Interior upon 
the availability of housing for other such employees or employees of 
persons in a contractual relationship with the Department. In the 
selection of lessees and sublessees, the issuance of leases and 
subleases, the establishment or rental values, and the acquisition of 
any unexpired term of any lease or sublease, the Secretary shall act 
through an agent or agents appointed by the Secretary from among 
associations, corporations, or natural persons having no material, 
financial, legal, or equitable interest in the action proposed, other 
than a reasonable fee for their services.". 
SEC. 2. Any new spending authority (within the meaning of section 
401 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974) which is provided under this Act shall be effective for any 
fiscal year only to the extent or in such amounts as provided in 
appropriation Acts or to the extent that proceeds are available from 
any leases issued by the Secretary pursuant to the first section of 
this Act. 
SEC 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall, within six months of the enactment of this Act, 
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PUBLIC LAW 99-542-OCT. 27, 1986 
100 STAT. 3039 
complete the exchange of all lands in four isolated Federal parcels 
within the boundaries of Inks Creek Ranch, Tehama County, 
California, as described in exhibit A of the July 25, 1986, letter of 
intent to exchange issued by the District Manager, Ukiah District 
Office, Bureau of Land Management. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1390: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-182 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 99-362 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 131 (1985): July 15, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 132 (1986): Oct. 9, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 14, House concurred in Senate amendments.