[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2067 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2067

   To facilitate improved management of National Park Service lands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 1995

  Mr. Hansen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To facilitate improved management of National Park Service lands.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

                   TITLE I--MINOR BOUNDARY REVISIONS

    Section 7(c) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
(16 U.S.C. 4601-9(c)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence by striking ``Committee on 
        Interior and Insular Affairs'' and inserting ``Committee on 
        Resources''; and
            (2) by striking ``area: Provided, however,'' and all that 
        follows through ``1965;'' and inserting the following: ``area, 
        except that, in all cases except the case of technical boundary 
        revisions (resulting from such causes as survey error or 
        changed road alignments), the authority of the Secretary under 
        this clause (i) shall apply only if each of the following 
        conditions is met--
                    (I) the sum of the total acreage of lands, waters, 
                and interests therein to be added to the area and the 
                total such acreage to be deleted from the area is not 
                more than 5 percent of the total Federal acreage 
                authorized to be included in the area and is less than 
                200 acres in size;
                    (II) the acquisition, if any, is not a major 
                Federal action significantly affecting the quality of 
                the human environment, as determined by the Secretary;
                    (III) the sum of the total appraised value of the 
                lands, waters, and interest therein to be added to the 
                area and the total appraised value of the lands, 
                waters, and interests therein to be deleted from the 
                area does not exceed $500,000;
                    (IV) the proposed boundary revision is not an 
                element of a more comprehensive boundary modification 
                proposal; and
                    (V) the Director of the National Park Service 
                obtains written support for the boundary modification 
                from all property owners whose lands, water, or 
                interests therein, or a portion of whose lands, water, 
                or interests therein, will be added to or deleted from 
                the area by the boundary modification: Provided, 
                however, that minor boundary revisions involving only 
                deletions of acreage from an area of the national parks 
                system may be made only by Act of Congress.

   TITLE II--AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN PARK FACILITIES TO BE LOCATED 
              OUTSIDE OF UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

    Section 4 of the Act entitled ``An Act to improve the 
administration of the national park system by the Secretary of the 
Interior, and to clarify the authorities applicable to the system, and 
for other purposes'' approved August 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a-1 et seq.), 
is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 4. (a) In order to facilitate the administration of the 
national park system, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, 
under such terms and conditions as he may deem advisable, to establish 
essential facilities for park administration, visitor use, and park 
employee residential housing outside the boundaries, but within the 
vicinity, of units of the national park system for purposes of assuring 
conservation, visitor use, and proper management of such units. Such 
facilities and the use thereof shall be in conformity with approved 
plans for the unit concerned. Such facilities may only be developed by 
the Secretary upon finding that location of such facilities would--
            ``(1) avoid undue degradation of the primary natural or 
        cultural resources within the unit;
            ``(2) enhance service to the public; or
            ``(3) provide a cost saving to the Federal Government.
    ``(b) For the purpose of establishing facilities under subsection 
(a):
            ``(1) The Secretary may enter into agreements permitting 
        the Secretary to use such Federal lands as the head of a 
        Federal agency having primary authority over the administration 
        of such land and the Secretary determine is suitable for such 
        use.
            ``(2) The Secretary, under such terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary determines are reasonable, may lease or acquire (from 
        willing sellers only) by purchase or donation, real property 
        (other than Federal land), for purposes as specified in this 
        section.
            ``(3) For real property acquired pursuant to paragraph (2), 
        the Secretary shall establish written guidelines setting forth 
        criteria to be used in determining whether the acquisition 
        would--
                    ``(A) reflect unfavorably upon the ability of the 
                Department or any employee to carry out its 
                responsibilities or official duties in a fair and 
                objective manner; or
                    ``(B) would compromise the integrity or the 
                appearance of the integrity of the Department's 
                programs or any official involved in those programs.
            ``(4) The Secretary may construct, operate, and maintain 
        such permanent and temporary buildings and facilities as the 
        Secretary deems appropriate on land which is in the vicinity of 
        any unit of the national park system for which the Secretary 
        has acquired authority under this section, except that the 
        Secretary may not begin construction, operation, or maintenance 
        of buildings or facilities on land not owned by the United 
        States until the owner of such lands has entered into a binding 
        agreement with the Secretary, the terms of which assure the 
        continued use of such buildings and facilities for a period of 
        time commensurate with the level of Federal investment.''.
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