[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2465 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2465

 To establish 5-year terms for, and require the advice and consent of 
  the Senate in the appointment of, the Director of the National Park 
                    Service, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 11, 1995

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish 5-year terms for, and require the advice and consent of 
  the Senate in the appointment of, the Director of the National Park 
                    Service, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Park Service 
Professionalization Act''.

SEC. 2. DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

    The first section of the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a 
National Park Service, and for other purposes'', approved August 25, 
1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1; commonly referred to as the ``National 
Park Service Organic Act''), is amended in the first sentence by 
striking ``who shall be appointed by the Secretary'' and all that 
follows and inserting ``who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of five years and 
may be appointed to one additional term of three years. The Director 
may be removed by the President only for cause. The Director shall have 
substantial experience and demonstrated competence in Federal park 
management and natural or cultural resource conservation.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on February 1, 
1997, and shall apply with respect to the individual (if any) serving 
as the Director of the National Park Service on that date.
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