[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 694 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 694

   Entitled the ``Minor Boundary Adjustments and Miscellaneous Park 
                       Amendments Act of 1995''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 1995

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   Entitled the ``Minor Boundary Adjustments and Miscellaneous Park 
                       Amendments Act of 1995.''

    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 ``Minor Boundary Adjustments and 
Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1993''.

                  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 approximately 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 appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service of the Department of the Interior.
    (c) Acquisition by Donation.--(1) Within the lands described in 
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior may acquire lands and 
interests in lands by donation.
    (2) The Secretary of the Interior may pay administrative costs 
arising out of any donation described in paragraph (1) with 
appropriated funds.

SEC. 102. ZION NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) Acquisition and Boundary Change.--The Secretary of the Interior 
is authorized to acquire by exchange approximately 5.48 acres located 
in the SW\1/4\ of Section 28, Township 41 South, Range 10 West, Salt 
Lake Base and Meridian. 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 Lot 2 of Section 5, 
Township 41 South, Range 11 West, both parcels of land being in 
Washington County, Utah. Upon completion of such exchange, the 
Secretary is authorized to revise the boundary of Zion National Park to 
add the 5.48 acres in Section 28 to the park and to exclude the 5.51 
acres in Section 5 from the park. Land added to the park shall be 
administered as part of the park in accordance with the laws and 
regulations applicable thereto.
    (b) Expiration.--The authority granted by this section shall expire 
two years after 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 a map entitled ``Area Proposed for Addition to 
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore,'' 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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is hereby modified as 
generally depicted 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 Service, Department of the Interior. The 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept and transfer 
jurisdiction over property in accord 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 Craters of the Moon 
National Monument, Idaho, is revised to add approximately 210 acres and 
to delete approximately 315 acres as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ``Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, Proposed 1987 
Boundary Adjustment'', numbered 131-80,008, and dated October 1987, 
which map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
    (b) Administration; Acquisition.--Federal lands, waters, and 
interests therein deleted from the boundary of the 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 Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and 
Federal lands, waters, and interests therein added to the national 
monument by this section shall be administered by the Secretary 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 when acquired they shall be administered by the 
Secretary as part of the national monument, subject to the laws and 
regulations applicable thereto.

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 the following new subsection:
    ``(d) To further the purposes of the monument, the Secretary is 
also authorized to acquire from willing sellers only, by donation, 
purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange not to exceed 
65 acres outside the boundary depicted on the map referred to in 
section 301 and develop and operate thereon research, information, 
interpretive, and administrative facilities. Lands acquired and 
facilities developed pursuant to this subsection shall be administered 
by the Secretary as part of the monument. The boundary of the monument 
shall be modified to include the lands added under this subsection as a 
noncontiguous parcel.''.

SEC. 107. WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    The boundary of the Wupatki National Monument, Arizona, is hereby 
revised to include the lands and interests in lands within the area 
generally depicted as ``Proposed Addition 168.89 Acres'' on the map 
entitled ``Boundary--Wupatki and Sunset Crater National Monuments, 
Arizona'', numbered 322-80,021, and dated April 1989. The map shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Subject to valid 
existing rights, Federal lands, and interests therein within the area 
added to the monument by this section are hereby transferred without 
monetary consideration or reimbursement to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the National Park Service, to be administered as part 
of the monument in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable 
thereto.

            TITLE II--MISCELLANEOUS SPECIFIC PARK AMENDMENTS

SEC. 201. ADVISORY COMMISSIONS.

    (a) Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, HI.--Section 
505(f)(7) of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
396d(f)(7)), is amended by striking out ``ten years'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``twenty years''.
    (b) Women's Rights National Historical Park, NY.--Section 
1601(h)(5) of the Act of December 28, 1980 (16 U.S.C. 410ll(h)(5)), is 
amended by striking ``ten years'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``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 out ``: Provided, That'' and all that follows and 
inserting in lieu thereof 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 inserting ``(1)'' before the first 
sentence thereof and by adding the following at the end thereof:
    ``(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 and interpretive materials relating to 
the park and to the Freedom Trail.''.

            TITLE III--GENERAL AUTHORIZATIONS AND REPEALERS

SEC. 301. LIMITATION ON PARK BUILDINGS.

    The 10th undesignated paragraph (relating to a limitation on the 
expenditure of funds for park buildings) under the heading 
``miscellaneous objects, department of the interior'', which appears 
under the heading ``UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR'', as 
contained in the first section of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 
460), as amended (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 following:
    ``(j) Provide 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 thereof the following: ``Nothing in this 
Act shall be deemed to limit the authority of the Secretary in the 
management of units of the National Park System, and the Secretary may, 
without regard either to the provisions of this Act, or section 47(a) 
of title 18, United States Code, use motor vehicles, fixed-wing 
aircraft and helicopters, or contract for such use, in furtherance of 
the management of the National Park System, and the provisions of 
section 47(a) of title 18, United States Code, shall not be applicable 
to such use.''.

SEC. 304. AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR RELATING TO 
              MUSEUMS.

    (a) Functions.--The Act entitled ``An Act to increase the public 
benefits from the National Park System by facilitating the management 
of museum properties relating thereto, and for other purposes'' 
approved July 1, 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (b) of the first section, by striking out 
        ``from such donations and bequests of money''; and
            (2) by adding at the end thereof the following:

``SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.

    ``(a) In addition to the functions specified in the first section 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may perform the following 
functions in such manner as he shall consider to be in the public 
interest:
            ``(1) Transfer museum objects and museum collections that 
        the Secretary determines are no longer needed for museum 
        purposes to qualified Federal agencies that have programs to 
        preserve and interpret 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. 
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of any 
        other Federal agency may transfer museum objects and museum 
        collections directly to the administrative jurisdiction of the 
        Secretary of the Interior for the purposes of this Act.
            ``(2) Convey museum objects and museum collections that the 
        Secretary determines are no longer needed for museum purposes, 
        without monetary consideration but subject to such terms and 
        conditions as the Secretary deems necessary, to private 
        institutions exempt from Federal taxation under section 
        501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to non-
        Federal governmental entities if the Secretary determines that 
        the recipient is dedicated to the preservation and 
        interpretation of natural or cultural heritage and is qualified 
        to manage the property, prior to any conveyance under this 
        subsection.
            ``(3) Sell by negotiated sale or to the highest bidder 
        those museum objects and museum collections that the Secretary 
        determines--
                    ``(A) are no longer needed for museum purposes or 
                no longer have scientific value; and
                    ``(B) cannot reasonably be disposed of by exchange, 
                loan, gift, or transfer under paragraph (c) or (e) of 
                the first section of this Act and paragraphs (1) and 
                (2) of this Act, subject to such terms and conditions 
                as the Secretary deems necessary to protect the public 
                interest.
        The proceeds of any sale under this subsection shall, 
        notwithstanding any other provision of law, be retained by the 
        Secretary and, subject to appropriation, used solely to defray 
        the costs of administration, acquisition, maintenance, repair, 
        and related expenses with respect to museum objects and museum 
        collections under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
        Interior and used for purposes of the National Park System.
            ``(4) 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) The Secretary shall ensure that museum objects and museum 
collections 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 systematic review and 
approval process, including consultation with appropriate experts, that 
meets the highest standards of the museum profession for all actions 
taken under this section.''.
    (b) Application and Definitions.--The Act entitled ``An Act to 
increase the public benefits from the National Park System by 
facilitating the management of museum properties relating thereto, and 
for other purposes'' approved July 1, 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), as amended 
by subsection (a), is further amended by adding the following:

``SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.

    ``(a) Application.--Authorities in this Act shall be available to 
the Secretary of the Interior with regard to museum objects and museum 
collections that were under the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Secretary for purposes of the National Park System before the date of 
enactment of this section as well as those museum objects and museum 
collections that may be acquired 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, photographs, and natural 
history specimens.
    ``(c) Priority of Act.--To the extent that the management of museum 
objects and museum collections differs from management of personal 
property as described in the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as amended, the provisions of this Act shall 
control and the Secretary is authorized to promulgate regulations to 
govern the acquisition, management, and disposition of such museum 
objects and museum collections.''.

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 inserting a period after ``Act'' and deleting the 
balance of the sentence.

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 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-2), is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (i), by striking out the period at the end 
        thereof and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end thereof the following:
            ``(j) enter into cooperative agreements with public or 
        private educational institutions, States, and their political 
        subdivisions, for the purpose of developing adequate, 
        coordinated, cooperative research and training programs 
        concerning the resources of the National Park System, and, 
        pursuant to such agreements, to accept from and make available 
        to the cooperator such technical and support staff, supplies 
        and equipment, facilities, and administrative services relating 
        to cooperative research units as the Secretary deems 
        appropriate; except that this paragraph shall not waive any 
        requirements for research projects that are subject to the 
        Federal procurement regulations.''.
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