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[H.R. 694 Reported in House (RH)]





                                                  Union Calendar No. 32

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 694

                          [Report No. 104-59]

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                                 A BILL

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

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                           February 28, 1995

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
                                                  Union Calendar No. 32
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 694

                          [Report No. 104-59]

   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

                           February 28, 1995

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
                               26, 1995]

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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 1995''.

                  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) In general.--Within the boundaries described in 
        subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior may acquire lands 
        and interests in lands by donation.
            (2) Administrative costs.--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, in 
Washington County, Utah, that are 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 Washington County, Utah, that are located in Lot 2 of Section 
5, Township 41 South, Range 11 West. Upon completion of the exchange, 
the Secretary is authorized to revise the boundary of Zion National 
Park to add to the park the approximately 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 
subsection. 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 section 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 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 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 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. The 
map shall be on 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 Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 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 shall administer such acquired lands, waters, 
and interests therein 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 at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(d) To further the purposes of the monument, the Secretary is 
authorized to acquire by donation or, from willing sellers only, by 
purchase with donated or appropriated funds or by exchange not more 
than 65 acres outside the boundary depicted on the map referred to in 
section 301 and to develop and operate, on such acres, research, 
information, interpretive, and administrative facilities. Lands 
acquired and facilities developed under 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 and shall 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 COMMISSION FOR KALOKO-HONOKOHAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL 
              PARK.

    Section 505(f)(7) of the National Parks and Recreation 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 inserting ``(1)'' after ``(b)'' and by 
adding at the end the following 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 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 limitation on the 
expenditure of funds for park buildings) under the heading 
``miscellaneous objects, department 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 following 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 following: ``No provision of this Act 
shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of the 
Interior to manage 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 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 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 section:

``SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.

    ``(a) Transfer, Conveyance, and Destruction.--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, without 
        reimbursement. The head of any other Federal agency may 
        transfer, without reimbursement, 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 (26 U.S.C. 
        501(c)(3)) and to non-Federal governmental entities if the 
        Secretary determines, prior to any conveyance under this 
        subsection, that the private or non-Federal recipient is 
        dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of natural or 
        cultural heritage and is qualified to manage the objects or 
        collections, 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 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 and applies to 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 at the end the 
following new section:

``SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.

    ``(a) Application.--Authorities granted to the Secretary 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 System 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, photographs, 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.

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 subsection (i), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
            ``(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 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 cooperative research 
        units, that the Secretary determines to be appropriate; except 
        that no provision of this subsection shall be construed to 
        waive any requirement with respect to research projects that 
        are subject to the Federal procurement regulations.''.