[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 898 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                      October 19 (legislative day, September 22), 2000.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
898) entitled ``An Act designating certain land in the San Isabel 
National Forest in the State of Colorado as the `Spanish Peaks 
Wilderness.''', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Table of contents.

              TITLE I--SPANISH PEAKS WILDERNESS, COLORADO

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Designation of Spanish Peaks Wilderness.
Sec. 103. Force and effect clause.
Sec. 104. Access.
Sec. 105. Conforming amendment.

                     TITLE II--VIRGINIA WILDERNESS

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Designation of wilderness areas.

                TITLE III--WASHOE TRIBE LAND CONVEYANCE

Sec. 301. Washoe Tribe land conveyance.

         TITLE IV--SAINT CROIX ISLAND REGIONAL HERITAGE CENTER

Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 403. Definitions.
Sec. 404. Saint Croix Island Regional Heritage Center.
Sec. 405. Authorization of appropriations.

                TITLE V--PARK AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS

Sec. 501. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Sec. 502. Corrections in designations of Hawaiian national parks.
Sec. 503. Hamilton Grange National Memorial.
Sec. 504. Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site.
Sec. 505. Fort Matanzas National Monument.

              TITLE VI--ALASKA NATIONAL PARK UNIT REPORTS

Sec. 601. Mt. McKinley high altitude rescue fee study.
Sec. 602. Alaska Native hiring report.
Sec. 603. Pilot program.

        TITLE VII--GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Definitions.
Sec. 703. Commercial fishing.
Sec. 704. Sea gull egg collection study.
Sec. 705. Authorization of appropriations.

              TITLE I--SPANISH PEAKS WILDERNESS, COLORADO

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Spanish Peaks Wilderness Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 102. DESIGNATION OF SPANISH PEAKS WILDERNESS.

    Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (Public Law 
103-77; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(20) Spanish Peaks Wilderness.--Certain land in the San 
        Isabel National Forest that comprises approximately 18,000 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled `Proposed 
        Spanish Peaks Wilderness', dated February 10, 1999, and which 
        shall be known as the Spanish Peaks Wilderness.''.

SEC. 103. FORCE AND EFFECT CLAUSE.

    The map and boundary description of the Spanish Peaks Wilderness 
shall have the same force and effect as if included in the Colorado 
Wilderness Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-77; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note), except 
that the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the 
``Secretary'') may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map 
and boundary description.

SEC. 104. ACCESS.

    (a) Bulls Eye Mine Road.--(1) With respect to the Bulls Eye Mine 
Road, the Secretary shall allow the continuation of those historic uses 
of the road which existed prior to the date of enactment of this title, 
subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems necessary.
    (2) Nothing in this section--
            (A) requires the Secretary to open the Bulls Eye Mine Road 
        or otherwise restricts or limits the Secretary's management 
        authority with respect to the road; or
            (B) requires the Secretary to improve or maintain the road.
    (3) The Secretary shall consult with local citizens and other 
interested parties regarding the implementation of this title with 
respect to the road.
    (b) Private Lands.--Access to any privately-owned land within the 
Spanish Peaks Wilderness shall be provided in accordance with section 5 
of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1134 et seq.).

SEC. 105. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 10 of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-
77; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is repealed.

                     TITLE II--VIRGINIA WILDERNESS

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE

    This title may be cited as the ``Virginia Wilderness Act of 2000''.

SEC. 202 DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.

    Section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act to designate certain 
National Forest System lands in the States of Virginia and West 
Virginia as wilderness areas'' (Public Law 100-326; 102 Stat. 584) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting 
        a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) certain land in the George Washington National 
        Forest, comprising approximately 5,963 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled `The Priest Wilderness Study Area', 
        dated June 6, 2000, to be known as the `Priest Wilderness 
        Area'; and
            ``(8) certain land in the George Washington National 
        Forest, comprising approximately 4,608 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled `The Three Ridges Wilderness Study 
        Area', dated June 6, 2000, to be known as the `Three Ridges 
        Wilderness Area'.''.

                TITLE III--WASHOE TRIBE LAND CONVEYANCE

SEC. 301. WASHOE TRIBE LAND CONVEYANCE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the ancestral homeland of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada 
        and California (referred to in this section as the ``Tribe'') 
        included an area of approximately 5,000 square miles in and 
        around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, and Lake Tahoe was 
        the heart of the territory;
            (2) in 1997, Federal, State, and local governments, 
        together with many private landholders, recognized the Washoe 
        people as indigenous people of Lake Tahoe Basin through a 
        series of meetings convened by those governments at 2 locations 
        in Lake Tahoe;
            (3) the meetings were held to address protection of the 
        extraordinary natural, recreational, and ecological resources 
        in the Lake Tahoe region;
            (4) the resulting multiagency agreement includes objectives 
        that support the traditional and customary uses of Forest 
        Service land by the Tribe; and
            (5) those objectives include the provision of access by 
        members of the Tribe to the shore of Lake Tahoe in order to 
        reestablish traditional and customary cultural practices.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
            (1) to implement the joint local, State, tribal, and 
        Federal objective of returning the Tribe to Lake Tahoe; and
            (2) to ensure that members of the Tribe have the 
        opportunity to engage in traditional and customary cultural 
        practices on the shore of Lake Tahoe to meet the needs of 
        spiritual renewal, land stewardship, Washoe horticulture and 
        ethnobotony, subsistence gathering, traditional learning, and 
        reunification of tribal and family bonds.
    (c) Conveyance.--Subject to valid existing rights and subject to 
the easement reserved under subsection (d), the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall convey to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for 
the Tribe, for no consideration, all right, title, and interest in the 
parcel of land comprising approximately 24.3 acres, located within the 
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit north of Skunk Harbor, Nevada, and 
more particularly described as Mount Diablo Meridian, T15N, R18E, 
section 27, lot 3.
    (d) Easement.--
            (1) In general.--The conveyance under subsection (c) shall 
        be made subject to reservation to the United States of a 
        nonexclusive easement for public and administrative access over 
        Forest Development Road #15N67 to National Forest System land.
            (2) Access by individuals with disabilities.--The Secretary 
        shall provide a reciprocal easement to the Tribe permitting 
        vehicular access to the parcel over Forest Development Road 
        #15N67 to--
                    (A) members of the Tribe for administrative and 
                safety purposes; and
                    (B) members of the Tribe who, due to age, 
                infirmity, or disability, would have difficulty 
                accessing the conveyed parcel on foot.
    (e) Use of Land.--
            (1) In general.--In using the parcel conveyed under 
        subsection (c), the Tribe and members of the Tribe--
                    (A) shall limit the use of the parcel to 
                traditional and customary uses and stewardship 
                conservation for the benefit of the Tribe;
                    (B) shall not permit any permanent residential or 
                recreational development on, or commercial use of, the 
                parcel (including commercial development, tourist 
                accommodations, gaming, sale of timber, or mineral 
                extraction); and
                    (C) shall comply with environmental requirements 
                that are no less protective than environmental 
                requirements that apply under the Regional Plan of the 
                Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
            (2) Reversion.--If the Secretary of the Interior, after 
        notice to the Tribe and an opportunity for a hearing, based on 
        monitoring of use of the parcel by the Tribe, makes a finding 
        that the Tribe has used or permitted the use of the parcel in 
        violation of paragraph (1) and the Tribe fails to take 
        corrective or remedial action directed by the Secretary of the 
        Interior, title to the parcel shall revert to the Secretary of 
        Agriculture.

         TITLE IV--SAINT CROIX ISLAND REGIONAL HERITAGE CENTER

SECTION 401. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Saint Croix Island Heritage Act''.

SEC. 402. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) Saint Croix Island is located in the Saint Croix River, 
        a river that is the boundary between the State of Maine and 
        Canada;
            (2) the Island is the only international historic site in 
        the National Park System;
            (3) in 1604, French nobleman Pierre Dugua Sieur de Mons, 
        accompanied by a courageous group of adventurers that included 
        Samuel Champlain, landed on the Island and began the 
        construction of a settlement;
            (4) the French settlement on the Island in 1604 and 1605 
        was the initial site of the first permanent settlement in the 
        New World, predating the English settlement of 1607 at 
        Jamestown, Virginia;
            (5) many people view the expedition that settled on the 
        Island in 1604 as the beginning of the Acadian culture in North 
        America;
            (6) in October, 1998, the National Park Service completed a 
        general management plan to manage and interpret the Saint Croix 
        Island International Historic Site;
            (7) the plan addresses a variety of management 
        alternatives, and concludes that the best management strategy 
        entails developing an interpretive trail and ranger station at 
        Red Beach, Maine, and a regional heritage center in downtown 
        Calais, Maine, in cooperation with Federal, State, and local 
        agencies;
            (8) a 1982 memorandum of understanding, signed by the 
        Department of the Interior and the Canadian Department for the 
        Environment, outlines a cooperative program to commemorate the 
        international heritage of the Saint Croix Island site and 
        specifically to prepare for the 400th anniversary of the 
        settlement in 2004; and
            (9) only four years remain before the 400th anniversary of 
        the settlement at Saint Croix Island, an occasion that should 
        be appropriately commemorated.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this title is to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to take all necessary and appropriate steps to work 
with Federal, State, and local agencies, historical societies, and 
nonprofit organizations to facilitate the development of a regional 
heritage center in downtown Calais, Maine before the 400th anniversary 
of the settlement of Saint Croix Island.

SEC. 403. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Island.--The term ``Island'' means Saint Croix Island, 
        located in the Saint Croix River, between Canada and the State 
        of Maine.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.

SEC. 404. SAINT CROIX ISLAND REGIONAL HERITAGE CENTER.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall provide assistance in 
planning, constructing, and operating a regional heritage center in 
downtown Calais, Maine, to facilitate the management and interpretation 
of the Saint Croix Island International Historic Site.
    (b) Cooperative Agreements.--To carry out subsection (a), in 
administering the Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, the 
Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements under appropriate terms 
and conditions with other Federal agencies, State and local agencies 
and nonprofit organizations--
            (1) to provide exhibits, interpretive services (including 
        employing individuals to provide such services), and technical 
        assistance;
            (2) to conduct activities that facilitate the dissemination 
        of information relating to the Saint Croix Island International 
        Historic Site;
            (3) to provide financial assistance for the construction of 
        the regional heritage center in exchange for space in the 
        center that is sufficient to interpret the Saint Croix Island 
        International Historic Site; and
            (4) to assist with the operation and maintenance of the 
        regional heritage center.

SEC. 405. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Design and Construction.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
        carry out this title (including the design and construction of 
        the regional heritage center) $2,000,000.
            (2) Expenditure.--Paragraph (1) authorizes funds to be 
        appropriated on the condition that any expenditure of those 
        funds shall be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by funds 
        from non-Federal sources.
    (b) Operation and Maintenance.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to maintain and operate 
interpretive exhibits in the regional heritage center.

                TITLE V--PARK AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS

SEC. 501. HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK-.

    The first section of the Act entitled ``An Act to add certain lands 
on the island of Hawaii to the Hawaii National Park, and for other 
purposes'', approved June 20, 1938 (16 U.S.C. 391b), is amended by 
striking ``park: Provided,'' and all that follows and inserting ``park. 
Land (including the land depicted on the map entitled `NPS-PAC 1997HW') 
may be acquired by the Secretary through donation, exchange, or 
purchase with donated or appropriated funds.''.

SEC. 502. CORRECTIONS IN DESIGNATIONS OF HAWAIIAN NATIONAL PARKS.

    (a) Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.--
            (1) In general.--Public Law 87-278 (75 Stat. 577) is 
        amended by striking ``Hawaii Volcanoes National Park'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``Hawai`i Volcanoes National 
        Park''.
            (2) References.--Any reference in any law (other than this 
        section), regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of 
        the United States to ``Hawaii Volcanoes National Park'' shall 
        be considered a reference to ``Hawai`i Volcanoes National 
        Park''.
    (b) Haleakala National Park.--
            (1) In general.--Public Law 86-744 (74 Stat. 881) is 
        amended by striking ``Haleakala National Park'' and inserting 
        ``Haleakala National Park''.
            (2) References.--Any reference in any law (other than this 
        section), regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of 
        the United States to ``Haleakala National Park'' shall be 
        considered a reference to ``Haleakala National Park''.
    (c) Kaloko-Honokohau.--
            (1) In general.--Section 505 of the National Parks and 
        Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 396d) is amended--
                    (A) in the section heading, by striking ``Kaloko-
                Honokohau'' and inserting ``Kaloko-honokohau''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Kaloko-Honokohau'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Kaloko-Honokohau''.
            (2) References.--Any reference in any law (other than this 
        section), regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of 
        the United States to ``Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical 
        Park'' shall be considered a reference to ``Kaloko-Honokohau 
        National Historical Park''.
    (d) Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park.--
            (1) In general.--The Act of July 21, 1955 (chapter 385; 69 
        Stat. 376), as amended by section 305 of the National Parks and 
        Recreation Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 3477), is amended by striking 
        ``Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National 
        Historical Park''.
            (2) References.--Any reference in any law (other than this 
        section), regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of 
        the United States to ``Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical 
        Park shall be considered a reference to ``Pu`uhonua o Honaunau 
        National Historical Park''.
    (e) Pu`ukohola Heiau National Historic Site.--
            (1) In general.--Public Law 92-388 (86 Stat. 562) is 
        amended by striking ``Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``Pu`ukohola Heiau National 
        Historic Site''.
            (2) References.--Any reference in any law (other than this 
        section), regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of 
        the United States to ``Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site'' 
        shall be considered a reference to ``Pu`ukohola Heiau National 
        Historic Site''.
    (f) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 401(8) of the National 
Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-625; 92 Stat. 3489) is 
amended by striking ``Hawaii Volcanoes'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``Hawai`i Volcanoes''.
    (2) The first section of Public Law 94-567 (90 Stat. 2692) is 
amended in subsection (e) by striking ``Haleakala'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``Haleakala''.

SEC. 503. HAMILTON GRANGE NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

    (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of November 19, 1988 
(16 U.S.C. 431 note), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
accept by donation not to exceed one acre of land or interests in land 
from the City of New York for the purpose of relocating Hamilton 
Grange. Such land to be donated shall be within close proximity to the 
existing location of Hamilton Grange.
    (b) Lands and interests in land acquired pursuant to section (a) 
shall be added to and administered as part of Hamilton Grange National 
Memorial.

SEC. 504. SAINT-GAUDENS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.

    Public Law 88-543 (16 U.S.C. 461 (note)), which established Saint-
Gaudens National Historic Site, is amended--
            (1) in section 3 by striking ``not to exceed sixty-four 
        acres of lands and interests therein'' and inserting ``279 
        acres of lands and buildings, or interests therein'';
            (2) in section 6 by striking ``$2,677,000'' from the first 
        sentence and inserting ``$10,632,000''; and
            (3) in section 6 by striking ``$80,000'' from the last 
        sentence and inserting ``$2,000,000''.

SEC. 505. FORT MATANZAS NATIONAL MONUMENT

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled ``Fort 
        Matanzas National Monument'', numbered 347/80,004 and dated 
        February, 1991.
            (2) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Fort 
        Matanzas National Monument in Florida.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
    (b) Revision of Boundary.--
            (1) In general.--The boundary of the Monument is revised to 
        include an area totaling approximately 70 acres, as generally 
        depicted on the Map.
            (2) Availability of map.--The Map shall be on file and 
        available for public inspection in the office of the Director 
        of the National Park Service.
    (c) Acquisition of Additional Land.--The Secretary may acquire any 
land, water, or interests in land that are located within the revised 
boundary of the Monument by--
            (1) donation;
            (2) purchase with donated or appropriated funds;
            (3) transfer from any other Federal agency; or
            (4) exchange.
    (d) Administration.--Subject to applicable laws, all land and 
interests in land held by the United States that are included in the 
revised boundary under section 2 shall be administered by the Secretary 
as part of the Monument.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

              TITLE VI--ALASKA NATIONAL PARK UNIT REPORTS

SEC. 601. MT. MCKINLEY HIGH ALTITUDE RESCUE FEE STUDY.

    No later than nine months after the enactment of this section, the 
Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the 
``Secretary'') shall complete a report on the suitability and 
feasibility of recovering the costs of high altitude rescues on Mt. 
McKinley, within Denali National Park and Preserve. The Secretary shall 
also report on the suitability and feasibility of requiring climbers to 
provide proof of medical insurance prior to the issuance of a climbing 
permit by the National Park Service. The report shall also review the 
amount of fees charged for a climbing permit and make such 
recommendations for changing the fee structure as the Secretary deems 
appropriate. Upon completion, the report shall be submitted to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 602. ALASKA NATIVE HIRING REPORT.

    (a) Within six months after the enactment of this section the 
Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the ``Secretary'' 
shall submit a report detailing the progress the Department has made in 
the implementation of the provisions of sections 1307 and 1308 of the 
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and provisions of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. The report 
shall include a detailed action plan on the future implementation of 
the provisions of sections 1307 and 1308 of the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act and provisions of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act. The report shall describe, 
in detail, the measures and actions that will be taken, along with a 
description of the anticipated results to be achieved during the next 
three fiscal years. The report shall focus on lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior in Alaska and shall also 
address any laws, rules, regulations and policies which act as a 
deterrent to hiring Native Alaskans or contracting with Native Alaskans 
to perform and conduct activities and programs of those agencies and 
bureaus under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior.
    (b) The report shall be completed within existing appropriations 
and shall be transmitted to the Committee on Resources of the United 
States Senate; and the Committee on Resources of the United States 
House of Representatives.

SEC. 603. PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) In furtherance of the goals of sections 1307 and 1308 of the 
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and the provisions of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, the 
Secretary shall--
            (1) implement pilot programs to employ residents of local 
        communities at the following units of the National Park System 
        located in northwest Alaska:
                    (A) Bering Land Bridge National Preserve,
                    (B) Cape Krusenstern National Monument,
                    (C) Kobuk Valley National Park, and
                    (D) Noatak National Preserve; and
            (2) report on the results of the programs within one year 
        to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United 
        States and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
        Representatives.
    (b) In implementing the programs, the Secretary shall consult with 
the Native Corporations, non-profit organizations, and Tribal entities 
in the immediate vicinity of such units and shall also, to the extent 
practicable, involve such groups in the development of interpretive 
materials and the pilot programs relating to such units.

        TITLE VII--GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Glacier Bay National Park Resource 
Management Act of 2000''.

SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this title--
            (1) the term ``local residents'' means those persons living 
        within the vicinity of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, 
        including but not limited to the residents of Hoonah, Alaska, 
        who are descendants of those who had an historic and cultural 
        tradition of sea gull egg gathering within the boundary of what 
        is now Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve;
            (2) the term ``outer waters'' means all of the marine 
        waters within the park outside of Glacier Bay proper;
            (3) the term ``park'' means Glacier Bay National Park;
            (4) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
        Interior; and
            (5) the term ``State'' means the State of Alaska.

SEC. 703. COMMERCIAL FISHING.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall allow for commercial fishing 
in the outer waters of the park in accordance with the management plan 
referred to in subsection (b) in a manner that provides for the 
protection of park resources and values.
    (b) Management Plan.--The Secretary and the State shall cooperate 
in the development of a management plan for the regulation of 
commercial fisheries in the outer waters of the park in accordance with 
existing Federal and State laws and any applicable international 
conservation and management treaties.
    (c) Savings.--(1) Nothing in this title shall alter or affect the 
provisions of section 123 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-277), 
as amended by section 501 of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-31).
    (2) Nothing in this title shall enlarge or diminish Federal or 
State title, jurisdiction, or authority with respect to the waters of 
the State of Alaska, the waters within Glacier Bay National Park and 
Preserve, or tidal or submerged lands.
    (d) Study.--(1) Not later than one year after the date funds are 
made available, the Secretary, in consultation with the State, the 
National Marine Fisheries Service, the International Pacific Halibut 
Commission, and other affected agencies shall develop a plan for a 
comprehensive multi-agency research and monitoring program to evaluate 
the health of fisheries resources in the park's marine waters, to 
determine the effect, if any, of commercial fishing on--
            (A) the productivity, diversity, and sustainability of 
        fishery resources in such waters; and
            (B) park resources and values.
    (2) The Secretary shall promptly notify the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on 
Resources of the United States House of Representatives upon the 
completion of the plan.
    (3) The Secretary shall complete the program set forth in the plan 
not later than seven years after the date the Congressional Committees 
are notified pursuant to paragraph (2), and shall transmit the results 
of the program to such Committees on a biennial basis.

SEC. 704. SEA GULL EGG COLLECTION STUDY.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary, in consultation with local residents, 
shall undertake a study of sea gulls living within the park to assess 
whether sea gull eggs can be collected on a limited basis without 
impairing the biological sustainability of the sea gull population in 
the park. The study shall be completed no later than two years after 
the date funds are made available.
    (b) Recommendations.--If the study referred to in subsection (a) 
determines that the limited collection of sea gull eggs can occur 
without impairing the biological sustainability of the sea gull 
population in the park, the Secretary shall submit recommendations for 
legislation to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
United States Senate and the Committee on Resources of the United 
States House of Representatives.

SEC. 705. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this title.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

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