[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3421 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 679
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3421


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 2002

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                            October 8, 2002

              Reported by Mr. Bingaman, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To provide adequate school facilities within Yosemite National Park, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Yosemite National Park 
Education Improvement Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The three elementary schools serving the 
        children of employees of Yosemite National Park are served by 
        the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District and the 
        Mariposa Unified School District.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) The schools are in remote mountainous areas 
        and long distances from other educational and administrative 
        facilities of the two local educational agencies.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Because of their remote locations and 
        relatively small number of students, schools serving the 
        children of employees of the Park provide fewer services in 
        more basic facilities than the educational services and 
        facilities provided to students that attend other schools 
        served by the two local educational agencies.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Because of the long distances involved and 
        adverse weather and road conditions that occur during much of 
        the school year, it is impractical for the children of 
        employees of the Park who live within or near the Park to 
        attend other schools served by the two local educational 
        agencies.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and other 
services that are necessary to assist the State of California or local 
educational agencies in California in providing educational services 
for students attending schools located within the Park.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Authority To Provide Funds.--For fiscal years 2003 
through 2007, the Secretary may provide funds to the Bass Lake Joint 
Union Elementary School District and the Mariposa Unified School 
District for educational services to students who are dependents of 
persons engaged in the administration, operation, and maintenance of 
the Park or students who live at or near the Park upon real property of 
the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Payments made by the 
Secretary under this section may not be used for new construction, 
construction contracts, or major capital improvements, and may be used 
only to pay public employees for services otherwise authorized by this 
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Limitation on Amount of Funds.--Payments made under 
this section shall not exceed the lesser of $750,000 in any fiscal year 
or the amount necessary to provide students described in subsection (a) 
with educational services that are normally provided and generally 
available to students who attend public schools elsewhere in the State 
of California.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Adjustment of Payments.--Subject to subsection (c), 
the Secretary is authorized to adjust payments made under this section 
if the State of California or the appropriate local educational 
agencies do not continue to provide funding for educational services at 
Park schools at per student levels that are equivalent to or greater 
than those provided in the fiscal year prior to the date of enactment 
of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Source of Payments.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Authorized sources.--Except as provided in 
        paragraph (2), in order to make payments under this section, 
        the Secretary may use funds available to the National Park 
        Service from appropriations, donations, or fees.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Exceptions.--Funds from the following sources 
        may not be used to make payments under this section:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Fees authorized and collected under 
                the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 
                U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) The recreational fee demonstration 
                program under section 315 of the Department of the 
                Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 
                (as contained in section 101(c) of Public Law 104-134; 
                16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) The national park passport program 
                established under section 602 of the National Parks 
                Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 
                5992).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Emergency appropriations for Yosemite 
                flood recovery.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act, the 
following definitions apply:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Local educational agencies.--The term ``local 
        educational agencies'' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 9101(26) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Educational services.--The term ``educational 
        services'' means services that may include maintenance and 
        minor upgrades of facilities and transportation to and from 
        school.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Park.--The term ``Park'' means Yosemite 
        National Park.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Yosemite National Park Education 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The three elementary schools serving the children of 
        employees of Yosemite National Park are served by the Bass Lake 
        Joint Union Elementary School District and Mariposa Unified 
        School District.
            (2) The schools are in remote mountainous areas and long 
        distances from other educational and administrative facilities 
        of the two local educational agencies.
            (3) Because of their remote locations and relatively small 
        number of students, schools serving the children of employees 
        of the Park provide fewer services in more basic facilities 
        than the educational services and facilities provided to 
        student that attend other schools served by the two local 
        educational agencies.
            (4) Because of the long distances involved and adverse 
        weather and road conditions that occur during much of the 
        school year, it is impractical for the children of employees of 
        the Park who live within or near the Park to attend other 
        schools served by the two local educational agencies.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and other services that 
are necessary to assist the State of California or local educational 
agencies in California in providing educational services for students 
attending schools located within the Park.

SEC. 3. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.

    (a) Authority To Provide Funds.--For fiscal years 2003 through 
2007, the Secretary may provide funds to the Bass Lake Joint Union 
Elementary School District and the Mariposa Unified School District for 
educational services to students who are dependents of persons engaged 
in the administration, operation, and maintenance of the Park or 
students who live at or near the Park upon real property of the United 
States.
    (b) Limitations on Use of Funds.--Payments made by the Secretary 
under this section may not be used for new construction, construction 
contracts, or major capital improvements, and may be used only to pay 
public employees for services otherwise authorized by this Act.
    (c) Limitations on Amount of Funds.--Payments made under this 
section shall not exceed the lesser of $400,000 in any fiscal year or 
the amount necessary to provide students described in subsection (a) 
with educational services that are normally provided and generally 
available to students who attend public schools elsewhere in the State 
of California.
    (d) Limitation on Funding Sources.--
            (1) Exceptions.--Funds from the following sources may not 
        be used to make payments under this section:
                    (A) Fees authorized and collected under the Land 
                and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C., 
                460l-4 et seq.).
                    (B) The recreational fee demonstration program 
                under section 315 of the Department of the Interior and 
                Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as contained 
                in section 101(c) of Public Law 104-134; 16 U.S.C. 
4601-6a note).
                    (C) The national park passport program established 
                under section 602 of the National Parks Omnibus 
                Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5992).
                    (D) Emergency appropriations for Yosemite flood 
                recovery.
                    (E) Funds appropriated for the Operation of the 
                National Park Service (ONPS Funds).
    (e) Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act, the following 
definitions apply:
            (1) Local educational agencies.--The term ``local 
        educational agencies'' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 9109(26) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965.
            (2) Educational services.--The term ``educational 
        services'' means services that may include maintenance and 
        minor upgrades of facilities and transportation to and from 
        school.
            (3) Park.--The term ``Park'' means Yosemite National Park.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE 
              BOUNDARIES OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.

    Section 814(c) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act 
of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 346e) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by inserting ``and Yosemite National Park'' 
                after ``Zion National Park''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``transportation systems and'' 
                before ``the establishment of''; and
            (2) by striking ``park'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``parks''.

SEC. 5. ADVISORY COMMISSIONS.

    (a) Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Commission.--
Section 5 of Public Law 92-589 (16 U.S.C. 460bb-4) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``(b) The Commission'' and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(b) Membership.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Commission'';
                    (B) by striking ``Provided, That the'' and all that 
                follows through the period;
            (2) in subsection (g), by striking ``thirty'' and inserting 
        ``40''.
    (b) Manzanar National Historic Site Advisory Commission.--Section 
105(h) of Public Law 102-248 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by 
striking ``10 years after the date of enactment of this title'' and 
inserting ``on December 31, 2012''.




                                                       Calendar No. 679

107th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3421

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To provide adequate school facilities within Yosemite National Park, 
                        and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 8, 2002

                       Reported with an amendment