[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2640 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2640

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2002

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for adequate school facilities in 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,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the 3 elementary schools available for the children of 
        employees of Yosemite National Park are administered by the 
        Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District and the 
        Mariposa Unified School District;
            (2) the elementary schools are in remote mountainous areas 
        that are long distances from other educational and 
        administrative facilities of the local school districts;
            (3) because of the remote locations of and relatively small 
        number of students at the elementary schools serving the 
        children of employees of the Park, the elementary schools 
        provide fewer services in more basic facilities than other 
        schools located in the local school districts; and
            (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 in or near the Park to attend other schools 
        located in the local school districts.
    (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 the State in providing educational services for students 
attending schools located in Yosemite National Park.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) District.--The term ``District'' means--
                    (A) the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School 
                District; and
                    (B) the Mariposa Unified School District.
            (2) Educational service.--The term ``educational service'' 
        includes--
                    (A) maintenance and minor upgrades of Park school 
                facilities; and
                    (B) transportation to and from Park schools.
            (3) Eligible student.--The term ``eligible student'' means 
        a student who--
                    (A) is a dependent of a person engaged in the 
                administration, operation, and maintenance of the Park; 
                or
                    (B) lives at or near the Park on real property of 
                the United States.
            (4) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational 
        agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801).
            (5) Park.--The term ``Park'' means Yosemite National Park, 
        California.
            (6) Park school.--The term ``Park school'' means a school 
        in the Park that serves eligible students.
            (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (8) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
        California.

SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--For each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007, the 
Secretary may provide to the Districts funding for educational services 
for eligible students.
    (b) Amount.--
            (1) In general.--Amounts made available to the Districts 
        under this section for any fiscal year shall not exceed the 
        lesser of--
                    (A) $750,000; or
                    (B) the amount necessary to provide eligible 
                students with educational services that are normally 
                provided and generally available to students who attend 
                other public schools in the State.
            (2) Adjustments.--Subject to paragraph (1), the Secretary 
        may adjust the amounts made available under this section if the 
        State or the appropriate local educational agencies do not 
        provide, for any fiscal year, amounts for educational services 
        at Park schools at per student levels that are equal to or 
        greater than the amounts provided for the fiscal year before 
        the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Limitations on Use of Funds.--Amounts provided by the Secretary 
to the Districts under this section may not be used by the Districts--
            (1) for construction commenced after the date of enactment 
        of this Act, construction contracts, or major capital 
        improvements; or
            (2) to pay public employees for providing educational 
        services not authorized by this Act.
    (d) Source of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary may use amounts made available to the National Park 
        Service from appropriations, donations, or fees to provide 
        funding to Districts under this section.
            (2) Exceptions.--The Secretary may not provide funding 
        under this section from amounts made available from--
                    (A) the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
                1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.);
                    (B) the recreational fee demonstration program 
                established under section 315 of the Department of the 
                Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 
                (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note; Public Law 104-134);
                    (C) the national park passport program established 
                under section 602 of the National Parks Omnibus 
                Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5992); and
                    (D) emergency appropriations for Park flood 
                recovery.

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 1996 (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; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as designated 
                by subparagraph (A)) the following:
            ``(2) Considerations.--In appointing members to the 
        Commission, the Secretary shall ensure that the members 
        represent the interests of local, historic recreational users 
        of the recreation area.''; and
            (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''.
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