[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 136 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 136

  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental 
 funding and other services that are necessary to assist certain local 
 school districts in the State of California in providing educational 
    services for students attending schools located within Yosemite 
National Park, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the 
 boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2005

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 authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental 
 funding and other services that are necessary to assist certain local 
 school districts in the State of California in providing educational 
    services for students attending schools located within Yosemite 
National Park, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the 
 boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 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. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Table of contents.
          TITLE I--YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS

Sec. 102. Payments for educational services.
Sec. 103. Authorization for park facilities to be located outside the 
                            boundaries of Yosemite National Park.
TITLE II--RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA 
                          BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California.

          TITLE I--YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS

SEC. 101. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--(1) For fiscal years 2006 through 2009, the 
Secretary of the Interior may provide funds to the Bass Lake Joint 
Union Elementary School District and the Mariposa Unified School 
District in the State of California for educational services to 
students--
            (A) who are dependents of persons engaged in the 
        administration, operation, and maintenance of Yosemite National 
        Park; or
            (B) who live within or near the park upon real property 
        owned by the United States.
    (2) The Secretary's authority to make payments under this section 
shall terminate if the State of California or local education agencies 
do not continue to provide funding to the schools referred to in 
subsection (a) at per student levels that are no less than the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2005.
    (b) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Payments made under this section 
shall only be used to pay public employees for educational services 
provided in accordance with subsection (a). Payments may not be used 
for construction, construction contracts, or major capital 
improvements.
    (c) Limitation on Amount of Funds.--Payments made under this 
section shall not exceed the lesser of--
            (1) $400,000 in any fiscal year; or
            (2) 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) Source of Payments.--(1) Except as otherwise provided in this 
subsection, the Secretary may use funds available to the National Park 
Service from appropriations, donations, or fees.
    (2) Funds from the following sources shall not be used to make 
payments under this section:
            (A) Any law authorizing the collection or expenditure of 
        entrance or use fees at units of the National Park System, 
        including the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 
        U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.); 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); and the National Park Passport Program 
        established under section 602 of the National Parks Omnibus 
        Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5992).
            (B) Emergency appropriations for flood recovery at Yosemite 
        National Park.
    (3)(A) The Secretary may use an authorized funding source to make 
payments under this section only if the funding available to Yosemite 
National Park from such source (after subtracting any payments to the 
school districts authorized under this section) is greater than or 
equal to the amount made available to the park for the prior fiscal 
year, or in fiscal year 2005, whichever is greater.
    (B) It is the sense of Congress that any payments made under this 
section should not result in a reduction of funds to Yosemite National 
Park from any specific funding source, and that with respect to 
appropriated funds, funding levels should reflect annual increases in 
the park's operating base funds that are generally made to units of the 
National Park System.

SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE 
              BOUNDARIES OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.

    (a) Funding Authority for Transportation Systems and External 
Facilities.--Section 814(c) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 346e) is amended--
            (1) in the heading by inserting ``and Yosemite National 
        Park'' after ``Zion National Park'';
            (2) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by inserting ``and Yosemite National Park'' 
                after ``Zion National Park''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``for transportation systems or'' 
                after ``appropriated funds''; and
            (3) in the second sentence by striking ``facilities'' and 
        inserting ``systems or facilities''.
    (b) Clarifying Amendment for Transportation Fee Authority.--Section 
501 of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 
5981) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``service contract'' 
and inserting ``service contract, cooperative agreement, or other 
contractual arrangement''.

TITLE II--RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA 
                          BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden 
Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act''.

SEC. 202. GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Section 2(a) of Public Law 92-589 (16 U.S.C. 460bb-1(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``The recreation area shall comprise'' and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) Initial lands.--The recreation area shall comprise''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``The following additional lands are also'' 
        and all that follows through the period at the end of the 
        subsection and inserting the following new paragraphs:
            ``(2) Additional lands.--In addition to the lands described 
        in paragraph (1), the recreation area shall include the 
        following:
                    ``(A) The parcels numbered by the Assessor of Marin 
                County, California, 119-040-04, 119-040-05, 119-040-18, 
                166-202-03, 166-010-06, 166-010-07, 166-010-24, 166-
                010-25, 119-240-19, 166-010-10, 166-010-22, 119-240-03, 
                119-240-51, 119-240-52, 119-240-54, 166-010-12, 166-
                010-13, and 119-235-10.
                    ``(B) Lands and waters in San Mateo County 
                generally depicted on the map entitled `Sweeney Ridge 
                Addition, Golden Gate National Recreation Area', 
                numbered NRA GG-80,000-A, and dated May 1980.
                    ``(C) Lands acquired under the Golden Gate National 
                Recreation Area Addition Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 460bb-1 
                note; Public Law 102-299).
                    ``(D) Lands generally depicted on the map entitled 
                `Additions to Golden Gate National Recreation Area', 
                numbered NPS-80-076, and dated July 2000/PWR-PLRPC.
                    ``(E) Lands generally depicted on the map entitled 
                `Rancho Corral de Tierra Additions to the Golden Gate 
                National Recreation Area', numbered NPS-80,079E, and 
                dated March 2004.
            ``(3) Acquisition limitation.--The Secretary may acquire 
        land described in paragraph (2)(E) only from a willing 
        seller.''.
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