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[S. 206 Reported in Senate (RS)]







                                                       Calendar No. 236
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 206

                          [Report No. 109-144]

To designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 2005

   Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Craig, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
  Burns, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                            October 19, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, 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 ``Ice Age Floods National 
Geologic Trail Designation Act of 2005''.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) at the end of the last Ice Age, some 12,000 to 
        17,000 years ago, a series of cataclysmic floods occurred in 
        what is now the northwest region of the United States, leaving 
        a lasting mark of dramatic and distinguishing features on the 
        landscape of parts of the States of Montana, Idaho, Washington 
        and Oregon;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) geological features that have exceptional 
        value and quality to illustrate and interpret this 
        extraordinary natural phenomenon are present on Federal, State, 
        tribal, county, municipal, and private land in the region; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in 2001, a joint study team headed by the 
        National Park Service that included about 70 members from 
        public and private entities completed a study endorsing the 
        establishment of an Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to recognize the national significance 
                of this phenomenon; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to coordinate public and private 
                sector entities in the presentation of the story of the 
                Ice Age floods.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to designate the 
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail in the States of Montana, Idaho, 
Washington, and Oregon, enabling the public to view, experience, and 
learn about the features and story of the Ice Age floods through the 
collaborative efforts of public and private entities.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In this Act:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Ice age floods; floods.--The term ``Ice Age 
        floods'' or ``floods'' means the cataclysmic floods that 
        occurred in what is now the northwestern United States during 
        the last Ice Age from massive, rapid and recurring drainage of 
        Glacial Lake in Missoula, Montana.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Plan.--The term ``plan'' means the cooperative 
        management and interpretation plan authorized under section 
        5(f).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Trail.--The term ``Trail'' means the Ice Age 
        Floods National Geologic Trail designated by section 
        4(a).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. ICE AGE FLOODS NATIONAL GEOLOGIC TRAIL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Designation.--In order to provide for public 
appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the nationally 
significant natural and cultural features of the Ice Age floods and to 
promote collaborative efforts for interpretation and education among 
public and private entities located along the pathways of the floods, 
there is designated the Ice Age Floods National Geologic 
Trail.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Location.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Map.--The route of the Trail shall be 
        generally depicted on the map entitled ``Ice Age Floods 
        National Geologic Trail,'' numbered </DELETED>_____<DELETED>, 
        and dated </DELETED>_____<DELETED>.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Route.--The route shall generally follow 
        public roads and highways--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) from the vicinity of Missoula in 
                western Montana;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) across northern Idaho;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) through eastern and southern sections 
                of Washington;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) across northern Oregon in the vicinity 
                of the Willamette Valley and the Columbia River; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) to the Pacific Ocean.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Revision.--The Secretary may revise the map by 
        publication in the Federal Register of a notice of availability 
        of a new map as part of the plan.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Map Availability.--Any map referred to in subsection 
(b) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
appropriate offices of the National Park Service.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the National Park Service, shall administer the Trail in 
accordance with this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Trail Management Office.--In order for the National 
Park Service to manage the Trail and coordinate Trail activities with 
other public agencies and private entities, the Secretary may establish 
and operate a trail management office within the vicinity of the 
Trail.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Land Acquisition.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--If the acquisition is consistent 
        with the plan, the Secretary may acquire land, in a quantity 
        not to exceed 25 acres, for administrative and public 
        information purposes to facilitate the geographic diversity of 
        the Trail throughout the States of Montana, Idaho, Washington, 
        and Oregon.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Methods.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Private land.--Private land may be 
                acquired from a willing seller under this Act only by 
                donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, 
                or exchange.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Non-federal public land.--Non-Federal 
                public land may be acquired from a willing seller under 
                this Act--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) only by donation or exchange; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) after consultation with the 
                        affected unit of local government.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Interpretive Facilities.--The Secretary may plan, 
design, and construct interpretive facilities for sites associated with 
the Trail if the facilities are constructed in partnership with State, 
local, tribal, or non-profit entities and are consistent with the 
plan.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Interagency Technical Committee.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an 
        interagency technical committee to advise the trail management 
        office on the technical planning for the development of the 
        plan.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Composition.--The committee--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) shall include--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) representatives from Federal, 
                        State, local, and tribal agencies with 
                        interests in the floods; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) representatives from the Ice 
                        Age Floods Institute; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) may include private property owners, 
                business owners, and nonprofit organizations.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Management Plan.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Not later than 3 years after 
        funds are made available to carry out this Act under section 6, 
        the Secretary shall prepare a cooperative management and 
        interpretation plan for the Trail.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Consultation.--The Secretary shall prepare the 
        plan in consultation with--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) State, local, and tribal 
                governments;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the Ice Age Floods 
                Institute;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) private property owners; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) other interested parties.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Contents.--The plan shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) confirm and, if appropriate, expand on 
                the inventory of features of the floods contained in 
                the National Park Service study entitled ``Ice Age 
                Floods, Study of Alternatives and Environmental 
                Assessment'' (February 2001) by--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) locating features more 
                        accurately;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) improving the description of 
                        features; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) reevaluating the features in 
                        terms of their interpretive 
                        potential;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) review and, if appropriate, modify the 
                map of the Trail referred to in section 4(b);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) describe strategies for the 
                coordinated development of the Trail, including an 
                interpretive plan for facilities, waysides, roadside 
                pullouts, exhibits, media, and programs that present 
                the story of the floods to the public effectively; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) identify potential partnering 
                opportunities in the development of interpretive 
                facilities and educational programs to educate the 
                public about the story of the floods.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Cooperative Management.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--In order to facilitate the 
        development of coordinated interpretation, education, resource 
        stewardship, visitor facility development and operation, and 
        scientific research associated with the Trail and to promote 
        more efficient administration of the sites associated with the 
        Trail, the Secretary may enter into cooperative management 
        agreements with appropriate officials in the States of Montana, 
        Idaho, Washington, and Oregon in accordance with the authority 
        provided for units of the National Park System under section 
        3(l) of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-2(l)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Unit of national park system.--For purposes of 
        this subsection, the Trail shall be considered a unit of the 
        National Park System.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (h) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may enter into 
cooperative agreements with public or private entities to carry out 
this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (i) Effect on Private Property Rights.--Nothing in this 
Act--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) requires any private property owner to allow 
        public access (including Federal, State, or local government 
        access) to private property; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) modifies any provision of Federal, State, or 
        local law with respect to public access to or use of private 
        land.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (j) Liability.--Designation of the Trail by section 4(a) 
does not create any liability for, or affect any liability under any 
law of, any private property owner with respect to any person injured 
on the private property.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
necessary to carry out this Act, of which not more than $500,000 may be 
used for each fiscal year for the administration of the 
Trail.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ice Age Floods National Geologic 
Trail Designation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) at the end of the last Ice Age, some 12,000 to 17,000 
        years ago, a series of cataclysmic floods occurred in what is 
        now the northwest region of the United States, leaving a 
        lasting mark of dramatic and distinguishing features on the 
        landscape of parts of the States of Montana, Idaho, Washington 
        and Oregon;
            (2) geological features that have exceptional value and 
        quality to illustrate and interpret this extraordinary natural 
        phenomenon are present on Federal, State, tribal, county, 
        municipal, and private land in the region; and
            (3) in 2001, a joint study team headed by the National Park 
        Service that included about 70 members from public and private 
        entities completed a study endorsing the establishment of an 
        Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail--
                    (A) to recognize the national significance of this 
                phenomenon; and
                    (B) to coordinate public and private sector 
                entities in the presentation of the story of the Ice 
                Age floods.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to designate the Ice Age 
Floods National Geologic Trail in the States of Montana, Idaho, 
Washington, and Oregon, enabling the public to view, experience, and 
learn about the features and story of the Ice Age floods through the 
collaborative efforts of public and private entities.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Ice age floods; floods.--The term ``Ice Age floods'' or 
        ``floods'' means the cataclysmic floods that occurred in what 
        is now the northwestern United States during the last Ice Age 
        from massive, rapid and recurring drainage of Glacial Lake in 
        Missoula, Montana.
            (2) Plan.--The term ``plan'' means the cooperative 
        management and interpretation plan authorized under section 
        5(e).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (4) Trail.--The term ``Trail'' means the Ice Age Floods 
        National Geologic Trail designated by section 4(a).

SEC. 4. ICE AGE FLOODS NATIONAL GEOLOGIC TRAIL.

    (a) Designation.--In order to provide for public appreciation, 
understanding, and enjoyment of the nationally significant natural and 
cultural features of the Ice Age floods and to promote collaborative 
efforts for interpretation and education among public and private 
entities located along the pathways of the floods, there is designated 
the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail.
    (b) Location.--
            (1) Map.--The route of the Trail shall be generally 
        depicted on the map entitled ``Ice Age Floods National Geologic 
        Trail,'' numbered P43/80,000 and dated June 2004.
            (2) Route.--The route shall generally follow public roads 
        and highways.
            (3) Revision.--The Secretary may revise the map by 
        publication in the Federal Register of a notice of availability 
        of a new map as part of the plan.
    (c) Map Availability.--The map referred to in subsection (b) shall 
be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the National Park Service.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
National Park Service, shall administer the Trail in accordance with 
this Act.
    (b) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (f)(2), the Trail 
shall not be considered to be a unit of the National Park System.
    (c) Trail Management Office.--To improve management of the Trail 
and coordinate Trail activities with other public agencies and private 
entities, the Secretary may establish and operate a trail management 
office at a central location within the vicinity of the Trail.
    (d) Interpretive Facilities.--The Secretary may plan, design, and 
construct interpretive facilities for sites associated with the Trail 
if the facilities are constructed in partnership with State, local, 
tribal, or non-profit entities and are consistent with the plan.
    (e) Management Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 3 years after funds are 
        made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall 
        prepare a cooperative management and interpretation plan for 
        the Trail.
            (2) Consultation.--The Secretary shall prepare the plan in 
        consultation with--
                    (A) State, local, and tribal governments;
                    (B) the Ice Age Floods Institute;
                    (C) private property owners; and
                    (D) other interested parties.
            (3) Contents.--The plan shall--
                    (A) confirm and, if appropriate, expand on the 
                inventory of features of the floods contained in the 
                National Park Service study entitled ``Ice Age Floods, 
                Study of Alternatives and Environmental Assessment'' 
                (February 2001) by--
                            (i) locating features more accurately;
                            (ii) improving the description of features; 
                        and
                            (iii) reevaluating the features in terms of 
                        their interpretive potential;
                    (B) review and, if appropriate, modify the map of 
                the Trail referred to in section 4(b);
                    (C) describe strategies for the coordinated 
                development of the Trail, including an interpretive 
                plan for facilities, waysides, roadside pullouts, 
                exhibits, media, and programs that present the story of 
                the floods to the public effectively; and
                    (D) identify potential partnering opportunities in 
                the development of interpretive facilities and 
                educational programs to educate the public about the 
                story of the floods.
    (f) Cooperative Management.--
            (1) In general.--In order to facilitate the development of 
        coordinated interpretation, education, resource stewardship, 
        visitor facility development and operation, and scientific 
        research associated with the Trail and to promote more 
        efficient administration of the sites associated with the 
        Trail, the Secretary may enter into cooperative management 
        agreements with appropriate officials in the States of Montana, 
        Idaho, Washington, and Oregon in accordance with the authority 
        provided for units of the National Park System under section 
        3(l) of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-2(l)).
            (2) Authority.--For purposes of this subsection only, the 
        Trail shall be considered a unit of the National Park System.
    (g) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may enter into 
cooperative agreements with public or private entities to carry out 
this Act.
    (h) Effect on Private Property Rights.--Nothing in this Act--
            (1) requires any private property owner to allow public 
        access (including Federal, State, or local government access) 
        to private property; or
            (2) modifies any provision of Federal, State, or local law 
        with respect to public access to or use of private land.
    (i) Liability.--Designation of the Trail by section 4(a) does not 
create any liability for, or affect any liability under any law of, any 
private property owner with respect to any person injured on the 
private property.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act, of which not more than $12,000,000 may be used 
for development of the Trail.
                                                       Calendar No. 236

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 206

                          [Report No. 109-144]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 19, 2005

                       Reported with an amendment