[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2627 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2627

 To amend the Act of August 21, 1935, to extend the authorization for 
    the National Park System Advisory Board, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 2006

Mr. Domenici (by request) 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 amend the Act of August 21, 1935, to extend the authorization for 
    the National Park System Advisory Board, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Park System Advisory Board 
Reauthorization Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD.

    Section 3 of the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 463), is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``sec. 3'' and inserting the following:

``SEC. 3. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD.'';

            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``(a) There is hereby established'' 
                and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established'';
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``The Board 
                shall advise'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Purpose.--The Board shall advise'';
                    (C) in the third sentence, by striking ``Members of 
                the Board'' and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Term; appointment.--Members of the Board'';
                    (D) by striking the fourth through ninth sentences 
                and inserting the following:
            ``(4) Membership.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Board shall be comprised of 
                not more than 12 members, appointed from among citizens 
                of the United States with a demonstrated commitment to 
                the mission of the National Park Service, of whom--
                            ``(i) at least 4 members shall have 
                        outstanding expertise in 1 or more of the 
                        fields of history, archeology, anthropology, 
                        historical or landscape architecture, biology, 
                        ecology, geology, marine science, or social 
                        science;
                            ``(ii) 3 members shall have outstanding 
                        expertise and prior experience in--
                                    ``(I) the management of National or 
                                State parks or protected areas; or
                                    ``(II) natural or cultural 
                                resources management;
                            ``(iii) 3 members shall have outstanding 
                        expertise in any other professional or 
                        scientific discipline important to the mission 
                        of the National Park Service, such as financial 
                        management, travel and tourism management, 
                        recreational use management, concessions 
                        management, and land use planning or business 
                        management;
                            ``(iv) at least 1 member shall have 
                        expertise in, and appreciation for, the 
                        historic recreational opportunities within 
                        units of the National Park System; and
                            ``(v) at least 1 member shall be a locally 
                        elected official from an area adjacent or 
                        within close proximity to a unit of the 
                        National Park System.
                    ``(B) Geographic representation.--Board members 
                appointed under subparagraph (A) shall be selected to 
                represent various geographic regions, including each of 
                the administrative regions of the National Park 
                Service.'';
                    (E) in the tenth sentence, by striking ``The Board 
                shall hold'' and inserting the following:
            ``(5) Meetings.--The Board shall hold'';
                    (F) in the eleventh sentence, by striking ``Any 
                vacancy'' and inserting the following:
            ``(6) Vacancies.--Any vacancy'';
                    (G) in the twelfth sentence, by striking ``The 
                Board may adopt'' and inserting the following:
            ``(7) Procedures.--The Board may adopt'';
                    (H) in the thirteenth sentence, by striking ``All 
                members'' and inserting the following:
            ``(8) Compensation.--
                    ``(A) Travel expenses.--All members'';
                    (I) in the fourteenth sentence, by striking ``With 
                the exception of travel and per diem as noted above'' 
                and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) No additional compensation.--Except as 
                provided in subparagraph (A)'';
                    (J) in the fifteenth sentence, by striking ``It 
                shall be the duty of such board'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(9) Duties.--
                    ``(A) In general.--It shall be the duty of the 
                Board'';
                    (K) in the sixteenth sentence, by striking ``Such 
                board shall also'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Recommendations.--The Board shall''; and
                    (L) in the seventeenth sentence, by striking ``Such 
                board is'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Consultation.--The Board is'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1)'' and inserting ``Advisory 
                Board Staff.--''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (4) in subsection (f), by striking ``2007'' and inserting 
        ``2016''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    The Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.), is amended--
            (1) in section 3(c)(1)(D) by striking ``arrangements.'' and 
        inserting ``arrangements,''; and
            (2) in the first undesignated subsection of section 4, by 
        inserting ``(a)'' before ``The Secretary''.
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