[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3824 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3824

 To provide for uniform penalties for violating regulations within the 
             National Park System, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2006

  Mr. Talent 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 uniform penalties for violating regulations within the 
             National Park System, 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 Uniform Penalty 
Amendment Act''.

SEC. 2. UNIFORM PENALTIES.

    (a) In General.--The first section of the Act of March 2, 1933 (47 
Stat. 1420, chapter 180), is amended by striking ``imprisonment.'' and 
inserting the following: ``imprisonment, unless the violation occurs at 
a park, site, monument, or memorial that is part of the National Park 
System, in which case the violation shall be subject to the appropriate 
penalty under section 3 of the National Park Service Organic Act (16 
U.S.C. 3) and subchapter C of chapter 227 of part II of title 18, 
United States Code.''.
    (b) Administration by Secretary of Interior.--Section 2(k) of the 
Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 462(k)), is amended by striking 
``proceedings.'' and inserting the following: ``proceedings, unless the 
violation occurs at an area that is part of the National Park System, 
in which case the violation shall be subject to the appropriate penalty 
under section 3 of the National Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 3) 
and subchapter C of chapter 227 of part II of title 18, United States 
Code.''.
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