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        S.584

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and six


                                 An Act


 
    To require the Secretary of the Interior to allow the continued 
occupancy and use of certain land and improvements within Rocky Mountain 
                             National Park.

    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 ``Betty Dick Residence Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to require the Secretary of the Interior 
to permit the continued occupancy and use of the property described in 
section 4(b) by Betty Dick for the remainder of her natural life.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the agreement 
    between the National Park Service and Fred Dick entitled 
    ``Settlement Agreement'' and dated July 17, 1980.
        (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``RMNP Land 
    Occupancy'' and dated September 2005, which identifies 
    approximately 8 acres for the occupancy and use by the tenant.
        (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
        (4) Tenant.--The term ``tenant'' means Betty Dick, widow of 
    George Fredrick Dick, who held a 25-year reservation of occupancy 
    and use at a property within the boundaries of Rocky Mountain 
    National Park.

SEC. 4. RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall allow the tenant to continue 
to occupy and use the property described in subsection (b) for the 
remainder of the natural life of the tenant, subject to the 
requirements of this Act.
    (b) Description of Property.--The property referred to in 
subsection (a) is the land and any improvements to the land within the 
boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park identified on the map as 
``residence'' and ``occupancy area''.
    (c) Terms and Conditions.--
        (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the 
    occupancy and use of the property identified in subsection (b) by 
    the tenant shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 
    specified in the Agreement.
        (2) Payments.--
            (A) In general.--In exchange for the continued occupancy 
        and use of the property, the tenant shall annually pay to the 
        Secretary an amount equal to \1/25\ of the amount specified in 
        section 3(B) of the Agreement.
            (B) Advance payment required.--The annual payments required 
        under subparagraph (A) shall be paid in advance by not later 
        than May 1 of each year.
            (C) Disposition.--Amounts received by the Secretary under 
        this paragraph shall be--
                (i) deposited in a special account in the Treasury of 
            the United States; and
                (ii) made available, without further appropriation, to 
            the Rocky Mountain National Park until expended.
        (3) Public access.--The public shall have access to both banks 
    of the main channel of the Colorado River.
    (d) Termination.--The right of occupancy and use authorized under 
this Act--
        (1) shall not be extended to any individual other than the 
    tenant; and
        (2) shall terminate--
            (A) on the death of the tenant;
            (B) if the tenant does not make a payment required under 
        subsection (c)(2); or
            (C) if the tenant otherwise fails to comply with the terms 
        of this Act.
    (e) Effect.--Nothing in this Act--
        (1) allows the construction of any structure on the property 
    described in subsection (b) not in existence on November 30, 2004; 
    or
        (2) applies to the occupancy or use of the property described 
    in subsection (b) by any person other than the tenant.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.