1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the National Forests, Parks, Public
Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of
2007
.
(b)The table of
contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—Forest Service authorizations
Sec. 101. Wild Sky Wilderness.
Sec. 102. Designation of national recreational trail,
Willamette National Forest, Oregon, in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of
the House of Representatives.
TITLE II—Bureau of Land Management authorizations
Sec. 201. Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station.
TITLE III—National Park Service authorizations
Subtitle A—Cooperative agreements
Sec. 301. Cooperative agreements for national park natural
resource protection.
Subtitle B—Carl Sandburg Home National Historic
Site
Sec. 311. Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site boundary
adjustment.
Subtitle C—Studies
Sec. 321. National Park System special resource study, Newtonia
Civil War Battlefields, Missouri.
Sec. 322. National Park Service study regarding the Soldiers'
Memorial Military Museum.
Sec. 323. Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area
study.
Subtitle D—Memorials, Commissions, and Museums
Sec. 331. Commemorative work to honor Brigadier General Francis
Marion and his family.
Sec. 332. Extension of authority for establishing disabled
veterans memorial.
Sec. 333. Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a
National Museum of the American Latino.
Sec. 334. Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial
Commemoration Commission.
Sec. 335. Sense of Congress regarding the designation of the
National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States.
Subtitle E—Trails and rivers
Sec. 341. Authorization and administration of Star-Spangled
Banner National Historic Trail.
Sec. 342. Land conveyance, Lewis and Clark National Historic
Trail, Nebraska.
Sec. 343. Wild and Scenic River designation, Eightmile River,
Connecticut.
TITLE IV—Bureau of Reclamation and United States Geological
Survey authorizations
Sec. 401. Alaska water resources study.
Sec. 402. Renegotiation of payment schedule, Redwood Valley
County Water District.
Sec. 403. American River Pump Station Project
transfer.
Sec. 404. Arthur V. Watkins Dam enlargement.
Sec. 405. New Mexico water planning assistance.
Sec. 406. Conveyance of certain buildings and lands of the
Yakima Project, Washington.
Sec. 407. Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater in Juab
County, Utah.
Sec. 408. Early repayment of A & B Irrigation District
construction costs.
TITLE V—Department of Energy authorizations
Sec. 501. Energy technology transfer.
Sec. 502. Amendments to the Steel and Aluminum Energy
Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988.
<enum>I</enum><header>Forest Service
authorizations</header>
<section id="id38EDB00E9BE94963A60B0DB13739180B"><enum>101.</enum><header>Wild Sky
Wilderness</header>
<subsection id="H7B9956B1F3914B2A858294C6BC52DF5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additions to the
National Wilderness Preservation System</header>
<paragraph id="H71F2571B12834368BFD1F24B4BCF15D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Additions</header><text>The
following Federal lands in the State of Washington are hereby designated as
wilderness and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness
Preservation System: certain lands which comprise approximately 106,000 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled <quote>Wild Sky Wilderness
Proposal</quote> and dated February 6, 2007, which shall be known as the
<quote>Wild Sky Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2804CB50456C4F6AA412EFA1EAA31992"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Map and Legal
Descriptions</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal
description for the wilderness area designated under this section with the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. The map and description
shall have the same force and effect as if included in this section, except
that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct clerical and typographical errors
in the legal description and map. The map and legal description shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of the
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H65302D9D50DB4B45B6A1124F6FCD77FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration
provisions</header>
<paragraph id="H7DC43F40306444AF8100465C615D6D98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header>
<subparagraph id="H0722C50C410A4A30992F6C2FA4400278"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Subject to valid
existing rights, lands designated as wilderness by this section shall be
managed by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the Wilderness Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et
seq.</external-xref>) and this section, except that, with respect to any
wilderness areas designated by this section, any reference in the Wilderness
Act to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a
reference to the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43014784FB5A4354803F9D8567A1F194"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To fulfill the
purposes of this section and the Wilderness Act and to achieve administrative
efficiencies, the Secretary of Agriculture may manage the area designated by
this section as a comprehensive part of the larger complex of adjacent and
nearby wilderness areas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE23264F3E2264E5F95168E2477847FBE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>New
Trails</header>
<subparagraph id="H69C7BE551562484BA3DCA1431932D05E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Agriculture shall consult with interested parties and shall establish a trail
plan for Forest Service lands in order to develop—</text>
<clause id="HCCFF0CDE93074DB1007E1FDA814CEA1B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
system of hiking and equestrian trails within the wilderness designated by this
section in a manner consistent with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et
seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDD36DCEA92294E6EBA66B21F03BD1FD8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
system of trails adjacent to or to provide access to the wilderness designated
by this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9788CD272A7407BA61F6FAB60F98DB0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Within 2 years
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
complete a report on the implementation of the trail plan required under this
section. This report shall include the identification of priority trails for
development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A9FD4D1A0044B7994D8982271000018"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Repeater
Site</header><text>Within the Wild Sky Wilderness, the Secretary of Agriculture
is authorized to use helicopter access to construct and maintain a joint Forest
Service and Snohomish County telecommunications repeater site, in compliance
with a Forest Service approved communications site plan, for the purposes of
improving communications for safety, health, and emergency services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0275180B19C94611A4117E342330A3C2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Float Plane
Access</header><text>As provided by section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C.
1133(d)(1)</external-xref>), the use of floatplanes on Lake Isabel, where such
use has already become established, shall be permitted to continue subject to
such reasonable restrictions as the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be
desirable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H120295E06AF344E5A40043B9CC100D6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Evergreen
Mountain Lookout</header><text>The designation under this section shall not
preclude the operation and maintenance of the existing Evergreen Mountain
Lookout in the same manner and degree in which the operation and maintenance of
such lookout was occurring as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5FFAE175556242D88C41A100810446F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization for
land acquisition</header>
<paragraph id="HA5175B5AF50B4F020063CD6732EF9E2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to acquire
lands and interests therein, by purchase, donation, or exchange, and shall give
priority consideration to those lands identified as <quote>Priority Acquisition
Lands</quote> on the map described in subsection (a)(1). The boundaries of the
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and the Wild Sky Wilderness shall be
adjusted to encompass any lands acquired pursuant to this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0A1CBB809D9492DADF929776130B49F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Access</header><text>Consistent
with section 5(a) of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1134">16 U.S.C. 1134(a)</external-xref>), the Secretary
of Agriculture shall ensure adequate access to private inholdings within the
Wild Sky Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5335EF7DFC3C4101B09680A5D4763619"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Appraisal</header><text>Valuation
of private lands shall be determined without reference to any restrictions on
access or use which arise out of designation as a wilderness area as a result
of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H668DBFCEB7DF4A9BA600C4CC8B852600"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Land
exchanges</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Agriculture shall exchange lands and interests in lands, as generally depicted
on a map entitled <quote>Chelan County Public Utility District Exchange</quote>
and dated May 22, 2002, with the Chelan County Public Utility District in
accordance with the following provisions:</text>
<paragraph id="H5DFF40BF5ED84FE5B8ECC47DED2F2F69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If the Chelan
County Public Utility District, within 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, offers to the Secretary of Agriculture approximately 371.8 acres
within the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the State of Washington, the
Secretary shall accept such lands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B92062065E643568255902E8BAA59BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Upon acceptance of
title by the Secretary of Agriculture to such lands and interests therein, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall convey to the Chelan County Public Utility
District a permanent easement, including helicopter access, consistent with
such levels as used as of the date of enactment of this Act, to maintain an
existing telemetry site to monitor snow pack on 1.82 acres on the Wenatchee
National Forest in the State of Washington.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H767795E89DA646E78CF8E15FAAE558F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The exchange
directed by this section shall be consummated if Chelan County Public Utility
District conveys title acceptable to the Secretary and provided there is no
hazardous material on the site, which is objectionable to the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45FF13FCDB4B4E5EB4D11C8CA1F1EDAE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In the event
Chelan County Public Utility District determines there is no longer a need to
maintain a telemetry site to monitor the snow pack for calculating expected
runoff into the Lake Chelan hydroelectric project and the hydroelectric
projects in the Columbia River Basin, the Secretary shall be notified in
writing and the easement shall be extinguished and all rights conveyed by this
exchange shall revert to the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0262B075F1914D0F9D2A261DFDC681C1"><enum>102.</enum><header>Designation of
national recreational trail, Willamette National Forest, Oregon, in honor of
Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives</header>
<subsection id="ID0E65083BCE094B8E825E09A0EE7E9A5C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>Forest
Service trail number 3590 in the Willamette National Forest in Lane County,
Oregon, which is a 19.6 mile trail that begins and ends at North Waldo
Campground and circumnavigates Waldo Lake, is hereby designated as a national
recreation trail under section 4 of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C.
1243) and shall be known as the <quote>Jim Weaver Loop Trail</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID595B4C1099B8453DAD385466DA12415C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interpretive
Sign</header><text>Using funds available for the Forest Service, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall prepare, install, and maintain an appropriate sign at the
trailhead of the Jim Weaver Loop Trail to indicate the name of the trail and to
provide information regarding the life and career of Congressman Jim
Weaver.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Bureau of Land
Management authorizations</header>
<section id="idCC8F655A12524DF4B1382DB6D5EAEA1D"><enum>201.</enum><header>Piedras
Blancas Historic Light Station</header>
<subsection id="H8ABD5134C20D401A973CF1A5379C97D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H003B98DC445541C3BAB43348A9AA002D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Light
Station</header><text>The term <term>Light Station</term> means Piedras Blancas
Light Station.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7911663408704760AFA9AABC3DF81109"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Outstanding
Natural Area</header><text>The term <term>Outstanding Natural Area</term> means
the Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area established
pursuant to subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8AA1FACBF644E03BE5EAF725F6D3052"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public lands</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>public lands</term> has the
meaning stated in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1703(e)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53EC8202C6EA49CFA411BD7A47A1D2EB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2B9E12B8FB9944F7B595265BCC395F99"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H46934F3270564C45AAEDDFCB85FF68C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The publicly owned
Piedras Blancas Light Station has nationally recognized historical structures
that should be preserved for present and future generations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92C249AABCDB4C7D852E406BB0E4F302"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The coastline
adjacent to the Light Station is internationally recognized as having
significant wildlife and marine habitat that provides critical information to
research institutions throughout the world.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1486192B49484EBF82D31441F720F84C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Light Station
tells an important story about California’s coastal prehistory and history in
the context of the surrounding region and communities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF30EF983E58443360098A7A5DB78E858"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The coastal area
surrounding the Light Station was traditionally used by Indian people,
including the Chumash and Salinan Indian tribes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5142A7C5FFD343C8901C853D6442B189"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Light Station
is historically associated with the nearby world-famous Hearst Castle (Hearst
San Simeon State Historical Monument), now administered by the State of
California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD37658402A034A4482068B289581DD6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Light Station
represents a model partnership where future management can be successfully
accomplished among the Federal Government, the State of California, San Luis
Obispo County, local communities, and private groups.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EF2383F2DE04A9CAAEA2FB6C12553AA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Piedras Blancas
Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area would make a significant
addition to the National Landscape Conservation System administered by the
Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F8A5D648F6E4847A402BC9278452FB5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Statutory
protection is needed for the Light Station and its surrounding Federal lands to
ensure that it remains a part of our historic, cultural, and natural heritage
and to be a source of inspiration for the people of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7783FC23176144A6A63FE28BE6DF6088"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation of
the Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area</header>
<paragraph id="H43284308F3634C53A639EB47E900229F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>In order to protect, conserve, and enhance for the
benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the unique and
nationally important historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational,
scenic, and recreational values of certain lands in and around the Piedras
Blancas Light Station, in San Luis Obispo County, California, while allowing
certain recreational and research activities to continue, there is established,
subject to valid existing rights, the Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station
Outstanding Natural Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB428B2394D6146D3BBD0B41FB53BE1C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maps and Legal
Descriptions</header><text>The boundaries of the Outstanding Natural Area as
those shown on the map entitled <quote>Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station:
Outstanding Natural Area</quote>, dated May 5, 2004, which shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the Office of the Director, Bureau of Land
Management, United States Department of the Interior, and the State office of
the Bureau of Land Management in the State of California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB896134A41CC4219846EF65000A4F793"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Basis of
Management</header><text>The Secretary shall manage the Outstanding Natural
Area as part of the National Landscape Conservation System to protect the
resources of the area, and shall allow only those uses that further the
purposes for the establishment of the Outstanding Natural Area, the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>), and other
applicable laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H862B76891CEB4482B753A4254120A4E7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><text>Subject
to valid existing rights, and in accordance with the existing withdrawal as set
forth in Public Land Order 7501 (Oct. 12, 2001, Vol. 66, No. 198, Federal
Register 52149), the Federal lands and interests in lands included within the
Outstanding Natural Area are hereby withdrawn from—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1C25D525AB6E42AA8BB26F5B1E56E7E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all forms of
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F24091DEA644D55BD2FED4F10E669AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>location, entry,
and patent under the public land mining laws; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A668A0F8BFF4DCAB307D86EEF003982"><enum>(C)</enum><text>operation of the
mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and the mineral materials
laws.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6AFA8A34732B407B9B3BE7F8946C036D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Management of
the Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area</header>
<paragraph id="H10EF895DE54F42B4A960DAF680CF6764"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall manage the Outstanding Natural Area
in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the unique and nationally
important historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, scenic, and
recreational values of that area, including an emphasis on preserving and
restoring the Light Station facilities, consistent with the requirements of
subsection (c)(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE4FDBE60C93424580A64F43AE7C1F1E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Uses</header><text>Subject
to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall only allow such uses of the
Outstanding Natural Area as the Secretary finds are likely to further the
purposes for which the Outstanding Natural Area is established as set forth in
subsection (c)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6A02E2880A94A39AD266768CDA3965F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Management
plan</header><text>Not later than 3 years after of the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall complete a comprehensive management plan
consistent with the requirements of section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>) to provide
long-term management guidance for the public lands within the Outstanding
Natural Area and fulfill the purposes for which it is established, as set forth
in subsection (c)(1). The management plan shall be developed in consultation
with appropriate Federal, State, and local government agencies, with full
public participation, and the contents shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2DF852C6FA204735A56500CD61C584E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provisions
designed to ensure the protection of the resources and values described in
subsection (c)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EEED4DD31FF49A2A93E81ED11E1F843"><enum>(B)</enum><text>objectives to
restore the historic Light Station and ancillary buildings;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1ADA43234994D2ABDCE1029A94F5181"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an implementation
plan for a continuing program of interpretation and public education about the
Light Station and its importance to the surrounding community;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C9801F94CE147B4B27EE5C6006D1CA1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a proposal for
minimal administrative and public facilities to be developed or improved at a
level compatible with achieving the resources objectives for the Outstanding
Natural Area as described in paragraph (1) and with other proposed management
activities to accommodate visitors and researchers to the Outstanding Natural
Area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB7C37B88E7B4B2386753511D86822A5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>cultural resources
management strategies for the Outstanding Natural Area, prepared in
consultation with appropriate departments of the State of California, with
emphasis on the preservation of the resources of the Outstanding Natural Area
and the interpretive, education, and long-term scientific uses of the
resources, giving priority to the enforcement of the Archaeological Resources
Protection Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/470aa">16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.</external-xref>) and the
National Historic Preservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/470">16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.</external-xref>) within the
Outstanding Natural Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5978D584723346DD865360F406002347"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreements</header><text>In order to better implement the management plan and
to continue the successful partnerships with the local communities and the
Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument, administered by the California
Department of Parks and Recreation, the Secretary may enter into cooperative
agreements with the appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies pursuant to
section 307(b) of the Federal Land Management Policy and Management Act of 1976
(43 U.S.C. 1737(b)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E60A1933948406DABEE5B600E12758"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Research
activities</header><text>In order to continue the successful partnership with
research organizations and agencies and to assist in the development and
implementation of the management plan, the Secretary may authorize within the
Outstanding Natural Area appropriate research activities for the purposes
identified in subsection (c)(1) and pursuant to section 307(a) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F1F4CB0512A40F18E10E13CFFC32CC"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Acquisition</header><text>State
and privately held lands or interests in lands adjacent to the Outstanding
Natural Area and identified as appropriate for acquisition in the management
plan may be acquired by the Secretary as part of the Outstanding Natural Area
only by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE82E14EB5CA45FA85F87B8B8C4D9899"><enum>(A)</enum><text>donation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H528EC736204C4AE0AAC258D9DB6BF2BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>exchange with a
willing party; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19245DFBB41C48C98D15DFF4FF901C4E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>purchase from a
willing seller.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEF103663FEF64B5BBE6E2CA171E3A1C5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Additions to the
Outstanding Natural Area</header><text>Any lands or interest in lands adjacent
to the Outstanding Natural Area acquired by the United States after the date of
enactment of this Act shall be added to and administered as part of the
Outstanding Natural Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FE75231687E44DBAF92DE2F6EF8792F"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Overflights</header><text>Nothing
in this section or the management plan shall be construed to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7AA310464B674C5898FC00002DAC9B3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>restrict or
preclude overflights, including low level overflights, military, commercial,
and general aviation overflights that can be seen or heard within the
Outstanding Natural Area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H871FD50FD174423890C7232367E870EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>restrict or
preclude the designation or creation of new units of special use airspace or
the establishment of military flight training routes over the Outstanding
Natural Area; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63B77AB2DC7D4C4AB5AF81FADCE24053"><enum>(C)</enum><text>modify regulations
governing low-level overflights above the adjacent Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB6D05E9C2E294A8FADCF344987F18519"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Law enforcement
activities</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude
or otherwise affect coastal border security operations or other law enforcement
activities by the Coast Guard or other agencies within the Department of
Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or any other Federal, State, and
local law enforcement agencies within the Outstanding Natural Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB03207463241424BA0C6D000009809E7"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Native american
uses and interests</header><text>In recognition of the past use of the
Outstanding Natural Area by Indians and Indian tribes for traditional cultural
and religious purposes, the Secretary shall ensure access to the Outstanding
Natural Area by Indians and Indian tribes for such traditional cultural and
religious purposes. In implementing this subsection, the Secretary, upon the
request of an Indian tribe or Indian religious community, shall temporarily
close to the general public use of one or more specific portions of the
Outstanding Natural Area in order to protect the privacy of traditional
cultural and religious activities in such areas by the Indian tribe or Indian
religious community. Any such closure shall be made to affect the smallest
practicable area for the minimum period necessary for such purposes. Such
access shall be consistent with the purpose and intent of Public Law 95–341
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1996">42 U.S.C. 1996 et
seq.</external-xref>; commonly referred to as the <quote>American Indian
Religious Freedom Act</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5D9DA9EACAF4DABB7AD5923BE3995F"><enum>(11)</enum><header>No buffer
zones</header><text>The designation of the Outstanding Natural Area is not
intended to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones
around area. The fact that activities outside the Outstanding Natural Area and
not consistent with the purposes of this section can be seen or heard within
the Outstanding Natural Area shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or
uses up to the boundary of the Outstanding Natural Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2AD6680DFD04916AE008B247BF8F300"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>National Park
Service authorizations</header>
<subtitle id="idB798019D692D419EBD2522043EAEEE20"><enum>A</enum><header>Cooperative
agreements</header>
<section id="HCE7B43939FA5496597EE226BACD3375" changed="added"><enum>301.</enum><header>Cooperative
agreements for national park natural resource protection</header>
<subsection id="H32D97B4F36F44FA7991024408EC43327"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the
Interior (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) may
enter into cooperative agreements with State, local, or tribal governments,
other Federal agencies, other public entities, educational institutions,
private nonprofit organizations, or participating private landowners for the
purpose of protecting natural resources of units of the National Park System
through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of National Park
System units.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC7790940853B48B299B1078ED8E6EA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and
Conditions</header><text>A cooperative agreement entered into under subsection
(a) shall provide clear and direct benefits to park natural resources
and—</text>
<paragraph id="HB3085F026A5F4A448F9468C8AA39FF98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide
for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5F3558D3AC6C424AB87D8E33F8CB9277"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the preservation,
conservation, and restoration of coastal and riparian systems, watersheds, and
wetlands;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0668295ED7324E29BA40DEE6ACC0CDEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>preventing,
controlling, or eradicating invasive exotic species that are within a unit of
the National Park System or adjacent to a unit of the National Park System;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF28806F76EA4CB684E617F4B322807D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>restoration of
natural resources, including native wildlife habitat or ecosystems;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF0DEBABF3E134A9AA2D2DD6F29B1C670"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include a
statement of purpose demonstrating how the agreement will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C8F6D4ED86842288CFAF6544D21F700"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhance
science-based natural resource stewardship at the unit of the National Park
System; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64774AA03A8745049C425425B9E7AB32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>benefit the
parties to the agreement;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE9A7E5A3FB024A549C32A5BB950031C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>specify any staff
required and technical assistance to be provided by the Secretary or other
parties to the agreement in support of activities inside and outside the unit
of the National Park System that will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H88FC356717194705AC7BC6C04EB43CB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>protect natural
resources of the unit of the National Park System; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F23AE8240B94CE99ECDE753C9DEEDFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>benefit the
parties to the agreement;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE00EAC486B9149648734F3045FD4984"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identify any
materials, supplies, or equipment and any other resources that will be
contributed by the parties to the agreement or by other Federal
agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC3F9741E69A41098D3CBFF332917C32"><enum>(5)</enum><text>describe any
financial assistance to be provided by the Secretary or the partners to
implement the agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD694F0E97F744133800907F9C500CC93"><enum>(6)</enum><text>ensure that any
expenditure by the Secretary pursuant to the agreement is determined by the
Secretary to support the purposes of natural resource stewardship at a unit of
the National Park System; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99E38BD46E2A4A8AB152D75FBDDEEE70"><enum>(7)</enum><text>include such other
terms and conditions as are agreed to by the Secretary and the other parties to
the agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD7B274E10429444982CD71CCA71550B7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The
Secretary shall not use any funds associated with an agreement entered into
under subsection (a) for the purposes of land acquisition, regulatory activity,
or the development, maintenance, or operation of infrastructure, except for
ancillary support facilities that the Secretary determines to be necessary for
the completion of projects or activities identified in the agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF62F63966E534B4C981610164FC5D4C3"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id02C8330D92C04B6D93279B06E8571570"><enum>B</enum><header>Carl Sandburg
Home National Historic Site</header>
<section id="H0F2FD4AFEE2F470993C4DF425BD98EC3"><enum>311.</enum><header>Carl Sandburg
Home National Historic Site boundary adjustment</header>
<subsection id="HC0B25EA66CC84D688E06FE225DF5A8BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H2DAD45D38DE543518E3C44D15F5793C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Historic
site</header><text>The term <term>Historic Site</term> means Carl Sandburg Home
National Historic Site.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E28CA3F9B2142129EE023D46263928B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Map</header><text>The
term <term>map</term> means the map entitled <quote>Sandburg Center
Alternative</quote> numbered 445/80,017 and dated April 2007.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41EBD766930E44719CC62FECE773F5B5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA769623146B3466C9128B762F2E9C324"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acquisition
authority</header><text>The Secretary may acquire from willing sellers by
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange not more
than 110 acres of land, water, or interests in land and water, within the area
depicted on the map, to be added to the Historic Site.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5BB9CA9A744E43BBAD91D0CFF23E007B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Visitor
center</header><text>To preserve the historic character and landscape of the
site, the Secretary may also acquire up to five acres for the development of a
visitor center and visitor parking area adjacent to or in the general vicinity
of the Historic Site.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H253D56231186448297001CC2048800D3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Boundary
revision</header><text>Upon acquisition of any land or interest in land under
this section, the Secretary shall revise the boundary of the Historic Site to
reflect the acquisition.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H74A9B2D47F6542CEA18567D4C7EDF550"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Availability of
map</header><text>The map shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0688C61A5304B91A000E84516FA46C9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Land
added to the Historic Site by this section shall be administered as part of the
Historic Site in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idF2B9DBBF03E64F0E8EA3FB1FA65EE1D7"><enum>C</enum><header>Studies</header>
<section id="idBAC7BF721DAD4A11BBC0D4CFB993973A"><enum>321.</enum><header>National Park
System special resource study, Newtonia Civil War Battlefields,
Missouri</header>
<subsection id="HBBE0BC8B2AEB4E29B4103167C45B8734"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Special resource
study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the
Interior shall conduct a special resource study relating to the First Battle of
Newtonia in Newton County, Missouri, which occurred on September 30, 1862, and
the Second Battle of Newtonia, which occurred on October 28, 1864, during the
Missouri Expedition of Confederate General Sterling Price in September and
October 1864.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEDB1C4DB37B54A0B91D8AA3F53FF5931"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H78C58DC9590D4595B2543C065D0900A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluate the
national significance of the Newtonia battlefields and their related
sites;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAEDF0519A6D1414B9FCAC9D073A16034"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider the
findings and recommendations contained in the document entitled <quote>Vision
Plan for Newtonia Battlefield Preservation</quote> and dated June 2004, which
was prepared by the Newtonia Battlefields Protection Association;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58CA365EB0514E1186A75706697CC4D5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the suitability and feasibility of
adding the battlefields and related sites as part of Wilson’s Creek National
Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related sites as a unit of the
National Park System;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA4323D9CC1D4676B427DC98B23D3D7C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze the potential impact that the
inclusion of the battlefields and related sites as part of Wilson’s Creek
National Battlefield or their designation as a unit of the National Park System
is likely to have on land within or bordering the battlefields and related
sites that is privately owned at the time of the study is conducted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD1EC4A5A02143F1A23957BA6111AD32"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider alternatives for preservation,
protection, and interpretation of the battlefields and related sites by the
National Park Service, other Federal, State, or local governmental entities, or
private and nonprofit organizations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9DC6772C5584A65A8315442C245CA1E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>identify cost
estimates for any necessary acquisition, development, interpretation,
operation, and maintenance associated with the alternatives referred to in
paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H382D9C0FB5E940078045F200F361302D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The criteria for the study of areas for
potential inclusion in the National Park System contained in section 8 of
Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5) shall apply to the study under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0A8DBCDC6BDD48B199C445DB51F27CBF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transmission to
congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than three
years after the date on which funds are first made available for the study
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H17A8AFCCF0DE497EAD82A386CCC59456"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the results of the
study; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F05D6B7F68742D389F3B191189232C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any conclusions and
recommendations of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idCAEBAFF7D2E6499690A7A98B82659A5B"><enum>322.</enum><header>National Park
Service study regarding the Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum</header>
<subsection id="H722EB9A1BF52497195D928DFEBF2CDA8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HC6E520B2461A432E81D517FAF8B6C4EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Soldiers'
Memorial is a tribute to all veterans located in the greater St. Louis area,
including Southern Illinois.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE550E9D507E84CB79CE66E61AF5F33B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The current annual
budget for the memorial is $185,000 and is paid for exclusively by the City of
St. Louis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BC4BACF070043D084A89D5D396BEDAA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In 1923, the City
of St. Louis voted to spend $6,000,000 to purchase a memorial plaza and
building dedicated to citizens of St. Louis who lost their lives in World War
I.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BD4FEC8B71F42148CED4DAFF31BB80"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The purchase of the
7 block site exhausted the funds and no money remained to construct a
monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F41F86455394ABD933163712EECA0B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In
1933, Mayor Bernard F. Dickmann appealed to citizens and the city government to
raise $1,000,000 to construct a memorial building and general improvement of
the plaza area and the construction of Soldiers' Memorial began on October 21,
1935.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEFC1B7F0ED74FA29FA93CB7AFBA717C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>On October 14,
1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially dedicated the site.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82EA5E1B0744434CB81C47DF7BBD523C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>On Memorial Day in
1938, Mayor Dickmann opened the building to the public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB215D9271D1434ABA855F479C1126C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall carry
out a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the
Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum, located at 1315 Chestnut, St. Louis,
Missouri, as a unit of the National Park System.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F271E63AE844CF2AFE83011CF1D6119"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Study process
and completion</header><text>Section 8(c) of Public Law 91–383 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1a">16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)</external-xref>)
shall apply to the conduct and completion of the study required by this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0611843F32514E928E1BAA7DE4BB3553"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Secretary shall submit a report describing the results the study required by
this section to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3B48560A45E4C5BB36D316DDD01281F"><enum>323.</enum><header>Columbia-Pacific
National Heritage Area study</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20BFD1F4CDD04DF6A01F7BF94413CDA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2F971EB55D84B9AB7EF6DA29C9C816C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0A32339A2B44755B11FA4EB145456C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Study
area</header><text>The term <term>study area</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H55054A712B1B47509383A48EE569459E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the coastal areas
of Clatsop and Pacific Counties (also known as the North Beach Peninsula);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6005530B07D844CD96C0C7F8FCB3228D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">areas relating to Native American history,
local history, Euro-American settlement culture, and related economic
activities of the Columbia River within a corridor along the Columbia River
eastward in Clatsop, Pacific, Columbia, and Wahkiakum Counties.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5BFA070510E340F3985F002F67E21E71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Columbia-Pacific
national heritage area study</header>
<paragraph id="HB4B614BD73604C91971B692F2E641FF8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the managers of any
Federal land within the study area, appropriate State and local governmental
agencies, tribal governments, and any interested organizations, shall conduct a
study to determine the feasibility of designating the study area as the
Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB818E5A7047E4567A85667C21CE353C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
study shall include analysis, documentation, and determinations on whether the
study area—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F1E579AE5EF474EB90542886CC7EEC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has an assemblage
of natural, historic, and cultural resources that together represent
distinctive aspects of American heritage worthy of recognition, conservation,
interpretation, and continuing use, and are best managed through partnerships
among public and private entities and by combining diverse and sometimes
noncontiguous resources and active communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B36009C8A3F42559B8E20BFB56BCAE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reflects
traditions, customs, beliefs, and folklife that are a valuable part of the
national story;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80EFF9086D9348A4ACDB235600C77DC0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides
outstanding opportunities to conserve natural, historic, cultural, or scenic
features;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31D0D493371F4C6581949BA0259D371D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provides
outstanding recreational and educational opportunities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91E9116D290A443CA3AFE4004C95E4E4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>contains resources
important to the identified theme or themes of the study area that retain a
degree of integrity capable of supporting interpretation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5423759E49C24F859BCF10B92ED4100"><enum>(F)</enum><text>includes residents,
business interests, nonprofit organizations, and local and State governments
that are involved in the planning, have developed a conceptual financial plan
that outlines the roles for all participants, including the Federal Government,
and have demonstrated support for the concept of a national heritage
area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4ACADF7B6B21471199D8B4ADDF9CDCB8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>has a potential
local coordinating entity to work in partnership with residents, business
interests, nonprofit organizations, and local and State governments to develop
a national heritage area consistent with continued local and State economic
activity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0C266A9F2AE4E98B24E32DE8B585146"><enum>(H)</enum><text>has a conceptual
boundary map that is supported by the public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB070F14B66FD443088D4754EEE4B3B26"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Private
property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the
study required by this subsection, the Secretary shall analyze the potential
impact that designation of the area as a national heritage area is likely to
have on land within the proposed area or bordering the proposed area that is
privately owned at the time that the study is conducted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H985E51A7197745FF8E299CFAC961BA3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 fiscal years after the
date on which funds are made available to carry out the study, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report
that describes the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Secretary
with respect to the study.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id9366060C03BA4C1D80EA39548DDCF67A"><enum>D</enum><header>Memorials,
Commissions, and Museums</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D7D90A97BAC426FA5A0E17E05F73647" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>331.</enum><header>Commemorative work
to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion and his family</header>
<subsection id="H5AD3145350834C3692E4FA5EC114E8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The
Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HD48AEDBAFD2047A99400196F9597EFEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Francis Marion was
born in 1732 in St. John’s Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina. He married
Mary Esther Videau on April 20th, 1786. Francis and Mary Esther Marion had no
children, but raised a son of a relative as their own, and gave the child
Francis Marion’s name.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H370FE9F6D1B2441CB39F405D42CD1EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Brigadier General
Marion commanded the Williamsburg Militia Revolutionary force in South Carolina
and was instrumental in delaying the advance of British forces by leading his
troops in disrupting supply lines.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C311338E66549CB00419E5FD49B8856"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Brigadier General
Marion’s tactics, which were unheard of in rules of warfare at the time,
included lightning raids on British convoys, after which he and his forces
would retreat into the swamps to avoid capture. British Lieutenant Colonel
Tarleton stated that <quote>as for this damned old swamp fox, the devil himself
could not catch him</quote>. Thus, the legend of the <quote>Swamp Fox</quote>
was born.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D416F12F8824AE18252AE6A160DCC4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>His victory at the
Battle of Eutaw Springs in September of 1781 was officially recognized by
Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD16D5924F7474040813CF07CB1FB4191"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Brigadier General
Marion’s troops are believed to be the first racially integrated force fighting
for the United States, as his band was a mix of Whites, Blacks, both free and
slave, and Native Americans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEBA5764CEBE44E0B6C057AF7D12ED46"><enum>(6)</enum><text>As a statesman, he
represented his parish in the South Carolina senate as well as his State at the
Constitutional Convention.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC569674763847EBA1D29165E0432DB6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Although the
Congress has authorized the establishment of commemorative works on Federal
lands in the District of Columbia honoring such celebrated Americans as George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln, the National Capital has no
comparable memorial to Brigadier General Francis Marion for his bravery and
leadership during the Revolutionary War, without which the United States would
not exist.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49332369D6274A4099A114A69DFA7300"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Brigadier General Marion’s legacy must live
on. Since 1878, United States Reservation 18 has been officially referred to as
Marion Park. Located between 4th and 6th Streets, S.E., at the intersection of
E Street and South Carolina Avenue, S.E., in Washington, DC, the park lacks a
formal commemoration to this South Carolina hero who was important to the
initiation of the Nation’s heritage.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H332AEE7BD0EC423CAA2157DE2131B6E4"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The time has come
to correct this oversight so that future generations of Americans will know and
understand the preeminent historical and lasting significance to the Nation of
Brigadier General Marion’s contributions. Such a South Carolina hero deserves
to be given the proper recognition.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB175E910D0E2437EA0ACB95F78B542EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority To
establish commemorative work</header><text>The Marion Park Project, a committee
of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, may establish a commemorative work on
Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor Brigadier
General Francis Marion and his service.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE4BA3514436E450AAB41A58D34EE9248"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance with
standards for commemorative works</header><text>The commemorative work
authorized by subsection (b) shall be established in accordance with
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/89">chapter 89</external-xref> of title 40,
United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Commemorative Works
Act</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD9CB30993A5A41A7B67BB1DE28784FAA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of federal
funds prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal
funds may not be used to pay any expense of the establishment of the
commemorative work authorized by subsection (b). The Marion Park Project, a
committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, shall be solely responsible
for acceptance of contributions for, and payment of the expenses of, the
establishment of that commemorative work.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3996B10CD39D44B0B07CC358C9E86968"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Deposit of
excess funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, upon payment
of all expenses of the establishment of the commemorative work authorized by
subsection (b) (including the maintenance and preservation amount provided for
in section 8906(b) of title 40, United States Code), or upon expiration of the
authority for the commemorative work under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/89">chapter 89</external-xref> of title 40,
United States Code, there remains a balance of funds received for the
establishment of that commemorative work, the Marion Park Project, a committee
of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, shall transmit the amount of the
balance to the Secretary of the Treasury for deposit in the account provided
for in section 8906(b)(1) of such title.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22D530777F114C43003B5E5F11C2C2E9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
the purposes of this section, the terms <term>commemorative work</term> and
<term>the District of Columbia and its environs</term> have the meanings given
to such terms in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/8902">section 8902(a)</external-xref> of title 40, United
States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idAB16E399BC4C4F95A4C26B2DA26E2BD3"><enum>332.</enum><header>Extension of
authority for establishing disabled veterans memorial</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Public Law 106–348 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF8C28AB3E9EA436D8D61D2B79C6B769F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8913EE71DDD4D57AA311CB256F212D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The establishment</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in
subsection (e), the establishment</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6E8A4CC8D41440D9B23AD90687564B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the Commemorative Works Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/1001">40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote> and
inserting <quote>chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B572EEA219A4FFC84EEBF751DAD87F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F4F83F510B54E54A7D3651CF024813E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 8(b) of the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1008(b))</quote>
and inserting <quote>section 8906 of title 40, United States
Code</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24A126951BB74D350003D5428CE2CB61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or upon expiration of the authority for the memorial under section 10(b)
of such Act (40 U.S.C. 1010(b)),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75C51AC5C9EB4BF082DB81CF88BB587E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 8(b)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/1008">40 U.S.C. 1008(b)(1)</external-xref></quote> and
inserting <quote>8906(b)(2) or (3) of such title</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H54C9435A43994EE69D19B96EB1A7D771"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H118FF52E24014CF3967201C5F89C464B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HEB00C493E46E47A4A8CCEB00A4C6407D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination of
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
section 8903(e) of title 40, United States Code, the authority to establish a
memorial under this section shall expire on October 24,
2015.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id3705D0025B704A74AF577D76B422E59F"><enum>333.</enum><header>Commission to
Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American
Latino</header>
<subsection id="H3B19AE62ED7A4A0EB3CF9824353FD415"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
Commission</header>
<paragraph id="H9F893A0C130749E9AA87AA66A315E74F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established the Commission to Study the
Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino (hereafter in
this section referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDFB8C0CE74E494AAC7CBA481ECA5536"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
Commission shall consist of 23 members appointed not later than 6 months after
the date of enactment of this Act as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HB074EAE663B64897992C1DA3077E8B8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The President
shall appoint 7 voting members.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70FE2767DFE143CDA08D517560258036"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Speaker of the
House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives,
the majority leader of the Senate, and the minority leader of the Senate shall
each appoint 3 voting members.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB03C88B1E9BB40339654A5CCCE271291"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In addition to the
members appointed under subparagraph (B), the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the
majority leader of the Senate, and the minority leader of the Senate shall each
appoint 1 nonvoting member.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7EE9098AD9ED441EAFC8E742E4BF608"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>Members
of the Commission shall be chosen from among individuals, or representatives of
institutions or entities, who possess either—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A16A195213A4D23A76578526F998DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a demonstrated
commitment to the research, study, or promotion of American Latino life, art,
history, political or economic status, or culture, together with—</text>
<clause id="HCF390DCC96C04CA8B1BD4E64F12CE1C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>expertise in museum
administration;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB317CBBE86A84E6A85863003EC00E452"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>expertise in
fundraising for nonprofit or cultural institutions;</text>
</clause><clause id="H357BAA7B22E1480DBBE0487C94C74CD5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>experience in
the study and teaching of Latino culture and history at the post-secondary
level;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7B2667C089474528B44CB2EF30317DAE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>experience in
studying the issue of the Smithsonian Institution’s representation of American
Latino art, life, history, and culture; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H2761403BB36D43BF9B2B67E38090D62B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>extensive
experience in public or elected service; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6BB209C72DA4A28B0B1EE6938C6E17B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>experience in the
administration of, or the planning for the establishment of, museums devoted to
the study and promotion of the role of ethnic, racial, or cultural groups in
American history.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H582FF7D90B8341D1A0BE395FA92E454C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions of the
Commission</header>
<paragraph id="H9863A727115F4F59B0CF4F0047E626B7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plan of action
for establishment and maintenance of Museum</header><text>The Commission shall
submit a report to the President and the Congress containing its
recommendations with respect to a plan of action for the establishment and
maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC
(hereafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Museum</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00BB43A0E87240DC82E11490F366079F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fundraising
plan</header><text>The Commission shall develop a fundraising plan for
supporting the creation and maintenance of the Museum through contributions by
the American people, and a separate plan on fundraising by the American Latino
community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73512947DD404C0BA9C5B465558D1034"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report on
issues</header><text>The Commission shall examine (in consultation with the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution), and submit a report to the President
and the Congress on, the following issues:</text>
<subparagraph id="H25879FFE45EC415BA067E9103FEF76DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The availability
and cost of collections to be acquired and housed in the Museum.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H102BF06944F84B3CBB178E00FA55BABA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The impact of the
Museum on regional Hispanic- and Latino-related museums.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3836403E83724141812F5F727BB45984"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Possible locations
for the Museum in Washington, DC and its environs, to be considered in
consultation with the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission
of Fine Arts, the Department of the Interior and Smithsonian
Institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H144D0C87D1944BFB86005493CFC7D68D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Whether the Museum
should be located within the Smithsonian Institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65BAAFCB7D754F298D7E68781C9BE4E5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The governance and
organizational structure from which the Museum should operate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA29175F38DC4787982E5C57C0FACFFE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>How to engage the
American Latino community in the development and design of the Museum.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA18BA2DF1154EF0A09800C2C7811457"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The cost of
constructing, operating, and maintaining the Museum.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBCC1839B87D241A300D4DD1FE79EDD5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Legislation To
carry out plan of action</header><text>Based on the recommendations contained
in the report submitted under paragraph (1) and the report submitted under
paragraph (3), the Commission shall submit for consideration to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate recommendations for a legislative plan of action
to create and construct the Museum.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01DE90870C9D4BC18808763013CDB0F7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>National
conference</header><text>In carrying out its functions under this section, the
Commission may convene a national conference on the Museum, comprised of
individuals committed to the advancement of American Latino life, art, history,
and culture, not later than 18 months after the commission members are
selected.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDADA73B4A6EB497EB6BEE85D504312AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative
provisions</header>
<paragraph id="HA55CA2F4CC9E46E0B35ED3EAF905C200"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Facilities and
support of department of the interior</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of the Interior shall
provide from funds appropriated for this purpose administrative services,
facilities, and funds necessary for the performance of the Commission’s
functions. These funds shall be made available prior to any meetings of the
Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90C419715F034C469593ACE66C6F2758"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Each
member of the Commission who is not an officer or employee of the Federal
Government may receive compensation for each day on which the member is engaged
in the work of the Commission, at a daily rate to be determined by the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H023189309DB6470DAEFDD74BC14FABF3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Travel
expenses</header><text>Each member shall be entitled to travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable
provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H894BE1952B4140F180C079851CC43ED8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Federal advisory
committee act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission
is not subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5AC33D8437FA41A3BDC10000E6840064"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deadline for
submission of reports; termination</header>
<paragraph id="HC96025EB11B64CE3B1A892D4A547803F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The
Commission shall submit final versions of the reports and plans required under
subsection (b) not later than 24 months after the date of the Commission’s
first meeting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34ABC239D29847CD99EC9C5D4500FDD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
Commission shall terminate not later than 30 days after submitting the final
versions of reports and plans pursuant to paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5658C780FC141F3839200ABA532D06F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated for carrying out the activities of the Commission
$2,100,000 for the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of
this Act and $1,100,000 for the second fiscal year beginning after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idB6A126E3BEB44454911F98F41F830ACE"><enum>334.</enum><header>Hudson-Fulton-Champlain
Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission</header>
<subsection changed="not-changed" id="id833a62c0-55ff-473d-ad26-b5e648ca2216"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each commission established under this
section shall coordinate with the other respective commission established under
this section to ensure that commemorations of Henry Hudson, Robert Fulton, and
Samuel de Champlain are—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id1aa315ad-2c24-493f-84f6-51c3a7563c61"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consistent with the plans and programs of
the commemorative commissions established by the States of New York and
Vermont; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1321d75-3632-4590-b677-d65fdfe9b818"><enum>(2)</enum><text>well-organized
and successful.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" id="ida448c8e5-f704-4250-87c2-78ac19390ee3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id41ED4EC2B8734C64829D0A67FD4E02DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Champlain
commemoration</header><text>The term <term>Champlain commemoration</term> means
the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Samuel de
Champlain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7800ca8e-5756-4db2-abb7-3d2ed5c007a3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Champlain
Commission</header><text>The term <term>Champlain Commission</term> means the
Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission established by subsection
(c)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ID4e8ed9cd0e5a454b856520f962695120"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The
term <term>Commission</term> means each of the Champlain Commission and the
Hudson-Fulton Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id5884EB3F43B04F94A34017211A41654F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Hudson-Fulton
commemoration</header><text>The term <term>Hudson-Fulton commemoration</term>
means the commemoration of—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id90f4538e-c1aa-4012-a36e-f82943e5df8a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the 200th
anniversary of the voyage of Robert Fulton in the Clermont; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6767fa9-8fad-4711-a420-a81c0985a444"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the 400th
anniversary of the voyage of Henry Hudson in the Half Moon.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ID4e3213e08e4c4350be1a12337f077b99"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Hudson-Fulton
commission</header><text>The term <term>Hudson-Fulton Commission</term> means
the Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission established by subsection
(d)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idb34f6ecd-c12b-4729-90d3-a6ae0ae5452f"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Lake
Champlain Basin Program</header><text>The term <term>Lake Champlain Basin
Program</term> means the partnership established by section 120 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1270) between the States of New York and
Vermont and Federal agencies to carry out the Lake Champlain management plan
entitled, <quote>Opportunities for Action: An Evolving Plan for the Lake
Champlain Basin</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id68ef4251-77f5-45e8-ab10-a88455703c95"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" id="idaf395004-fa7f-4710-9a57-adc6e4b4316f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment
of Champlain Commission</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id9a67fb6c-89f9-4570-bbd4-27544efa6941"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established a commission to be known as the
<quote>Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idce6efd86-6e4a-4963-bb1d-bd1e74540be5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id4c4c297c-9e37-4cad-9be9-eae18471bd11"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
Champlain Commission shall be composed of 10 members, of whom—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id0d97aac3-ae15-40bf-9a1f-5be8fe3d32bd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 member
shall be the Director of the National Park Service (or a designee);</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="id23919fdf-4cf7-4d0f-b86f-19906e92a631"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>4 members
shall be appointed by the Secretary from among individuals who, on the date of
enactment of this Act, are—</text>
<subclause changed="not-changed" id="id818011e9-cdfa-42e5-a68a-888de9ca1129"><enum>(I)</enum><text>serving as
members of the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission of the State
of New York; and</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="not-changed" id="id1d8112e3-feb7-4445-9db6-f46bf7eda557"><enum>(II)</enum><text>residents of
Champlain Valley, New York;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="iddc3ffd6c-31c4-49bb-901e-a198d438fb71"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>4 members
shall be appointed by the Secretary from among individuals who, on the date of
enactment of this Act, are—</text>
<subclause changed="not-changed" id="id5abac743-b677-4d92-830b-ca657f078f64"><enum>(I)</enum><text>serving as
members of the Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Commission of the State of
Vermont; and</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="not-changed" id="id57ace32d-9038-44c7-afc0-9c5b3d262699"><enum>(II)</enum><text>residents of
the State of Vermont; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="id8fc2a3bd-54ff-4c7b-b3f6-ced627c3704f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1 member
shall be appointed by the Secretary, and shall be an individual who has—</text>
<subclause changed="not-changed" id="idf1e70054-07f3-443c-8673-c8f9dc8abea9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an interest
in, support for, and expertise appropriate with respect to, the Champlain
commemoration; and</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="not-changed" id="id1b29b59b-59e0-4151-9de2-9f11a9b2615e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>knowledge
relating to the history of the Champlain Valley.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id2c5c5760-5a2b-482a-bba0-7d19afe02fde"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Term;
vacancies</header>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id93a1e694-c19f-4715-95a7-68172544cdcd"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Term</header><text>A
member of the Champlain Commission shall be appointed for the life of the
Champlain Commission.</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="id63a69c24-be6c-4b7b-b220-a25ace6cc866"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A
vacancy on the Champlain Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which
the original appointment was made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ID5c99a148acdc49df89fe7e68430e91bd"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Champlain Commission shall—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="IDfcab88771bcb4090ad366b15e98208df"><enum>(A)</enum><text>plan, develop,
and execute programs and activities appropriate to commemorate the 400th
anniversary of the voyage of Samuel de Champlain, the first European to
discover and explore Lake Champlain;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="IDcf3bc177e3ad4cd6b724d8884b431a5c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facilitate
activities relating to the Champlain Quadricentennial throughout the United
States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="IDf4be23f1986e40558ad606fc1b27ad85"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinate the
activities of the Champlain Commission with—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="IDe1c59059c32b4357894d8e8b620b6c34"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State
commemoration commissions;</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID9641592de0a046cf945c086bae1b2383"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>appropriate
Federal agencies;</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID149709b65acf4663806b46d7d9e75f72"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Lake
Champlain Basin Program;</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="IDb2d0750c5fc7424dbbb0487333ba7542"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the National
Endowment for the Arts; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="IDdfdfd1a48d1f4ef1aec36f37cbf4324e"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Smithsonian
Institution;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID268b0114000948ba9b5ef67d745c6185"><enum>(D)</enum><text>encourage civic,
patriotic, historical, educational, artistic, religious, economic, and other
organizations throughout the United States to organize and participate in
anniversary activities to expand the understanding and appreciation of the
significance of the voyage of Samuel de Champlain;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID2f92b87e289942988c67cc413f7a8d31"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance to States, localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the
Champlain commemoration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="IDbc5ba2720f6e47b18dcf8ce49e7b2d7d"><enum>(F)</enum><text>coordinate and
facilitate for the public scholarly research on, publication about, and
interpretation of, the voyage of Samuel de Champlain;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="IDc0b69d3a828d41e7b7c9d38669aae291"><enum>(G)</enum><text>ensure that the
Champlain 2009 anniversary provides a lasting legacy and a long-term public
benefit by assisting in the development of appropriate programs and
facilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="IDd42a16cf63fc4e889045c4e28252281e"><enum>(H)</enum><text>help ensure that
the observances of the voyage of Samuel de Champlain are inclusive and
appropriately recognize the experiences and heritage of all people present when
Samuel de Champlain arrived in the Champlain Valley; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID096ba0d786da43b39ba3e7b130d8c66b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>consult and
coordinate with the Lake Champlain Basin Program and other relevant
organizations to plan and develop programs and activities to commemorate the
voyage of Samuel de Champlain.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" id="ID3f201949c640474c8b7bf81daef37a17"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Establishment
of Hudson-Fulton Commission</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ID463a457e1b284a5f9a44dca9231a0c9f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established a commission to be known as the <quote>Hudson-Fulton 400th
Commemoration Commission</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ID2e9186efbdd14cd8bbcd4f6eacab33f4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID997348172a814df3b383eeaf8f49195f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
Hudson-Fulton Commission shall be composed of 15 members, of whom—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="IDe418b416b32a45d795d5475c86311f9b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 member shall be
the Director of the National Park Service (or a designee);</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID01c490c2f9a34ee9b451f20e360dd638"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 member shall
be appointed by the Secretary, after considering the recommendation of the
Governor of the State of New York;</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID095333c6125545baab02f9f05d2e93d8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>6 members shall
be appointed by the Secretary, after considering the recommendations of the
Members of the House of Representatives whose districts encompass the Hudson
River Valley;</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID9f6aac2775924fcaaac5f4ad7462a294"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>2 members shall
be appointed by the Secretary, after considering the recommendations of the
Members of the Senate from the State of New York;</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID82d49d5bcf6a446bbd1c5bdee0ef905f"><enum>(v)</enum><text>2 members shall
be—</text>
<subclause changed="not-changed" id="id206355F414DF453A9E5EB3E54017C3F1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>appointed by the
Secretary; and</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="not-changed" id="id9FB5A5BE8FE04BD0846D00D477261C65"><enum>(II)</enum><text>individuals who
have an interest in, support for, and expertise appropriate with respect to,
the Hudson-Fulton commemoration, of whom—</text>
<item changed="not-changed" id="ID513f87fd48154a5784dd0258effd11a9"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>1 member shall
be an individual with expertise in the Hudson River Valley National Heritage
Area; and</text>
</item><item changed="not-changed" id="ID61ed9db8ef97417ebf942c79ecc0adee"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>1 member shall
be an individual with expertise in the State of New York, as it relates to the
Hudson-Fulton commemoration;</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="IDcfccf7cf94c4423ca90ea90791be1591"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>1 member shall
be the Chairperson of a commemorative commission formed by the State of New
York (or the designee of the Chairperson); and</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="IDfe4d0de8c4964fee97c61c71d333d5d1"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>2 members shall
be appointed by the Secretary, after—</text>
<subclause changed="not-changed" id="ID7fdc1e99558c4806a87cbbcf626f4526"><enum>(I)</enum><text>considering the
recommendation of the Mayor of the city of New York; and</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="not-changed" id="IDab403238973e4140a3aeb4692859f127"><enum>(II)</enum><text>consulting the
Members of the House of Representatives whose districts encompass the city of
New York.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="IDf8204fb2107f4d98bd9cb52cf42cb48a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Term;
vacancies</header>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="IDa80e4de51f58426180ef90abc287b3da"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Term</header><text>A
member of the Hudson-Fulton Commission shall be appointed for the life of the
Hudson-Fulton Commission.</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID5368d7bcd0a943bdb676b3b18b0ec36d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A
vacancy on the Hudson-Fulton Commission shall be filled in the same manner in
which the original appointment was made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="IDe8753213b1874bd7ad836350a6a8f90a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Hudson-Fulton Commission shall—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID692a02f71d60467fb41661cc0c5ffb97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>plan, develop,
and execute programs and activities appropriate to commemorate—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="ID1e251c279e95430eaa4a16a90b85ef67"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the 400th
anniversary of the voyage of Henry Hudson, the first European to sail up the
Hudson River; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="IDfb4dca1a795c4bf0ab6ebcd408eb92e2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the 200th
anniversary of the voyage of Robert Fulton, the first person to use steam
navigation on a commercial basis;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID0c90115259b8473e83bbb46b216f2d3d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facilitate
activities relating to the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial throughout
the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID5a0061af74fd44e496b5cc5f594289f0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinate the
activities of the Hudson-Fulton Commission with—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="ID4ae77167daf84a93ad74dd455a27a0a4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State
commemoration commissions;</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID45d2343cce4d4583ac3cdaac3ee35dd7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>appropriate
Federal agencies;</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID1f5b393b36c74a1381b55bc8186886a3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the National
Park Service, with respect to the Hudson River Valley National Heritage
Area;</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID36e194ecaee64ec6acd43bf391622d68"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the American
Heritage Rivers Initiative Interagency Committee established by Executive Order
13061, dated September 11, 1997;</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="IDeab42c7b35f24caebd8e94cdfc5c4622"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the National
Endowment for the Humanities;</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID7d1dd2dafbdd4c45850a0da58f5e433c"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the National
Endowment for the Arts; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID98f68d2c139a449195fee77ab9589750"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the Smithsonian
Institution;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID1fbbbc6095db4e8ebf68b13d4a7cd0cb"><enum>(D)</enum><text>encourage civic,
patriotic, historical, educational, artistic, religious, economic, and other
organizations throughout the United States to organize and participate in
anniversary activities to expand the understanding and appreciation of the
significance of the voyages of Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID60d4ae19d25d4897aa89c4c01f469aa9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance to States, localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the
Hudson-Fulton commemoration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID7c59f6d7a8ef42688e1a68a577fab46a"><enum>(F)</enum><text>coordinate and
facilitate for the public scholarly research on, publication about, and
interpretation of, the voyages of Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="IDd30c1f5f6fc44575829ae109c3980d75"><enum>(G)</enum><text>ensure that the
Hudson-Fulton 2009 commemorations provide a lasting legacy and long-term public
benefit by assisting in the development of appropriate programs and facilities;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="IDbcac9f8e94af4851808986824bbf588e"><enum>(H)</enum><text>help ensure that
the observances of Henry Hudson are inclusive and appropriately recognize the
experiences and heritage of all people present when Henry Hudson sailed the
Hudson River.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" id="ID83cb6223bd59407a88beb26c0d3a273a"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Commission
meetings</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ID8bd462f3c4fc4be1938793e2988ebc6d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
meeting</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which all
members of a commission established under this section have been appointed, the
applicable Commission shall hold an initial meeting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="IDb2af7df5c5b243308c5e06a5dad9406f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>A
commission established under this section shall meet—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID6b7667f0eec54eeb89c24f6ec0fe3289"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at least twice
each year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID777452a4462d49a48ea2593019441276"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at the call of
the Chairperson or the majority of the members of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="IDb3d6f617585248adb49ea688a0e53aaa"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>A
majority of voting members shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may
hold meetings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ID56dec432b8844864a0ded61b07e5d81b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chairperson and
vice chairperson</header>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID76f06a3d90604e89b62ac275d030ebc5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Election</header><text>The
Commission shall elect the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson of the
Commission on an annual basis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID91be67a5cbda4b16bae8bda9ac8183cd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Absence of the
chairperson</header><text>The Vice Chairperson shall serve as the Chairperson
in the absence of the Chairperson.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ID7a08a4afc21a42a7bd3f65d0e36e58ad"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Voting</header><text>A
commission established under this section shall act only on an affirmative vote
of a majority of the voting members of the applicable Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" id="idc315444e-8e91-44e7-af4b-59154e9fad4e"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Commission
powers</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idaefe5355-0dfc-4992-a8ca-cbb22a982334"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Gifts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may solicit, accept, use,
and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of money or other property for
aiding or facilitating the work of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66805136-62dd-4c84-84f7-6d8e4cbb1492"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointment
of advisory committees</header><text>The Commission may appoint such advisory
committees as the Commission determines to be necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id41cd9e49-03d8-4314-ab8e-a3d9b006ae79"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization
of action</header><text>The Commission may authorize any member or employee of
the Commission to take any action that the Commission is authorized to take
under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0376043d-4e40-4089-91ea-2148effbf7ae"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Procurement</header>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E21B24EDF8A41808344C67A8F666647"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission may procure supplies, services, and
property, and make or enter into contracts, leases, or other legal agreements,
to carry out this section (except that a contract, lease, or other legal
agreement made or entered into by the Commission shall not extend beyond the
date of termination of the Commission).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ID0b5530bc583c4ae9b435abfc93026b19"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
Commission may not purchase real property.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idc6534ce6-3e44-4a21-b699-cd1622a097c8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Postal
Services</header><text>The Commission may use the United States mails in the
same manner and under the same conditions as other agencies of the Federal
Government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ide0e36ac1-8e40-4bc0-925c-a1e6cfd4aaa7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="idEA5662EFD78D4738AF979D5A70D2FEDF"><enum>(A)</enum><header> Champlain
Commission</header><text>The Champlain Commission may make grants in amounts
not to exceed $20,000—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id578da0a9-7bd9-41c9-b641-83ff32840ad5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
communities, nonprofit organizations, and State commemorative commissions to
develop programs to assist in the Champlain commemoration; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ac84608-8c38-4b82-a3cc-21d5a59683d8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to research
and scholarly organizations to research, publish, or distribute information
relating to the early history of the voyage of Samuel de Champlain.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="IDdda2bd30d7124652848f80d81c6ff7e4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Hudson-Fulton
Commission</header><text>The Hudson-Fulton Commission may make grants in
amounts not to exceed $20,000—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="ID6a89860872504e54be5fe8188ec1f23b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to communities,
nonprofit organizations, and State commemorative commissions to develop
programs to assist in the Hudson-Fulton commemoration; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="ID57f5a39fa8b24f84b7e187043501ce00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to research and
scholarly organizations to research, publish, or distribute information
relating to the early history of the voyages of Henry Hudson and Robert
Fulton.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idd93ea317-1fb3-4d31-a022-e202d3fa81f1"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>The Commission shall provide technical assistance to
States, localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the Champlain
commemoration and Hudson-Fulton commemoration, as applicable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id6fcad18b-1e44-4a8e-a5b8-e33b79bd355e"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Coordination
and consultation with Lake Champlain Basin Program</header><text>The Champlain
Commission shall coordinate and consult with the Lake Champlain Basin Program
to provide grants and technical assistance under paragraphs (6)(A) and (7) for
the development of activities commemorating the voyage of Samuel de
Champlain.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" id="idfc5f291f-153c-496d-8442-1d08c3ab5001"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Commission
personnel matters</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idcd5fe22f-8340-4a51-91da-366fccbf95f8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compensation
of members</header>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="idfbc1c898-b14c-4aeb-8e91-24c648d9172d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a member of the
Commission shall serve without compensation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9886cebb-263a-4c71-aaa8-54f12a0fac8d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal
employees</header><text>A member of the Commission who is an officer or
employee of the Federal Government shall serve without compensation in addition
to the compensation received for the services of the member as an officer or
employee of the Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id7035d471-0721-4c16-a647-ed00edcc7adc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Travel
expenses</header><text>A member of the Commission shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for an
employee of an agency under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United
States Code, while away from the home or regular place of business of the
member in the performance of the duties of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idc0fb1f3f-fab4-4bf0-9a02-a2b8cc5ad888"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The
Commission may, without regard to the civil service laws (including
regulations), appoint and terminate an Executive Director and such other
additional personnel as are necessary to enable the Commission to perform the
duties of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id0caeedc0-e97a-48a7-a9ba-6724bc55fa62"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id9260b67d-b1fa-4f35-91d5-79b4ae7b6c6f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Commission
may fix the compensation of the Executive Director and other personnel without
regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
title 5, United States Code, relating to classification of positions and
General Schedule pay rates.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f29e1b6-e47f-48cb-8523-9a6d603988d8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maximum
rate of pay</header><text>The rate of pay for the Executive Director and other
personnel shall not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="iddb10387b-0628-490e-9b75-4243701b92fa"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Detail of
government employees</header>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="idde0d4b0c-1986-400a-947d-49fd3e0bfc20"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal
employees</header>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id086a9b1a-83a4-4ce3-9c75-08b176ed56a1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the request of the Commission, the head of any Federal
agency may detail, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, any of the
personnel of the agency to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying
out the duties of the Commission under this section.</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id687740d5-f5f8-4b42-a177-0475c0414cde"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Civil
service status</header><text>The detail of an employee under clause (i) shall
be without interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="ida973ffeb-1bbd-42f6-8421-0ef3ca29dbcd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State
employees</header><text>The Commission may—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id8d24059c-7977-477e-9902-6183eb0f7df7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>accept the
services of personnel detailed from the State of New York or the State of
Vermont, as appropriate (including subdivisions of the States); and</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2cc39d7-47bb-419f-b1e6-df3c5d7ea6cf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reimburse
the State of New York or the State of Vermont for services of detailed
personnel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5a4cb73-8543-4e34-8ec6-9367327de7f1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Lake
Champlain Basin Program employees</header><text>The Champlain Commission
may—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id084bb4d6-75b2-427f-8306-17006db1bb76"><enum>(i)</enum><text>accept the
services of personnel detailed from the Lake Champlain Basin Program;
and</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2ebab64-138c-4981-8bbd-eda0d548c777"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reimburse
the Lake Champlain Basin Program for services of detailed personnel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id494b0f06-426c-4832-aa7a-871cffd26bcd"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Procurement
of temporary and intermittent services</header><text>The Commission may procure
temporary and intermittent services in accordance with section 3109(b) of title
5, United States Code, at rates for individuals that do not exceed the daily
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of that title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id0ae7ba0a-d46b-4908-b203-7a2bd930df7c"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Volunteer
and uncompensated services</header><text>Notwithstanding section 1342 of title
31, United States Code, the Commission may accept and use voluntary and
uncompensated services as the Commission determines necessary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ide2ba4e98-4db5-4b77-87ba-04dfe4bc3815"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Support
services</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to the Commission, on a
reimbursable basis, such administrative support services as the Commission may
request.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="iddf2c5fe4-a81d-4854-9149-e5f02c222ce4"><enum>(8)</enum><header>FACA
nonapplicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
14(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FACA">Federal Advisory Committee
Act</act-name> (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" id="IDfafe81baf7374e0ca4a0189ee04787b5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30, 2010, the
Commission shall submit to the Secretary a report that contains—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="IDbdcd4e02fb5342e18c87223759fdd1af"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a summary of the
activities of the Commission;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ID1e486005754f45a4af799e6c6540d30a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a final
accounting of funds received and expended by the Commission; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ID1b33a65590b94794bf8cb8f0fa463a25"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the findings and
recommendations of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" id="ID3c3ce81fa5794a4bafc53032655a588f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Termination of
Commissions</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="IDbae9aa3001e94a27852503370b878610"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Date of
termination</header><text>The Commission shall terminate on December 31,
2010.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="ID36a9f4400d574edcb6055112bf067b7a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer of
documents and materials</header><text>Before the date of termination specified
in paragraph (1), the Commission shall transfer all of its documents and
materials of the Commission to the National Archives or another appropriate
Federal entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idccf03a16-bbf6-4a30-b79d-ea91a09061bd"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B420742B7BF422080B1FCEDDC202DDA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2008
through 2011—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88C80D42A5E14A1FBF26C62B92D92F2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$500,000 to the Champlain Commission;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C47BFAA794C44D49326FD6A95DD9074"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$500,000 to the Hudson-Fulton
Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id044370DA13EF469091D7701020DC810C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts
made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idD577C19A147E4CD0B17ABA14242DDC69"><enum>335.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress regarding the designation of the National Museum of Wildlife Art of
the United States</header>
<subsection id="id2A749426DCEC4ABF9984D936A009909A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="id897C7251665E4A73853C6028D4100CAD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National
Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming, is devoted to inspiring global
recognition of fine art related to nature and wildlife;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8D27DB576138411286A279A4C00ADB32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the National
Museum of Wildlife Art is an excellent example of a thematic museum that
strives to unify the humanities and sciences into a coherent body of knowledge
through art;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF694B629755D4A8EB0AE2ACF8A1C5FF5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the National
Museum of Wildlife Art, which was founded in 1987 with a private gift of a
collection of art, has grown in stature and importance and is recognized today
as the world’s premier museum of wildlife art;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id43B43988BB5D4F35BF35BA9A9DF2538C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the National
Museum of Wildlife Art is the only public museum in the United States with the
mission of enriching and inspiring public appreciation and knowledge of fine
art, while exploring the relationship between humanity and nature by collecting
fine art focused on wildlife;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9921CA56D5AE401DA83470348ADCB8C0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the National
Museum of Wildlife Art is housed in an architecturally significant and
award-winning 51,000-square foot facility that overlooks the 28,000-acre
National Elk Refuge and is adjacent to the Grand Teton National Park;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id663883A1E2804CAF8C7A5EDB5573BF0E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the National
Museum of Wildlife Art is accredited with the American Association of Museums,
continues to grow in national recognition and importance with members from
every State, and has a Board of Trustees and a National Advisory Board composed
of major benefactors and leaders in the arts and sciences from throughout the
United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id114E5E7DE93A470589FB40AAA8E8AE3F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the permanent
collection of the National Museum of Wildlife Art has grown to more than 3,000
works by important historic American artists including Edward Hicks, Anna Hyatt
Huntington, Charles M. Russell, William Merritt Chase, and Alexander Calder,
and contemporary American artists, including Steve Kestrel, Bart Walter, Nancy
Howe, John Nieto, and Jamie Wyeth;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id889B59D11F1B44239E312E38F1F63937"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the National
Museum of Wildlife Art is a destination attraction in the Western United States
with annual attendance of 92,000 visitors from all over the world and an
award-winning website that receives more than 10,000 visits per week;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF69D556A507348CDA41AD5C6089B586A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the National
Museum of Wildlife Art seeks to educate a diverse audience through collecting
fine art focused on wildlife, presenting exceptional exhibitions, providing
community, regional, national, and international outreach, and presenting
extensive educational programming for adults and children; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id09CD7254113F44DA96B731AF709CEC3E"><enum>(10)</enum><text>a great
opportunity exists to use the invaluable resources of the National Museum of
Wildlife Art to teach the schoolchildren of the United States, through onsite
visits, traveling exhibits, classroom curriculum, online distance learning, and
other educational initiatives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6162D38F5CDE437293180874E0A65AE8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the National Museum of
Wildlife Art, located at 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, Wyoming, should be
designated as the <quote>National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United
States</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id5BC17F3BF50441C1A5F1F1FCCD7C630E"><enum>E</enum><header>Trails and
rivers</header>
<section id="H00AE310E47B64420B9BB63BEB1BEB47F"><enum>341.</enum><header>Authorization
and administration of Star-Spangled Banner National Historic
Trail</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(a) of the
National Trails System Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1244">16 U.S.C. 1244(a)</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA77648EC2CB44A98BF807C60A19DD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H78A86322060D4293BC6247B88160C13D"><enum>(26)</enum><header>Star-spangled
banner national historic trail</header>
<subparagraph id="H445646053C4D47E2A4AC9B4D975E5583"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Star-Spangled
Banner National Historic Trail, a trail consisting of water and overland routes
totaling approximately 290 miles, extending from Tangier Island, Virginia,
through southern Maryland, the District of Columbia, and northern Virginia, in
the Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent River, Potomac River, and north to the Patapsco
River, and Baltimore, Maryland, commemorating the Chesapeake Campaign of the
War of 1812 (including the British invasion of Washington, District of
Columbia, and its associated feints, and the Battle of Baltimore in summer
1814), as generally depicted on the map titled <quote>Star-Spangled Banner
National Historic Trail</quote>, numbered T02/80,000, and dated June
2007.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H077BEC3BC2944B4385A8E5AC8157003C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Map</header><text>The
map referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be maintained on file and available
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE748AB51876F4C788F23FE75C8412F5E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Subject
to subparagraph (E)(ii), the trail shall be administered by the Secretary of
the Interior.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44831616F25A4C98B2559100D63300CD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Land
acquisition</header><text>No land or interest in land outside the exterior
boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired by the United
States for the trail except with the consent of the owner of the land or
interest in land.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61C0DD3361E54ED68017C500749D8E22"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Public
participation</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall—</text>
<clause id="HA15510631E9F40159EA510E62099C337"><enum>(i)</enum><text>encourage
communities, owners of land along the trail, and volunteer trail groups to
participate in the planning, development, and maintenance of the trail;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H21C7EBDEA48E44C9ACE016FD61648BFA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consult with
other affected landowners and Federal, State, and local agencies in the
administration of the trail.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H581D721447F94C58A906F8688C58B687"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Interpretation
and assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the
availability of appropriations, the Secretary of the Interior may provide, to
State and local governments and nonprofit organizations, interpretive programs
and services and technical assistance for use in—</text>
<clause id="H5C413EE2B3914B9BBCF39A3F9BF3A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carrying out preservation and development
of the trail; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84A594A73CAB450B8515E7ABCE3E54DD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing education relating to the War of
1812 along the
trail.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idEFAA768EFEE9411F9398451403DC7A25"><enum>342.</enum><header>Land
conveyance, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, Nebraska</header>
<subsection id="H677B4B30DC5E4E0AA400981575F004C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance
authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
the Interior may convey, without consideration, to the Missouri River Basin
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. (a
501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization with operational headquarters at 100
Valmont Drive, Nebraska City, Nebraska 68410), all right, title, and interest
of the United States in and to the federally owned land under jurisdiction of
the Secretary consisting of 2 parcels as generally depicted on the map titled
<quote>Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail</quote>, numbered 648/80,002,
and dated March 2006.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H38B14234160A41CD94A174973E2E8911"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Survey;
conveyance cost</header><text>The exact acreage and legal description of the
land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey
satisfactory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey and all other costs
incurred by the Secretary to convey the land shall be borne by the Missouri
River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation,
Inc.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAF1DDB58F2804310002B0056D438E5D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Condition of
conveyance, use of conveyed land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The conveyance authorized under subsection
(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Missouri River Basin Lewis and
Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. use the conveyed
land as an historic site and interpretive center for the Lewis and Clark
National Historic Trail.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H99E757CB8A4841CEAC604008D31FA986"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Discontinuance
of use</header><text>If Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail
and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. determines to discontinue use of the land
conveyed under subsection (a) as an historic site and interpretive center for
the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, the Missouri River Basin Lewis and
Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. shall convey lands
back to the Secretary without consideration.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBEBEA45A95764C20A16DE5650DB4761"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional terms
and conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the
conveyance under subsection (a) or the conveyance, if any, under subsection (d)
as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United
States. Through a written agreement with the Foundation, the National Park
Service shall ensure that the operation of the land conveyed under subsection
(a) is in accordance with National Park Service standards for preservation,
maintenance, and interpretation.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B6B5D5442F14F88AEBD04F7384E7CBB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To assist with
the operation of the historic site and interpretive center, there is authorized
to be appropriated $150,000 per year for a period not to exceed 10
years.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H24347E0EF55D48B982CAF5E5AD94DD5F"><enum>343.</enum><header>Wild and Scenic
River designation, Eightmile River, Connecticut</header>
<subsection id="H22AF531B7DC444ACA6F8062EF9BC9295"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H53EF618D98D44FEE806181604F24CB82"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Eightmile River Wild and Scenic River
Study Act of 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/65">Public Law 107–65</external-xref>; 115 Stat. 484)
authorized the study of the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut from
its headwaters downstream to its confluence with the Connecticut River for
potential inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H389A9007BF224EF19608D85900009F99"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The segments of the Eightmile River covered
by the study are in a free-flowing condition, and the outstanding resource
values of the river segments include the cultural landscape, water quality,
watershed hydrology, unique species and natural communities, geology, and
watershed ecosystem.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H909D48279D9A412F914E3F64DB12A04C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Eightmile
River Wild and Scenic Study Committee has determined that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H361DEE49FF0243FE8E4607E829E1B9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the outstanding
resource values of these river segments depend on sustaining the integrity and
quality of the Eightmile River watershed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA10AA8EBD741457390D66FFEFB069766"><enum>(B)</enum><text>these resource
values are manifest within the entire watershed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADACAF4C80FE465FB2F15BA606E82E14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the watershed as a
whole, including its protection, is itself intrinsically important to this
designation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0AD2143AF6D74883B3344E937B0153FF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Eightmile
River Wild and Scenic Study Committee took a watershed approach in studying and
recommending management options for the river segments and the Eightmile River
watershed as a whole.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EEDA37C714D4CAE9559CA2C00988508"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the study, the Eightmile River Wild
and Scenic Study Committee, with assistance from the National Park Service,
prepared a comprehensive management plan for the Eightmile River watershed,
dated December 8, 2005 (in this section referred to as the <quote>Eightmile
River Watershed Management Plan</quote>), which establishes objectives,
standards, and action programs that will ensure long-term protection of the
outstanding values of the river and compatible management of the land and water
resources of the Eightmile River and its watershed, without Federal management
of affected lands not owned by the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98FA88F90E9043F0BBC82B5795F5CDE1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Study
Committee voted in favor of inclusion of the Eightmile River in the National
Wild and Scenic Rivers System and included this recommendation as an integral
part of the Eightmile River Watershed Management Plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0EA40FC487B7407A9201D97E397DF606"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The residents of the towns lying along the
Eightmile River and comprising most of its watershed (Salem, East Haddam, and
Lyme, Connecticut), as well as the Boards of Selectmen and Land Use Commissions
of these towns, voted to endorse the Eightmile River Watershed Management Plan
and to seek designation of the river as a component of the National Wild and
Scenic Rivers System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D6CB9FE22A5483C8804C4DD5F8878BC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The State of
Connecticut General Assembly enacted Public Act 05–18 to endorse the Eightmile
River Watershed Management Plan and to seek designation of the river as a
component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF269F1635F744C1190AC4109B939BEBA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>Section
3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1274">16 U.S.C. 1274(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5f7ad44-8460-40d0-b0fb-5f5faa0c0cfa"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (167) (relating
to the Musconetcong River, New Jersey) as paragraph (169);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c2e9c5f-d850-485f-9966-fa78655f5aac"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by designating the undesignated paragraph
relating to the White Salmon River, Washington, as paragraph (167);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d3f8cbb-8d0e-4a74-8757-8b75b277b6e5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by designating the undesignated paragraph
relating to the Black Butte River, California, as paragraph (168); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc05c6e92-a63f-4043-8d12-41e41c6f0ca0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F26174ED7EA454690AB2CD3667077B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H15367D982C5F4942B9E5B2A10899C800" indent="up1"><enum>(170)</enum><header>Eightmile River,
Connecticut</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Segments of the
main stem and specified tributaries of the Eightmile River in the State of
Connecticut, totaling approximately 25.3 miles, to be administered by the
Secretary of the Interior as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HADB5D64DE5EF47D4B3A50422CE1E7A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The entire 10.8-mile segment of the main
stem, starting at its confluence with Lake Hayward Brook to its confluence with
the Connecticut River at the mouth of Hamburg Cove, as a scenic river.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3F49583FA1445BFA4C79B0923CC67B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 8.0-mile segment of the East Branch of
the Eightmile River starting at Witch Meadow Road to its confluence with the
main stem of the Eightmile River, as a scenic river.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D763A6A3492402DAA4899FC596E3698"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The 3.9-mile segment of Harris Brook
starting with the confluence of an unnamed stream lying 0.74 miles due east of
the intersection of Hartford Road (State Route 85) and Round Hill Road to its
confluence with the East Branch of the Eightmile River, as a scenic
river.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9C0F92C1E6149CA819DD02F00179F6E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The 1.9-mile segment of Beaver Brook
starting at its confluence with Cedar Pond Brook to its confluence with the
main stem of the Eightmile River, as a scenic river.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DD0C11A9A0D4145856B564B20C2B8CE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The 0.7-mile segment of Falls Brook
from its confluence with Tisdale Brook to its confluence with the main stem of
the Eightmile River at Hamburg Cove, as a scenic
river.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99EEAE0765444481BB91159FFE6E614"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The segments of the main stem and certain
tributaries of the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut designated as
components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System by the amendment made
by subsection (b) (in this section referred to as the <quote>Eightmile
River</quote>) shall be managed in accordance with the Eightmile River
Watershed Management Plan and such amendments to the plan as the Secretary of
the Interior determines are consistent with this section. The Eightmile River
Watershed Management Plan is deemed to satisfy the requirements for a
comprehensive management plan required by section 3(d) of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1274">16
U.S.C. 1274(d)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7B8E6917160E42379964E64925E44C9C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Committee</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior shall coordinate the management responsibilities of
the Secretary with regard to the Eightmile River with the Eightmile River
Coordinating Committee, as specified in the Eightmile River Watershed
Management Plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE6927BA4F34846F6924F89E5316C0000"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreements</header><text>In order to provide for the long-term protection,
preservation, and enhancement of the Eightmile River, the Secretary of the
Interior may enter into cooperative agreements pursuant to sections 10(e) and
11(b)(1) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1281">16 U.S.C. 1281(e)</external-xref>, 1282(b)(1)) with
the State of Connecticut, the towns of Salem, Lyme, and East Haddam,
Connecticut, and appropriate local planning and environmental organizations.
All cooperative agreements authorized by this subsection shall be consistent
with the Eightmile River Watershed Management Plan and may include provisions
for financial or other assistance from the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H10E73EAEE3AC4A0F908E57D186E5C4F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relation to
national park system</header><text>Notwithstanding section 10(c) of the Wild
and Scenic Rivers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1281">16 U.S.C. 1281(c)</external-xref>), the Eightmile
River shall not be administered as part of the National Park System or be
subject to regulations which govern the National Park System.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H17A59BA3B371497EA0A7DD006FBB6956"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Land
management</header><text>The zoning ordinances adopted by the towns of Salem,
East Haddam, and Lyme, Connecticut, in effect as of December 8, 2005, including
provisions for conservation of floodplains, wetlands, and watercourses
associated with the segments, are deemed to satisfy the standards and
requirements of section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1277
(c)). For the purpose of section 6(c) of that Act, such towns shall be deemed
<quote>villages</quote> and the provisions of that section, which prohibit
Federal acquisition of lands by condemnation, shall apply to the segments
designated by subsection (b). The authority of the Secretary to acquire lands
for the purposes of this section shall be limited to acquisition by donation or
acquisition with the consent of the owner thereof, and shall be subject to the
additional criteria set forth in the Eightmile River Watershed Management
Plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBE15DA87A56B4B109F8F03C136BC99AB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Watershed
approach</header>
<paragraph id="H41C48E6A2C00411C9C58BCDDA0C3A8FB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In furtherance of the watershed approach to resource
preservation and enhancement articulated in the Eightmile River Watershed
Management Plan, the tributaries of the Eightmile River watershed specified in
paragraph (2) are recognized as integral to the protection and enhancement of
the Eightmile River and its watershed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4B36BA5567246E300E7F6871C3BBCAE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered
tributaries</header><text>Paragraph (1) applies with respect to Beaver Brook,
Big Brook, Burnhams Brook, Cedar Pond Brook, Cranberry Meadow Brook, Early
Brook, Falls Brook, Fraser Brook, Harris Brook, Hedge Brook, Lake Hayward
Brook, Malt House Brook, Muddy Brook, Ransom Brook, Rattlesnake Ledge Brook,
Shingle Mill Brook, Strongs Brook, Tisdale Brook, Witch Meadow Brook, and all
other perennial streams within the Eightmile River watershed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC494267F1464B1E8B6E16E22B493652"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as are necessary to carry out this section and the amendment made by subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Bureau of
Reclamation and United States Geological Survey authorizations</header>
<section id="idFF944AB6626D4A2B8ECDA3B679D53FA9"><enum>401.</enum><header>Alaska water
resources study</header>
<subsection id="HCA28E042314C4BF3BE6CAC8B07CC2D6E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H9DAF8E5E04DD4FA187F80090202CAD95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EFE69AAA4FF41C5BADB9A400BADE76"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means the State of Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H01A043C21533462294036C8F501335BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alaska water
resources study</header>
<paragraph id="H7BB3E257894248F798D268F580BA683E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation and the Director of
the United States Geological Survey, where appropriate, and in accordance with
this section and other applicable provisions of law, shall conduct a study that
includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5906BA9CE36F4427B0F228AC70BFD8BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a survey of
accessible water supplies, including aquifers, on the Kenai Peninsula and in
the Municipality of Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the city of
Fairbanks, and the Fairbanks Northstar Borough;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE5E0F14DDC94D39B27EC9C6E44554E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a survey of water
treatment needs and technologies, including desalination, applicable to the
water resources of the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H221BAFBA0A304BF0923FB3DBE1833B5E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a review of the
need for enhancement of the streamflow information collected by the United
States Geological Survey in the State relating to critical water needs in areas
such as—</text>
<clause id="H03BC98C52B82484F85A9001E11178EE2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>infrastructure
risks to State transportation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H11DD31B75C6F44C991BF8B77302C971C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>flood
forecasting;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9CA039EB43A4433A803E85208D0278AC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>resource
extraction; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8E035130E7674B4793D6F6253C73E87"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>fire
management.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBE44AB9E67C84192B760385985942E1B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report
describing the results of the study required by paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD55BDAE5B54D411CADE8EA65757BBE3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary to carry out
any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDF5BA13F0C74170B3D47FEDF157ACE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id0FD9B7841D4F4EBEB1337D986127B808"><enum>402.</enum><header>Renegotiation
of payment schedule, Redwood Valley County Water District</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15 of Public Law 100–516 (102 Stat.
2573) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5ED8C2A7454C4E2BB061EC888CC45B59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1DB0807CAA840F8A62D035E8F2244C4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6BC18142674B4A1DA2B460B781789C1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, as of January 1, 2006, the Secretary of
the Interior and the Redwood Valley County Water District have not renegotiated
the schedule of payment, the District may enter into such additional
non-Federal obligations as are necessary to finance procurement of dedicated
water rights and improvements necessary to store and convey those rights to
provide for the District’s water needs. The Secretary shall reschedule the
payments due under loans numbered 14–06–200–8423A and 14–06–200–8423A
Amendatory and said payments shall commence when such additional obligations
have been financially satisfied by the District. The date of the initial
payment owed by the District to the United States shall be regarded as the
start of the District’s repayment period and the time upon which any interest
shall first be computed and assessed under section 5 of the Small Reclamation
Projects Act of 1956 (43 U.S.C. 422a et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE02E1F7BB58941B6891B2CA686DA56B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idDADB2BF794BA4C659937A678675E8268"><enum>403.</enum><header>American River
Pump Station Project transfer</header>
<subsection id="HB72D8A3472064D76A4CC634DA7C0239C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority to
transfer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the
Interior (hereafter in this section referred to as the
<quote>Secretary</quote>) shall transfer ownership of the American River Pump
Station Project located at Auburn, California, which includes the Pumping
Plant, associated facilities, and easements necessary for permanent operation
of the facilities, to the Placer County Water Agency, in accordance with the
terms of Contract No. 02–LC–20–7790 between the United States and Placer County
Water Agency and the terms and conditions established in this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA259F426ABF34511856C17872B1168A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal costs
nonreimbursable</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal costs
associated with construction of the American River Pump Station Project located
at Auburn, California, are nonreimbursable.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF21F3D9ECBEB44EDA28E945734406285"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant of real
property interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary is authorized to grant title to Placer County Water Agency as
provided in subsection (a) in full satisfaction of the United States’
obligations under Land Purchase Contract 14–06–859–308 to provide a water
supply to the Placer County Water Agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4180922B1AD04668945109E5A009AF72"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance with
environmental laws</header>
<paragraph id="H5F241C2A10E64F39A2F9FB20FE1070D1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Before conveying land and facilities pursuant to this
section, the Secretary shall comply with all applicable requirements
under—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1E8091FE5F34A9E9650FBA1CC56DB3F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97F1B8B5AD4845AEA1F79ECC09584B00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AB90C82057A4E6B91BCFACA8976390"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other law
applicable to the land and facilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAFB96095C2894A2FA972D6C9770002AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing
in this section modifies or alters any obligations under—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D8184FE695546D787786CAAE5FD3849"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13107C1E80144BFF8E4E257E63271089"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5114BC5F46E74AD8BA21DAFF97FE798F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Release from
liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on the
date of transfer to the Placer County Water Agency of any land or facility
under this section, the United States shall not be liable for damages arising
out of any act, omission, or occurrence relating to the land and facilities,
consistent with Article 9 of Contract No. 02–LC–20–7790 between the United
States and Placer County Water Agency.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idF50B8CA8E3E148CD8A6A00ADDED213BA"><enum>404.</enum><header>Arthur V.
Watkins Dam enlargement</header>
<subsection id="IDAAAEF6671C4E459C865EB48F99C70090"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDBC269A978FBB4E6ABD2FBABBBE367E7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Arthur V. Watkins
Dam is a feature of the Weber Basin Project, which was authorized by law on
August 29, 1949.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1D5AA4F3476341E28295B1C83808E51E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Increasing the
height of Arthur V. Watkins Dam and construction of pertinent facilities may
provide additional storage capacity for the development of additional water
supply for the Weber Basin Project for uses of municipal and industrial water
supply, flood control, fish and wildlife, and recreation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF9A7E3CDE90040879AE9585D6BBDF006"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of feasibility study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, is
authorized to conduct a feasibility study on raising the height of Arthur V.
Watkins Dam for the development of additional storage to meet water supply
needs within the Weber Basin Project area and the Wasatch Front. The
feasibility study shall include such environmental evaluation as required under
the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and a cost allocation as required
under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485 et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID516BC2F8E00041F0865F56F0616F5DB9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost
shares</header>
<paragraph id="ID3089DBC345F348C2B58596204783DE71"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
Share</header><text>The Federal share of the costs of the study authorized in
subsection (b) shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the
study.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5E58ECFA01A34A4BABE572E37442426F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In-Kind
Contributions</header><text>The Secretary shall accept, as appropriate, in-kind
contributions of goods or services from the Weber Basin Water Conservancy
District. Such goods and services accepted under this subsection shall be
counted as part of the non-Federal cost share for the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID150165D723EA40A0A6CEDA411F63548A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $1,000,000 for the Federal cost
share of the study authorized in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE998972EE2AD4756B09DEC20C69B4617"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary to carry out
any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id0CC777BE98554C569260555BAB47E057"><enum>405.</enum><header>New Mexico
water planning assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDED0898FE2D3496FBB00212EDB6159A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41D84F9675264054AB1ECF9DE0CC327D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the
United States Geological Survey.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8B2580CC9BA4E92B3D3A3D32D75D072"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means the State
of New Mexico.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18D0012B01B543E79CF2520663CFF1BB"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comprehensive water plan
assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8A2AA07053A4404BEE8D00034D252C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the request of the Governor of the
State and subject to paragraphs (2) through (6), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7824D3F50B3A45B4867D79325B83E29C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to the State technical assistance
and grants for the development of comprehensive State water plans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AA1863A68804502AAFFDBC751DF009F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct water resources mapping in the
State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABC4249004D44D88AFF8115794131D5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a comprehensive study of
groundwater resources (including potable, brackish, and saline water resources)
in the State to assess the quantity, quality, and interaction of groundwater
and surface water resources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H637219F7B7FF4B6DACA3B957A9769563"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical assistance provided under
paragraph (1) may include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA61E4DC270D44A20B832B610E513C3A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquisition of hydrologic data, groundwater
characterization, database development, and data distribution;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD6A122F542D463A8C5897C509C70095"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expansion of climate, surface water, and
groundwater monitoring networks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCF7E276A39F46F3BD38505326F239B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assessment of existing water resources,
surface water storage, and groundwater storage potential;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5106037CA414371B4C79290CB782461"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">numerical analysis and modeling necessary
to provide an integrated understanding of water resources and water management
options;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD8DE6D6AF844383B649FDC037DFB55E"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participation in State planning forums and
planning groups;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H795B8D4E2B0046AAAA757309AF777114"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordination of Federal water management
planning efforts;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34CA1DEDB8F9458D83944F6FBF6DC63C"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">technical review of data, models, planning
scenarios, and water plans developed by the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47F376152F4347AF94241CA9AC8B6C00"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provision of scientific and technical
specialists to support State and local activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H265DED2E1BCF416EA0C04BBB4B52798D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing grants under paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations,
allocate—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE14578D482A14B6E8C0000D052A3CC6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 to develop hydrologic models and
acquire associated equipment for the New Mexico Rio Grande main stem sections
and Rios Pueblo de Taos and Hondo, Rios Nambe, Pojoaque and Teseque, Rio Chama,
and Lower Rio Grande tributaries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA806FCC5E91C4053B3DEE789E5E381A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,500,000 to complete the hydrographic
survey development of hydrologic models and acquire associated equipment for
the San Juan River and tributaries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01AF1C0FF9F7457BA27E00A082157E52"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000,000 to complete the hydrographic
survey development of hydrologic models and acquire associated equipment for
Southwest New Mexico, including the Animas Basin, the Gila River, and
tributaries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5F2417A93134B6CB74C15D81B193041"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,500,000 for statewide digital
orthophotography mapping; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F9A1EB3BC614088BCC599F08820BF00"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary to carry out
additional projects consistent with paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E469F4DC9FF49FFB2387836927DD430"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost-sharing requirement</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0210FBD282DC4EC2999C808200D14DE"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal share of the total cost of
any activity carried out using a grant provided under paragraph (1) shall be 50
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35F04F7E1E33451F00202E678200D5F"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form of non-federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal share under subparagraph
(A) may be in the form of any in-kind services that the Secretary determines
would contribute substantially toward the conduct and completion of the
activity assisted.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39F38680D63A4AD1842C12D5500060C1"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonreimbursable basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any assistance or grants provided to the
State under this section shall be made on a non-reimbursable basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7039E80DC3134723A5201CFF8E4947AB"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized transfers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On request of the State, the Secretary
shall directly transfer to 1 or more Federal agencies any amounts made
available to the State to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9B9604F5C3748B08D08C3A298429451"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD6DE07A2E5242DAA0F5F09DE34B87BC"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary to carry out
any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H94B31FD372ED4052A600120079D700B0"><enum>406.</enum><header>Conveyance of
certain buildings and lands of the Yakima Project, Washington</header>
<subsection id="H07129F3DA4064B1BBB8DFD8CE8002B2D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance
required</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the
Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District, located in Yakima County, Washington, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the buildings and
lands of the Yakima Project, Washington, in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth in the agreement titled <quote>Agreement Between the
United States and the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District to Transfer Title to
Certain Federally Owned Buildings and Lands, With Certain Property Rights,
Title, and Interest, to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District</quote> (Contract
No. 5–07–10–L1658).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H05462C4BAD3C41CEB3BF21E010FB46FB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Liability</header><text>Effective
upon the date of conveyance under this section, the United States shall not be
held liable by any court for damages of any kind arising out of any act,
omission, or occurrence relating to the conveyed buildings and lands, except
for damages caused by acts of negligence committed by the United States or by
its employees or agents before the date of conveyance. Nothing in this section
increases the liability of the United States beyond that provided in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28,
United States Code (popularly known as the Federal Tort Claims Act), on the
date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H927B49FCD0A34856A66015FFDA78FE10"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Benefits</header><text>After
conveyance of the buildings and lands to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District
under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HAC68AA9C64124DAA8DA6427CF646E092"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such buildings and
lands shall not be considered to be a part of a Federal reclamation project;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31BA2D581CBA4ABEB81537F5D6F7585B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such irrigation
district shall not be eligible to receive any benefits with respect to any
buildings and lands conveyed, except benefits that would be available to a
similarly situated person with respect to such buildings and lands that are not
part of a Federal reclamation project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2125ECEA1E944598AEB6EC5806061502"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>If
the Secretary of the Interior has not completed the conveyance required under
subsection (a) within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that explains the reason such
conveyance has not been completed and stating the date by which the conveyance
will be completed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id1ED26B61595A40D3B85ADF449E9FF9FF"><enum>407.</enum><header>Conjunctive
use of surface and groundwater in Juab County, Utah</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202(a)(2) of the Reclamation
Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law
102–575</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>Juab,</quote> after
<quote>Davis,</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id600CBAE69FF3480CB73799E2F0D3DDE7"><enum>408.</enum><header>Early
repayment of A & B Irrigation District construction costs</header>
<subsection id="H05034E7410E24EBE00DE599FC259A2BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Notwithstanding section 213 of the Reclamation Reform Act
of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390mm), any landowner within the A & B Irrigation
District in the State (referred to in this section as the
<quote>District</quote>) may repay, at any time, the construction costs of
District project facilities that are allocated to land of the landowner within
the District.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE589101B61454348B2E85F5C773B2BA5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability of
Full-Cost Pricing Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On discharge, in full, of the obligation
for repayment of all construction costs described in subsection (a) that are
allocated to all land the landowner owns in the District in question, the
parcels of land shall not be subject to the ownership and full-cost pricing
limitations under Federal reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat.
388, chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (43
U.S.C. 371 et seq.), including the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (13 U.S.C.
390aa et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8A17F45579914CB0BBCB77D8C582DA2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>On
request of a landowner that has repaid, in full, the construction costs
described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to the
landowner a certificate described in section 213(b)(1) of the Reclamation
Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390mm(b)(1)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7AE666BE3AEE49F6B6983776A207868E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing
in this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HC22B9571A0434703A41936C623EBCA7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>modifies any
contractual rights under, or amends or reopens, the reclamation contract
between the District and the United States; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77CEF1D8231745B0BEFEB25395209BB5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>modifies any
rights, obligations, or relationships between the District and landowners in
the District under Idaho State law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Department of
Energy authorizations</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0F4E596B0344A5BBB9C70EAEAF5006B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Energy technology
transfer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 917 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16197">42 U.S.C. 16197</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H716E5D308FC4429CA41F09163F4BA650" style="OLC">
<section id="H1AD664D5F3B34366A3CF9450DA252E4D"><enum>917.</enum><header>Advanced Energy
Technology Transfer Centers</header>
<subsection id="HAE1E7BEA9E2F4E3F817F1DA0FDD85BBD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>National Forests, Parks,
Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007</short-title>,
the Secretary shall make grants to nonprofit institutions, State and local
governments, cooperative extension services, or institutions of higher
education (or consortia thereof), to establish a geographically dispersed
network of Advanced Energy Technology Transfer Centers, to be located in areas
the Secretary determines have the greatest need of the services of such
Centers. In making awards under this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H597584E69B20439A8D05A67DE742C96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>give priority to
applicants already operating or partnered with an outreach program capable of
transferring knowledge and information about advanced energy efficiency methods
and technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E44B8B72F254757941968C1C84FC641"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that, to
the extent practicable, the program enables the transfer of knowledge and
information—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8E23DBE35E444F6CBF31184D980078C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>about a variety of
technologies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF95D3228F6AD48B79B003BE1DC034201"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in a variety of
geographic areas;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC86E5958E2D43678C9CE71977567D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>give preference to
applicants that would significantly expand on or fill a gap in existing
programs in a geographical region; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87E227610A96435C97BE4E6C9F41FB7B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the special needs and
opportunities for increased energy efficiency for manufactured and site-built
housing, including construction, renovation, and retrofit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3BFC9BD308EC4FDBA879E25732324FDD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>Each
Center shall operate a program to encourage demonstration and commercial
application of advanced energy methods and technologies through education and
outreach to building and industrial professionals, and to other individuals and
organizations with an interest in efficient energy use. Funds awarded under
this section may be used for the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="H985AF4680C5D45B19D039D0831DA7BE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Developing and
distributing informational materials on technologies that could use energy more
efficiently.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7E8981AA650420C9C9C444E59EA5EF7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Carrying out
demonstrations of advanced energy methods and technologies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE28DC7666EA54D47BEAFE4B1FF43FE2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Developing and
conducting seminars, workshops, long-distance learning sessions, and other
activities to aid in the dissemination of knowledge and information on
technologies that could use energy more efficiently.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE365D6E89A35449190A332B1656D2AE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Providing or
coordinating onsite energy evaluations, including instruction on the
commissioning of building heating and cooling systems, for a wide range of
energy end-users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACCEA85DABE34D379F0098CAE484B682"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Examining the
energy efficiency needs of energy end-users to develop recommended research
projects for the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H866A98D162A6493EBD00FDF162D34D74"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Hiring experts in
energy efficient technologies to carry out activities described in paragraphs
(1) through (5).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H406A18DEBCFF44749B5FDFCDAE75C0A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A
person seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an
application in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may
require. The Secretary may award a grant under this section to an entity
already in existence if the entity is otherwise eligible under this section.
The application shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF281B9759DB44B0B4E54BA57BB3765"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the applicant’s outreach program, and the geographic region it would serve, and
of why the program would be capable of transferring knowledge and information
about advanced energy technologies that increase efficiency of energy
use;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FF52C2989904F54AAA2B8C5AA90EEFF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of
the activities the applicant would carry out, of the technologies that would be
transferred, and of any other organizations that will help facilitate a
regional approach to carrying out those activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H345D964661134E86B58126A2093CC5BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
how the proposed activities would be appropriate to the specific energy needs
of the geographic region to be served;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6749C04A4E1F4249A030F690D4482A6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an estimate of the
number and types of energy end-users expected to be reached through such
activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B3046393467418C9358EBD69C44B3AC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of
how the applicant will assess the success of the program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFF228A343ECD4A6088F464C13518D284"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants under this section on
the basis of the following criteria, at a minimum:</text>
<paragraph id="H64C3F036E62B48E8962FC8E764D96064"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The ability of the
applicant to carry out the proposed activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DF468E85C8C4D08B9F0B57537814F7B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The extent to
which the applicant will coordinate the activities of the Center with other
entities as appropriate, such as State and local governments, utilities,
institutions of higher education, and National Laboratories.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDFF248BEA5D345F29400FEA7063513D3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The
appropriateness of the applicant’s outreach program for carrying out the
program described in this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83A2EA9CE46D43389F935FB78DC02FD6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The likelihood
that proposed activities could be expanded or used as a model for other
areas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8AA0392BB4CD4F7DB3B8458C84DE7765"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header><text>In
carrying out this section, the Secretary shall require cost-sharing in
accordance with the requirements of section 988 for commercial application
activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDFE1F6A1BB5E4F2D841929C9FEDF5847"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Duration</header>
<paragraph id="HEED8BEE4AB2A4A4EB30050004CC052E0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial grant
period</header><text>A grant awarded under this section shall be for a period
of 5 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2C69667248E4F13A225DE35FAC41C81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initial
evaluation</header><text>Each grantee under this section shall be evaluated
during its third year of operation under procedures established by the
Secretary to determine if the grantee is accomplishing the purposes of this
section described in subsection (a). The Secretary shall terminate any grant
that does not receive a positive evaluation. If an evaluation is positive, the
Secretary may extend the grant for 3 additional years beyond the original term
of the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE0FF99BF1DE4FC1AA40008B88428D6D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional
extension</header><text>If a grantee receives an extension under paragraph (2),
the grantee shall be evaluated again during the second year of the extension.
The Secretary shall terminate any grant that does not receive a positive
evaluation. If an evaluation is positive, the Secretary may extend the grant
for a final additional period of 3 additional years beyond the original
extension.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C46F7DBD00744C98B427255DF071424"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>No
grantee may receive more than 11 years of support under this section without
reapplying for support and competing against all other applicants seeking a
grant at that time.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2A21E02A36C244ECBBC8A174E900986B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>None
of the funds awarded under this section may be used for the construction of
facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAC42780C9EDD4AADA53FD33E053FEC42"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H9042534253004886AF86BA26584F3D5E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced energy
methods and technologies</header><text>The term <term>advanced energy methods
and technologies</term> means all methods and technologies that promote energy
efficiency and conservation, including distributed generation technologies, and
life-cycle analysis of energy use.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FBE53D5F9BE4E448D013582BE29B1DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Center</header><text>The
term <term>Center</term> means an Advanced Energy Technology Transfer Center
established pursuant to this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA6DF86410C54AEC997712BFB420F2FE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distributed
generation</header><text>The term <term>distributed generation</term> means an
electric power generation technology, including photovoltaic, small wind, and
micro-combined heat and power, that serves electric consumers at or near the
site of production.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD160516FF1794662BCCA2CA9D54B9977"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cooperative
extension</header><text>The term <term>Cooperative Extension</term> means the
extension services established at the land-grant colleges and universities
under the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC23218D571A14CA1821B239E2EC7DC7F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Land-grant
colleges and universities</header><text>The term <term>land-grant colleges and
universities</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE5191B65CB5C4AE2B3837BF1B1463E11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1862 Institutions
(as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7601">7
U.S.C. 7601</external-xref>));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE08061E261204E29B6794B7DA3244D85"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1890 Institutions
(as defined in section 2 of that Act); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD8EFDBF90DE4E9EBD8CB0ED46EFD66"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1994 Institutions
(as defined in section 2 of that Act).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CDDD48E76204A1C9487000068C34049"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to
amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated in section 911, there are
authorized to be appropriated for the program under this section such sums as
may be
appropriated.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id0F0666DB99334FB7A96B5DD7A9BE0180"><enum>502.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act
of 1988</header>
<subsection id="H22987BE4A8D04F86A86C04DDF44E5E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Section 9 of the Steel and Aluminum Energy
Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5108">15 U.S.C. 5108</external-xref>) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA546C6AD2EA5497FB6143BD6C42B7772" style="OLC">
<section id="H70104A5076A74F479B6279D4945E7D8D"><enum>9.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this Act
$12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through
2012.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD22D8820DDB14756B2E8BE00F71E1512"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Steel project
priorities</header><text>Section 4(c)(1) of the Steel and Aluminum Energy
Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5103">15 U.S.C.
5103(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8F299FE21AF04469B3D4C6755924769E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(H), by striking <quote>coatings for sheet steels</quote> and inserting
<quote>sheet and bar steels</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E6674F3C7A64B92AD4812DAAEE4A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAEC532E2388A4D058BF0ECCD3953CE27" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H2A493F31044B479A918699EC38C3D91B"><enum>(K)</enum><text>The development of
technologies which reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H02E92A79E71A400EB084FD2F593F1CE6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>The Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and
Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF6C0937987B4FDF8DD5284F92EA0063"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
section 7 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5106">15 U.S.C.
5106</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA8268ACB8E040EDB2682B3E78ED92B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 8
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5107">15 U.S.C.
5107</external-xref>), by inserting <quote>, beginning with fiscal year
2008,</quote> after <quote>close of each fiscal year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>
October 18, 2007
Read the second time and placed on the
calendar