[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H3101-H3103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
MINOR BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PARK AMENDMENTS ACT OF
1995
Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the
bill (H.R. 694) entitled the ``Minor Boundary Adjustments and
Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1995,'' as amended.
The Clerk read as follows:
H.R. 694
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Minor Boundary Adjustments
and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1995''.
TITLE I--MINOR BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS
SEC. 101. YUCCA HOUSE NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
(a) In General.--The boundaries of Yucca House National
Monument are revised to include the approximately 24.27 acres
of land generally depicted on the map entitled ``Boundary--
Yucca House National Monument, Colorado'', numbered 318/
80,001-B, and dated February 1990.
(b) Map.--The map referred to in subsection (a) shall be on
file and available for public inspection in appropriate
offices of the National Park Service of the Department of the
Interior.
(c) Acquisition by Donation.--
(1) In general.--Within the boundaries described in
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior may acquire
lands and interests in lands by donation.
(2) Administrative costs.--The Secretary of the Interior
may pay administrative costs arising out of any donation
described in paragraph (1) with appropriated funds.
SEC. 102. ZION NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
(a) Acquisition and Boundary Change.--The Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to acquire by exchange approximately
5.48 acres, in Washington County, Utah, that are located in
the SW\1/4\ of Section 28, Township 41 South, Range 10 West,
Salt Lake Base and Meridian. In exchange therefor the
Secretary is authorized to convey all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to approximately 5.51
acres, in Washington County, Utah, that are located in Lot 2
of Section 5, Township 41 South, Range 11 West. Upon
completion of the exchange, the Secretary is authorized to
revise the boundary of Zion National Park to add to the park
the approximately 5.48 acres acquired by the Secretary under
this subsection and to delete from the park the approximately
5.51 acres conveyed by the Secretary under this subsection.
Land added to the park under this subsection shall be
administered as part of the park in accordance with the laws
and regulations applicable thereto.
(b) Expiration.--The authority granted by this section
shall expire upon the expiration of the two-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 103. PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT.
The boundary of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is hereby
modified as depicted on the map entitled ``Area Proposed for
Addition to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore,'' numbered
625-80, 043A, and dated July 1992.
SEC. 104. INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT.
The administrative boundary between Independence National
Historical Park and the United States Customs House along the
Moravian Street Walkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is
hereby modified as generally depicted on the drawing entitled
``Exhibit 1, Independence National Historical Park, Boundary
Adjustment'', and dated May 1987, which shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the Office of the National
Park Service, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of
the Interior is authorized to accept and transfer
jurisdiction over property in accordance with such
administrative boundary, as modified by this section.
[[Page H3102]] SEC. 105. CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL
MONUMENT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
(a) Boundary Revision.--The boundary of the Craters of the
Moon National Monument, Idaho, is revised to add
approximately 210 acres and to delete approximately 315 acres
as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Craters of the
Moon National Monument, Idaho, Proposed 1987 Boundary
Adjustment'', numbered 131-80,008, and dated October 1987.
The map shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the
Interior.
(b) Administration and Acquisition.--Federal lands, waters,
and interests therein deleted from the boundary of the
Craters of the Moon National Monument by this section shall
be administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the
Bureau of Land Management in accordance with the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
Federal lands, waters, and interests therein added to the
national monument by this section shall be administered by
the Secretary as part of the national monument, subject to
the laws and regulations applicable thereto. The Secretary is
authorized to acquire private lands, waters, and interests
therein within the boundary of the national monument by
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or
exchange, and shall administer such acquired lands, waters,
and interests therein as part of the national monument,
subject to the laws and regulations applicable thereto.
SEC. 106. HAGERMAN FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT.
Section 302 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988
(102 Stat. 4576) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(d) To further the purposes of the monument, the
Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation or, from
willing sellers only, by purchase with donated or
appropriated funds or by exchange not more than 65 acres
outside the boundary depicted on the map referred to in
section 301 and to develop and operate, on such acres,
research, information, interpretive, and administrative
facilities. Lands acquired and facilities developed under
this subsection shall be administered by the Secretary as
part of the monument. The boundary of the monument shall be
modified to include the lands added under this subsection as
a noncontiguous parcel.''.
SEC. 107. WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
The boundary of the Wupatki National Monument, Arizona, is
hereby revised to include the lands and interests in lands
within the area generally depicted as ``Proposed Addition
168.89 Acres'' on the map entitled ``Boundary--Wupatki and
Sunset Crater National Monuments, Arizona'', numbered 322-
80,021, and dated April 1989. The map shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the Office of the National
Park Service, Department of the Interior. Subject to valid
existing rights, Federal lands and interests therein within
the area added to the monument by this section are hereby
transferred without monetary consideration or reimbursement
to the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park
Service and shall be administered as part of the monument in
accordance with the laws and regulations applicable thereto.
TITLE II--MISCELLANEOUS SPECIFIC PARK AMENDMENTS
SEC. 201. ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR KALOKO-HONOKOHAU NATIONAL
HISTORICAL PARK.
Section 505(f)(7) of the National Parks and Recreation Act
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 396d(f)(7)), is amended by striking ``ten
years'' and inserting ``twenty-five years''.
SEC. 202. FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT, GA.
Section 4 of the Act of June 26, 1936 (ch. 844; 49 Stat.
1979), is amended by striking ``: Provided, That'' and all
that follows and inserting a period.
SEC. 203. AMENDMENT OF BOSTON NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK ACT.
Section 3(b) of the Boston National Historical Park Act of
1974 (16 U.S.C. 410z-1(b)) is amended by inserting ``(1)''
after ``(b)'' and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(2) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter
into a cooperative agreement with the Boston Public Library
to provide for the distribution of informational and
interpretive materials relating to the Boston National
Historical Park and to the Freedom Trail.''.
TITLE III--GENERAL
AUTHORIZATIONS AND REPEALERS
SEC. 301. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON PARK BUILDINGS.
The 10th undesignated paragraph (relating to a limitation
on the expenditure of funds for park buildings) under the
heading ``miscellaneous objects, department of the
interior'', under the heading ``UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR'', in the first section of the Act of August 24,
1912 (37 Stat. 460; 16 U.S.C. 451), is hereby repealed.
SEC. 302. APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CHILDREN.
The first section of the Act of August 7, 1946 (16 U.S.C.
17j-2), is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(j) Provision of transportation for children in nearby
communities to and from any unit of the National Park System
used in connection with organized recreation and interpretive
programs of the National Park Service.''.
SEC. 303. FERAL BURROS AND HORSES.
Section 9 of the Act of December 15, 1971 (16 U.S.C.
1338a), is amended by adding at the end the following: ``No
provision of this Act shall be construed to limit the
authority of the Secretary of the Interior to manage units of
the
National Park System. No provision of this Act shall be
construed to diminish the authority of the Secretary of
the Interior to use motor vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft,
or helicopters, or to contract for such use, in
furtherance of the management of the National Park System,
and section 47(a) of title 18, United States Code, shall
not apply to such use, or the contracting for such use, by
the Secretary of the Interior in furtherance of such
management.''.
SEC. 304. AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
RELATING TO MUSEUMS.
(a) Functions.--The Act entitled ``An Act to increase the
public benefits from the National Park System by facilitating
the management of museum properties relating thereto, and for
other purposes'', approved July 1, 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b) of the first section, by striking
``from such donations and bequests of money''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.
``(a) Transfer, Conveyance, and Destruction.--In addition
to the functions specified in the first section of this Act,
the Secretary of the Interior may perform the following
functions in such manner as he shall consider to be in the
public interest:
``(1) Transfer museum objects and museum collections that
the Secretary determines are no longer needed for museum
purposes to qualified Federal agencies that have programs to
preserve and interpret cultural or natural heritage, and
accept the transfer of museum objects and museum collections
for the purposes of this Act from any other Federal agency,
without reimbursement. The head of any other Federal agency
may transfer, without reimbursement, museum objects and
museum collections directly to the administrative
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for the
purposes of this Act.
``(2) Convey museum objects and museum collections that the
Secretary determines are no longer needed for museum
purposes, without monetary consideration but subject to such
terms and conditions as the Secretary deems necessary, to
private institutions exempt from Federal taxation under
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26
U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and to non-Federal governmental entities if
the Secretary determines, prior to any conveyance under this
subsection, that the private or non-Federal recipient is
dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of natural
or cultural heritage and is qualified to manage the objects
or collections, as the case may be.
``(3) Destroy or cause to be destroyed museum objects and
museum collections that the Secretary determines to have no
scientific, cultural, historic, educational, esthetic, or
monetary value.
``(b) Care, Deliberation, and Review.--The Secretary shall
ensure that museum objects and museum collections are treated
in a careful and deliberate manner that protects the public
interest. Prior to taking any action under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall establish a systematic review and
approval process, including consultation with appropriate
experts, that meets the highest standards of the museum
profession and applies to all actions taken under this
section.''.
(b) Application and Definitions.--The Act entitled ``An Act
to increase the public benefits from the National Park System
by facilitating the management of museum properties relating
thereto, and for other purposes'', approved July 1, 1955 (16
U.S.C. 18f), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.
``(a) Application.--Authorities granted to the Secretary of
the Interior by this Act shall be available to the Secretary
only with regard to--
``(1) museum objects and museum collections that were under
the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for purposes
of the National Park System on the day before the date of the
enactment of this section; and
``(2) museum objects and museum collections that the
Secretary acquires on or after such date.
``(b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act, the terms
`museum objects' and `museum collections' mean objects that
are eligible to be or are made part of a museum, library, or
archive collection through a formal procedure, such as
accessioning. Such objects are usually movable and include
but are not limited to prehistoric and historic artifacts,
works of art, books, documents, photographs, and natural
history specimens.''.
SEC. 305. VOLUNTEERS IN THE PARKS INCREASE.
Section 4 of the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 (16
U.S.C. 18j) is amended by striking all that follows ``Act''
and inserting a period.
SEC. 306. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
Section 3 of the Act entitled ``An Act to improve the
administration of the national park system by the Secretary
of the Interior, and to clarify the authorities applicable to
the system, and for other purposes'', approved August 18,
1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a-2), is amended--
(1) in subsection (i), by striking the period at the end
and inserting a semicolon; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(j) enter into cooperative agreements with public or
private educational institutions, States, and their political
subdivisions, for the purpose of developing adequate,
coordinated, cooperative research and training programs
concerning the resources of the National Park System, and,
pursuant to any such agreement, to
[[Page H3103]] accept from and make available to the
cooperator the technical and support staff, financial
assistance, supplies and equipment, facilities, and
administrative services, relating to cooperative research
units, that the Secretary determines to be appropriate;
except that no provision of this subsection shall be
construed to waive any requirement with respect to research
projects that are subject to the Federal procurement
regulations.''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
Utah [Mr. Hansen] will be recognized for 20 minutes, and the gentleman
from New Mexico [Mr. Richardson] will be recognized for 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Utah [Mr. Hansen].
Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I man consume.
(Mr. HANSEN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 694, legislation
to make minor boundary adjustments at several national parks and to
make other technical amendments to various legislative acts affecting
administration of the National Park System.
Title I of the bill contains minor boundary adjustments at seven
parks: Zion National Park in Utah, Yucca House National Monument,
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Independence National Historical
Park, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Hagerman Fossil Beds
National Monument, and Wupatki National Monument.
Title II contains several park specific measures and Title III of the
bill makes several changes in the generic authority of the Park
Service, such as increasing the amount that NPS can spend on an annual
basis for their volunteer program.
This is a good bill which has been developed in a bipartisan fashion
with the administration. A similar bill has passed the House in each of
the last two sessions and I hope that it will finally be enacted this
Congress. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
(Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to revise and extend
his remarks.)
Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 694 is a noncontroversial
housekeeping bill that makes minor boundary adjustments and other
miscellaneous changes in programs and authorities of the National Park
Service.
The bill, as reported by the Resources Committee, contains an
amendment that reflects appropriate changes to this noncontroversial
bill and will make the amended bill consistent with previous action on
this and related measures in the last Congress. The deletion of the
proposed extension of the Advisory Commission at Women's Rights
National Historical Park mirrors the action the Resources Committee
took on a measure--H.R. 359--dealing with the Women's Rights Park in
the 103d Congress. Likewise, the amendment corrects a mistake in the
introduced bill dealing with museum properties. The amended bill
language will now accurately reflect the agreement worked out in the
last Congress with the former Government Operations Committee and which
also passed the House. The last change made by the amendment was
technical to make sure that the bill did not inadvertantly undercut
competitive bidding of research projects.
These are all good changes that improved the bill. I support HR 694,
as amended, and recommend its adoption by the House.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from Utah [Mr. Hansen] that the House suspend the rules and
pass the bill, H.R. 694, as amended.
The question was taken.
Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 5 of rule I and the
Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be
postponed.
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