[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 126 (Friday, September 13, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S10564]
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THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  1997

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                    BAUCUS AMENDMENTS NOS. 5348-5349

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BAUCUS submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, H.R. 3662, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 5348

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC. 1____. GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR GLACIER NATIONAL 
                   PARK.

       A new general management plan for Glacier National Park 
     shall not become effective in fiscal year 1997 or 1998 
     until--
       (1) the Director of the National Park Service has submitted 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
     Representatives the proposed final general management plan; 
     and
       (2) each of the Senate and the House of Representatives has 
     been in session for 90 days.
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                           Amendment No. 5349

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC. 1____. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.

       Not later than April 1, 1997, the Secretary of the 
     Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park 
     Service, and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
     Chief of the Forest Service, shall--
       (1) enter into a memorandum of understanding that, for 
     fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year thereafter--
       (A) provides for the timely maintenance of the Beartooth 
     Highway in Yellowstone National Park, with the costs of 
     maintenance shared equally by the National Park Service and 
     the Forest Service; and
       (B) ensures that the Beartooth Highway will be cleared of 
     snow and ice by not later than the Friday before Memorial Day 
     of each year (absent weather conditions that would make 
     clearing the highway hazardous); and
       (2) submit a copy of the memorandum of understanding to the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

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