[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11820-S11821]
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                   NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LEGISLATION

  The bill (S. 2248) to allow for waiver and indemnification in mutual 
law enforcement agreements between the National Park Service and a 
State or political subdivision, when required by State law, and for 
other purposes, was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third 
reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2248

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
     section 10 of the Act of August 18, 1970, Public Law 91-383 
     (16 U.S.C. 1a-6), is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (c)(2) by striking ``and'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (c)(3) and (c)(4) as (c)(4) 
     and (c)(5), respectively; and
       (3) by inserting the following new paragraph:
       ``(c)(3) waive, in any agreement pursuant to paragraph (1) 
     and (2) of this subsection with any state or political 
     subdivision thereof where state law requires such waiver and 
     indemnification, any and all claims against all the other 
     parties thereto and, subject to available appropriations, 
     indemnify and save

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     harmless the other parties to such agreement from all claims 
     by third parties for property damage or personal injury, 
     which may arise out of the state or political subdivision's 
     activities outside their respective jurisdictions under such 
     agreement; and''.

     SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

       Section 10(c)(5) is further amended by striking the 
     paragraph (5) designation, by striking ``the'' at the 
     beginning of the paragraph and inserting ``The'', and by 
     removing the indentation of the first line of the paragraph.

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