[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 14 (Tuesday, February 15, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H409-H410]
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                OMNIBUS PARKS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT

  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and concur in 
the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 149) to make technical 
corrections to the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 
1996 and to other laws related to parks and public lands.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Senate amendments:
       Page 2, after line 25, insert:
       (4) In section 104(b) (110 Stat. 4101), by--
       (A) adding the following after the end of the first 
     sentence: ``The National Park Service or any other Federal 
     agency is authorized to enter into agreements, leases, 
     contracts and other arrangements with the Presidio Trust 
     which are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes 
     of this title.'';
       (B) inserting after ``June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b).'' 
     ``The Trust may use alternative means of dispute resolution 
     authorized under subchapter IV of chapter 5 of title 5, 
     United States Code (5 U.S.C. 571 et seq.).''; and
       (C) by inserting at the end of the paragraph ``The Trust is 
     authorized to use funds available to the Trust to purchase 
     insurance and for reasonable reception and representation 
     expenses, including membership dues, business cards and 
     business related meal expenditures.''.
       (5) Section 104(g) (110 Stat. 4103) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(g) Financial Management.--Nothwithstanding section 1341 
     of title 31 of the United States Code, all proceeds and other 
     revenues received by the Trust shall be retained by the 
     Trust. Those proceeds shall be available, without further 
     appropriation, to the Trust for the administration, 
     preservation, restoration, operation and maintenance, 
     improvement, repair and related expenses incurred with 
     respect to Presidio properties under its administrative 
     jurisdiction. The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest, at 
     the direction of the Trust, such excess moneys that the Trust 
     determines are not required to meet current withdrawals. Such 
     investment shall be in public debt securities with maturities 
     suitable to the needs of the Trust and bearing interest at 
     rates determined by the Secretary of the Treasury taking into 
     consideration the current average yield on outstanding 
     marketable obligations of the United States of comparable 
     maturity.''.
       (6) In section 104(j) (110 Stat. 4103), by striking 
     ``exercised.'' and inserting ``exercised, including rules and 
     regulations for the use and management of the property under 
     the Trust's jurisdiction.''.
       (7) In section 104 (110 Stat. 4101, 4104), by adding after 
     subsection (o) the following:
       ``(p) Exclusive Rights to Name and Insignia.--The Trust 
     shall have the sole and exclusive right to use the words 
     `Presidio Trust' and any seal, emblem, or other insignia 
     adopted by its Board of Directors. Without express written 
     authority of the Trust, no person may use the words `Presidio 
     Trust', or any combination or variation of those words alone 
     or with other words, as the name under which that person 
     shall do or purport to do business, for the purpose of trade, 
     or by way of advertisement, or in any manner that may falsely 
     suggest any connection with the Trust.''.
       (8) In section 104(n) (110 Stat. 4103), by inserting after 
     ``implementation of the'' in the first sentence the words 
     ``general objectives of the''.
       (9) In section 105(a)(2) (110 Stat. 4104), by striking 
     ``not more than $3,000,000 annually'' and inserting after 
     ``Of such sums,'' the word ``funds''.
       (10) In section 105(c) (110 Stat. 4104), by inserting 
     before ``including'' the words ``on a reimbursable basis,''.
       (11) Section 103(c)(2) (110 Stat. 4099) is amended by 
     striking ``consecutive terms.'' and inserting ``consecutive 
     terms, except that upon the expiration of his or her term, an 
     appointed member may continue to serve until his or her 
     successor has been appointed.''.
       (12) Section 103(c)(9) (110 Stat. 4100) is amended by 
     striking ``properties administered by the Trust'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``properties administered by the 
     Trust and all interest created under leases, concessions, 
     permits and other agreements associated with the 
     properties''.
       (13) Section 104(d) (110 Stat. 4102) is amended as 
     follows--
       (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``Financial authorities.--
     '';
       (B) by striking ``(1) The authority'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``(A) The authority'';
       (C) by striking ``(A) the terms'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``(i) the terms'';
       (D) by striking ``(B) adequate'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``(ii) adequate'';
       (E) by striking ``(C) such guarantees'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``(iii) such guarantees'';
       (F) by striking ``(2) The authority'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``(B) The authority'';
       (G) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
     (2) and (3) respectively;
       (H) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by this section)--
       (i) by striking ``The authority'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``The Trust shall also have the authority'';
       (ii) by striking ``after determining that the projects to 
     be funded from the proceeds thereof are creditworthy and that 
     a repayment schedule is established and only''; and
       (iii) by inserting after ``and subject to such terms and 
     conditions,'' the words ``including a review of the 
     creditworthiness of the loan and establishment of a repayment 
     schedule,''; and
       (I) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by this section) by 
     inserting before ``this subsection'' the words ``paragraph 
     (2) of''.

      Page 16, after line 3, insert:
       (6) In subsection (h)(2), by striking ``ration'' and 
     inserting ``ratio''.

      Page 16, after line 21, insert:

     SEC. 129. BOUNDARY REVISIONS.

       Section 814(b)(2)(G) of Public Law 104-333 is amended by 
     striking ``are adjacent to'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``abut''.

      Page 21, after line 24, insert:
       (5) Section 10(g)(5)(A) of such Act (112 Stat. 3050) is 
     amended by striking ``Daggett County'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``Dutch John''.

      Page 23, after line 2, insert:

     SEC. 305. NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION.

       Section 4 of Public Law 90-209 is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``with or'' between ``practicable'' and 
     ``without'' in the final sentence thereof; and
       (2) by adding at the end thereof a new sentence as follows: 
     ``Monies reimbursed to either Department shall be returned by 
     the Department to the account from which the funds for which 
     the reimbursement is made were drawn and may, without further 
     appropriation, be expended for any purpose for which such 
     account is authorized.''.

     SEC. 306. NATIONAL PARKS OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1998.

       Section 603(c)(1) of Public Law 105-391 is amended by 
     striking ``10'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``15''.

     SEC. 307. GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT.

       Section 201(d) of Public Law 105-355 is amended by 
     inserting ``and/or Tropic Utah,'' after the words ``school 
     district, Utah,'' and by striking ``Public Purposes Act,'' 
     and the remainder of the sentence and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``Public Purposes Act.''.

     SEC. 308. SPIRIT MOUND.

       Section 112(a) of division C of Public Law 105-277 (112 
     Stat. 2681-592) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``is authorized to acquire'' and inserting 
     in lieu thereof ``is authorized: (1) to acquire'';
       (2) by striking ``South Dakota.'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``South Dakota; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(2) to transfer available funds for the acquisition of 
     the tract to the State of South Dakota upon the completion of 
     a binding agreement with the State to provide for the 
     acquisition and long-term preservation, interpretation, and 
     restoration of the Spirit Mound tract.''.

     SEC. 309. AMERICA'S AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE PARTNERSHIP ACT 
                   AMENDMENT.

       Section 702(5) of division II of the Public Law 104-333 
     (110 Stat. 4265), is amended by striking ``Secretary of 
     Agriculture'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Secretary of 
     the Interior''.

     SEC. 310. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ENTRANCE AND RECREATIONAL USE 
                   FEES.

       (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to retain 
     and expend revenues from entrance

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     and recreation use fees at units of the National Park System 
     where such fees are collected under section 4 of the Land and 
     Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-6a), 
     notwithstanding the provisions of section 4(i) of such Act. 
     Fees shall be retained and expended in the same manner and 
     for the same purposes as provided under the Recreational Fee 
     Demonstration Program (section 315 of Public Law 104-134, as 
     amended (16 U.S.C. 4601-6a note).
       (b) Nothing in this section shall affect the collection of 
     fees at units of the National Park System designated as fee 
     demonstration projects under the Recreational Fee 
     Demonstration Program.
       (c) The authorities in this section shall expire upon the 
     termination of the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program.

     SEC. 311. NATIONAL PARKS OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1998.

       Section 404 of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 
     1998 (Public Law 105-391; 112 Stat. 3508; 16 U.S.C. 5953) is 
     amended by striking ``conract terms and conditions,'' and 
     inserting ``contract terms and conditions,''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Utah (Mr. Hansen) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen).
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, H.R. 149 is a noncontroversial bill that makes a number 
of technical corrections to the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 and to other laws related to parks and public 
land management.
  Mr. Speaker, as Members are aware, in each congressional session a 
large number of individual pieces of legislation are passed and written 
into law. Often small mistakes and errors are made in drafting and 
printing the final language that becomes the actual law. For example, 
the wrong number of a map might be found, a period is missing from a 
sentence, or a word is spelled incorrectly.
  The administration is very proficient in discovering these technical 
mistakes and have brought many of them to the attention of Congress. 
This bill makes numerous technical corrections to language which has 
been written into many of our various laws, and makes certain that the 
language is correct and consistent.
  After passing the House last year, H.R. 149 was amended by the Senate 
with some other necessary changes that were brought to our attention. 
Included in the Senate amendments are changes dealing with the Presidio 
Trust, the North Carolina Park Foundation, the Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument, and the retention of National Park 
entrance and recreation fees at the unit where it is collected.
  I believe now we have addressed all the corrections that need to be 
made. This bill is supported by the administration, and I urge my 
colleagues to give their support on H.R. 149, as amended.
  Mr. Speaker, if I may continue, during the consideration of H.R. 149, 
the Senate committee adopted a number of technical and clarifying 
amendments which were explained in detail in the section by section 
analysis below.
  In addition to the technical and clarifying amendments, the committee 
adopted amendments which expand the authorities of the Presidio Trust. 
The amendments, one, authorize the Trust to expend funds for insurance 
and business-related expenses appropriate to the business activities of 
the Trust; two, make clear that the Administrative Dispute Resolution 
Act applies to the Presidio Trust, and that the Trust has the same 
authority to pursue binding arbitration under that act as any other 
executive agency, as defined in Section 103 and 105 of title V of the 
United States Code; three, clarify that the term ``proceeds'' as used 
in section 104(g) of public law 104-333 includes all revenues of the 
Trust; four, clarify that the scope of the Trust rules and regulations 
includes rules and regulations for the use and management of the 
property under the Trust jurisdiction.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, H.R. 149 is a housekeeping measure that originally 
passed the House in February of 1999. The bill made numerous technical 
corrections in the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Act of 1996 and other 
laws to fix punctuation, map references, and other minor drafting 
errors that we exist.
  We have no objection to the bill.
  Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to express my support for a 
provision in H.R. 149 which is of importance to the people of Iowa's 
Second District. H.R. 149 authorizes the change of designation for the 
America's Agriculture Heritage Partnership from the Agriculture 
Department to the Interior Department.
  The Omnibus National Park and Public Lands Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-333) 
established the America's Agriculture Heritage Partnership, more 
commonly known as Silos and Smokestacks, to present and interpret the 
history of agriculture in America. Along with Silos and Smokestacks, 
this act established nine other historical tourist parks as National 
Heritage Areas. When originally created, Silos and Smokestacks was the 
only National Heritage Area not designated under the Interior 
Department.
  Since 1996, all of the other National Heritage Areas have been able 
to coordinate their efforts because of the coalition they formed under 
the Interior Department. While the Board of Trustees for Silos and 
Smokestacks originally sought authorization through the Agriculture 
Department in 1996, the current Board of Trustees is seeking to change 
its designation to the Interior Department.
  I introduced the America's Agriculture Heritage Partnership 
Amendments of 1999 (H.R. 1493) to change this designation at the 
request of the current Board of Trustees. I am pleased that this 
legislation was included in H.R. 149. H.R. 149 will allow Silos and 
Smokestacks to be included in the coalition and continue its efforts to 
provide a unique view of our nation's agriculture heritage.
  Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HANSEN. 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 
concur in the Senate amendments to the bill, H.R. 149.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the Senate amendments were 
concurred in.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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