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103D CONGRESS 2d Session

SENATE

REPORT 103-246

MINOR BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PARK AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1993

APRIL 5, 1994.-Ordered to be printed

Filed under authority of the order of the Senate of March 22 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

Mr. JOHNSTON, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H.R. 1305]

The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the Act (H.R. 1305) to make boundary adjustments and other miscellaneous changes to authorities and programs of the National Park Service, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the Act, as amended, do pass.

The amendment is as follows:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the "Minor Boundary Adjustments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1994".

TITLE I-MINOR BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENTS

SEC. 101. YUCCA HOUSE NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.-The boundaries of Yucca House Na-
tional 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) Within the lands described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior may acquire lands and interests in lands by donation.

(2) 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 located in the SW4 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 Lot 2 of Section 5, Township 41 South, Range 11 West, both parcels of land being in Washington County, Utah. Upon completion of such exchange, the Secretary is authorized to revise the boundary of Zion National Park to add the 5.48 acres in Section 28 to the park and to exclude the 5.51 acres in Section 5 from the park. Land added to the park 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 two years after 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 a 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 accord with such administrative boundary, as modified by this section.

SEC. 105. CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

(a) BOUNDARY REVISION.-The boundary of 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, which 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, and interests therein deleted from the boundary of the 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.), and Federal lands, 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, and interests therein within the boundary of the national monument by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, and when acquired they shall be administered by the Secretary 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 the following new subsection:

"(d) To further the purposes of the monument, the Secretary is also authorized to acquire from willing sellers only, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange not to exceed 65 acres outside the boundary depicted on the map referred to in section 301 and develop and operate thereon research, information, interpretive, and administrative facilities. Lands acquire and facilities developed pursuant to 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 "BoundaryWupatki 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, To be adminis

tered as part of the monument in accordance with laws and regulations applicable thereto.

TITLE II-MISCELLANEOUS SPECIFIC

PARK AMENDMENTS

SEC. 201. ADVISORY COMMISSIONS.

(a) KALOKO-HONOKOHAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, HI.

(1) This subsection may be cited as the "Na Hoa Pili Kaloka-Honokohau Re-establishment Act of 1994".

(2) Notwithstanding section 505(f)(7) of Public Law 95625 (16 U.S.C. 396d(7)), the Na Hoa Pili O KalokoHonokohau, the Advisory Commission for Kaloko National Historical Park, is hereby re-established in accordance with section 505(f), as amended by subsection (b) of this section.

(3) Section 505(f)(7) of Public Law 95-625 (16 U.S.C. 396d(7)), is amended by striking "this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof, "the Na Hoa Pili Kaloko-Honokohau Re-establishment Act of 1994".

(b) WOMEN'S RIGHTS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, NY.Section 1601(h)(5) of the Act of December 28, 1980 (16 U.S.C. 41011(h)(5)), is amended by striking "ten years" and inserting in lieu thereof "twenty-five years".

SEC. 202. 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)" before the first sentence thereof and by adding the following at the end thereof:

"(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 park and to the Freedom Trail.".

TITLE III-GENERAL AUTHORIZATIONS AND REPEALERS

SEC. 301. 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", which appears under the heading "UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR", as contained in the first section of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 460), as amended (16 U.S.C. 451), is hereby repealed.

SEC. 302. APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CHIL DREN.

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:

"(j) Provide 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 thereof the following: "Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to limit the authority of the Secretary in the management of units of the National Park System, and the Secretary may, without regard either to the provisions of this Act, or section 47(a) of title 18, United States Code, use motor vehicles, fixedwing aircraft and helicopters, or contract for such use, in furtherance of the management of the National Park System, and the provisions of section 47(a) of title 18, United States Code, shall not be applicable to such use.".

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 paragraph (b) of the first section, by striking out "from such donations and bequests of money"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following:

"SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.

“(a) 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 and to on-Federal governmental entities if the Secretary determines that the recipient is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of natural or cultural heritage and is

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