Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds for FY 2006 through 2009 to the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District and the Mariposa Unified School District in California for educational services for students who: (1) are dependents of persons engaged in the administration, operation, and maintenance of Yosemite National Park; or (2) live within or near the Park upon Federal property.
Terminates the Secretary's authority to make such payments if the State of California or local education agencies do not continue to provide funding to the schools in those school districts at per student levels that are no less than the amount provided in fiscal year 2005.
Sets forth limitations on the use and amount of such funds, including a maximum limit of $400,000 on payments in any fiscal year. Prohibits payments under this Act from coming from: (1) fees under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965; (2) the recreational fee demonstration program; (3) the national park passport program; and (4) emergency appropriations for Yosemite flood recovery.
Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to allow certain facilities to be located outside the boundaries of Yosemite National Park.
Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act - Modifies the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California to include specified additional lands. Allows the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain of those lands only from a willing seller.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 353 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 353
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental
funding and other services that are necessary to assist certain local
school districts in the State of California in providing educational
services for students attending schools located within Yosemite
National Park, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the
boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 25, 2005
Mr. Radanovich introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education
and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental
funding and other services that are necessary to assist certain local
school districts in the State of California in providing educational
services for students attending schools located within Yosemite
National Park, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the
boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Table of contents.
TITLE I--YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS
Sec. 102. Payments for educational services.
Sec. 103. Authorization for park facilities to be located outside the
boundaries of Yosemite National Park.
TITLE II--RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California.
TITLE I--YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS
SEC. 101. PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
(a) In General.--(1) For fiscal years 2006 through 2009, the
Secretary of the Interior may provide funds to the Bass Lake Joint
Union Elementary School District and the Mariposa Unified School
District in the State of California for educational services to
students--
(A) who are dependents of persons engaged in the
administration, operation, and maintenance of Yosemite National
Park; or
(B) who live within or near the park upon real property
owned by the United States.
(2) The Secretary's authority to make payments under this section
shall terminate if the State of California or local education agencies
do not continue to provide funding to the schools referred to in
subsection (a) at per student levels that are no less than the amount
provided in fiscal year 2005.
(b) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Payments made under this section
shall only be used to pay public employees for educational services
provided in accordance with subsection (a). Payments may not be used
for construction, construction contracts, or major capital
improvements.
(c) Limitation on Amount of Funds.--Payments made under this
section shall not exceed the lesser of--
(1) $400,000 in any fiscal year; or
(2) the amount necessary to provide students described in
subsection (a) with educational services that are normally
provided and generally available to students who attend public
schools elsewhere in the State of California.
(d) Source of Payments.--(1) Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the Secretary may use funds available to the National Park
Service from appropriations, donations, or fees.
(2) Funds from the following sources shall not be used to make
payments under this section:
(A) Any law authorizing the collection or expenditure of
entrance or use fees at units of the National Park System,
including the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16
U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.); the recreational fee demonstration
program established under section 315 of the Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (16
U.S.C. 460l-6a note); and the National Park Passport Program
established under section 602 of the National Parks Omnibus
Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5992).
(B) Emergency appropriations for flood recovery at Yosemite
National Park.
(3)(A) The Secretary may use an authorized funding source to make
payments under this section only if the funding available to Yosemite
National Park from such source (after subtracting any payments to the
school districts authorized under this section) is greater than or
equal to the amount made available to the park for the prior fiscal
year, or in fiscal year 2005, whichever is greater.
(B) It is the sense of Congress that any payments made under this
section should not result in a reduction of funds to Yosemite National
Park from any specific funding source, and that with respect to
appropriated funds, funding levels should reflect annual increases in
the park's operating base funds that are generally made to units of the
National Park System.
SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION FOR PARK FACILITIES TO BE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE
BOUNDARIES OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.
(a) Funding Authority for Transportation Systems and External
Facilities.--Section 814(c) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands
Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 346e) is amended--
(1) in the heading by inserting ``and yosemite national
park'' after ``zion national park'';
(2) in the first sentence--
(A) by inserting ``and Yosemite National Park''
after ``Zion National Park''; and
(B) by inserting ``for transportation systems or''
after ``appropriated funds''; and
(3) in the second sentence by striking ``facilities'' and
inserting ``systems or facilities''.
(b) Clarifying Amendment for Transportation Fee Authority.--Section
501 of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C.
5981) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``service contract''
and inserting ``service contract, cooperative agreement, or other
contractual arrangement''.
TITLE II--RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden
Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act''.
SEC. 202. GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CALIFORNIA.
(a) Section 2(a) of Public Law 92-589 (16 U.S.C. 460bb-1(a)) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``The recreation area shall comprise'' and
inserting the following:
``(1) Initial lands.--The recreation area shall comprise'';
and
(2) by striking ``The following additional lands are also''
and all that follows through the period at the end of the
subsection and inserting the following new paragraphs:
``(2) Additional lands.--In addition to the lands described
in paragraph (1), the recreation area shall include the
following:
``(A) The parcels numbered by the Assessor of Marin
County, California, 119-040-04, 119-040-05, 119-040-18,
166-202-03, 166-010-06, 166-010-07, 166-010-24, 166-
010-25, 119-240-19, 166-010-10, 166-010-22, 119-240-03,
119-240-51, 119-240-52, 119-240-54, 166-010-12, 166-
010-13, and 119-235-10.
``(B) Lands and waters in San Mateo County
generally depicted on the map entitled `Sweeney Ridge
Addition, Golden Gate National Recreation Area',
numbered NRA GG-80,000-A, and dated May 1980.
``(C) Lands acquired under the Golden Gate National
Recreation Area Addition Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 460bb-1
note; Public Law 102-299).
``(D) Lands generally depicted on the map entitled
`Additions to Golden Gate National Recreation Area',
numbered NPS-80-076, and dated July 2000/PWR-PLRPC.
``(E) Lands generally depicted on the map entitled
`Rancho Corral de Tierra Additions to the Golden Gate
National Recreation Area', numbered NPS-80,079E, and
dated March 2004.
``(3) Acquisition limitation.--The Secretary may acquire
land described in paragraph (2)(E) only from a willing
seller.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
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