To provide for a visitor center for visitors to Yosemite National Park, and for other purposes.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire not more than 18 acres of lands and interests from willing sellers outside of the boundaries of Yosemite National Park near the junction of highways CA-49 and CA-140 in Mariposa, California, to provide a site or sites for visitor services and administrative purposes.

Permits the use of federal and other available funds for the construction, management, and maintenance of permanent improvements to provide visitor services and administrative facilities on acquired lands and interests.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) partner with Mariposa County on land use planning related to the acquired lands and interests; and (2) consider the feasibility of allowing the state of California to locate the California State Mining and Mineral Museum on such lands and interests.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5405 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5405

To provide for a visitor center for visitors to Yosemite National Park, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2010

Mr. Radanovich introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a visitor center for visitors to Yosemite National Park, 
                        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. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK VISITORS CENTER.

    (a) Acquisition of Lands and Interests in Lands.--The Secretary of 
the Interior may acquire not more than 18 acres of lands and interests 
in lands, from willing sellers only, outside the boundaries of Yosemite 
National Park near the junction of highways CA-49 and CA-140 in the 
community of Mariposa, California, to provide a site or sites for 
visitor services and administrative purposes.
    (b) Permanent Improvements for Visitor Services and Administrative 
Facilities.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may use Federal and other 
        available funds for the design, construction, management, and 
        maintenance of permanent improvements to provide visitor 
        services and administrative facilities on lands and interests 
        in lands acquired under subsection (a).
            (2) Planning.--When planning permanent improvements under 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary may--
                    (A) partner with Mariposa County on land use 
                planning related to the lands and interests in lands 
                acquired under subsection (a); and
                    (B) consider the feasibility of allowing the State 
                of California to locate the California State Mining and 
                Mineral Museum on the lands and interests in lands 
                acquired under subsection (a).
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