To ensure that the general public has full access to our national parks and to promote the health and safety of all visitors and employees of the National Park Service.

SA 680. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 684 proposed by Mr. Bingaman to the bill H.R. 146, to
establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition
and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated
sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other
purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. LIMITATIONS ON NEW CONSTRUCTION.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the
Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the
National Park Service) (referred to in this section as the
``Secretary'') shall not begin any new construction in units
of the National Park System until the Secretary determines
that all existing sites, structures, trails, and
transportation infrastructure of the National Park Service
are--
(1) fully operational;
(2) fully accessible to the public; and
(3) pose no health or safety risk to the general public or
employees of the National Park Service.
(b) Exclusions.--Subsection (a) shall not affect--
(1) the replacement of existing structures in cases in
which rehabilitation costs exceed new construction costs; or
(2) any new construction that the Secretary determines to
be necessary for public safety.
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