S. 136

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, to adjust the boundaries of Redwood National Park, and for other purposes.

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S.136

One Hundred Ninth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five

An Act

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, to adjust the
boundaries of Redwood 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. 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. 101. Payments for educational services.
Sec. 102. 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 III--REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Redwood National Park boundary adjustment.

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--
(i) the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16
U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.); and
(ii) the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16
U.S.C. 6801 et seq.).
(B) Any unexpended receipts collected through--
(i) 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;
Public Law 104-134); or
(ii) the national park passport program established under
section 602 of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of
1998 (16 U.S.C. 5992).
(C) 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.

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.''.

TITLE III--REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ``Redwood National Park Boundary
Adjustment Act of 2005''.

SEC. 302. REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

Section 2(a) of the Act of Public Law 90-545 (16 U.S.C. 79b(a)) is
amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ``(a) The area'' and all
that follows through the period at the end and inserting the
following: ``(a)(1) The Redwood National Park consists of the land
generally depicted on the map entitled `Redwood National Park,
Revised Boundary', numbered 167/60502, and dated February, 2003.'';
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as designated by
paragraph (1)) the following:
``(2) The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be--
``(A) on file and available for public inspection in the
appropriate offices of the National Park Service; and
``(B) provided by the Secretary of the Interior to the
appropriate officers of Del Norte and Humboldt Counties,
California.''; and
(3) in the second sentence--
(A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the
following:
``(3) The Secretary;'' and
(B) by striking ``one hundred and six thousand acres'' and
inserting ``133,000 acres''.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.