UPCOMING IN CONGRESS

The following activities will be taking place in Congress during coming weeks on matters 
pertaining to the National Park Service or kindred agencies.  

For inquiries regarding legislation pertaining to the NPS, please contact the Office of 
Congressional and Legislative Affairs at 202-208-5883/5656 and ask to be forwarded to the 
appropriate legislative specialist. For additional information on specific bills (full text, status, 
etc.), please check Congress's web site at http://thomas.loc.gov.

HEARINGS/MARK-UPS

Thursday, June 7th

House Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands (Hefley): 
Hearing on:

H.R. 1461 (Hefley, CO), a bill to amend the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 
to remove the exemption for nonprofit organizations from the general requirement to obtain 
commercial use authorizations.
H.R. 1491 (Matheson, UT), a bill to assist in the preservation of archaeological, paleontological, 
zoological, geological, and botanical artifacts through construction of a new facility for the 
University of Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah.

The hearing will be held at 10 a.m. in 1324 Longworth.

Tuesday, June 12th

House Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands (Hefley): 
Hearing on:

H.R. 980 (Wamp, TN), a bill to establish the Moccasin Bend National Historic Site in the state of 
Tennessee as a unit of the National Park System.
H.R. 1668 (Roemer, IN), a bill to authorize the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor 
former President John Adams and his family.

Hearing time and location TBA.

Tuesday, June 19th

House Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands (Hefley): 
Hearing on:

H.R. 1462 (Hefley, CO), a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to 
provide assistance through states to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate 
harmful, nonnative weeds on public and private land. 

Hearing time and location TBA.

LEGISLATION INTRODUCED

The following bills either directly or indirectly pertaining to the NPS have been introduced since 
the last Morning Report listing of new legislation (May 22nd): 

H.R. 1925 (Edwards, TX), a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability 
and feasibility of designating the Waco Mammoth Site Area in Waco, Texas, as a unit of the 
National Park System, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1932 (Berry, AR), a bill to preserve and protect archeological sites and historic resources 
of the central Mississippi Valley through the establishment of the Mississippi Valley National 
Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System on former Eaker Air Force Base in 
Blytheville, Arkansas.
H.R. 1953 (Lantos, CA), a bill to revise the boundaries of Golden Gate NRA in California, to 
extend the term of the advisory commission, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1963, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the route taken by 
American soldier and frontiersman George Rogers Clark and his men during the Revolutionary 
War to capture the British forts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia, Illinois, and Vincennes, Indiana, for 
study for potential addition to the National Trails System.
H.R. 2008 (Watt, NC), a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility and 
suitability of designating the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, located in 
Greensboro, North Carolina, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

S. 920 (Breaux, LA), a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit 
against income tax to individuals who rehabilitate historic homes or who are the first 
purchasers of rehabilitated historic homes for use as a principal residence.
S. 921 (DeWine, OH), a bill to adjust the boundary of William Howard Taft NHS in Ohio to 
authorize an exchange of land in connection with the historic site, and for other purposes.
S. 930 (McCain, AZ), a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to set aside up to $2 per 
person from park entrance fees or assess up to $2 per person visiting the Grand Canyon 
National Park to secure bonds for capital improvements, and for other purposes.
S. 941 (Feinstein, CA), a bill to revise the boundaries of Golden Gate NRA in California, to 
extend the term of the advisory commission, and for other purposes.
S. 978 (Craig, ID), a bill to provide for improved management of, and increased accountability 
for, outfitted activities by which the public gains access to and occupancy and use of federal 
land, and for other purposes.


NEW LAWS

The following bills have passed Congress and been signed into law by the President: 

H.R. 1696 (Stump, AZ), a bill to expedite the construction of the World War II memorial in the 
District of Columbia. The PL (public law) number is not yet available. The site for the memorial 
is on the National Mall between the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial, an area 
administered by the National Park Service. President Bush issued the following statement at 
the signing, which took place on May 28th: "Today I have signed into law H.R. 1696, a bill to 
expedite the construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia.  It is indeed 
fitting that this measure becomes law on Memorial Day. This legislation will allow the Nation to 
express the appreciation due the World War II generation for their selfless sacrifices that 
preserved the freedoms we all enjoy.  I commend the Congress for a truly bipartisan effort to 
expedite construction of the memorial. Now that debate over the site and basic design is 
concluded, the time has come for all concerned with the creation of the memorial to act with 
the same determination and sense of common purpose so wonderfully displayed by those we 
honor.  We must get the job done, so that those who served are able to see the Nation's 
permanent expression of remembrance and thanks."






	COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Murkowski):
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands  (Craig): 
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation (Thomas):
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies (Burns):

House Resources Committee (Young): 
House Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands (Hefley): 
House Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection: 
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior (Skeen): 

	BILLS - 107th, First Session

House Bills, Numeric Order

H.R. 36 (Bereuter, NE), a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to authorize an 
additional category of national trail known as a national discovery trail, to provide special 
requirements for the establishment and administration of national discovery trails, and to 
designate the cross country American Discovery Trail as the first national discovery trail.
H.R. 37 (Bereuter, NE), a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility 
and suitability studies of four national historic trails and provide for possible additions to such 
trails.
H.R. 38 (Bereuter, NE), a bill to provide for additional lands to be included within the 
boundaries of the Homestead National Monument of America in the State of Nebraska, and for 
other purposes.
H.R. 107 (Hefley, CO), a bill to require that the Secretary of the Interior conduct a study to 
identify sites and resources, to recommend alternatives for commemorating and interpreting 
the Cold War, and for other purposes.
H.R. 146 (Pascell, NJ), a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability 
and feasibility of designating the Great Falls Historic District in Paterson, New Jersey, as a unit 
of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
H.R. 158 (Regula, OH), a bill to provide for the retention of the name of Mount McKinley.
H.R. 182 (Simmons, CT), a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment 
of the Eight Mile River in the State of Connecticut for study for potential addition to the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
H.R. 358 (Kennedy, RI), a bill to authorize appropriations for the Blackstone River Valley 
National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and for other purposes.
H.R. 359 (Kolbe, AZ), a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to set aside up to $2 per 
person from park entrance fees or assess up to $2 per person visiting the Grand Canyon 
National Park and certain other units of the National Park System to secure bonds for capital 
improvements to these parks, and for other purposes.
H.R. 400 (Hastert, IL), a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Ronald 
Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site, and for other purposes.
H.R. 452 (Hansen, UT), a bill to authorize the establishment of a memorial to former President 
Ronald Reagan within the area in the District of Columbia referred to in the Commemorative 
Works Act as 'Area I', to provide for the design and construction of such memorial, and for 
other purposes.
H.R. 464 (McNulty, NY), a bill to establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in the State 
of New York, and for other purposes.
H.R. 488 (Shays, CT), a bill to designate as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national park 
and preserve study areas, wild land recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors certain 
public lands in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, and for other 
purposes.
H.R. 510 (Murtha, PA), a bill to authorize the design and construction of a temporary education 
center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the District of Columbia.
H.R. 601, a bill concerning hunting and grazing issues at Craters of the Moon NM, Idaho.
H.R. 640, a bill to adjust boundaries at Santa Monica Mountains NRA.
H.R. 793 (LoBiondo, NJ), a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability 
and feasibility of designating the Abel and Mary Nicholson House located in Elsinboro 
Township, Salem County, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
purposes. 
H.R. 834 (McInnis, CO), a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal 
authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of the trails in the 
System, and for other purposes. 
H.R. 883 (Young, AK), a bill to preserve the sovereignty of the United States over public lands 
and acquired lands owned by the United States, and to preserve State sovereignty and private 
property rights in non-Federal lands surrounding those public lands and acquired lands.  
H.R. 980 (Wamp, TN), a bill to establish the Moccasin Bend National Historic Site in the state of 
Tennessee as a unit of the National Park System.
H.R. 1000 (Portman, OH), a bill to adjust the boundary of the William Howard Taft National 
Historic Site in the state of Ohio, to authorize an exchange of land in connection with the 
historic site, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1002 (Ros-Lehtinen, FL), a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make certain 
adjustments to the boundaries of Biscayne National Park in the state of Florida, and for other 
purposes. 
H.R. 1013 (Deal, GA), a bill to promote recreation on Federal lakes, to require Federal agencies 
responsible for managing Federal lakes to pursue strategies for enhancing recreational 
experiences of the public, and for other purposes. 
H.R. 1027 (Olver, MA), a bill to establish the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in the 
commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the state of New Hampshire, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1066 (Capp, CA), a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to cease mineral leasing activity on submerged land of the Outer 
Continental Shelf that is adjacent to a coastal state that has declared a moratorium on such 
activity, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1081 (Ose, CA), a bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to direct the Archivist of the 
United States to maintain an inventory of all gifts received from domestic sources for the 
President, the Executive Residence at the White House, or a Presidential archival depository.  
H.R. 1102 (Pickering, MS), a bill to provide for the preservation and restoration of historic 
buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities.
H.R. 1161, a bill to provide for the establishment of the Tomas G. Masaryk Memorial in 
Washington, D.C.
H.R. 1237 (Hoeffel, PA), a bill to designate certain lands in the Valley Forge National Historical 
Park as the Valley Forge National Cemetery.
H.R 1334 (Gilman, NY), a bill to convey certain Federal properties on Governors Island, New 
York.
H.R. 1363 (Otter,  ID), a bill to help ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and 
to the airspace over that land.
H.R. 1380 (Udall, CO), a bill to designate as wilderness certain lands within the Rocky 
Mountain National Park in the State of Colorado.
H.R. 1381 (Udall, CO), a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Cooperative 
Landscape Conservation Program.
H.R. 1384 (Udall, CO), a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Navajo 
Long Walk to Bosque Redondo as a national historic trail.
H.R. 1456 (Goode, VA), a bill to expand the boundary of the Booker T. Washington National 
Monument, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1461 (Hefley, CO), a bill to amend the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 
to remove the exemption for nonprofit organizations from the general requirement to obtain 
commercial use authorizations.
H.R. 1462 (Hefley, CO), a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to 
provide assistance through states to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate 
harmful, nonnative weeds on public and private land.
H.R. 1465 (Holt, NJ), a bill to restrict the use of snowmobiles in units of the National Park 
System.
H.R. 1491 (Matheson, UT), a bill to assist in the preservation of archaeological, paleontological, 
zoological, geological, and botanical artifacts through construction of a new facility for the 
University of Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah.
H.R. 1518 (Simmons, CT), a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to include on the 
National Register of Historic Places the Avery Point Lighthouse in Groton, Connecticut, and 
provide $200,000 for the restoration of that lighthouse.
H.R. 1592 (Thornberry, TX), a bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 to provide greater protection of private property rights.
H.R. 1606 (Clyburn, SC), a bill to amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically black colleges 
and universities, to decrease the matching requirement related to such appropriations, and for 
other purposes.
H.R. 1613 (Hinchey, NY), a bill to designate certain Federal land in the State of Utah as 
wilderness, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1621 (McKinney, GA), a bill to establish the Arabia Mountain and National Heritage Area 
in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1623 (Pickering, MS), a bill to provide for the preservation and restoration of historic 
buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities. 
H.R. 1628 (Rodriguez, TX), a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate El 
Camino Real de los Tejas as a National Historic Trail.
H.R. 1668 (Roemer, IN), a bill to authorize the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor 
former President John Adams and his family.
H.R. 1696 (Stump, AZ), a bill to expedite the construction of the World War II memorial in the 
District of Columbia.
H.R. 1712 (Faleomavaega, AS), a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make minor 
adjustments to the boundary of the National Park of American Samoa to include certain 
portions of the islands of Ofu and Olosega within the park, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1738 (Traficant, OH), a bill to provide a grant under the urban park and recreation 
recovery program to assist in the development of a Millennium Cultural Cooperative Park in 
Youngstown, Ohio.
H.R. 1776 (Green, TX), a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability 
and feasibility of establishing the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in west Houston, Texas.
H.R. 1791 (Traficant, OH), a bill to provide a grant under the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965 to assist in the development of a Millennium Cultural Cooperative Park in 
Youngstown, Ohio. 
H.R. 1814 (Olver, MA), a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
Metacomet-Monadnock-Sunapee-Mattabesett Trail extending through western New Hampshire, 
western Massachusetts, and central Connecticut for study for potential addition to the National 
Trails System.
H.R. 1841 (Filner, CA), a bill to amend the definition of a law enforcement officer under 
subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, respectively, to 
ensure the inclusion of certain positions.
H.R. 1880 (Schaffer, CO), a bill to amend the Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act to make 
technical amendments.
H.R. 1882 (Udall, CO), a bill to establish the Cultural Heritage Assistance Partnership Program 
in the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1887 (Morella, MD), a bill to amend the Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 to permit 
certain annuitants of the retirement programs of the United States Park Police and United 
States Secret Service Uniformed Division to receive the adjustments in pension benefits to 
which such annuitants would otherwise be entitled as a result of the conversion of members of 
the United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to a new 
salary schedule under the amendments made by such Act.
H.R. 1906 (Mink, HI), a bill to amend the Act that established the Pu'uhonua O Honaunau 
National Historical Park to expand the boundaries of that park.
H.R. 1925 (Edwards, TX), a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability 
and feasibility of designating the Waco Mammoth Site Area in Waco, Texas, as a unit of the 
National Park System, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1932 (Berry, AR), a bill to preserve and protect archeological sites and historic resources 
of the central Mississippi Valley through the establishment of the Mississippi Valley National 
Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System on former Eaker Air Force Base in 
Blytheville, Arkansas.
H.R. 1953 (Lantos, CA), a bill to revise the boundaries of Golden Gate NRA in California, to 
extend the term of the advisory commission, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1963, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the route taken by 
American soldier and frontiersman George Rogers Clark and his men during the Revolutionary 
War to capture the British forts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia, Illinois, and Vincennes, Indiana, for 
study for potential addition to the National Trails System.
H.R. 2008 (Watt, NC), a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility and 
suitability of designating the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, located in 
Greensboro, North Carolina, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Senate Bills, Numeric Order

S. 198 (Craig, ID), a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide 
assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, 
non-native weeds on public and private land.
S. 202 (Warner, VA), a bill to rename Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts as "Wolf Trap 
National Park for the Performing Arts."
S. 213 (Hatch, UT), a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and 
suitability studies of four national historic trails and provide for possible additions to such 
trails.
S. 224 (McCain, AZ), a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to set aside up to $2 per 
person from park entrance fees or assess up to $2 per person visiting the Grand Canyon or 
other national park to secure bonds for capital improvements to those parks, and for other 
purposes.
S. 49 (Stevens, AK), a bill to amend the wetlands regulatory program under the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to provide credit for the low wetlands loss rate in Alaska and recognize the 
significant extent of wetlands conservation in Alaska, to protect Alaskan property owners, and 
to ease the burden on overly regulated Alaskan cities, boroughs, municipalities, and villages.
S. 139 (Bennett, UT), a bill to assist in the preservation of archaeological, paleontological, 
zoological, geological, and botanical artifacts through construction of a new facility for the 
University of Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah.
S. 281 (Hagel, NE), a bill to authorize the design and construction of a temporary education 
center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
S. 391 (Specter, PA), a bill to establish the Steel Industry National Historic Park in the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
S. 419 (Torricelli, NJ), a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability 
and feasibility of designating the Abel and Mary Nicholson House, Elsinboro Township, Salem 
County, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
S. 423 (Wyden, OR), a bill to amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of 
Fort Clatsop National Memorial in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes".
S. 509 (Murkowski, AK), a bill to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National 
Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
S. 531 (Lincoln, AR), a bill to promote recreation on Federal lakes, to require Federal agencies 
responsible for managing Federal lakes to pursue strategies for enhancing recreational 
experiences of the public, and for other purposes. 
S. 513 (Dodd, CT), a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of 
the Eightmile River in Connecticut for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System, and for other purposes.
S. 580 (Hutchinson, AR), a bill to expedite the construction of the World War II memorial in the 
District of Columbia.
S. 618 (Specter, PA), a bill to designate certain lands in the Valley Forge National Historical 
Park as the Valley Forge National Cemetery.
S. 679 (Cleland, GA), a bill to establish the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area in the State 
of Georgia, and for other purposes.
S. 681 (Crapo, ID), a bill to help ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to 
the airspace over that land.
S. 689 (Schumer,  NY), a bill to convey certain Federal properties on Governors Island, New 
York.
S. 712 (Thomas, WY), a bill to prohibit commercial air tour operations over Yellowstone 
National Park and Grand Teton National Park.
S. 786 (Durbin, IL), a bill to designate certain Federal land in the State of Utah as wilderness, 
and for other purposes.
S. 817 (Domenici, NM), a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Old 
Spanish Trail as a National Historic Trail.
S. 901 (Boxer, CA), a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to cease mineral leasing activity on the outer Continental Shelf 
seaward of a coastal State that has declared a moratorium on mineral exploration, 
development, or production activity in State water.
S. 903 (Allard, CO), a bill to amend the Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act to make technical 
amendments.
S. 920 (Breaux, LA), a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit 
against income tax to individuals who rehabilitate historic homes or who are the first 
purchasers of rehabilitated historic homes for use as a principal residence.
S. 921 (DeWine, OH), a bill to adjust the boundary of William Howard Taft NHS in Ohio to 
authorize an exchange of land in connection with the historic site, and for other purposes.
S. 930 (McCain, AZ), a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to set aside up to $2 per 
person from park entrance fees or assess up to $2 per person visiting the Grand Canyon 
National Park to secure bonds for capital improvements, and for other purposes.
S. 941 (Feinstein, CA), a bill to revise the boundaries of Golden Gate NRA in California, to 
extend the term of the advisory commission, and for other purposes.
S. 978 (Craig, ID), a bill to provide for improved management of, and increased accountability 
for, outfitted activities by which the public gains access to and occupancy and use of federal 
land, and for other purposes.




	NEW LAWS

Public Law 107-xx —