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Version 40 · House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment · Aug 16, 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Minor Boundary Adjustments Title II: Miscellaneous Specific Park Amendments Title III: General Authorizations and Repealers Minor Boundary Adjustments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1994 - Title I: Minor Boundary Adjustments - Makes boundary adjustments with respect to the: (1) Yucca House National Monument; (2) Zion National Park; (3) Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore; (4) Independence National Historical Park; (5) Craters of the Moon National Monument; Idaho; (6) Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument; and (7) Wupatki National Monument, Arizona. Title II: Miscellaneous Specific Park Amendments - Na Hoa Pili Kaloko-Honokohau Re-establishment Act of 1994 - Reestablishes the Na Hoa Pili O Kaloko-Honokohau (The Friends of Kolako-Honokohau) Advisory Commission. Extends the Women's Rights National Historical Park Advisory Commission through December 28, 2005. Repeals provisions that reserve portions of the Fort Pulaski National Monument on Cockspur Island, Georgia, for the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, to deposit dredging materials and for other purposes and for the Treasury Department to use as a quarantine station. Title III: General Authorizations and Repealers - Repeals a limitation on the expenditure of funds for park buildings. Authorizes appropriations for the National Park Service to provide transportation for children in nearby communities to and from any unit of the National Park System used in connection with the Service's organized recreation and interpretive programs. Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to allow the use of motor vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters in furtherance of the management of the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to perform specified functions with respect to the transfer of museum objects and collections determined to be no longer needed for museum purposes. Amends the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 to increase the authorization of appropriations for the Volunteers in the Parks Program. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with public or private educational institutions, States and their political subdivisions, or private conservation organizations for the purpose of developing adequate, coordinated, cooperative research and training programs concerning the resources of the National Park System. Amends the Federal Lands Cleanup Act of 1985 to redesignate the annual Federal Lands Cleanup Day as the Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day.
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Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] · D–MN
Legislative record
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Message on House action received in Senate and at the desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment pursuant to H. Res. 520. (consideration: CR H8424)
Resolving differences -- House actions: House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment pursuant to H. Res. 520.(consideration: CR H8424)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5090-5091)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S5090-5091)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 400.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston under the authority of the order of Mar 22, 94 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 103-246.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston under the authority of the order of Mar 22, 94 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 103-246.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. Hearings held.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, and Office of Management and Budget.
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4760-4762)
Mr. Vento moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 100.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 103-178.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 103-178.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Favorable Executive Comment Received from Interior.
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Prior to Referral (Mar 16, 1993).
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E572)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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