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Version 17 · Reported to House with amendment(s) · Sep 23, 2002
Title I: Golden Gate National Recreation Area - (Sec. 101) Modifies the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California to include specified additional lands.Title II: Advisory Commissions - (Sec. 201) Requires the Secretary of the Interior, in appointing members to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Commission, to ensure that they represent the interests of local, historic recreational users of such recreational area.Extends through December 31, 2012, the term of such Commission.(Sec. 202) Extends through 2012 the Manzanar National Historic Site Advisory Commission.Title III: Yosemite National Park - (Sec. 302) Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds to the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District and the Mariposa Unified School District in California for educational services for students who: (1) are dependents of persons engaged in the administration, operation, and maintenance of Yosemite National Park; or (2) live at or near the Park upon Federal property.Allows such educational services to include maintenance and minor upgrades of facilities and transportation to and from school. Sets forth limitations on the use and amount of such funds. Provides for adjustment of payments under certain conditions. Allows such payments to come from funds available to the National Park Service through appropriations, donations, or fees but prohibits such payments from the following sources: (1) fees under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965; (2) the recreational fee demonstration program; (3) the national park passport program; and (4) emergency appropriations for Yosemite flood recovery.(Sec. 303) Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to allow certain park facilities to be located outside the boundaries of Yosemite National Park.Title IV: Establishment of Golden Chain Highway as a National Heritage Corridor Study - (Sec. 401) Directs the Secretary to complete and report to specified congressional committees on a special resource study of the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of establishing Highway 49 in California (Golden Chain Highway) as a National Heritage Corridor.Title V: John Muir National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment - (Sec. 501) Adjusts the boundary of the John Muir National Historic Site to include specified lands and authorizes the Secretary to acquire those lands.Title VI: San Gabriel River Watersheds Study - (Sec. 601) Requires the Secretary to conduct and report to specified congressional committees on a special resource study of the following areas in California: (1) the San Gabriel River and its tributaries north of and including the City of Santa Fe Springs; and (2) the San Gabriel Mountains within the territory of the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy. Provides for the consideration of regional flood control and drainage needs and publicly owned infrastructure, including wastewater treatment facilities.
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Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D–CA
Legislative record
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate concurred in the House amendment to the Senate bill with an amendment SA 4971 Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 11/19/2002 S11633-11634)
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate concurred in the House amendment to the Senate bill with an amendment SA 4971 Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 11/19/2002 S11633-11634)
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
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. (text: CR H6509-6510)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6509-6510)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 941.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6509-6514)
Mr. Hansen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 410.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-667.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-667.
Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10799; S10800; text as reported: CR S10800; text as passed Senate: CR S10800)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10799; S10800; text as reported: CR S10800; text as passed Senate: CR S10800)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 172.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 107-70.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 107-70.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-204.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5552)
Introduced in Senate
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