A bill to provide for the conservation, management, and administration of certain parks, forests, and other areas, and for other purposes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Anaktuvuk Pass Land Exchange and Wilderness

Redesignation

Title II: Alaska Peninsula Subsurface Consolidation

Title III: Amendments to Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

Title IV: Butte County Land Conveyance

Title V: Chacoan Outliers Protection

Title VI: Colonial National Historical Park

Title VII: Acquisition of Franklin D. Roosevelt Family Lands

Title VIII: Establishment of the Great Falls Historic

District

Title IX: Women's Rights National Historical Park

Title X: Sterling Forest Protection

Title I: Anaktuvuk Pass Land Exchange and Wilderness Redesignation - Anaktuvuk Pass Land Exchange and Wilderness Redesignation Act of 1995 - Ratifies and confirms the agreement between the United States, the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, the Nunamiut Corporation, and the city of Anaktuvuk Pass executed on December 17, 1992. Requires the lands acquired by the United States pursuant to such Agreement to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as part of the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.

Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to provide for the addition and the rescission of lands within the Gates of the Arctic Wilderness.

Provides for the addition of lands within the Noatak National Preserve and Noatak Wilderness.

Title II: Alaska Peninsula Subsurface Consolidation - Alaska Peninsula Subsurface Consolidation Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to determine the value of rights granted to Koniag, Incorporated, pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to receive title to the oil and gas rights and other interests in the subsurface estate of specified public lands in Alaska (selection rights) which Koniag possesses within the boundaries of Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, and Becharof National Wildlife Refuge.

Specifies that the value of such rights shall be equal to the fair market value of: (1) the oil and gas interests in the lands that are the subject of the selection rights; and (2) in the case of the lands for which Koniag is to receive the entire subsurface estate, the subsurface estate of the lands that are the subject of such rights.

Directs the Secretary and Koniag to meet to select a qualified appraiser to conduct an appraisal of the selection rights in conformity with the standards of the Appraisal Foundation of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, utilizing a risk adjusted discounted cash flow methodology.

Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) submission of the appraisal report; (2) determination of the value of the selection rights; and (3) an alternative determination of value if Koniag disagrees with the value determined by the Secretary.

Directs: (1) the Secretary to enter into negotiations for an agreement to exchange Federal lands in Alaska for the Koniag selection rights; and (2) the Secretary of the Treasury, regarding any such rights for which an exchange has not been completed by October 1, 2004, to establish within the Treasury the Koniag Account and, upon relinquishment of such remaining rights to the United States, to credit the Account in the amount of the appraised value of such rights. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make amounts in the Account available to Koniag for bidding on and purchasing property sold at public sale.

Title III: Amendments to Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to authorize the Cook Inlet Regional Corporation (Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated) to purchase its shareholder-held common stock.

Title IV: Butte County Land Conveyance - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey without consideration certain lands in Butte County, California, in the Plumas National Forest to eligible persons who make their claims within two years of enactment of this title.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) make the necessary surveys and property line markings; and (2) submit a copy of each deed to the Secretary of the Interior.

Authorizes appropriations.

Title V: Chacoan Outliers Protection - Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 1995 - Designates eight new outlying areas as Chaco Culture Archaeological Protection Sites associated with Chacoan Anasazi Indian culture in the San Juan Basin and surrounding areas of New Mexico and Colorado. Expands the boundaries and removes or reduces the acreage of certain existing Sites.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) use a combination of land acquisition authority and cooperative agreements to protect archeological resources at such sites as remain in private ownership; and (2) assist the Navajo Nation in the protection and management of such Sites as are located on lands of the Navajos through a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.

Title VI: Colonial National Historical Park - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to transfer that portion of the existing sewage disposal system within the Colonial National Historical Park to York County, Virginia, without reimbursement, together with such rights-of-way determined to be necessary to maintain and operate such system.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with York County to pay a specified maximum amount of the repair and rehabilitation costs for the system. Requires the cooperative agreement to: (1) reduce or eliminate the amounts charged to the National Park Service for its sewage disposal; and (2) minimize the impact of the system on the Park and its resources. Prohibits such system from being enlarged or substantially altered without Park Service concurrence.

Permits the Secretary to acquire specified lands for inclusion in the Park.

Authorizes appropriations.

Title VII: Acquisition of Franklin D. Roosevelt Family Lands - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire specified lands and interests in specified properties located at Hyde Park, New York, identified as lands critical for protection as depicted on the map entitled "Roosevelt Family Estate" and dated September 1994, to be added to and administered as part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt National Historic Site or the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, as appropriate. Authorizes appropriations.

Title VIII: Establishment of the Great Falls Historic District - Great Falls Preservation and Redevelopment Act - Establishes the Great Falls Historic District in Paterson, New Jersey.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements with the State of New Jersey, local governments, and private nonprofit entities under which the Secretary agrees to pay up to 50 percent of the costs of: (1) preparation of a plan for the development of historic, architectural, natural, cultural, and interpretive resources within the District; and (2) implementation of projects approved under the plan.

Permits the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the owners of property within the District that the Secretary determines are of historical or cultural significance under which the Secretary may: (1) pay up to 50 percent of the costs of restoring and improving the properties; (2) provide technical assistance with respect to the preservation and interpretation of the properties; and (3) mark and provide interpretation of the properties. Lists additional conditions for such agreements. Requires the Secretary, in making funds available for such purposes, to give consideration to projects that provide a greater leverage of Federal funds.

Authorizes appropriations.

Title IX: Women's Rights National Historical Park - Removes portions of, and adds specified lands to, the Women's Rights National Historical Park in New York.

Authorizes additional appropriations for land acquisition and development.

Title X: Sterling Forest Protection - Sterling Forest Protection Act of 1995 - Establishes the Sterling Forest Reserve, New York, upon certification by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission to the Secretary of the Interior that the Commission has acquired sufficient lands or interests therein to constitute a manageable unit.

Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) Reserve boundaries; (2) the transfer of funds to the Commission for land acquisition; and (3) conditions of funding (including provision for specified conservation easements and that funds may be transferred to the Commission only to the extent that they are matched from funds contributed by non-Federal sources).

Directs the Commission to: (1) manage the lands acquired within the Reserve in a manner consistent with the Commission's authorities and the protection of significant watershed, wildlife, and recreational resources within the New York-New Jersey highlands region; and (2) prepare a general management plan for the Reserve, to be submitted to the Secretary for approval.

Authorizes appropriations. Limits the amount that may be transferred to the Commission for the acquisition of lands and interests in land within the Reserve.