H.R. 4570 — Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act of 1998

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Boundary Adjustments and Related Conveyances

Title II: Other Land Conveyances and Management

Subtitle A: Southern Nevada Public Land Management

Subtitle B: Conveyance of Canyon Ferry Reservoir

Properties

Subtitle C: Conveyance of National Forest Lands for

Public School Purposes

Subtitle D: Other Conveyances Title III: Heritage Areas

Subtitle A: Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage

Corridor of Pennsylvania

Subtitle B: Automobile National Heritage Area of

Michigan

Subtitle C: Lackawanna Heritage Valley American

Heritage Area of Pennsylvania

Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions

Title IV: Historic Areas

Title V: San Rafael Swell

Subtitle A: San Rafael Swell National Heritage Area

Subtitle B: San Rafael Swell National Conservation Area

Subtitle C: Wilderness Areas within Conservation Area

Subtitle D: Other Special Management Areas within

Conservation Area

Subtitle E: General Management Provisions

Title VI: National Parks

Title VII: Reauthorizations

Title VIII: Rivers and Trails

Title IX: Hazardous Fuels Reduction

Subtitle A: Management of Wildland-Urban Interface

Areas

Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions

Title X: Miscellaneous Provisions

Title XI: Amendments and Technical Corrections to 1996

Omnibus Parks Act

Subtitle A: Technical Corrections to the Omnibus Parks

Act

Subtitle B: Other Amendments to Omnibus Parks Act

Title XII: Dutch John Federal Property Disposition and

Assistance

Title XIII: Reclamation Project Conveyances and

Miscellaneous Provisions

Subtitle A: Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, California

Subtitle B: Minidoka Project, Idaho

Subtitle C: Carlsbad Irrigation Project, New Mexico

Subtitle D: Palmetto Bend Project, Texas

Subtitle E: Wellton-Mohawk Division, Gila Project,

Arizona

Subtitle F: Canadian River Project, Texas

Subtitle G: Clear Creek Distribution System, California

Subtitle H: Pine River Project, Colorado

Subtitle I: Technical Corrections and Miscellaneous

Provisions

Title XIV: Provisions Specific to Alaska

Title XV: Other Provisions

Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act of 1998 - Title I: Boundary Adjustments and Related Conveyances - Increases the number of acres the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) is authorized to acquire for the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, by 16.

(Sec. 102) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire, by donation only, certain land known as Knob Creek Farm in Larue County, Kentucky.

Modifies the boundary of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site to include such land.

Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the Farm in order to: (1) identify significant resources associated with the Farm and the early boyhood of Abraham Lincoln; (2) evaluate the threats to the long-term protection of the Farm's cultural, recreational, and natural resources; and (3) examine the incorporation of the Farm into the operations of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site and establish a strategic management plan for implementing such incorporation. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 103) Modifies the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the State of Utah to exclude specified Federal lands and to include the East Clark Bench.

Requires the Secretary to convey specified Federal lands to: (1) Garfield County School District, Utah, for use as the location for a school and for other education purposes; and (2) the State of Utah for inclusion of the lands in Kodachrome Basin State Park.

Designates specified Federal lands as a utility corridor with regard to U.S. Route 89, in Kane County, Utah.

(Sec. 104) Modifies the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument to include the property known as George Washington's Boyhood Home, Ferry Farm in Stafford County, Virginia.

Authorizes the Secretary to acquire no more than a less than fee interest in the property to ensure the preservation of the important cultural and natural resources associated with Ferry Farm.

Requires the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a resource study of the property and upon completion of such study allows the Secretary to enter into agreements with the property owner or other entities for the purpose of providing programs, services, facilities, or technical assistance that further the property's preservation and public use.

(Sec. 105) Adjusts the boundaries of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and the Mount Naomi Wilderness, in Utah, to exclude the parcel of lands known as the D. Hyde property to correct a faulty land survey.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) convey such parcel to Darrell Edward Hyde of Cache County, Utah; and (2) release any claims against him for trespass or unauthorized use of the parcel before its conveyance.

(Sec. 106) Modifies the boundaries of the Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, to include specified lands within the Upper Alamo watershed.

Authorizes the Secretary, within the boundaries of such added areas, to acquire lands by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer with another Federal agency. Prohibits any lands or interests therein from being acquired except with the consent of the owner. Allows lands owned by New Mexico or a political subdivision thereof to be acquired only by donation or exchange. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire less than fee simple interests in land only if the Secretary determines that such acquisition will adequately protect the Monument from flooding, erosion, and degradation of its drainage waters. Authorizes appropriations.

Title II: Other Land Conveyances and Management - Subtitle A: Southern Nevada Public Land Management - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, under specified conditions, to the Clark County, Nevada, Department of Aviation certain real property in Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, for the development of an airport facility and related infrastructure. Requires conveyance of small parcels over 20 years as may be required for phased construction and development.

Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the determination of the fair market value of each conveyed parcel of land; and (2) a reversionary interest in such land if the Secretary determines that the Aviation Department is not developing or progressing toward the development of the conveyed lands as an airport facility.

Withdraws the conveyed lands from mineral entry under the Mining Law of 1872 and the Mineral Leasing Act.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to consult with the Secretary in the preparation of an airspace management plan for the Ivanpah Airport which avoids, to the maximum extent practicable, overflights of the Mojave National Preserve in California consistent with Federal Aviation Administration recommendations for safety.

Subtitle B: Conveyance of Canyon Ferry Reservoir Properties - Establishes the terms and conditions under which the Secretary shall convey 265 cabin sites and certain small contiguous parcels of the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) around Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana, to the lessees of the properties, based upon the highest bidder. Grants the Canyon Ferry Recreation Association, Incorporated, the right to match the highest bid and purchase the property. Sets forth provisions regarding terms of conveyance if the highest bidder is other than CFRA and CFRA does not match the highest bid, rights and options of existing lessees, and applicable requirements if CFRA is the highest bidder or matches the highest bid.

(Sec. 225) Sets forth provisions regarding management of the Silos Recreation Area, income generated by concessions at the Area, and use of the proceeds of conveyances under this subtitle.

(Sec. 227) Establishes the Montana Fish and Wildlife Conservation Trust to acquire publicly accessible land and interests in land, easements, and conservation easements in Montana for specified purposes.

(Sec. 228) Prohibits the sale of the 265 cabin sites and related BOR parcels unless and until the Board of Commissioners for Broadwater County, Montana, establishes the Canyon Ferry-Broadwater County Trust as a perpetual public trust and the Board deposits at least $3 million as the initial corpus of the Trust.

Requires the Commissioners to appoint an advisory committee to establish priorities and prepare requests for the disbursement of funds from the County Trust with the Commissioners' approval.

(Sec. 229) Establishes the Canyon Ferry Cabin Site Transfer Trust in Montana to: (1) receive any property not purchased by CFRA or a lessee before August 1 of the year that is at least 12 months after title to the first property is transferred by the Secretary to a lessee; (2) provide all appropriate real estate management services, including collecting rents, paying taxes, enforcing lease terms, and selling property; and (3) pay to the State Trust any income generated from the Cabin Trust, after the payment of management fees, costs, and expenses.

Requires the Cabin Trust to allow a lessee that is unable to or unwilling to purchase a property to continue to lease the property under specified conditions.

Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) rental payments for the continued leases; (2) limitations on the right to transfer such leases; (3) conveyance of the property by the Cabin Trust; (4) proceeds from the sale of a property; and (5) reimbursement to the Cabin Trust of a proportionate share of the costs incurred while completing transactions under this subtitle.

Subtitle C: Conveyance of National Forest Lands for Public School Purposes - Provides for the transfer of up to 40 acres of certain National Forest System lands to a local governmental entity for local public school purposes only.

Subtitle D: Other Conveyances - Provides for an exchange of specified Federal lands administered by the El Portal Administrative Site in California in exchange for specified non-Federal lands known as the Yosemite View parcel located adjacent to the Site.

(Sec. 242) Authorizes the use of specified lands in Merced County, California, for an elementary school.

(Sec. 243) Issues quitclaim deeds to specified individuals to certain family property in Big Horn County, Wyoming.

(Sec. 245) Ratifies the "Agreement to Exchange Utah School Trust Lands Between the State of Utah and the United States of America" and sets forth the obligations and commitments of the United States, Utah, and Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration as a matter of Federal law.

Repeals Federal law providing for the exchange of Federal lands in Utah in exchange for State lands and providing additional lands within Utah for the Goshute Indian Reservation, with the exception of provisions regarding: (1) payment to Utah of a portion of a royalty payment received by the United States for certain mining and mineral interests in Utah; (2) the limit on such payment; and (3) payment in lieu of taxes for certain entitlement lands in Utah.

Requires a $50 million payment to Utah upon completion of all conveyances described in the Agreement.

(Sec. 246) Provides for the exchange of specified Federal lands within the Routt National Forest, Colorado, for specified non-Federal lands known as the Miles parcel located adjacent to such Forest.

Adjusts the boundary of the Forest to reflect the exchange.

(Sec. 247) Transfers administrative jurisdiction over certain lands in Lake County, Oregon, located adjacent to or within the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Includes transferred lands within the Refuge. Withdraws such lands from the public land, mineral leasing, and mining laws. Requires BLM to retain jurisdiction over certain lands located south of the Refuge identified for cooperative management. Requires such lands that are within the Guano Creek Wilderness Study Area to be managed to maintain the values for which the Area was designated. Transfers administrative jurisdiction over other specified lands adjacent to or within the Refuge from the Fish and Wildlife Service to BLM. Removes such lands from the Refuge and designates them as public lands.

(Sec. 248) Amends the Idaho Admission Act regarding school land lease or sale to provide for: (1) establishment of an earnings reserve fund; (2) authorization of a land bank fund for additional land purchases; and (3) elimination of land lease-time restrictions.

(Sec. 249) Transfers certain property located in the San Joaquin Valley, California, from the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior.

(Sec. 250) Conveys specified parcels of land under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service in Kern County, California to Kern County.

(Sec. 251) Absolves the United States from any liability that did not already exist with respect to the transfer of specified land from the city of St. George, Utah, to the United States located within the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve in Washington County, Utah.

(Sec. 252) Requires the Secretary to convey: (1) without consideration and for educational purposes only, to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, all U.S. rights, title, and interests, if any, to a specified parcel of real property in Yavapai County, Arizona; and (2) subject to specified terms and conditions, to the County of Rio Arriba, New Mexico, all U.S. rights, title, and interests in and to the Old Coyote Administrative Site.

(Sec. 254) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire private lands, easements, and buildings within the areas authorized for acquisition for Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park.

(Sec. 255) Provides for the transfer of: (1) specified lands in the Rogue River National Forest System, Oregon, from public domain status to the National Forest; and (2) other lands from the National Forest to public domain status.

Restores the status of certain National Forest Land as revested Oregon and California railroad grant land (O&C land) and revokes the reservation of such lands as part of the National Forest. Adds certain other revested O&C lands to such National Forest.

Directs the Secretary, in carrying out sales, purchases, and exchanges of lands located within six Bureau of Land Management districts in Oregon (the geographic area), to seek to ensure that such sales, purchases, and exchanges do not decrease the number of acres of O&C lands.

Requires the Secretary, by April 1 of each fiscal year, to determine whether such reduction has occurred in the previous fiscal year and if so, to designate a number of acres of forested public domain lands within the O&C geographic area, equal to the number of acres of that reduction, for treatment as O&C lands, under specified conditions. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on such designation for each fiscal year.

Title III: Heritage Areas - Subtitle A: Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor of Pennsylvania - Amends the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 (the Act) to change the name of the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor to the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor.

(Sec. 302) Includes among the Act's purposes enhancing economic development within the context of preservation.

(Sec. 303) Modifies provisions regarding: (1) membership of, terms of office for, and confirmation of appointment to the Delaware and Lehigh National Corridor Commission; and (2) powers of the Commission to authorize the conveyance of real property acquired by the Commission to an appropriate nonprofit organization, to authorize the Commission to enter into cooperative agreements with a nonprofit organization, and to require any cooperative agreement to establish procedures for providing notice to the Commission of any action proposed by a nonprofit organization which may affect implementation of the Cultural Heritage and Corridor Management Plan.

(Sec. 304) Authorizes the Commission to administer any grant or loan from amounts appropriated, donated, or otherwise made available to the Commission for the purpose of providing a grant or loan.

(Sec. 305) Directs the Commission to implement the Plan by taking appropriate steps to preserve and interpret the cultural, natural, recreational, and scenic (currently, limited to historic) resources of the Canal and its surrounding area.

(Sec. 306) Terminates the Commission ten years after the date of this Act's enactment.

(Sec. 307) Requires specified actions by any Federal entity conducting or supporting activities directly affecting the historic, cultural, natural, recreational, or scenic resources of the Corridor (currently, the flow of the Canal or the natural resources of the Corridor).

(Sec. 308) Reauthorizes and increases appropriations under the Act.

(Sec. 309) Prohibits the Commission from interfering with private property rights or any local zoning ordinance or land use plan of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any political subdivision.

(Sec. 310) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, upon request of the Commission, to provide grants and technical assistance to the Commission or units of government, nonprofit organizations, and other persons, for development and implementation of the plan.

Subtitle B: Automobile National Heritage Area of Michigan - Establishes the Automobile National Heritage Area in the State of Michigan.

Authorizes the Secretary to add or remove lands from the Area in response to a request from the Automobile National Heritage Area Partnership, Inc. (a nonprofit corporation established under Michigan laws).

(Sec. 314) Designates the Partnership as the management entity for the Area and authorizes it to receive amounts appropriated to carry out this Act. Provides that if a management plan for the Area is not submitted to the Secretary within the time specified in this Act, the Partnership shall cease to be authorized to receive Federal funding until such a plan is submitted. Sets forth authorized uses of, and a limitation on, such funds by the Partnership.

(Sec. 315) Requires the Board of Directors of the Partnership to develop and submit to the Secretary a management plan for the Area for review and approval.

(Sec. 316) Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and, subject to the availability of appropriations, grants to government units, nonprofit organizations, and other persons upon request of the Partnership, and to the Partnership, regarding the management plan and its implementation.

Prohibits the Secretary, as a condition of the award of technical assistance or grants, from requiring any recipient of such technical assistance or a grant to enact or modify land use restrictions.

(Sec. 317) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) modify, enlarge, or diminish any authority of Federal, State, or local governments to regulate any use of land under any other law or regulation; (2) grant powers of zoning or land use control to the Partnership; or (3) affect or to authorize the Partnership to interfere with the rights of any person with respect to private property or any local zoning ordinance or land use plan of the State of Michigan or a political subdivision thereof.

(Sec. 318) Prohibits the Secretary from making any grant or providing any assistance under this Act after September 30, 2014.

(Sec. 319) Authorizes appropriations. Limits Federal funding to 50 percent of the total cost of any activity carried out with any financial assistance or grant provided under this Act.

Subtitle C: Lackawanna Heritage Valley American Heritage Area of Pennsylvania - Establishes the Lackawanna Heritage Valley American Heritage Area, comprised of all or parts of four coal-producing counties in northeast Pennsylvania, to be managed by the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority.

(Sec. 323) Directs the Secretary to enter into a management compact with the Authority to determine Area goals and objectives.

(Sec. 324) Directs the Authority to develop an Area management plan that presents comprehensive recommendations for the Area's conservation, funding, management, and development. Requires the plan to be submitted to the Secretary for approval within three years after the enactment of this subtitle. Outlines related management duties. Prohibits the Authority from using Federal funds to acquire real property under this subtitle.

(Sec. 325) Provides for: (1) technical and financial assistance from the Secretary to the Authority to develop and implement the plan; (2) approval or disapproval of compacts and management plans; and (3) termination on September 30, 2012, of the Secretary's authority to make a grant or provide assistance under this subtitle.

(Sec. 327) Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits Federal funding for the Area from exceeding 50 percent of total costs.

Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions - Extends, through FY 2000, the authorization of appropriations for preservation of structures on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places within the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

(Sec. 332) Amends the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 to extend the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission to August 24, 2004. Repeals provisions granting the Commission extension authority.

Title IV: Historic Areas - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service and in consultation with the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the International Midway Memorial Foundation, Inc., the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Battle of Coral Sea Association, the American Legion, or other appropriate veterans groups, respectively, and Midway Phoenix Corporation, to study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of establishing Midway Atoll as a national memorial to the Battle of Midway. Requires that the report include an inventory of all known facilities and structures of historical significance on Midway Atoll and its environs. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 402) Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to direct the Secretary, in order to provide a national historic light station program, to: (1) collect and disseminate information concerning such stations; (2) foster educational programs relating to the history, practice, and contribution to society of such stations; (3) sponsor or conduct research and study into the history of such stations; (4) maintain a listing of such stations; and (5) assess the effectiveness of the program regarding the conveyance of such stations.

Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of General Services to establish a process for identifying and selecting an eligible entity to which a station could be conveyed for education, park, recreation, cultural, and historic preservation purposes.

Requires: (1) the Secretary to review all applicants for the conveyance of a station identified as excess to an agency's needs and forward to the Administrator a single approved application for such station; and (2) the Administrator to convey such station, subject to specified conditions that include a requirement that active aids to navigation continue to be operated and maintained by the United States if considered necessary by the Administrator.

Prohibits stations located within the exterior boundary of a National Park System unit or a refuge within the National Wildlife Refuge System from being conveyed or sold without the Secretary's approval.

Requires: (1) a station to be offered for sale in accordance with terms developed by the Administrator if no applicants are approved for conveyance; and (2) net sale proceeds to be transferred to the National Maritime Heritage Grant Program.

Requires any Federal department or agency to which a station is conveyed to maintain the station in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the Secretary's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 403) Establishes the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in New York State as an affiliated area of the National Park System.

Provides that the Greene County Historical Society of Greene County, New York, shall continue to own, manage, and operate the Site.

Requires the Society to administer the Site in a manner consistent with this Act and all laws generally applicable to National Park System units.

Authorizes the Secretary enter into cooperative agreements with the: (1) Society to preserve the Thomas Cole House and other structures in the Site and to assist with education programs and research and interpretation of the Thomas Cole House and associated landscapes; (2) State of New York, the Society, the Thomas Cole Foundation, and other public and private entities to facilitate public understanding and enjoyment of the lives and works of the Hudson River artists through activities related to the preservation, interpretation, and use of the Site; and (3) acquire personal property and works of art associated with, and appropriate for, the interpretation of the Site and for display at the Site.

Directs the Secretary, with the cooperation of the Society, to develop and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site, including recommendations for regional wayside exhibits. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 404) Amends Federal law to include within the Valley Forge National Historical Park the Paoli Battlefield in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Authorizes appropriations to acquire Battlefield property, if a specified amount of non-Federal funds are available for the acquisition (and subsequent donation to the National Park Service) of such property.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with Malvern Borough for the Borough management of the Battlefield Addition.

(Sec. 405) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements to provide to Arizona and the town of Springerville, Arizona, technical assistance to interpret, operate, and maintain the Casa Malpais National Historical Landmark and financial assistance for planning, staff training, and development of the Landmark, but not other routine operations. Provides that such agreements may also: (1) grant the Secretary, acting through the National Park Service, access to public portions of the property covered by the agreements for the purpose of interpreting the Landmark; and (2) prohibit changes or alterations to the Landmark except by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the other parties to all such agreements. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 406) Designates the Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard Street, New York, New York, as a national historic site and an affiliated site of the National Park System.

Requires the Secretary to coordinate the operation and interpretation of the Site with that of the Lower East Side Tenement Historic Site, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Castle Clinton National Monument. Provides that the Lower East Side Tenement Museum shall continue to own, operate, and manage the Site.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Museum to ensure the marking, interpretation, and preservation of the Site.

Requires the Secretary, working with the Museum, to develop a general management plan for the Site to: (1) define the National Park Service's roles and responsibilities with regard to the interpretation and the preservation of the Site; and (2) outline how interpretation and programming for the Lower East Side Tenement Historic Site, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Castle Clinton National Monuments will be integrated and coordinated so as to enhance the stories at each of the four Sites. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 407) Gateway Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Gateway Visitor Center Corporation to facilitate the construction and operation of the Gateway Visitor Center on Independence Mall, in Philadelphia.

Authorizes: (1) the Corporation to operate the Center in cooperation with the Secretary and to provide at the Center information, interpretation, facilities, and services to visitors of Independence National Historical Park, its surrounding historic sites, the city of Philadelphia, and the region and, acting as a private nonprofit organization, to engage in activities appropriate for operation of a regional visitor center; and (2) the Secretary to undertake, at the Center, activities relating to the management of the Park.

Requires revenues from activities engaged in by the Corporation to be used for the Center's operation and administration.

Declares that nothing in this Act authorizes the Secretary or the Corporation to take any action in derogation of the preservation and protection of the values and resources of the Park.

(Sec. 408) Establishes the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama as a unit of the National Park System.

Requires the Secretary, with the full participation of Tuskegee University, to develop and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 409) Establishes the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Arkansas, as a unit of the National Park System.

Requires the Secretary, within two years after funds are made available, to: (1) prepare a general management plan for the Site; and (2) prepare and transmit to specified congressional committees a National Historic Landmark Theme Study on the history of desegregation in public education.

Requires the Secretary, on the basis of the study, to identify possible new national historic landmarks appropriate to this theme and prepare a list in order of importance or merit of the most appropriate sites for national historic landmark designation. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 410) Amends the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 to authorize the Secretaryto acquire not more than 15 additional acres of land contiguous or in close proximity to the Weir Farm National Historic Site, Connecticut, for the development of visitor and administrative facilities for the Site.

Limits: (1) any parking area for the visitor and administrative facilities to 30 spaces; and (2) items sold in the visitor facilities to educational and interpretive materials related to the purpose of the Site. Prohibits the sale of food.

Conditions development of visitor and administrative facilities on the acquired property to the Secretary entering into one or more agreements with the appropriate zoning authority of the towns of Ridgefield and Wilton for the purposes of: (1) developing the parking, visitor, and administrative facilities for the Site; and (2) managing bus traffic to the Site, including limiting parking for large tour buses to an offsite location.

Increases the authorization of appropriations for acquisition of real and personal property for the Site.

(Sec. 411) Establishes the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in New York State as a unit of the National Park System.

Requires the Secretary to develop and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site.

Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 412) Designates portions of the highway formerly designated as U.S. Route 66 that remain in existence as the Route 66 National Historic Highway.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) facilitate the development of guidelines and a program of technical assistance and grants that will set priorities for the preservation of Route 66; (2) designate National Park Service (NPS) officials to perform the functions of the Cultural Resource Programs (NPS programs to support cultural resources related to Route 66; (3) support efforts of State and local public and private persons, nonprofit Route 66 preservation entities, Indian tribes, State Historic Preservation Offices, and entities in the States to preserve Route 66 by providing technical assistance, participating in cost-sharing programs, and making grants; (4) act as a clearinghouse for communication among such parties and Federal, State, and local agencies; and (5) assist the States in determining the appropriate form of, and establishing and supporting, a non-Federal entity or entities to perform the functions of the Cultural Resource Programs after those programs are terminated.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) collaborate with the Secretary of Transportation to address transportation factors that may conflict with preservation efforts and to take advantage of existing programs, such as the Scenic Byways program; and (2) sponsor a road sign program on Route 66 to be implemented on a cost-sharing basis with State and local organizations.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide assistance in the preservation of Route 66 that is compatible with the idiosyncratic nature of the highway; (2) not prepare or require an overall management plan for Route 66, but to cooperate with public and private entities in developing local preservation plans to guide efforts to protect the most important or representative resources of Route 66; (3) develop a technical assistance program in the preservation of Route 66, including guidelines for setting priorities for preservation needs; (4) coordinate a program of historic research, curation, preservation strategies, and collection of oral and video histories of Route 66 designed for continuing use after the Cultural Resource Programs are terminated; (5) make available cost-share grants for the preservation of Route 66 for resources that meet the guidelines under the technical assistance program; and (6) provide information about existing cost-share opportunities.

Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 413) Authorizes the Secretary , in administering the Valley Forge National Historical Park, to enter into an agreement with the Valley Forge Historical Society to facilitate the planning, construction, and operation of the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution on Federal land within the boundary of the Park. Title V: San Rafael Swell - San Rafael Swell National Heritage and Conservation Act - Subtitle A: San Rafael Swell National Heritage Area - Designates the San Rafael Swell National Heritage Area in Utah.

(Sec. 514) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants for specified uses, but not for acquisition of real property or any interest in real property.

(Sec. 515) Prescribes necessary elements of: (1) any compact with respect to the Area entered into by the Secretary, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Governor of Utah, in coordination with the Heritage Council established by this subtitle; and (2) the heritage plan setting forth the strategy to implement the goals and objectives of the Area.

(Sec. 516) Establishes the Heritage Council to manage the Area and develop a heritage plan in accordance with the compact.

(Sec. 517) Sets forth disclaimers with respect to land use regulation.

(Sec. 518) Authorizes appropriations.

Subtitle B: San Rafael Swell National Conservation Area - Establishes the San Rafael Swell National Conservation Area, which the Secretary shall manage to conserve, protect, and enhance its resources.

(Sec. 523) Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan for the long-range management and protection of the Conservation Area.

(Sec. 525) Establishes a San Rafael Swell National Conservation Area Advisory Council.

Subtitle C: Wilderness Areas within the Conservation Area - Designates the following areas within the Conservation Area as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Crack Canyon Wilderness Area; (2) Mexican Mountain Wilderness Area; (3) Muddy Creek Wilderness Area; and (4) San Rafael Reef Wilderness Area.

(Sec. 533) Declares that grazing of livestock within designated wilderness areas: (1) shall be administered according to specified law and guidelines; and (2) shall not be reduced, increased, or withdrawn, except based solely on scientific analyses of range conditions.

(Sec. 534) Declares that any public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management within the Conservation Area in Emery County, Utah, that is not designated as wilderness by this subtitle: (1) shall not be subject to management for preservation as wilderness; but (2) shall be managed for multiple uses and in accordance with certain land management plans.

Subtitle D: Other Special Management Areas Within Conservation Area - Establishes within the Conservation Area a San Rafael Swell Desert Bighorn Sheep Management Area to provide for the prudent management of Desert Bighorn Sheep and their habitat in the Sid's Mountain area of the Conservation Area.

Prescribes requirements for management and use of the Management Area. Directs the Secretary to include a management plan for the Area in the Conservation Area management plan.

(Sec. 542) Directs the Secretary to designate within the Conservation Area certain semi-primitive nonmotorized use areas, which shall provide opportunities for: (1) isolation from the sights and sounds of humans (including their motorized vehicles); (2) a high degree of interaction with the natural environment; and (3) the practice of outdoor skills in settings that present moderate challenge and risk.

(Sec. 543) Directs the Secretary to designate within the Conservation Area a specified scenic visual area of critical environmental concern to preserve the scenic value of the Interstate Route 70 corridor.

Subtitle E: General Management Provisions - Requires the Secretary to permit domestic livestock grazing within areas of the Conservation Area where grazing was established before enactment of this Act, except in wilderness areas.

(Sec. 552) Directs the Secretary to authorize the discovery of, protect, and (at the Secretary's discretion) interpret cultural or paleontological resources within the Conservation Area.

(Sec. 553) Provides for the exchange of Federal lands or interests in lands with the State of Utah for any school and institutional trust lands of the State whose value or economic potential may be diminished by establishment of the Conservation Area.

(Sec. 554) Declares that there is no express or implied Federal reservation of water or water rights arising from the designation of any area as part of the Conservation Area or as a wilderness or semi-primitive area under this Act.

Authorizes the United States to acquire and exercise, in accordance with State law, such water rights as necessary to carry out its responsibilities on any land designated as part of the Conservation Area.

(Sec. 555) Declares that nothing in this Act affects the State jurisdiction or responsibilities with respect to fish and wildlife management activities.

Declares that the Congress does not intend that the designation of the Conservation Area or any wilderness or semi-primitive area lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the area, but only within it.

Provides for: (1) the set back of boundaries from roads and rights-of- way; and (2) acquisition of land from non-governmental entities by exchange or purchase only.

Title VI: National Parks - Amends Federal law to include in the land and water use management plan for the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, provisions for appropriate improvements to Alger County Road H-58. Prohibits construction of a scenic shoreline drive in the Lakeshore.

(Sec. 602) Modifies the boundary of the Arches National Park, Utah, to include the Lost Spring Canyon Addition (Area).

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to transfer jurisdiction over the Federal lands contained in the Area from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service to be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to the Park.

Continues existing grazing leases, permits, or licenses for the Area for the lifetime of the existing permittee and of any direct descendants of the permittee born before enactment of this Act. Allows the sale of such grazing lease, permit, or license, except that the term of a sold lease, permit, or license shall not exceed ten years or its retirement date, whichever occurs first.

Withdraws Federal lands within the Area from the public land and mineral leasing laws. Provides that the inclusion of the Area in the Park shall not affect the operation or maintenance by the Northwest Pipeline Corporation of the natural gas pipeline that passes through the Area.

Directs the Secretary to transfer specified Federal lands to the State of Utah in exchange for specified State school trust lands, if the State offers such exchange within one year after enactment of this Act. Subjects such exchanged lands to valid existing rights.

Specifies requirements to be satisfied by the State before undertaking or permitting any surface disturbing activities. Requires the State to preserve existing grazing, recreational, and wildlife uses of such lands.

Permits Utah to authorize or undertake surface or mineral activities authorized by existing or future land management plans for the acquired lands.

(Sec. 603) Excludes the main road on Cumberland Island (as described on the National Register of Historic Places), the spur road that provides access to Plum Orchard mansion, and the area extending ten feet on each side of the center line of both roads, from the boundaries of the Cumberland Island Wilderness and the potential wilderness area.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) modify the boundaries of the Wilderness and the potential wilderness area to exclude each structure at Cumberland Island National Seashore that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and such land surrounding each excluded structure as the Secretary considers necessary to eliminate incompatible and competing management requirements; (2) restore Plum Orchard mansion at Cumberland Island National Seashore so that the condition of the restored mansion is at least equal to the condition of the mansion when it was donated to the United States; and (3) submit a comprehensive plan for the repair, stabilization, restoration, and subsequent maintenance of the mansion to such condition. Authorizes appropriations.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify, document, and protect archaeological sites located on Federal land within the Seashore; and (2) prepare and implement a plan to preserve designated national historic sites within the Seashore.

(Sec. 604) Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to undertake feasibility studies and report to the Congress on the establishment of National Park System units in specified areas of the islands of Maui, Lanai, Kauai, and Molokai of Hawaii (including the feasibility of extending the present National Historic Park boundaries at Kalaupapa Settlement eastward to Halawa Valley along the island's north shore).

(Sec. 605) Amends Federal law regarding Channel Islands National Park, California, to direct the Secretary to grant to specified individuals rights of use and occupancy of the Gherini Ranch on Santa Cruz Island for a term of 25 years.

(Sec. 606) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire up to 15 acres of land known as the Warren Property or Mount Kimble, to be included in and administered as part of Morristown National Historical Park.

(Sec. 607) Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to allow the Secretary in any fiscal year to withhold from the special Treasury account established for a Federal agency 100 percent of the fees and charges (such as recreational use fees) collected by such agency in connection with any National Park System (NPS) unit at which entrance or admission fees cannot be collected by reason of deed restrictions. Requires such amounts to be retained for expenditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for such NPS unit.

(Sec. 608) Provides for an additional map to depict lands added to the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia, pursuant to this Act.

Allows, after July 1, 1999, the Secretary to modify the boundaries of the Area to include other lands within 2,000 feet of each bank of the River by submitting a revised map or other boundary description to the Congress. Prohibits such revised boundaries from taking place if the Congress adopts a Joint Resolution disapproving the revision. Permits, before such date, a landowner whose land or portion thereof is within 2,000 feet of each bank of the River, to notify the Secretary that such land is not to be included within the revised boundaries of the Area. Requires the Secretary to modify the boundaries to exclude such land upon receipt of its legal description.

Increases the total acreage limitation for the Area to 10,000 (currently, approximately 6,800).

Repeals Federal provisions providing for exchange of Federal lands within the Area for non-Federal lands within its boundaries.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with other entities (currently, Georgia and its political subdivisions) to assure standardized acquisition, planning, design, construction, and operation of the Area.

Decreases from $79.4 million to $25 million the cap on the authorization of appropriations for acquisition of land and interests in land for the Area. Authorizes the Secretary to accept the donation of funds and lands or interests in lands to carry out this Act.

Requires the Secretary, within three years after enactment of this Act, to submit to specified congressional committees a revision of the general management plan for the Area.

Prohibits the acquisition of lands and interests in lands under this Act without the owner's consent.

(Sec. 609) Amends the Grand Canyon National Park Enlargement Act to prohibit the Secretary from demolishing or authorizing or permitting (by contract or otherwise) any other persons to demolish, the Thunderbird Lodge or the Kachina Lodge in the Grand Canyon National Park without congressional approval.

Title VII: Reauthorization - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to authorize (current law requires) the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a review of the nomination of a property for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places as a national historic landmark when an objection to such inclusion has been made.

Authorizes the Secretary to administer grants (current law requires the Secretary to administer a program of matching grants-in-aid) to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States.

Requires a State or Indian tribe to be solely responsible for determining which professional employees are necessary to carry out its duties relating to the administration of an historic preservation program.

Limits Federal properties under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol that are exempt from requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act to those properties depicted on a specified map to be kept on file in the office of the Secretary.

Extends through FY 2004 funding for the Historic Preservation Fund.

Requires Federal agencies: (1) prior to procuring buildings for carrying out agency responsibilities, to use historic properties available to the agency to the maximum extent feasible, especially in central business areas; and (2) when locating Federal facilities, to give first consideration to historic properties in historic districts, then to developed or undeveloped sites within such districts, and finally to historic properties outside of such districts. Requires any rehabilitation or construction undertaken pursuant to such Act to be architecturally compatible with the character of the surrounding historic district or properties.

Extends through FY 2004 the budget authority for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

(Sec. 702) Reauthorizes the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission until October 31, 2008.

(Sec. 703) Increases from $1 million to $4 million the authorization of additional appropriations for the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route. Extends the Secretary's authority with respect to such Route until May 4, 2004. Includes the township of Woodbridge, New Jersey, as a cultural site along the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route.

(Sec. 704) Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to extend, for an additional ten years, the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council.

Title VIII: Rivers and Trails - Amends the National Trails System Act to provide for the establishment, as components of the National Trails System, of national discovery trails which shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located so as to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities. Permits such trails to be designated on nonfederal lands, with an owner's consent.

Prohibits a trail from being considered feasible and desirable for designation as a national discovery trail unless : (1) the trail links one or more areas within the boundaries of a metropolitan area and joins with other trails, tying the National Trails System to significant recreation and resources areas; (2) the trail is supported by at least one competent trailwide volunteer-based organization and has extensive local and trailwide support by the public, user groups, and affected State and local governments; (3) the trail extends and passes through more than one State and, at a minimum, is a continuous, walkable route; and (4) the appropriate Secretary obtains written consent from affected landowners before entering nonpublic lands to conduct surveys or studies of nonpublic lands. Exempts national discovery trails from Federal provisions authorizing the Secretary to use condemnation proceedings to acquire private lands without the owner's consent.

Designates as a national discovery trail the 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail which shall extend from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, traveling northern and southern routes from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Denver, Colorado.

Requires: (1) the Trail to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in cooperation with at least one competent trailwide volunteer-based organization, affected land managing agencies, and State and local governments as appropriate; and (2) the responsible Secretary, within three complete fiscal years after designation of a national discovery trail, to submit a comprehensive plan for the protection, management, development, and use of the Federal portions of the trail and provide technical assistance to States, local units of government, and private landowners, as requested, for nonfederal portions of the trail.

(Sec. 802) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers in Massachusetts as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Requires the segments to be: (1) administered by the Secretary through cooperative agreements between the Secretary and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its relevant political subdivisions; and (2) managed in accordance with the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Wild and Scenic River Study, River Conservation Plan which shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for a comprehensive management plan pursuant to the Act.

(Sec. 803) Requires the Secretary: (1) acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to establish the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, for the interpretation of the historic trails in the vicinity of Casper, including the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, the California Trail, the Pony Express Trail, the Bridger Trail, the Bozeman Trail, and various Indian routes; and (2) to construct, operate, and maintain facilities for the Center.

Allows the Secretary to: (1) accept, retain, and expend donations of funds, property, or services from individuals, foundations, corporations, or public entities for development and operation of the Center; (2) collect an entrance fee from visitors to the Center; and (3) use such fees for the Center's operating expenses. Authorizes appropriations.

Title IX: Hazardous Fuels Reduction - Community Protection and Hazardous Fuels Reduction Act of 1998 - Subtitle A: Management of Wildland-Urban Interface Areas - Requires the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to identify wildlife-urban interface areas (the line, area, or zone where structures and other human development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland or vegetative fuel) with hazardous fuels buildups and other forest management needs.

(Sec. 912) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture or of the Interior to (temporarily) enter into forest product sales contracts in order to reduce hazardous fuels buildups in such areas, which may require the purchaser to undertake forest management projects under specified conditions in return for forest management credits. Limits such credits to $75 million per fiscal year.

(Sec. 915) Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to each establish and maintain a special fund in the Treasury to remain available, without further appropriation, for the purposes of planning, offering, and managing sales of forest products under this subtitle.

Transfers $10 million to the fund by each Secretary respectively, under specified conditions.

Terminates each fund at the expiration of the last day of the fifth full fiscal year occurring after the date of enactment of this Act.

Provides that any monies remaining in each fund in the case of: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be used by the Secretary for the reduction of wildland fire hazardous fuels and for receipts for forest products from Federal land within the Secretary's jurisdiction; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior, shall be used for the reduction of hazardous fuels and for similar receipts under the Secretary's jurisdictions.

(Sec. 916) Terminates the authority of the Secretary concerned to offer sales of forest products and to require the purchasers of such products to undertake forest management projects as a condition of such sales, at the end of the five-fiscal year beginning on the first October 1st occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Allows any contract for a sale of forest products entered into before the end of such specified period and still in effect at the end of such period, to remain in effect after the end of such period pursuant to the terms of the contract.

Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the Secretary concerned to issue implementing regulations within a specified time.

Authorizes program appropriations.

Title X: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Government of India to establish a memorial to honor Mahatma Gandhi on specified Federal land in the District of Columbia.

Prohibits the United States from paying any expense of establishing the memorial.

(Sec. 1002) National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act of 1997 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to establish the National Cave and Karst Research Institute in the vicinity and outside the boundaries of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.

Limits Federal funding to matching funds. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 1003) Establishes the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Commission to determine the validity of land claims arising out of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848. Authorizes to petition the Commission, on behalf of themselves and all other descendants, ten or more eligible Mexican descendants in the State of New Mexico who are also descendants of the same community land grant.

Directs the Commission to establish a Community Land Grant Study Center. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 1004) Designates specified public lands in the California Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management as the Otay Mountain Wilderness.

Declares that such designation: (1) shall not preclude Federal, State, or local government drug interdiction and border operations or wildland fire management operations within the Wilderness; and (2) is not intended to lead to the creation of protective buffer zones around the Wilderness.

(Sec. 1005) Directs the Secretary to: (1) purchase the Wilcox Ranch in Eastern Utah; and (2) transfer the surface estate to such lands to the State of Utah for management by the State Division of Wildlife Resources for wildlife habitat and public access. Authorizes the Secretary to use not more than $5 million from the land and water conservation fund for the purchase.

(Sec. 1006) Requires the Secretary to acquire, by exchange, the mineral and geothermal interests of each company (Burlington Northern, Incorporated or the Weyerhaeuser Company) in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in the State of Washington.

Sets forth requirements and administrative procedures for such exchange, including requiring the Secretary, in exchange for all mineral and geothermal interests acquired from each company, to issue to each such company monetary credits with a value of $2.1 million that may be used for the payment of: (1) not more than 50 percent of the bonus or other payments made by successful bidders in any sales of mineral, oil, gas, or geothermal leases under the Mineral Leasing Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, or the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 in the contiguous 48 States; (2) not more than ten percent of the bonus or other payments made by successful bidders in any sales of such leases under such Acts; (3) not more than 50 percent of any royalty, rental, or advance royalty payment made to the United States to maintain any mineral, oil, or gas, or geothermal lease in the 48 contiguous States issued under such Acts; or (4) not more than ten percent of any royalty, rental, or advance royalty payment made to the United States to maintain any mineral, oil, or gas, or geothermal lease in Alaska issued under such Acts. Requires the Secretary to accept credits in the same manner as cash for the payments. Requires that all amounts in the form of credits accepted by the Secretary for the payments be considered to be money received for the purpose of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.

Directs the Secretary, not later than 30 days after the completion of the required exchange with a company, to establish an exchange account for that company for the monetary credits issued to it. Permits: (1) a company to transfer or sell any credits in the company's account to another person; and (2) such credits transferred or sold to be used only by a person that is qualified to bid on, or that holds, a mineral, oil, or gas lease under the Mineral Leasing Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, or the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Terminates an account created for a company five years after creation.

Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) all remaining privately held mineral interests within the boundaries of the Monument; and (2) a plan and a timetable by which the Secretary would propose to complete the acquisition of such interests.

(Sec. 1007) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), with respect to the Emigrant Wilderness in the Stanislaus National Forest, California, to enter into an agreement with a non-Federal entity to retain, maintain, and operate at private expense 18 concrete dams and weirs at levels that applied to them before enactment of a specified Act (January 3, 1975).

(Sec. 1008) Authorizes the Secretary to remove dead, downed, or severely root-sprung trees in accordance with certain alternative arrangements approved by the Council on Environmental Quality for forests and grasslands in Texas in specified National Forest areas in Colorado, Utah, California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Vermont, Idaho, Kentucky, and Florida. Authorizes the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior, respectively, to request Council approval of alternative tree removal arrangements in cases of catastrophic forest conditions.

(Sec. 1009) Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands, or the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to national forest system lands, from imposing liability without fault for fire suppression costs incurred by the United States with respect to a right-of-way if the right-of-way holder is a not-for-profit entity, including one that uses such right-of-way for electricity delivery to parties having an equity interest in the not-for-profit entity.

(Sec. 1010) Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to conduct a study regarding improved outdoor recreational access for persons with disabilities.

(Sec. 1011) Designates the site located directly below Inspirational Point within the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San Bernardino National Forest, California, on which communications facilities are located on August 1, 1998, to be used for communication purposes by the persons who operate such facilities until such time as such persons no longer require the use of such site and provide written notice to that effect to the Forest Service.

(Sec. 1012) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit fees from being assessed against a Federal, State, or local government agency (currently, Federal) regarding negotiations between the Secretary and persons concerning an agreement for the use of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources based on an assessment of the value of the resources and the public interest served by promoting development of them.

(Sec. 1013) Subjects to the Mineral Leasing Act certain Federal reserved mineral interests conveyed by specified United States land patents.

Authorizes any person who acquires a lease under the Act for such mineral interests to exercise the Federal right of entry reserved in such patents by occupying the surface required for purposes reasonably incident to exploration, extraction, and removal of the leased minerals. Prescribes permissible means of occupancy.

(Sec. 1014) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into noncompetitive oil and gas production and reclamation contracts with well operators in the Wayne National Forest (Ohio) who meet specified statutory criteria pursuant to private land mineral leases, subject to the same laws and regulations that applied to such leases.

Proscribes contractual arrangements authorizing deeper completions or additional drilling.

Requires contracts to require contractors to provide a Federal oil and gas bond to ensure complete and timely reclamation of the former lease tract in accordance with regulations of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service, unless the Secretary accepts in lieu thereof assurances from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, that: (1) the contractor is in compliance with specified Ohio bonding requirements; (2) the United States is entitled to receive funding under Ohio law to properly plug and restore oil and gas sites and lease tracts; and (3) at least 20 percent of Ohio State severance tax revenues have been allocated to the State of Ohio Orphan Well Fund.

Declares that, in entering into any contract under this Act, the Secretary shall reserve the right to require contractor compliance with BLM and Forest Service oil and gas lease bonding requirements whenever the Secretary finds that less than 20 percent of State severance tax revenues has been allocated to such Fund.

(Sec. 1015) Authorizes the Washington Interdependence Council of the District of Columbia to establish a memorial in the District to honor and commemorate the accomplishments of Benjamin Banneker.

Prohibits the use of Federal funds to pay any expense for establishment of such memorial.

(Sec. 1016) Requires the United States, subject to specified conditions, to recognize as not infringing upon any U.S. ownership rights to coalbed methane any: (1) contract or lease covering any land that was conveyed by the United States under specified Acts that was entered into by a person who has title to the land derived under those Acts and conveys rights to explore for, extract, and sell coalbed methane from the land; or (2) coalbed methane production from such land by a person who has title to the land and who, on or before the date of enactment of this subtitle, has filed an application with the State oil and gas regulating agency for a permit to drill an oil and gas well to a completion target located in a coal formation.

Title XI: Amendments and Technical Corrections to 1996 Omnibus Parks Act - Subtitle A: Technical Corrections to the Omnibus Parks Act - Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (the Act) to make technical corrections to provisions concerning the: (1) Presidio of San Francisco; (2) Colonial National Historical Park; (3) Merced Irrigation District; (4) Big Thicket National Preserve; (5) Kenai Natives Association land exchange; (6) Lamprey Wild and Scenic River; (7) Vancouver National Historic Reserve; (8) Memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.; (9) Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (10) Great Falls Historic District, New Jersey; (11) New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park; (12) Nicodemus National Historic Site; (13) Aleutian World War II National Historic Area; (14) Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Historic Preservation Study; (15) Shenandoah Valley Battlefields; (16) Washita Battlefield; (17) ski area permit rental charge; (18) Glacier Bay National Park; (19) Robert J. Lagomarsino visitor center; (20) National Park Service administrative reform; (21) Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor; (22) Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve; (23) recreation lakes; (24) Fossil Forest protection; (25) Opal Creek Wilderness and Scenic Recreation Area; (26) Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area; (27) Natchez National Historical Park; (28) regulation of fishing in certain waters of Alaska;(29) National Coal Heritage Area; (30) Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area; (31) Augusta Canal National Heritage Area; (32) Essex National Heritage Area; (33) Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor; and (34) Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.

Subtitle B: Other Amendments to Omnibus Parks Act - Amends the Act to extend, until October 27, 2003, the authority of the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs.

(Sec. 1152) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire, in partnership with other entities, a less than fee interest in lands at Thompson Island within the Boston Harbor Islands Recreation Area in Massachusetts.

Title XII: Dutch John Federal Property Disposition and Assistance - Dutch John Federal Property Disposition and Assistance Act of 1998 - Provides for the transfer or disposal of certain Federal properties at Dutch John, Utah.

(Sec. 1206) Transfers lands designated for disposal from the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (BLM), and, if appropriate, the Postal Service. Removes such lands from inclusion in the Ashley National Forest and the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands acquired for the Central Utah Project and developed for wildlife mitigation to the Secretary. Incorporates such lands into the Ashley or Uinta National Forests. Directs the Secretary to transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands to the Postal Service.

(Sec. 1209) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct appraisals to determine the fair market value of properties designated for disposal.

(Sec. 1210) Conveys specified infrastructure facilities, land, and public schools to Daggett County, and certain facilities of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to the Division, without consideration.

Sets forth requirements for the purchase of disposed residential properties. Bases priority in purchasing on seniority of reclamation lease or residency in Dutch John. Limits households to one residential lot.

Sets forth requirements for the purchase of unoccupied lots, special use lands, and church land.

Transfers all water rights to the Dutch John municipal water system to the County, subject to certain conditions.

Requires the Secretary to consider issuance of a special use permit affording Flaming Gorge Reservoir public shoreline access and use within the vicinity of Dutch John in conjunction with commercial visitor facilities provided under such a permit.

(Sec. 1212) Directs the Secretary, before transfer or disposal of any land that contains cultural resources and may be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, to prepare a memorandum of agreement, for review and approval by the Utah Office of Historical Preservation and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, that contains a strategy for protecting or mitigating adverse effects on cultural resources. Conveys such land to the County upon completion of actions required under the agreement.

(Sec. 1213) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide training and transitional operating assistance to County personnel designated as successors to operators of conveyed infrastructure facilities.

Provides for annual payments to the County, for up to 15 years, for purposes of defraying administrative transition costs. Makes available a limited amount of electric power and energy from the Colorado River Storage Project for the Dutch John community.

(Sec. 1214) Authorizes appropriations.

Title XIII: Reclamation Project Conveyances and Miscellaneous Provisions - Subtitle A: Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, California - Sly Park Unit Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, Camp Creek Diversion Dam and Tunnel, and conduits and canals held by the United States (the project) to the El Dorado Irrigation District, California, in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations for the Project and subject to District payment of the net present value of the remaining repayment obligation.

Requires the transfer to be completed within 180 days if no changes in project operations are expected, and within two years if the District intends to change project operations. Requires the Secretary to: (1) bear all administrative costs if transfer does not occur within the authorized period; and (2) pay one-half of such costs otherwise.

(Sec. 1316) Exempts the project from application of the Reclamation Act of 1902 upon such conveyance, except that the District is required to make payments into the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund for 31 years after the enactment of the Act. Calculates the District's obligation in the same manner as Central Valley Project water contractors.

Subtitle B: Minidoka Project, Idaho - Burley Irrigation District Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary to convey to the Burley Irrigation District, Idaho, the Southside Pumping Division of the Minidoka Project, Idaho, and related water rights in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations for the Project.