United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4476 (103rd)
National Park System Reform Act of 1994
Introduced
24 May 1994
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Summary
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Park System Plan Title II: New Area Establishment National Park System Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: National Park System Plan - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a National Park System Plan to guide the direction of the System into the next century. Directs the Secretary to review the existing System to determine whether there are more appropriate alternatives for managing specific units within the System and to develop a report containing a list of areas where National Park Service management should be modified or terminated. Establishes a National Park System Review Commission to make and report such determinations if the Secretary fails to transmit the report within a specified time period. Title II: New Area Establishment - Removes certain reporting requirements concerning additional areas for the National Park System. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual list of areas recommended for study for potential inclusion in the System to specified congressional committees. Bars the initiation of any study of the potential of an area for inclusion in the System after this Act's enactment, except by specific authorization by an Act of the Congress. Requires studies to be completed within three fiscal years of the enactment date of legislation providing for study. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual list of areas which have been studied previously which contain primarily cultural or historical resources and areas which contain primarily natural resources in numerical order of priority for addition to the System.
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12 official files
Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 8 October 1994
Referred in Senate (PDF)
Referred in Senate · EN · 8 October 1994
Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 28 September 1994
Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 28 September 1994
Received in Senate (text)
Received in Senate · EN · 28 September 1994
Received in Senate (PDF)
Received in Senate · EN · 28 September 1994
Passed House amended
summary · EN · 28 September 1994
Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 19 September 1994
Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 19 September 1994
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 24 May 1994
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 24 May 1994
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 24 May 1994
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4476
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/103/hr/4476