II 99TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 2534 To authorize the acquisition and development of a mainland tour boat facility for the Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 10 (legislative day, JUNE 9), 1986 Mr. THURMOND (for himself and Mr. HOLLINGS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the acquisition and development of a mainland tour boat facility for the Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That, in order to provide for needed facilities for visitors to 4 Fort Sumter National Monument, including a tour boat dock 5 and associated facilities, and an interpretive and museum fa6 cility in cooperation with the State of South Carolina and the 7 city of Charleston, the Secretary of the Interior (in this Act 8 referred to as the "Secretary"), is authorized to acquire by 9 purchase with donated or appropriated funds, donation, or 2 1 exchange, not to exceed 8.91 acres of lands, including sub2 merged lands, and interests in lands, within the area general3 ly depicted on the map entitled “Dockside II, Proposed Site, 4 Tourboat Facility," which map shall be on file and available 5 for public inspection in the office of the National Park Serv6 ice. When acquired, lands, including submerged lands and in7 terests in lands, depicted on such map shall be administered 8 by the Secretary as a part of Fort Sumter National Monu9 ment, subject to the laws and regulations applicable to such 10 monument, and subject to the provisions of this Act. 11 SEC. 2. (a) With respect to the lands, including sub12 merged lands, and interests in lands acquired pursuant to the 13 first section of this Act, the Secretary is authorized— 14 15 16 17 18 19 222 23 24 (1) to convey, notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of Public Law 90-400 (82 Stat. 356) and subject to the provisions of subsection (b), a leasehold interest in not to exceed one and a half acres to the State of South Carolina or the city of Charleston or either of them for development by either of them or their agents or lessees of a marine museum and associ ated administrative facilities; (2) to grant covenants or easements for ingress, egress, and vehicular parking to the State of South Carolina, the city of Charleston, and to other parties as ●S 2534 IS www 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 the Secretary may deem necessary to facilitate public use; and (3) to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of South Carolina, the city of Charleston, and other parties as the Secretary may deem necessary, pursuant to which construction, maintenance, and use of buildings, utilities, parking facilities, and other improvements may be shared among the parties to the agreement. (b) Any conveyance made pursuant to subsection (a)(1) 11 and any renewal thereof may be for a period of up to 50 12 years, and may include the option to purchase the property in 13 fee by the lessee within the first 10 years, upon payment by 14 the lessee of the cost of the property to the United States 15 plus interest based on the average yield of United States 16 Treasury notes with maturities of one year. The Secretary 17 may convey title to the property in fee in the event such 18 option to purchase is exercised, subject to the condition that 19 the property is used for a public marine museum and associ20 ated administrative facilities. Notwithstanding any other pro21 vision of law, any leasehold interest conveyed pursuant to 22 subsection (a)(1) shall be conveyed without monetary consid23 eration. The proceeds from any conveyance of property in fee 24 pursuant to subsection (a)(1) shall be deposited in the Land ●S 2534 IS 4 1 and Water Conservation Fund in the Treasury of the United 2 States. 3 SEC. 3. Section 117 of Public Law 96-199 (94 Stat. 4 71) is hereby repealed. 5 SEC. 4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 6 sums heretofore appropriated but not, on the date of enact7 ment of this Act, obligated for construction of a tourboat fa8 cility at the Broad Street site, and for the acquisition and 9 construction of the Fleet landing site for Fort Sumter Nation10 al Monument, which was authorized by section 117 of Public 11 Law 96-199 (94 Stat. 71) are hereby made available for ob12 ligation for the acquisition of the lands including submerged 13 lands, and interests in lands identified in the first section of 14 this Act and for construction of necessary facilities thereon, 15 and to the extent that sums heretofore appropriated for land 16 acquisition of the Fleet landing site are not sufficient to cover 17 the cost of acquisition of the properties identified in the first 18 section of this Act, sums heretofore appropriated for con19 struction of facilities at the Broad Street site and the Fleet 20 landing site may be obligated for the purposes of acquisition 21 as authorized in the first section of this Act. 22 (b) In addition to the sums made available under subsec23 tion (a), there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as Statement of Senator on S. 2506, Great Basin Park Mr. Chairman: I appreciate this opportunity to express my strong support for S. 2506, a bill to provide for the creation of a Great Basin National Park at Wheeler Peak in Nevada. I want to address first the physical characteristics of the site which make it appropriate for National Park designation. The area within our proposed Park boundaries includes spectacular range features typical of the Great Basin. This Park will be the first and only national park representative of this vast Great Basin area. The park will include forests of bristlecone pine with representatives among the oldest of living plants. The Park will include a remnant active glacier, perhaps the only extant in the lower contiguous 48 states. It will include the present Lehman Caves national monument, numerous mountain lakes, streams, waterfalls and forests. Its features are, in fact, truly appropriate and worthy additions to the National Park system. The area has, in fact, been the subject of earlier park studies and park bills. This area of the State has been important to Nevada and the nation for its mineral wealth and production of food and fiber for many years. It is important that those industries not be compromised by the Park addition and I believe that goal is possible. Our Park proposal has been carefully crafted to permit the continued viability of those industries side by side with the Park, continuing the policy of multiple use of our varied resources. Our proposed 44,000 acre Park includes all the important features of the range and permits their interpretive showcasing while avoiding undue disruption of traditional mining and livestock activities. Such activities are, after all, of historical worth, as well as of economic benefit, and are as worthy of preservation in their own right as are the scenic features of the proposed Park. I want to make clear that it is my intention, as a cosponsor of this Park legislation, to protect and preserve traditional mining and grazing activities within the remaining |