John Hansen: “I rise in support of H.R. 694, legislation to make minor boundary adjustments at several national parks and to make…”

“I rise in support of H.R. 694, legislation to make minor boundary adjustments at several national parks and to make other technical amendments to various legislative acts affecting administration of the National Park System. Title I of the bill contains minor boundary adjustments at seven parks: Zion National Park in Utah, Yucca House National Monument, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Independence National Historical Park, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, and Wupatki National Monument. Title II contains several park specific measures and Title III of the bill makes several changes in the generic authority of the Park Service, such as increasing the amount that NPS can spend on an annual basis for their volunteer program. This is a good bill which has been developed in a bipartisan fashion with the administration. A similar bill has passed the House in each of the last two sessions and I hope that it will finally be enacted this Congress. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.”