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110 STAT. 4190
PUBLIC LAW 104–333—NOV. 12, 1996

file, and make the map available for public inspection, in the headquarters office of the Rocky Mountain National Park.

(d) Limitation.—The cemetery shall not be extended beyond the boundaries of the cemetery shown on the map described in subsection (b).

SEC. 814. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.

(a)16 USC 17o. National Park Service Housing Improvement.

(1) Purposes.—The purposes of this section are—
(A) to develop where necessary an adequate supply of quality housing units for field employees of the National Park Service within a reasonable time frame;
(B) to expand the alternatives available for construction and repair of essential Government housing;
(C) to rely on the private sector to finance or supply housing in carrying out this section, to the maximum extent possible, in order to reduce the need for Federal appropriations;
(D) to ensure that adequate funds are available to provide for long-term maintenance needs of field employee housing; and
(E) to eliminate unnecessary Government housing and locate such housing as is required in a manner such that primary resource values are not impaired.
(2) General authority.—To enhance the ability of the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this subsection referred to as “the Secretary”), acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to effectively manage units of the National Park System, the Secretary is authorized where necessary and justified to make available employee housing, on or off the lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service, and to rent or lease such housing to field employees of the National Park Service at rates based on the reasonable value of the housing in accordance with requirements applicable under section 5911 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) Review and revision of housing criteria.—Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall review and revise the existing criteria under which housing is provided to employees of the National Park Service. Specifically, the Secretary shall examine the existing criteria with respect to what circumstances the National Park Service requires an employee to occupy Government quarters to provide necessary services, protect Government property, or because of a lack of availability of non-Federal housing in the geographic area.
(4) Submission of report.—A report detailing the results of the revisions required by paragraph (3) shall be submitted to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. The report shall include justifications for keeping, or for changing, each of the criteria or factors used by the Department of the Interior with regard to the provision of housing to employees of the National Park Service.
(5) Review of condition of and costs relating to housing.—Using the revised criteria developed under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall undertake a review, for each