[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1441 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1441

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative 
agreement with the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 1993

  Mr. Berman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative 
agreement with the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS OUTDOOR 
              CLASSROOM.

    (a) General Authority.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the National Park Service, is authorized to 
enter into cooperative agreements, as specified in subsection (b), 
relating to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (hereafter 
in this Act referred to as the ``recreation area'') in accordance with 
this section.
    (b) Cooperative Agreements.--The cooperative agreements referred to 
in subsection (a) are as follows:
            (1) A cooperative agreement with appropriate organizations 
        or groups in order to promote education concerning the natural 
        and cultural resources of the recreation area and lands 
        adjacent thereto. Any agreement entered into pursuant to this 
        paragraph--
                    (A) may provide for Federal matching grants of not 
                more than 50 percent of the total cost of providing a 
                program of such education;
                    (B) shall provide for visits by students or other 
                beneficiaries to federally owned lands within the 
                recreation area;
                    (C) shall limit the responsibility of the Secretary 
                to providing interpretation services concerning the 
                natural and cultural resources of the recreation area; 
                and
                    (D) shall provide that the non-Federal party shall 
                be responsible for any cost of carrying out the 
                agreement other than the cost of providing 
                interpretation services under subparagraph (C).
            (2) A cooperative agreement under which--
                    (A) the Secretary agrees to maintain the facilities 
                at 2600 Franklin Canyon Drive in Beverly Hills, 
                California, for a period of 8 fiscal years beginning 
                with the first fiscal year for which funds are 
                appropriated pursuant to this section, and to provide 
                funding for programs of the William O. Douglas Outdoor 
                Classroom that utilize those facilities during such 
                period; and in return
                    (B) the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom agrees 
                that at the end of the term of such agreement all 
                right, title, and interest in and to such facilities 
                will be donated to the United States for addition to 
                and operation as a part of the recreation area.
    (c) Expenditure of Funds.--Federal funds may be expended on non-
Federal property located within the recreation area pursuant to the 
cooperative agreement described in subsection (b)(2).
    (d) Limitations.--(1) The Secretary may not enter into the 
cooperative agreement until after the Secretary determines that 
acquisition of the facilities described in subsection (b)(2) would 
further the purposes of the recreation area.
    (2) This section shall not be construed as authorizing an agreement 
by the Secretary for reimbursement of expenses incurred by the William 
O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom that are not directly related to the use 
of such facilities for environmental education and interpretation of 
the resources and values of the recreation area and associated lands 
and resources.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for the 8-year period beginning October 1, 1993, not to 
exceed $2,000,000 to carry out this section.

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