[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 214 Referred in House (RFH)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 214


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2003

                 Referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To designate Fort Bayard Historic District in the State of New Mexico 
        as a National Historic Landmark, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fort Bayard National Historic 
Landmark Act''.

SEC. 2. FORT BAYARD NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.

    (a) Designation.--The Fort Bayard Historic District in Grant 
County, New Mexico, as listed on the National Register of Historic 
Places, is hereby designated as the Fort Bayard National Historic 
Landmark.
    (b) Administration.--
            (1) Designation of the Fort Bayard Historic District as a 
        National Historic Landmark shall not prohibit any actions which 
        may otherwise be taken by the property owner with respect to 
        the property.
            (2) Nothing in this Act shall affect the administration of 
        the Fort Bayard Historic District by the State of New Mexico.

SEC. 3. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the State of 
New Mexico, may enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate 
public or private entities, for the purposes of protecting historic 
resources at Fort Bayard and providing educational and interpretive 
facilities and programs for the public. The Secretary shall not enter 
into any agreement or provide assistance to any activity affecting Fort 
Bayard State Hospital without the concurrence of the State of New 
Mexico.
    (b) Technical and Financial Assistance.--The Secretary may provide 
technical and financial assistance with any entity with which the 
Secretary has entered into a cooperative agreement under subsection 
(a).

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act.

            Passed the Senate March 4, 2003.

            Attest:

                                             EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

                                                             Secretary.