1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the
Consolidated Natural Resources Act of
2008
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title;
table of contents.
TITLE I—Forest Service
authorizations
Sec. 101. Wild Sky
Wilderness.
Sec. 102. Designation of
national recreational trail, Willamette National Forest, Oregon, in honor of
Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives.
TITLE II—Bureau of Land
Management authorizations
Sec. 201. Piedras Blancas
Historic Light Station.
Sec. 202. Jupiter Inlet
Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area.
Sec. 203. Nevada National Guard
land conveyance, Clark County, Nevada.
TITLE III—National Park Service
authorizations
Subtitle A—Cooperative
agreements
Sec. 301. Cooperative
agreements for national park natural resource protection.
Subtitle B—Boundary
adjustments and authorizations
Sec. 311. Carl Sandburg Home
National Historic Site boundary adjustment.
Sec. 312. Lowell National
Historical Park boundary adjustment.
Sec. 313. Minidoka National
Historic Site.
Sec. 314. Acadia National Park
improvement.
Subtitle C—Studies
Sec. 321. National Park System
special resource study, Newtonia Civil War Battlefields, Missouri.
Sec. 322. National Park Service
study regarding the Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum.
Sec. 323. Wolf House
study.
Sec. 324. Space Shuttle
Columbia study.
Sec. 325. César E. Chávez
study.
Sec. 326. Taunton,
Massachusetts, special resource study.
Sec. 327. Rim of the Valley
Corridor study.
Subtitle D—Memorials,
commissions, and museums
Sec. 331. Commemorative work to
honor Brigadier General Francis Marion and his family.
Sec. 332. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Memorial Commission.
Sec. 333. Commission to Study
the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino.
Sec. 334.
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission.
Sec. 335. Sense of Congress
regarding the designation of the Museum of the American Quilter’s Society of
the United States.
Sec. 336. Sense of Congress
regarding the designation of the National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United
States.
Sec. 337. Redesignation of
Ellis Island Library.
Subtitle E—Trails and
rivers
Sec. 341. Authorization and
administration of Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail.
Sec. 342. Land conveyance,
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, Nebraska.
Sec. 343. Lewis and Clark
National Historic Trail extension.
Sec. 344. Wild and scenic River
designation, Eightmile River, Connecticut.
Subtitle F—Denali National
Park and Alaska Railroad Exchange
Sec. 351. Denali National Park
and Alaska Railroad Corporation exchange.
Subtitle G—National
Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments
Sec. 361. Authorizing
appropriations for specific purposes.
Subtitle H—Grand Canyon
subcontractors
Sec. 371.
Definitions.
Sec. 372.
Authorization.
TITLE IV—National Heritage
Areas
Subtitle A—Journey Through
Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area
Sec. 401. Purposes.
Sec. 402.
Definitions.
Sec. 403. Designation of the
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area.
Sec. 404. Management
plan.
Sec. 405. Evaluation;
report.
Sec. 406. Local coordinating
entity.
Sec. 407. Relationship to other
Federal agencies.
Sec. 408. Private property and
regulatory protections.
Sec. 409. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec. 410. Use of Federal funds
from other sources.
Sec. 411. Sunset for grants and
other assistance.
Subtitle B—Niagara Falls
National Heritage Area
Sec. 421. Purposes.
Sec. 422.
Definitions.
Sec. 423. Designation of the
Niagara Falls National Heritage Area.
Sec. 424. Management
plan.
Sec. 425. Evaluation;
report.
Sec. 426. Local coordinating
entity.
Sec. 427. Niagara Falls
Heritage Area Commission.
Sec. 428. Relationship to other
Federal agencies.
Sec. 429. Private property and
regulatory protections.
Sec. 430. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec. 431. Use of Federal funds
from other sources.
Sec. 432. Sunset for grants and
other assistance.
Subtitle C—Abraham Lincoln
National Heritage Area
Sec. 441. Purposes.
Sec. 442.
Definitions.
Sec. 443. Designation of
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area.
Sec. 444. Management
plan.
Sec. 445. Evaluation;
report.
Sec. 446. Local coordinating
entity.
Sec. 447. Relationship to other
Federal agencies.
Sec. 448. Private property and
regulatory protections.
Sec. 449. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec. 450. Use of Federal funds
from other sources.
Sec. 451. Sunset for grants and
other assistance.
Subtitle D—Authorization
Extensions and Viability Studies
Sec. 461. Extensions of
authorized appropriations.
Sec. 462. Evaluation and
report.
Subtitle E—Technical
Corrections and Additions
Sec. 471. National Coal
Heritage Area technical corrections.
Sec. 472. Rivers of steel
national heritage area addition.
Sec. 473. South Carolina
National Heritage Corridor addition.
Sec. 474. Ohio and Erie Canal
National Heritage Corridor technical corrections.
Sec. 475. New Jersey Coastal
Heritage trail route extension of authorization.
Subtitle F—Studies
Sec. 481. Columbia-Pacific
National Heritage Area study.
Sec. 482. Study of sites
relating to Abraham Lincoln in Kentucky.
TITLE V—Bureau of Reclamation and
United States Geological Survey authorizations
Sec. 501. Alaska water
resources study.
Sec. 502. Renegotiation of
payment schedule, Redwood Valley County Water District.
Sec. 503. American River Pump
Station Project transfer.
Sec. 504. Arthur V. Watkins Dam
enlargement.
Sec. 505. New Mexico water
planning assistance.
Sec. 506. Conveyance of certain
buildings and lands of the Yakima Project, Washington.
Sec. 507. Conjunctive use of
surface and groundwater in Juab County, Utah.
Sec. 508. Early repayment of A
& B Irrigation District construction costs.
Sec. 509. Oregon water
resources.
Sec. 510. Republican River
Basin feasibility study.
Sec. 511. Eastern Municipal
Water District.
Sec. 512. Bay Area regional
water recycling program.
Sec. 513. Bureau of Reclamation
site security.
Sec. 514. More water, more
energy, and less waste.
Sec. 515. Platte River Recovery
Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Project
authorization.
Sec. 516. Central Oklahoma
Master Conservatory District feasibility study.
TITLE VI—Department of Energy
authorizations
Sec. 601. Energy technology
transfer.
Sec. 602. Amendments to the
Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of
1988.
TITLE VII—Northern Mariana
Islands
Subtitle A—Immigration,
Security, and Labor
Sec. 701. Statement of
congressional intent.
Sec. 702. Immigration reform
for the Commonwealth.
Sec. 703. Further amendments to
Public Law 94–241.
Sec. 704. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec. 705. Effective
date.
Subtitle B—Northern Mariana
Islands Delegate
Sec. 711. Delegate to House of
Representatives from Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Sec. 712. Election of
Delegate.
Sec. 713. Qualifications for
Office of Delegate.
Sec. 714. Determination of
election procedure.
Sec. 715. Compensation,
privileges, and immunities.
Sec. 716. Lack of effect on
covenant.
Sec. 717.
Definition.
Sec. 718. Conforming amendments
regarding appointments to military service academies by Delegate from the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
TITLE VIII—Compacts of Free
Association Amendments
Sec. 801. Approval of
Agreements.
Sec. 802. Funds to facilitate
Federal activities.
Sec. 803. Conforming
amendment.
Sec. 804. Clarifications
regarding Palau.
Sec. 805. Availability of legal
services.
Sec. 806. Technical
amendments.
Sec. 807. Transmission of
videotape programming.
Sec. 808. Palau road
maintenance.
Sec. 809. Clarification of
tax-free status of trust funds.
Sec. 810. Transfer of naval
vessels to certain foreign recipients.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forest Service authorizations</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE16A002731F24DC8A189727E8291B4D0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wild Sky Wilderness</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B52897FA6114058A126EE84E9F4F284"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additions to the National Wilderness
Preservation System</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18D4D3FE95194C1C8C59FD4C98439F95"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following Federal lands in the State of
Washington are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of
the National Wilderness Preservation System: certain lands which comprise
approximately 106,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
<quote>Wild Sky Wilderness Proposal</quote> and dated February 6, 2007, which
shall be known as the <quote>Wild Sky Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A3152AEEE804F4F8CC22DCA971FB162"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Map and Legal Descriptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and a
legal description for the wilderness area designated under this section with
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee
on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. The map and description
shall have the same force and effect as if included in this section, except
that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct clerical and typographical errors
in the legal description and map. The map and legal description shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of the
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H986F901B9EE045BA9523D6C0309FDA84"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration provisions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1C39C465B3B4518BDCFAA224529D68F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FDEC756C2044B5681E6662EFF24A400"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to valid existing rights, lands
designated as wilderness by this section shall be managed by the Secretary of
Agriculture in accordance with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>) and
this section, except that, with respect to any wilderness areas designated by
this section, any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of the
Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AB91720C6E44741A3C6F86744E9677"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To fulfill the purposes of this section and
the Wilderness Act and to achieve administrative efficiencies, the Secretary of
Agriculture may manage the area designated by this section as a comprehensive
part of the larger complex of adjacent and nearby wilderness areas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC4664B546D04605001D3419B6E76304"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">New Trails</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61235EBD366F48CFACC648821022C75"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall consult
with interested parties and shall establish a trail plan for Forest Service
lands in order to develop—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE84F3642F2C843B3B462C83DC1209680"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a system of hiking and equestrian trails
within the wilderness designated by this section in a manner consistent with
the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD3B4D200F6E40CFB784FEFE00A0842E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a system of trails adjacent to or to
provide access to the wilderness designated by this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F0911CE7CA142FFACCAE825273B950"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall complete a report on the
implementation of the trail plan required under this section. This report shall
include the identification of priority trails for development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE53F7A97047047ADA905D62736BC0042"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeater Site</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within the Wild Sky Wilderness, the
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to use helicopter access to construct
and maintain a joint Forest Service and Snohomish County telecommunications
repeater site, in compliance with a Forest Service approved communications site
plan, for the purposes of improving communications for safety, health, and
emergency services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E18C12FF3EE408C8B2F00C7F3CBC530"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Float Plane Access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As provided by section 4(d)(1) of the
Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)</external-xref>), the use of floatplanes on Lake Isabel,
where such use has already become established, shall be permitted to continue
subject to such reasonable restrictions as the Secretary of Agriculture
determines to be desirable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF449882843C94AE7BB00345099AF3C17"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evergreen Mountain Lookout</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The designation under this section shall
not preclude the operation and maintenance of the existing Evergreen Mountain
Lookout in the same manner and degree in which the operation and maintenance of
such lookout was occurring as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H500B139572A54CEBA2785600102D32D0"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization for land acquisition</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62139385D46F41CCBD442BB76EEB9051"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized
to acquire lands and interests therein, by purchase, donation, or exchange, and
shall give priority consideration to those lands identified as <quote>Priority
Acquisition Lands</quote> on the map described in subsection (a)(1). The
boundaries of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and the Wild Sky
Wilderness shall be adjusted to encompass any lands acquired pursuant to this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CA77514E0074C3C846EC2B25B937E00"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with section 5(a) of the
Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1134">16 U.S.C. 1134(a)</external-xref>), the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure
adequate access to private inholdings within the Wild Sky Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD252BE5B87934088A896BE3E1066BFB1"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appraisal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Valuation of private lands shall be
determined without reference to any restrictions on access or use which arise
out of designation as a wilderness area as a result of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DE99FB79CF94CF1918136F22D31DDBB"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land
exchanges</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Agriculture shall exchange lands and interests in lands, as generally depicted
on a map entitled <quote>Chelan County Public Utility District Exchange</quote>
and dated May 22, 2002, with the Chelan County Public Utility District in
accordance with the following provisions:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF490414FA04499C823BBC1D6FBD4C86"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Chelan County Public Utility
District, within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, offers to the
Secretary of Agriculture approximately 371.8 acres within the Mt.
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the State of Washington, the Secretary
shall accept such lands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EFAB0BBB2C74CA1BEDC00A0404EA17B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon acceptance of title by the Secretary
of Agriculture to such lands and interests therein, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall convey to the Chelan County Public Utility District a
permanent easement, including helicopter access, consistent with such levels as
used as of the date of enactment of this Act, to maintain an existing telemetry
site to monitor snow pack on 1.82 acres on the Wenatchee National Forest in the
State of Washington.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6B762D8865D476B9CC8DF98D38831B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exchange directed by this section shall
be consummated if Chelan County Public Utility District conveys title
acceptable to the Secretary and provided there is no hazardous material on the
site, which is objectionable to the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4101D2CEF6FA48F0AD2D38423C506DF9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event Chelan County Public Utility
District determines there is no longer a need to maintain a telemetry site to
monitor the snow pack for calculating expected runoff into the Lake Chelan
hydroelectric project and the hydroelectric projects in the Columbia River
Basin, the Secretary shall be notified in writing and the easement shall be
extinguished and all rights conveyed by this exchange shall revert to the
United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14C74A65CF464912A9838085E500A6F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation of national recreational trail,
Willamette National Forest, Oregon, in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of
the House of Representatives</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB4705B1765542A0BEC98818376754A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forest Service trail number 3590 in the
Willamette National Forest in Lane County, Oregon, which is a 19.6 mile trail
that begins and ends at North Waldo Campground and circumnavigates Waldo Lake,
is hereby designated as a national recreation trail under section 4 of the
National Trails System Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1243">16 U.S.C. 1243</external-xref>) and shall be known as the
<quote>Jim Weaver Loop Trail</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0CD704FE8024DBFA1FE8600F046B67E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interpretive Sign</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Using funds available for the Forest
Service, the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare, install, and maintain an
appropriate sign at the trailhead of the Jim Weaver Loop Trail to indicate the
name of the trail and to provide information regarding the life and career of
Congressman Jim Weaver.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bureau of Land Management
authorizations</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9097398A83294F39BAB2D0EC072E9DEB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Piedras Blancas Historic Light
Station</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBAD1EE032F4B4E9AB200CC006E3F5E35"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70A198B8303D41B2895728D3B85DAC13"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Light Station</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Light Station</term> means
Piedras Blancas Light Station.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD85BB7BCAA514FBC9498F3A6E78900AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Outstanding Natural Area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Outstanding Natural
Area</term> means the Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding
Natural Area established pursuant to subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFC93F16D9E14D9D8DBCEE778000CF00"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public lands</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>public lands</term> has the
meaning stated in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1703">43 U.S.C. 1703(e)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF08E650B18D4CFFA2D8DFA13BDB9E08"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA2216AA905140FCB9AB871BB9938FD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EE0E9ECA2E5414EBF6366D821282C00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The publicly owned Piedras Blancas Light
Station has nationally recognized historical structures that should be
preserved for present and future generations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14E8F39A0363463596FA28BACDA9A570"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The coastline adjacent to the Light Station
is internationally recognized as having significant wildlife and marine habitat
that provides critical information to research institutions throughout the
world.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46E79842AD874813A7243E4C1DB6F35F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Light Station tells an important story
about California’s coastal prehistory and history in the context of the
surrounding region and communities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F8A5558519B40AE9227084D409446DD"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The coastal area surrounding the Light
Station was traditionally used by Indian people, including the Chumash and
Salinan Indian tribes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD0C5B9ED2EA44D2B3AFEEE5F7E52FAD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Light Station is historically
associated with the nearby world-famous Hearst Castle (Hearst San Simeon State
Historical Monument), now administered by the State of California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C25C4008E0F44B393DB65FD0A15490"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Light Station represents a model
partnership where future management can be successfully accomplished among the
Federal Government, the State of California, San Luis Obispo County, local
communities, and private groups.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H397180830B5B45D198FFEA326D0010F5"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station
Outstanding Natural Area would make a significant addition to the National
Landscape Conservation System administered by the Department of the Interior’s
Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB718CE8267A41429CF9C4B47C086E4F"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statutory protection is needed for the
Light Station and its surrounding Federal lands to ensure that it remains a
part of our historic, cultural, and natural heritage and to be a source of
inspiration for the people of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A31179041CF449498FAF8C5F755747"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation of the Piedras Blancas Historic
Light Station Outstanding Natural Area</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H362E751639784F0899FE4F737D450009"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to protect, conserve, and enhance
for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the unique and
nationally important historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational,
scenic, and recreational values of certain lands in and around the Piedras
Blancas Light Station, in San Luis Obispo County, California, while allowing
certain recreational and research activities to continue, there is established,
subject to valid existing rights, the Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station
Outstanding Natural Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE901ADEC8AA349F089C121E9724E34C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maps and Legal Descriptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The boundaries of the Outstanding Natural
Area as those shown on the map entitled <quote>Piedras Blancas Historic Light
Station: Outstanding Natural Area</quote>, dated May 5, 2004, which shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Director, Bureau
of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior, and the State
office of the Bureau of Land Management in the State of California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36F9BDF1EE294D1CA7AD092ED21403D7"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Basis of Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall manage the Outstanding
Natural Area as part of the National Landscape Conservation System to protect
the resources of the area, and shall allow only those uses that further the
purposes for the establishment of the Outstanding Natural Area, the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>), and other
applicable laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94E79C7BADA9401DB18C93478F8943BC"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Withdrawal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to valid existing rights, and in
accordance with the existing withdrawal as set forth in Public Land Order 7501
(Oct. 12, 2001, Vol. 66, No. 198, Federal Register 52149), the Federal lands
and interests in lands included within the Outstanding Natural Area are hereby
withdrawn from—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC392CA1D4F624F6C00BF99794180191"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all forms of entry, appropriation, or
disposal under the public land laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A90FFBC69D64F9400F94BF3D93BD088"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">location, entry, and patent under the
public land mining laws; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5ECAF50EE2C349818FC3830493BE8E9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operation of the mineral leasing and
geothermal leasing laws and the mineral materials laws.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5B1E37F1D6243DBB3037C4FD770D24F"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management of the Piedras Blancas Historic
Light Station Outstanding Natural Area</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89A6DB3E60D648A1BFB105C840819CBC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall manage the Outstanding
Natural Area in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the unique and
nationally important historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational,
scenic, and recreational values of that area, including an emphasis on
preserving and restoring the Light Station facilities, consistent with the
requirements of subsection (c)(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCA42EAE8B7C4A40B34C004FB5512746"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to valid existing rights, the
Secretary shall only allow such uses of the Outstanding Natural Area as the
Secretary finds are likely to further the purposes for which the Outstanding
Natural Area is established as set forth in subsection (c)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H150B444B63C849D08FB816798279EEBF"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after of the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a comprehensive management
plan consistent with the requirements of section 202 of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>) to provide long-term management
guidance for the public lands within the Outstanding Natural Area and fulfill
the purposes for which it is established, as set forth in subsection (c)(1).
The management plan shall be developed in consultation with appropriate
Federal, State, and local government agencies, with full public participation,
and the contents shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCDC8F1328D304A37BDEC94F73323F668"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provisions designed to ensure the
protection of the resources and values described in subsection (c)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99D43268FA744B73A54D521F00661196"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">objectives to restore the historic Light
Station and ancillary buildings;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C1FE9D77107496DBBB437AD314F0971"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an implementation plan for a continuing
program of interpretation and public education about the Light Station and its
importance to the surrounding community;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0EEEBCB429347A884CFB8C8E017B5B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a proposal for minimal administrative and
public facilities to be developed or improved at a level compatible with
achieving the resources objectives for the Outstanding Natural Area as
described in paragraph (1) and with other proposed management activities to
accommodate visitors and researchers to the Outstanding Natural Area;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC81509C250AB497D8B16562BD8D8F072"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cultural resources management strategies
for the Outstanding Natural Area, prepared in consultation with appropriate
departments of the State of California, with emphasis on the preservation of
the resources of the Outstanding Natural Area and the interpretive, education,
and long-term scientific uses of the resources, giving priority to the
enforcement of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C.
470aa et seq.) and the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et
seq.) within the Outstanding Natural Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H234CE2DC654E44E3816D25C2CA17CECD"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to better implement the management
plan and to continue the successful partnerships with the local communities and
the Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument, administered by the California
Department of Parks and Recreation, the Secretary may enter into cooperative
agreements with the appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies pursuant to
section 307(b) of the Federal Land Management Policy and Management Act of 1976
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1737">43 U.S.C. 1737(b)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FA65756D1984B96BA14D7E2BAD38F20"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to continue the successful
partnership with research organizations and agencies and to assist in the
development and implementation of the management plan, the Secretary may
authorize within the Outstanding Natural Area appropriate research activities
for the purposes identified in subsection (c)(1) and pursuant to section 307(a)
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1737(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1D19C08FF8D441284B10054E6B610E5"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquisition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State and privately held lands or interests
in lands adjacent to the Outstanding Natural Area and identified as appropriate
for acquisition in the management plan may be acquired by the Secretary as part
of the Outstanding Natural Area only by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20BF0CAEE10640639E36B9EB5F7019ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">donation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49BF736343324CE2BD846C534DFD5773"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exchange with a willing party; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8B2FC9E2C0F49EDBAD491EFAB31922"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchase from a willing seller.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28AB22AFE1A64368BC008EF6F1D57265"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additions to the Outstanding Natural
Area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any lands or interest in
lands adjacent to the Outstanding Natural Area acquired by the United States
after the date of enactment of this Act shall be added to and administered as
part of the Outstanding Natural Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9257F3B9082840B100F6D380D86BA2E0"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Overflights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section or the management
plan shall be construed to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7D10820ECAE4A45A7AC8D0925B500E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">restrict or preclude overflights, including
low level overflights, military, commercial, and general aviation overflights
that can be seen or heard within the Outstanding Natural Area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B74B5B516ED491D81FAF566499BCBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">restrict or preclude the designation or
creation of new units of special use airspace or the establishment of military
flight training routes over the Outstanding Natural Area; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54004320332F4D35B26F6835361B5203"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modify regulations governing low-level
overflights above the adjacent Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07823FCA662E4272A5313619DFD0DB6"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Law enforcement activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed
to preclude or otherwise affect coastal border security operations or other law
enforcement activities by the Coast Guard or other agencies within the
Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or any other
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies within the Outstanding
Natural Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92EB082D92DF41748014D892F0763114"><enum>(10)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native american uses and
interests</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In recognition of
the past use of the Outstanding Natural Area by Indians and Indian tribes for
traditional cultural and religious purposes, the Secretary shall ensure access
to the Outstanding Natural Area by Indians and Indian tribes for such
traditional cultural and religious purposes. In implementing this subsection,
the Secretary, upon the request of an Indian tribe or Indian religious
community, shall temporarily close to the general public use of one or more
specific portions of the Outstanding Natural Area in order to protect the
privacy of traditional cultural and religious activities in such areas by the
Indian tribe or Indian religious community. Any such closure shall be made to
affect the smallest practicable area for the minimum period necessary for such
purposes. Such access shall be consistent with the purpose and intent of Public
Law 95–341 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1996">42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.</external-xref>; commonly referred to as the <quote>American
Indian Religious Freedom Act</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8541F625ECFA481D85ABF13E0025E7A3"><enum>(11)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No buffer zones</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The designation of the Outstanding Natural
Area is not intended to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer
zones around area. The fact that activities outside the Outstanding Natural
Area and not consistent with the purposes of this section can be seen or heard
within the Outstanding Natural Area shall not, of itself, preclude such
activities or uses up to the boundary of the Outstanding Natural Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3AFA75DC2914A979358788FE3D3617F"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83C5063EA464454196DA37B882D801D1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding
Natural Area</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09413CB9E3C54B1B993C47001500E337"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1C87F744FC4453383F594008BFBA6D0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commandant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Commandant</term> means the
Commandant of the Coast Guard.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47B16695BFE948DF913D7276F5D58FA4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lighthouse</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Lighthouse</term> means the
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse located in Palm Beach County, Florida.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBEA976EAD5346469BCD011D00003C9"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local
partners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Local
Partners</term> includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED5ADA9EBFAF40E7A1C1190812ADEE01"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Palm Beach County, Florida;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EAEA8E29E414081913CE359BFD1A6F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Town of Jupiter, Florida;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CEBBAEDCCCA4D2AA5F1E462F0FC0097"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Village of Tequesta, Florida;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2A27BF31ABB4AB390002EAC627F39FD"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Loxahatchee River Historical
Society.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB27DE8A3D47B4F7FAD48002087CC80B3"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>management plan</term> means
the management plan developed under subsection (c)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48AD54142E9341B0A3B13141658095F2"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>map</term> means the map
entitled <quote>Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area</quote> and
dated October 29, 2007.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2496ABFAF3F44C9A86F481EFE120097"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Outstanding natural area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Outstanding Natural
Area</term> means the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area
established by subsection (b)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H198B4647474146E7BBB975E528FE192"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>public land</term> has the
meaning given the term <term>public lands</term> in section 103(e) of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702(e)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16B4816780934A33AEEEAA98485E7D98"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8A2CE18E1E64F0FAD30C9F7C7C96686"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means the State
of Florida.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E9A6814AE0B4D7484B58D80337D5F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of the Jupiter Inlet
Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD0FB9C271A548F59B20FEBAA3D9CBA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to valid existing rights, there is
established for the purposes described in paragraph (2) the Jupiter Inlet
Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area, the boundaries of which are depicted on
the map.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCDB1309D2EE94B9492CE004200CF243F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the Outstanding Natural
Area are to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important
historic, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, scenic, and recreational
values of the Federal land surrounding the Lighthouse for the benefit of
present generations and future generations of people in the United States,
while—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC6EB324E8954092A3D6F01822F1DA49"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allowing certain recreational and research
activities to continue in the Outstanding Natural Area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6BDB65AD8364355B4B024D86C5626C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring that Coast Guard operations and
activities are unimpeded within the boundaries of the Outstanding Natural
Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A3FE8946897496400DCB20542A80011"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The map shall be on file and available for
public inspection in appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land
Management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H616572CEC2124B7DA52900F1F9E2CBB1"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Withdrawal</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H090CEF33BC0B497D8CA8F69D1FFE80B9"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to valid existing rights,
subsection (e), and any existing withdrawals under the Executive orders and
public land order described in subparagraph (B), the Federal land and any
interests in the Federal land included in the Outstanding Natural Area are
withdrawn from—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC28CB30561343588FC0F1CBA01B212C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all forms of entry, appropriation, or
disposal under the public land laws;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4A27ED61BF24ACD872F2EDF614673CC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">location, entry, and patent under the
mining laws; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD71D98914ED4A56A351BD81EA9349F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operation of the mineral leasing and
geothermal leasing laws and the mineral materials laws.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51F4DDABCEBE44429FA43096C24E2A7"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Description of executive
orders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Executive orders
and public land order described in subparagraph (A) are—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76876C424D764873A9B283143EFB46CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Executive Order dated October 22,
1854;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCDB5D49F3D049ADAC18E1C4F5AE00A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 4254 (June 12, 1925);
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H655B0F24054343AAAE6C7D8100034C86"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public Land Order No. 7202 (61 Fed. Reg.
29758).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE48BD7E0EFF94E9CA6F252E655545210"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management plan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB44030CAA124DF5B8BE90BD0950FDC3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Commandant,
shall develop a comprehensive management plan in accordance with section 202 of
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>) to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B72D60136414CB5A14E8EE9FB63D14F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide long-term management guidance for
the public land in the Outstanding Natural Area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28611273E86B46E0A95061B9C2A39013"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the Outstanding Natural Area
fulfills the purposes for which the Outstanding Natural Area is
established.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8309B7FE4B3E43B582A66EDDEB066DD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation; public
participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The management
plan shall be developed—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC68A01F0327A4550B241DBDFC728FAE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consultation with appropriate Federal,
State, county, and local government agencies, the Commandant, the Local
Partners, and other partners; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF869A12776D4D6CA045004D85AF2F5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a manner that ensures full public
participation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD268F129FBCA4D1BB9A92767B77ED821"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Existing
plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The management plan
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with existing resource
plans, policies, and programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9F92708EF9E40F5B81C2CF6938678D6"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The management plan shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC3A88854A3F4FFB00410750285CCD32"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">objectives and provisions to ensure—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H980EA9CBBA7645968DDFB11DDEB341C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the protection and conservation of the
resource values of the Outstanding Natural Area; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E87163576334C24B9E3D5CBC29C84C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the restoration of native plant communities
and estuaries in the Outstanding Natural Area, with an emphasis on the
conservation and enhancement of healthy, functioning ecological systems in
perpetuity;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9747618A2024FBAA7EB59277E22877E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">objectives and provisions to maintain or
recreate historic structures;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCF845FB50384BD3936BFB068776354B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an implementation plan for a program of
interpretation and public education about the natural and cultural resources of
the Lighthouse, the public land surrounding the Lighthouse, and associated
structures;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40C2DD87DD9E485CB4C2D9C358751CE7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a proposal for administrative and public
facilities to be developed or improved that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBD9D9D839154F4A94EC69A4B5511B30"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are compatible with achieving the resource
objectives for the Outstanding Natural Area described in subsection
(d)(1)(A)(ii); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F7B837ABEBB496F9586E724CAECF5AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would accommodate visitors to the
Outstanding Natural Area;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10B5EEF3D8FC45C4968265B8540002A1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">natural and cultural resource management
strategies for the Outstanding Natural Area, to be developed in consultation
with appropriate departments of the State, the Local Partners, and the
Commandant, with an emphasis on resource conservation in the Outstanding
Natural Area and the interpretive, educational, and long-term scientific uses
of the resources; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F11B07A99C94DA9BEEEAAC2AACE08E2"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recreational use strategies for the
Outstanding Natural Area, to be prepared in consultation with the Local
Partners, appropriate departments of the State, and the Coast Guard, with an
emphasis on passive recreation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D654847AF9C462DAD29D5CEB2712D0"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interim plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Until a management plan is adopted for the
Outstanding Natural Area, the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated Resource Management
Plan (including any updates or amendments to the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated
Resource Management Plan) shall be in effect.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9255E0F093F74706A8E4A363E436A8FF"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
Outstanding Natural Area</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8337E64E3BA144E699E41ECF85ACF7B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1920B93691E43F590FB1507A560FA00"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the
Local Partners and the Commandant, shall manage the Outstanding Natural
Area—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7250D3FF0F334AFE919DDF87529EE446"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as part of the National Landscape
Conservation System;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2F83EE61AAE498E9108B082E8E8E639"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a manner that conserves, protects, and
enhances the unique and nationally important historical, natural, cultural,
scientific, educational, scenic, and recreational values of the Outstanding
Natural Area, including an emphasis on the restoration of native ecological
systems; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF12282450B54111B2304591A56EFBB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in accordance with the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>) and other applicable
laws.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DC8BF433E3D450A9C21DB867400D173"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In managing the Outstanding Natural Area,
the Secretary shall not take any action that precludes, prohibits, or otherwise
affects the conduct of ongoing or future Coast Guard operations or activities
on lots 16 and 18, as depicted on the map.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD854050DEB20493EA2FA7D37B2BA7919"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to valid existing rights and
subsection (e), the Secretary shall only allow uses of the Outstanding Natural
Area that the Secretary, in consultation with the Commandant and Local
Partners, determines would likely further the purposes for which the
Outstanding Natural Area is established.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB88513098BC64D28B96F6F9B301F5E54"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To facilitate implementation of the
management plan and to continue the successful partnerships with local
communities and other partners, the Secretary may, in accordance with section
307(b) of the Federal Land Management Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1737(b)), enter into cooperative agreements with the appropriate
Federal, State, county, other local government agencies, and other partners
(including the Loxahatchee River Historical Society) for the long-term
management of the Outstanding Natural Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H181E5486A0DF45440093B6FDEA00C5BF"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To continue successful research
partnerships, pursue future research partnerships, and assist in the
development and implementation of the management plan, the Secretary may, in
accordance with section 307(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1737">43 U.S.C. 1737(a)</external-xref>), authorize the conduct of appropriate research
activities in the Outstanding Natural Area for the purposes described in
subsection (b)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45E240E5F6C04644B353A0B9E9F77447"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquisition of land</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF870F16A812341CDBC8B649D5FA3EA84"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary
may acquire for inclusion in the Outstanding Natural Area any State or private
land or any interest in State or private land that is—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C2B821CA6B9431EB2C02629EB154B28"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adjacent to the Outstanding Natural Area;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0599D2A517C74C5E8B8DC2B01B361466"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identified in the management plan as
appropriate for acquisition.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CE55B14F1B84B1D8B4C6FD21E2FCA6"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Means of acquisition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land or an interest in land may be acquired
under subparagraph (A) only by donation, exchange, or purchase from a willing
seller with donated or appropriated funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D446FC2184B4B1ABA72C27295CEEDC3"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additions to the Outstanding Natural
Area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any land or interest in
land adjacent to the Outstanding Natural Area acquired by the United States
after the date of enactment of this Act under subparagraph (A) shall be added
to, and administered as part of, the Outstanding Natural Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H129657BED4164FC0A29CE46475FB1F00"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Law enforcement activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section, the management
plan, or the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated Resource Management Plan (including any
updates or amendments to the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated Resource Management
Plan) precludes, prohibits, or otherwise affects—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H168E08EDD3BD43D09007EFD65EA8E4BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any maritime security, maritime safety, or
environmental protection mission or activity of the Coast Guard;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H587BF0C634D34D2DB11B38673311CAC9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any border security operation or law
enforcement activity by the Department of Homeland Security or the Department
of Justice; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EB3D0AC311D43648BECB1AC889BC500"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any law enforcement activity of any
Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency in the Outstanding Natural
Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A4CDD067DD541FE9CF912FC3FC76FE"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Future disposition of coast guard
facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Commandant
determines, after the date of enactment of this Act, that Coast Guard
facilities within the Outstanding Natural Area exceed the needs of the Coast
Guard, the Commandant may relinquish the facilities to the Secretary without
removal, subject only to any environmental remediation that may be required by
law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7424F1E2014F43B5B2B2AB69A31F57A8"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on ongoing and future coast guard
operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section, the management plan, or the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated Resource
Management Plan (including updates or amendments to the Jupiter Inlet
Coordinated Resource Management Plan) precludes, prohibits, or otherwise
affects ongoing or future Coast Guard operations or activities in the
Outstanding Natural Area, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB21CC5137E54C0D8E27DF74F87F4908"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the continued and future operation of,
access to, maintenance of, and, as may be necessitated for Coast Guard
missions, the expansion, enhancement, or replacement of, the Coast Guard High
Frequency antenna site on lot 16;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H789A85565DF24D6FABBC4D16973612F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the continued and future operation of,
access to, maintenance of, and, as may be necessitated for Coast Guard
missions, the expansion, enhancement, or replacement of, the military family
housing area on lot 18;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H240A4A8395F74318AA33FEE4CB001554"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the continued and future use of, access to,
maintenance of, and, as may be necessitated for Coast Guard missions, the
expansion, enhancement, or replacement of, the pier on lot 18;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74734CBB07684532A383EFE800492ED1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the existing lease of the Jupiter Inlet
Lighthouse on lot 18 from the Coast Guard to the Loxahatchee River Historical
Society; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21FB5CE7584D4D628D360576D154538E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any easements or other less-than-fee
interests in property appurtenant to existing Coast Guard facilities on lots 16
and 18.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75C04A030075479D005D2469E115B8E2"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92664AFDC1AD43D98710924D20AB44DA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nevada National Guard land conveyance,
Clark County, Nevada</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16628B2372E94A6486F3D41FDD00332B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
Clark County, Nevada, may convey, without consideration, to the Nevada Division
of State Lands for use by the Nevada National Guard approximately 51 acres of
land in Clark County, Nevada, as generally depicted on the map entitled
<quote>Southern Nevada Readiness Center Act</quote> and dated October 4,
2005.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1374B8CA60204A93BC44FA03A1B4E4E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the land described in subsection (a)
ceases to be used by the Nevada National Guard, the land shall revert to Clark
County, Nevada, for management in accordance with the Southern Nevada Public
Land Management Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/263">Public Law 105–263</external-xref>; 112 Stat. 2343).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Park Service
authorizations</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H393A295C380D4FCD90DED9EA6248BF1" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative agreements</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H030BD4CE241949A4BFE68BDDEDD2D1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative agreements for national park
natural resource protection</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F73CBD67C8149CA009C2194B3F108F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior (referred to
in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) may enter into cooperative
agreements with State, local, or tribal governments, other Federal agencies,
other public entities, educational institutions, private nonprofit
organizations, or participating private landowners for the purpose of
protecting natural resources of units of the National Park System through
collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of National Park System
units.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H246A8B5F408C4B3C94ACFEE6EEF6346E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms and Conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A cooperative agreement entered into under
subsection (a) shall provide clear and direct benefits to park natural
resources and—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BA0546F510E4D80BB5EF94C6E3B0274"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H925C30997C74463EAB313EC38D443F69"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the preservation, conservation, and
restoration of coastal and riparian systems, watersheds, and wetlands;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3995C84748954C889B422E966F85AA1E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">preventing, controlling, or eradicating
invasive exotic species that are within a unit of the National Park System or
adjacent to a unit of the National Park System; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A26B71123A047199E5737587DC85042"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">restoration of natural resources, including
native wildlife habitat or ecosystems;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58940BE39403406A942E5CDBE0ACEC8B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a statement of purpose
demonstrating how the agreement will—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H834C2D84DA3047BFA68F277527870800"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhance science-based natural resource
stewardship at the unit of the National Park System; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACA22A74AA7F47AD9191B2E62400F27C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">benefit the parties to the
agreement;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H946B3A4D098A4646B3517D2199F8A15B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify any staff required and technical
assistance to be provided by the Secretary or other parties to the agreement in
support of activities inside and outside the unit of the National Park System
that will—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AE709EEE6F34D929119305D20D4BF59"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">protect natural resources of the unit of
the National Park System; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34269EC8C7AF4646A9F73C4EBE7D7139"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">benefit the parties to the
agreement;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5740B211F2E74960B4DA57D413DCB907"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify any materials, supplies, or
equipment and any other resources that will be contributed by the parties to
the agreement or by other Federal agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51F7C6444F6848328B4153DE31058C52"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe any financial assistance to be
provided by the Secretary or the partners to implement the agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54613A6BE2A343C3A5F58AD86BA9C9"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that any expenditure by the
Secretary pursuant to the agreement is determined by the Secretary to support
the purposes of natural resource stewardship at a unit of the National Park
System; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23686A054FE440669EB918A16C0986E3"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include such other terms and conditions as
are agreed to by the Secretary and the other parties to the agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H662469CEF8974F3B871FBE8576C707AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not use any funds
associated with an agreement entered into under subsection (a) for the purposes
of land acquisition, regulatory activity, or the development, maintenance, or
operation of infrastructure, except for ancillary support facilities that the
Secretary determines to be necessary for the completion of projects or
activities identified in the agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4E0A79D8AA24EDEAA0096C61BC26386"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H77CE701211F746FD95DEBB8934CC69B6" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Boundary adjustments and authorizations
</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD532DCDC4CFF497E90331418E9F0D960" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
boundary adjustment</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17E2BA0C3CBC4B02902F54001375F625"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E22710702B84F21BD3EB668E82BA667"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Historic site</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Historic Site</term> means
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D007947F0A04C7295516B9ED700E33C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>map</term> means the map
entitled <quote>Sandburg Center Alternative</quote> numbered 445/80,017 and
dated April 2007.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16FA053F4BE84E7698D44C9B32041DA4"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H248C0C12CEED4F8EB46C918DFCE6F649"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquisition authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may acquire from willing
sellers by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange
not more than 110 acres of land, water, or interests in land and water, within
the area depicted on the map, to be added to the Historic Site.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26078947FFFA45CBA3B66736705FD14"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Visitor
center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To preserve the
historic character and landscape of the site, the Secretary may also acquire up
to five acres for the development of a visitor center and visitor parking area
adjacent to or in the general vicinity of the Historic Site.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6798EFEE5C7C4676A6DAFE04B61837CF"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Boundary revision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon acquisition of any land or interest in
land under this section, the Secretary shall revise the boundary of the
Historic Site to reflect the acquisition.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E73209DDE484800BB9F2B48005EE3AC"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The map shall be on file and available for
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4854088FF9584DDEA3C210059E006E9F"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land added to the Historic Site by this
section shall be administered as part of the Historic Site in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H183A0BCAE4B8424AB692D6174396757D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>312.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lowell National Historical Park boundary
adjustment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Act entitled
<quote>An Act to provide for the establishment of the Lowell National
Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other
purposes</quote> approved June 5, 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/95/290">Public Law 95–290</external-xref>; 92 Stat. 290; 16
U.S.C. 410cc et seq.) is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A1F65B9B5BC46538CA3BD726DBA1D77"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In section 101(a), by adding a new
paragraph after paragraph (2) as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H278DE33F0AE643C9BC6E103000B7103" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H172B00BC22F0499CB7F4484705D9B010"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The boundaries of the park are modified to
include five parcels of land identified on the map entitled <quote>Boundary
Adjustment, Lowell National Historical Park,</quote> numbered 475/81,424B and
dated September 2004, and as delineated in section
202(a)(2)(G).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B54D4E4DDFA4FF8BE7D4750B1BBE40"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In section 202(a)(2), by adding at the end
the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA41B7A4771E0491FA5F7CF78DC627F30" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D7DF1D488DC43FEB74DA70232350982"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The properties shown on the map identified
in subsection (101)(a)(3) as follows:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CA95B70F52D42F2B491EADC69FEA44C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">91 Pevey Street.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD23FACDA9EA46FF875345C6A751C8B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The portion of 607 Middlesex Place.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD423E55FC1B04D5EB74169CFE9E4C645"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eagle Court.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB751718DB8DC403ABFAC86B7F114EFC9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The portion of 50 Payne Street.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36427964669641D800E6DB08D869A542"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">726
Broadway.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H101403A27197479C9683866B1324E485" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>313.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minidoka National Historic Site</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDED65AEF20F7405D92CFF9C8FEA5E8C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF46F99D3FDCC4E0E896E5BE8A71D9CD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F05DD49D5EB42C7BDB7825030B6B51E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means the State
of Idaho.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FEF6CC0951D4AC3B888FE16E188B9FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bainbridge Island Japanese American
Memorial</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B078C74D8ED4F228074225DEEE10056"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Boundary adjustment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB7DEF02F546423084003F3F104B6574"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The boundary of the Minidoka Internment
National Monument, located in the State and established by Presidential
Proclamation 7395 of January 17, 2001, is adjusted to include the Nidoto Nai
Yoni (<quote>Let it not happen again</quote>) memorial (referred to in this
subsection as the <quote>memorial</quote>), which—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BCCD36AA55E40AA00D145121C00AABF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">commemorates the Japanese Americans of
Bainbridge Island, Washington, who were the first to be forcibly removed from
their homes and relocated to internment camps during World War II under
Executive Order No. 9066; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F5772D5E1CE4512A4337E4D0758C3C7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consists of approximately 8 acres of land
owned by the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington, as depicted on the map
entitled <quote>Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial</quote>, numbered
194/80,003, and dated September, 2006.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H503A3DAB4CFD49EEA7E7029EA08D3D2F"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The map referred to in subparagraph (A)
shall be kept on file and made available for public inspection in the
appropriate offices of the National Park Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF6363DE8B7B4FD59B7187F36F1A5E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration of memorial</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC98633924384225802E93B22818C7DB"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The memorial shall be administered as part
of the Minidoka Internment National Monument.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FBF156DAA894BCB9ED617FE8366E2C8"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out this subsection, the Secretary
may enter into agreements with—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB5A5F9720134AAB8944724E3B92BC7C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the City of Bainbridge Island,
Washington;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDC4707E08184DEC99778F894DD8D6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park and
Recreational District;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B48955D024E4052B80000523BE9C5AF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Bainbridge Island Japanese American
Community Memorial Committee;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A381588DBD043B5A3E5F500BA211E72"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Bainbridge Island Historical Society;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5274A532BDD477400B050F785C3E8D7"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other appropriate individuals or
entities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H542AB290BDC74E719535AB185D53D3D6"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To implement an agreement entered into
under this paragraph, the Secretary may—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35A89B300F0E45E9BDF7996F85AD37D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into a cooperative management
agreement relating to the operation and maintenance of the memorial with the
City of Bainbridge Island, Washington, in accordance with section 3(l) of
Public law 91–383 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1a">16 U.S.C. 1a–2(l)</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD87AD0D9B5BF4BC7B0E08CC5F3C6576C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into cooperative agreements with, or
make grants to, the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington, and other
non-Federal entities for the development of facilities, infrastructure, and
interpretive media at the memorial, if any Federal funds provided by a grant or
through a cooperative agreement are matched with non-Federal funds.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E343E3F82B145938D5FE214E8FBA0E3"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration and visitor use
site</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
operate and maintain a site in the State of Washington for administrative and
visitor use purposes associated with the Minidoka Internment National
Monument.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9B724E5662342809BA4A251CF0079D9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of Minidoka National Historic
Site</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1249BF7B845C407C8CC20DF1D6666C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F9F00041B90498AAC754DB43BBDB2A3"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Historic site</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Historic Site</term> means
the Minidoka National Historic Site established by paragraph (2)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EE6B0A35B3C4A4D875FEEB6DA126817"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minidoka map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Minidoka Map</term> means
the map entitled <quote>Minidoka National Historic Site, Proposed Boundary
Map</quote>, numbered 194/80,004, and dated December 2006.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFA563CC071E4A9AB2B9F173D555C8F8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9878406C936A4A259D8B29B5C2D46160"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National historic site</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to protect, preserve, and
interpret the resources associated with the former Minidoka Relocation Center
where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II, there is
established the Minidoka National Historic Site.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE6E5F5361A648ADB7860164142612A7"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minidoka Internment National
Monument</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F3D9BC3C4D543B1952F00D8ED587D7D"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Minidoka Internment National Monument
(referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Monument</quote>), as described
in Presidential Proclamation 7395 of January 17, 2001, is abolished.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H112AE91A66E342BFAF31D75277E9385"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incorporation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The land and any interests in the land at
the Monument are incorporated within, and made part of, the Historic
Site.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FB6BFB50BAC4769B6C07CBA5176B7B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any funds available for purposes of the
Monument shall be available for the Historic Site.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF9147A3CAB44C8D803CE60796BD6121"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference in a law (other than in this
title), map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States
to the <quote>Minidoka Internment National Monument</quote> shall be considered
to be a reference to the <quote>Minidoka National Historic Site</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1523C2031BC84F7D00953BD51FDB7748"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Boundary of Historic Site</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H354FCDE4A46B48F38EAE90BFA3BAF"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Boundary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The boundary of the Historic Site shall
include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3AAD7AEE74F4D8984DD383F0066FBCF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">approximately 292 acres of land, as
depicted on the Minidoka Map; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB9196D2D9FB4C23BE04237DA2AFB74B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">approximately 8 acres of land, as described
in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48881A6789B34F08A0432363E1B076C6"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Minidoka Map shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H709B0757263F4B5DB793B5F5DB14E40"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land transfers and acquisition</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8623C975089D45F3ADF25482F8754379"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer from Bureau of
Reclamation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative
jurisdiction over the land identified on the Minidoka Map as <quote>BOR parcel
1</quote> and <quote>BOR parcel 2</quote>, including any improvements on, and
appurtenances to, the parcels, is transferred from the Bureau of Reclamation to
the National Park Service for inclusion in the Historic Site.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCC672119DC54FB78EC3FBA6E7C844AD"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer from Bureau of Land
Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative
jurisdiction over the land identified on the Minidoka Map as <quote>Public
Domain Lands</quote> is transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the
National Park Service for inclusion in the Historic Site, and the portions of
any prior Secretarial orders withdrawing the land are revoked.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8AE6866D6E746198083E1B1497B4CC1"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquisition authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may acquire any land or
interest in land located within the boundary of the Historic Site, as depicted
on the Minidoka Map, by—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0E672280EC7401C99358702D7AA6EA4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">donation;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA096E08DD744D299BF187C57666275D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchase with donated or appropriated funds
from a willing seller; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC1EC1DE4B3744DAA81F419FE2A6EAFF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exchange.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02850FBEBD1E477D83A0A1FBED3206B6"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FCA6438B9294BBBB82DA7622BC15388"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Historic Site shall be administered in
accordance with—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53107F5396824E0F99A76840015FC691"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">this Act; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF08E1B629C7483BB084CA340927B6BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">laws (including regulations) generally
applicable to units of the National Park System, including—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D86EFE4B89E4A20AF269B00D4A555A3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Park Service Organic Act (16
U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H189EFAFD51064F64AD189058DDB4A5DC"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461
et seq.).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D18D323860D411B9905CD5F50B4ED45"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interpretation and education</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB70449A3B7C4D8A00396D7ED0F3B537"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall interpret—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA9EACC2779745E7B36D394558F6D1AC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the story of the relocation of Japanese
Americans during World War II to the Minidoka Relocation Center and other
centers across the United States;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DF6C7E54DAE49F0A2226C1691240506"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the living conditions of the relocation
centers;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC72C3A150C744709EC8AFFE715518C6"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the work performed by the internees at the
relocation centers; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H827BC66B14D343EFA39C02CDC2C994B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the contributions to the United States
military made by Japanese Americans who had been interned.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F48F6807CD9455189CB4D8130EAB676"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oral
histories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent
feasible, the collection of oral histories and testimonials from Japanese
Americans who were confined shall be a part of the interpretive program at the
Historic Site.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB66E1D02F6B4498ADE9E28F98DF59F5"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall coordinate the
development of interpretive and educational materials and programs for the
Historic Site with the Manzanar National Historic Site in the State of
California.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H118574B1CD2246EDAA586B285B549196"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bainbridge Island Japanese American
Memorial</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Bainbridge
Island Japanese American Memorial shall be administered in accordance with
subsection (b)(2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HECB00A5188AA46DABD4F499063C56D85"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continued agricultural use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In keeping with the historical use of the
land following the decommission of the Minidoka Relocation Center, the
Secretary may issue a special use permit or enter into a lease to allow
agricultural uses within the Historic Site under appropriate terms and
conditions, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FAAAD65AE7747FD928F264494345937"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclaimer of interest in land</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H789746DD5E7B4197A9DD05944990BA7C"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may issue to Jerome County,
Idaho, a document of disclaimer of interest in land for the parcel identified
as <quote>Tract No. 2</quote>—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9223B9237DB2451CB01775CC6E00B167"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the final order of condemnation, for the
case numbered 2479, filed on January 31, 1947, in the District Court of the
United States, in and for the District of Idaho, Southern Division; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8D1F758EF1747388190157092BC48F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on the Minidoka Map.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B0E24B1E83B471596ABB83ED71B9C96"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue the document of
disclaimer of interest in land under subsection (a) in accordance with section
315(b) of <act-name parsable-cite="FLPMA">Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1745">43 U.S.C. 1745(b)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC56A17AA56A4A9AAAB8E6C65187E2C3"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The issuance by the Secretary of the
document of disclaimer of interest in land under subsection (a) shall have the
same effect as a quit-claim deed issued by the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF78D089181614D0BA9C25E02185B7F36"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conveyance of American Falls Reservoir
District Number 2</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89B7148222DC418F9F2BBF2F36CFD207"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCAD516C2C0F47D7B1072D7765896FBE"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Agreement</term> means
Agreement No. 5–07–10–L1688 between the United States and the District,
entitled <quote>Agreement Between the United States and the American Falls
Reservoir District No. 2 to Transfer Title to the Federally Owned
Milner-Gooding Canal and Certain Property Rights, Title and Interest to the
American Falls Reservoir District No. 2</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7368F30224884F40BCC395C7340BF6B8"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">District</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>District</term> means the
American Falls Reservoir District No. 2, located in Jerome, Lincoln, and
Gooding Counties, of the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED9539815BBE434A9D7956A64E180073"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority to convey title</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DC7D306E39841178E3F72005C2900B9"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with all applicable law and
the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement, the Secretary may
convey—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF281FA37C3EC47638BC3AA34A5419882"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the District all right, title, and
interest in and to the land and improvements described in Appendix A of the
Agreement, subject to valid existing rights;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7ACCED05C09743C383A43F15398F1F42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the city of Gooding, located in Gooding
County, of the State, all right, title, and interest in and to the 5.0 acres of
land and improvements described in Appendix D of the Agreement; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2D954EE4DC4473C8248D54446B1A319"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game
all right, title, and interest in and to the 39.72 acres of land and
improvements described in Appendix D of the Agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA78CA795B4A44BEB8650059755E98AD"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All parties to the conveyance under
subparagraph (A) shall comply with the terms and conditions of the Agreement,
to the extent consistent with this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CF33A19B31B46C8AF1D83C0B900DCAE"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with other laws</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BF0F06D3EE242C69BD5007341FAB6F"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On conveyance of the land and improvements
under paragraph (2)(A)(i), the District shall comply with all applicable
Federal, State, and local laws (including regulations) in the operation of each
facility transferred.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DD2CD9F70BB406FB721F2BC009C0055"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection modifies or
otherwise affects the applicability of Federal reclamation law (the Act of June
17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory
of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/371">43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.</external-xref>)) to project water provided to the
District.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H333270692C534D3FB00078850276FB41"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revocation of withdrawals</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0C6C809EAED4497A5A620B009A48C68"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The portions of the Secretarial Orders
dated March 18, 1908, October 7, 1908, September 29, 1919, October 22, 1925,
March 29, 1927, July 23, 1927, and May 7, 1963, withdrawing the approximately
6,900 acres described in Appendix E of the Agreement for the purpose of the
Gooding Division of the Minidoka Project, are revoked.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7C3BC3938094D4D93E9BD8B1C19C889"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management of withdrawn land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Director
of the Bureau of Land Management, shall manage the withdrawn land described in
subparagraph (A) subject to valid existing rights.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H104AB93739E94DF2878108B3FEF389C0"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Liability</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD457157BA5084B78B602AE65F4B955E1"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), upon
completion of a conveyance under paragraph (2), the United States shall not be
liable for damages of any kind for any injury arising out of an act, omission,
or occurrence relating to the land (including any improvements to the land)
conveyed under the conveyance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0710B3F7E5514B6BA1CA0089B85F86EA"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to
liability for damages resulting from an injury caused by any act of negligence
committed by the United States (or by any officer, employee, or agent of the
United States) before the date of completion of the conveyance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H855A1D48E33747ABB5A1C18CA13653A4"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal tort claims act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this paragraph increases the
liability of the United States beyond that provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28,
United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D871092A350438D81B4150100B6277E"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Future benefits</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C39214550C1472F8E0090BD9DC479DA"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibility of the
district</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After completion of
the conveyance of land and improvements to the District under paragraph
(2)(A)(i), and consistent with the Agreement, the District shall assume
responsibility for all duties and costs associated with the operation,
replacement, maintenance, enhancement, and betterment of the transferred land
(including any improvements to the land).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43AEB688D8194431B74D6F15F08070B7"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility for Federal funding</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7895B69D75384B8AB08BB1B78DFEAFD3"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (ii), the
District shall not be eligible to receive Federal funding to assist in any
activity described in subparagraph (A) relating to land and improvements
transferred under paragraph (2)(A)(i).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC47543442AF4489BC10B50091005D01"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) shall not apply to any funding
that would be available to a similarly situated nonreclamation district, as
determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H092A2A9C1E064312BA900303F6A13956"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Environmental Policy
Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before completing any
conveyance under this subsection, the Secretary shall complete all actions
required under—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD509A8970FFA4C41AC2742FFBACAF98"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24FD198646F04A90AF1D78DDF235BE29"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28E3109BF1084A2CB93C73DDA025946F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Historic Preservation Act (16
U.S.C. 470 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84DF59331EF14DC4B8455D893EDC2945"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all other applicable laws (including
regulations).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04C00DC20D8D43BB9480A02CD536BB30"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H379942ED9F5047268C16000381D3AB00"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fair market value requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of the conveyance under
paragraph (2)(A)(i), the District shall pay the fair market value for the
withdrawn lands to be acquired by the District, in accordance with the terms of
the Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89A8CE1C2D1341C787EA213687367F7C"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant for building
replacement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, and in full satisfaction
of the Federal obligation to the District for the replacement of the structure
in existence on that date of enactment that is to be transferred to the
National Park Service for inclusion in the Minidoka National Historic Site, the
Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall provide to the
District a grant in the amount of $52,996, in accordance with the terms of the
Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E37DCFB21794176A66683F44FE2D159"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE76CBAC4F38342468867A3AEC6F3C421" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>314.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acadia National Park improvement</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC62B3E66C514FAA8BE844E9814D9BAD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of land conveyance
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102(d) of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/420">Public Law 99–420</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/341">16 U.S.C. 341</external-xref> note) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H412EFFCE971F49EAB4D3C7E4006C6FE1" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62284BB3FD584A45B236A998F7EC16E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federally owned property under jurisdiction
of the Secretary referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be
conveyed to the towns in which the property is located without encumbrance and
without monetary consideration, except that no town shall be eligible to
receive such lands unless lands within the Park boundary and owned by the town
have been conveyed to the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2D9E51D15854DE300DBF2758441E060"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of Acadia National Park Advisory
Commission</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4116037D91144290BA4898D265F62CC0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103(f) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/420">Public Law 99–420</external-xref> (16
U.S.C. 341 note) is amended by striking <quote>20</quote> and inserting
<quote>40</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF017C0C94344FAC91DE2269FC316C44"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
paragraph (1) shall take effect on September 25, 2006.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD722E8FE076546F1BBDBC7AA7F7E6B3F"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 106 of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/420">Public Law 99–420</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/341">16 U.S.C. 341</external-xref> note) is amended by adding the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E59B751B6B045829165234C64035043" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BBC9075431545FEA100CB432FAEA100"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to such sums as have been
heretofore appropriated, there is hereby authorized $10,000,000 for acquisition
of lands and interests
therein.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2EC58F14EAA9499A931DE7D100619F42"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Intermodal transportation
center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title I of Public Law
99–420 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/341">16 U.S.C. 341</external-xref> note) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA8DBEF56F11452795C42F43328D16CE" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90A66D2C929C4C0AA2E9039C8681F53D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Intermodal transportation center</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA7CB7AF01C247A50040E8350210006"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide assistance in the
planning, construction, and operation of an intermodal transportation center
located outside of the boundary of the Park in the town of Trenton, Maine to
improve the management, interpretation, and visitor enjoyment of the
Park.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB40E244743364DB187E4D9580042C700"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out subsection (a), in
administering the intermodal transportation center, the Secretary may enter
into interagency agreements with other Federal agencies, and, notwithstanding
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/63">chapter 63</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, cooperative agreements, under
appropriate terms and conditions, with State and local agencies, and nonprofit
organizations—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11E85B85A54449B581E6CE1792880022"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide exhibits, interpretive services
(including employing individuals to provide such services), and technical
assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8440D03F85D740498BE624B8B0808D7C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to conduct activities that facilitate the
dissemination of information relating to the Park and the Island Explorer
transit system or any successor transit system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6416FEB25A124ECCAA4376F7064023FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide financial assistance for the
construction of the intermodal transportation center in exchange for space in
the center that is sufficient to interpret the Park; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76A46C9C3A4440209341BDADDCEE0587"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assist with the operation and
maintenance of the intermodal transportation center.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF30B7056D9F34F5C90857FC278BAD573"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B9D7C2E53234465B500CC108FD1F250"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary not more than 40 percent of the total cost necessary to carry out
this section (including planning, design and construction of the intermodal
transportation center).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF359A20C5B324B7F93C158ECCF170200"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations and maintenance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary not more than 85 percent of the total cost necessary to maintain
and operate the intermodal transportation
center.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="HCDDD39AF5156449BB800E3B62BBD2F4" level-type="subsequent"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Studies</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80606DAC9CE848D1854E4BF3E211825E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>321.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Park System special resource
study, Newtonia Civil War Battlefields, Missouri</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77256E92DF234C05B4F399EC72266560"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special resource study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct
a special resource study relating to the First Battle of Newtonia in Newton
County, Missouri, which occurred on September 30, 1862, and the Second Battle
of Newtonia, which occurred on October 28, 1864, during the Missouri Expedition
of Confederate General Sterling Price in September and October 1864.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9959A62FD20D4AED859E00B8A808C567"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36A1FCE28B5B4BE8B4E3F9F6885121EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the national significance of the
Newtonia battlefields and their related sites;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CB8B5BD7D92457799FB010723B68667"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the findings and recommendations
contained in the document entitled <quote>Vision Plan for Newtonia Battlefield
Preservation</quote> and dated June 2004, which was prepared by the Newtonia
Battlefields Protection Association;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16B04ADDEBB44C64BB385E244161362F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the suitability and feasibility of
adding the battlefields and related sites as part of Wilson’s Creek National
Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related sites as a unit of the
National Park System;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF132C7A533B404E00C6AF106C9672AE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze the potential impact that the
inclusion of the battlefields and related sites as part of Wilson’s Creek
National Battlefield or their designation as a unit of the National Park System
is likely to have on land within or bordering the battlefields and related
sites that is privately owned at the time of the study is conducted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B19B95047E94E5DB9A9FD26008EB800"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider alternatives for preservation,
protection, and interpretation of the battlefields and related sites by the
National Park Service, other Federal, State, or local governmental entities, or
private and nonprofit organizations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3763426494E443097904BED444EB110"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify cost estimates for any necessary
acquisition, development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance associated
with the alternatives referred to in paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CCA56A8C2324B7287F166ACBAE766CE"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The criteria for the study of areas for
potential inclusion in the National Park System contained in section 8 of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/383">Public Law 91–383</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1a">16 U.S.C. 1a–5</external-xref>) shall apply to the study under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBAADF4D560141C39B15EFD7DC8D00F3"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transmission to congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than three years after the date
on which funds are first made available for the study under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
a report containing—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H545CB8AC2CCC4FEAABCF2CD306FB2C08"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of the study; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBD2A6B91B2548BAB800404E527827F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any conclusions and recommendations of the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0055FBA71D8744CCA9AA33597BE65E3C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>322.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Park Service study regarding the
Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FD987A7533140B9AA593400094B1889"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EE8A8C57C9D4470B46FE91319D9B328"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Soldiers' Memorial is a tribute to all
veterans located in the greater St. Louis area, including Southern
Illinois.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D7CD3FDA21047FB9F9B26B29372CB2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The current annual budget for the memorial
is $185,000 and is paid for exclusively by the City of St. Louis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79063192F2F64E33B59E40C08C758C11"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In 1923, the City of St. Louis voted to
spend $6,000,000 to purchase a memorial plaza and building dedicated to
citizens of St. Louis who lost their lives in World War I.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC3F448FD3E74913B5847200221DC9C0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purchase of the 7 block site exhausted
the funds and no money remained to construct a monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3BF8341BC6C41068FDD8938B516ECCD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In 1933, Mayor Bernard F. Dickmann appealed
to citizens and the city government to raise $1,000,000 to construct a memorial
building and general improvement of the plaza area and the construction of
Soldiers' Memorial began on October 21, 1935.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE937763951AF41DD8EDFF5EC72008D3E"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On October 14, 1936, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt officially dedicated the site.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17100D7847904A7DB01EFB878C5696DB"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On Memorial Day in 1938, Mayor Dickmann
opened the building to the public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD68DC57E2B847CDA5591FE30108A1BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall carry
out a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the
Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum, located at 1315 Chestnut, St. Louis,
Missouri, as a unit of the National Park System.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9159DE022B264E31A172C62B610093D3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study process and completion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8(c) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/383">Public Law 91–383</external-xref> (16
U.S.C. 1a–5(c)) shall apply to the conduct and completion of the study required
by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H191E753C35044CCC9300002F578092AE"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit a report
describing the results the study required by this section to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41FF7654654642AE9DC200EAFFCEF05" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>323.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wolf House study</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8F121B57221411C902050592D298D69"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall complete a special
resource study of the Wolf House located on Highway 5 in Norfork, Arkansas, to
determine—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF982770BCB0475B9B000093BEF5FBB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the suitability and feasibility of
designating the Wolf House as a unit of the National Park System; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H751A9C0DAC0346BA9EABB813374BECBC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the methods and means for the protection
and interpretation of the Wolf House by the National Park Service, other
Federal, State, or local government entities or private or non-profit
organizations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H430D9F44436B48A2B041C7EF900F4A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct the study in
accordance with section 8(c) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/383">Public Law 91–383</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1a">16 U.S.C. 1a–5</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H789A9E9E06B14AA1878C0010C224A37E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date on
which funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report
containing—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H018E6D2AE76A4D5181DF762C5C1814EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of the study; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29A892D7F8F143CB965C8BF6B7009833"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations of the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H982024358BE8485DAF83D15F2FC08236" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>324.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Space Shuttle Columbia study</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE1C23CB739B40EC9282C31E09DB265D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H361D4DB2CC084A7C83CC2E8B934020B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Memorial</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>memorial</quote> means a
memorial to the Space Shuttle Columbia that is subject to the study in
subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65A3A61554F14E0DBDE7004153FEF0F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park
Service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC32B41F62E24900AAE29D55B95052F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of suitability and feasibility of
establishing memorials to the space shuttle columbia</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H773156160A3A424E82308DB5F9CCF9A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date on
which funds are made available, the Secretary shall conduct a special resource
study to determine the feasibility and suitability of establishing a memorial
as a unit or units of the National Park System to the Space Shuttle Columbia on
land in the State of Texas described in paragraph (2) on which large debris
from the Shuttle was recovered.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21DA9D3AF3534C61A9FDD47E7450028"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Description of land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The parcels of land referred to in
paragraph (1) are—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1214B0FE0C0B4927A27B1EB745902593"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the parcel of land owned by the Fredonia
Corporation, located at the southeast corner of the intersection of East
Hospital Street and North Fredonia Street, Nacogdoches, Texas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9515B91ADBF477F9BF78B30D735A6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the parcel of land owned by Temple Inland
Inc., 10 acres of a 61-acre tract bounded by State Highway 83 and Bayou Bend
Road, Hemphill, Texas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80839BDF6B1D4DFF8C05AA1728D42BEB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the parcel of land owned by the city of
Lufkin, Texas, located at City Hall Park, 301 Charlton Street, Lufkin, Texas;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H364C71C07B674B36B6B3818900A724E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the parcel of land owned by San Augustine
County, Texas, located at 1109 Oaklawn Street, San Augustine, Texas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8F489C26F1248E88CB1C29E7785699C"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional sites</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may recommend to Congress
additional sites in the State of Texas relating to the Space Shuttle Columbia
for establishment as memorials to the Space Shuttle Columbia.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CF872B33D2E4B9AAFF8228B9D824697" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>325.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">César E. Chávez study</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H216C0534CBD74A5E89FFA46BA136E295"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date on
which funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary of the
Interior (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall
complete a special resource study of sites in the State of Arizona, the State
of California, and other States that are significant to the life of César E.
Chávez and the farm labor movement in the western United States to
determine—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H820C28508AB94E98A1FC2B1002CF026D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appropriate methods for preserving and
interpreting the sites; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02BE09BC715045C8857544006E531E7C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether any of the sites meets the criteria
for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or designation as a
national historic landmark under—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B2B60061C934291832231FF3188B5D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461
et seq.); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBED8CD9ABE34DB3ACE915E8C3A39B23"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Historic Preservation Act (16
U.S.C. 470 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA049C3A8AE4C4CBA8389423F8C9CB672"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58B4652E9A894551B5C1A67B93EA40CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the criteria for the study of
areas for potential inclusion in the National Park System under section 8(b)(2)
of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/383">Public Law 91–383</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1a">16 U.S.C. 1a–5(b)(2)</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6B2FAB67E96427D83AEC625B3E26414"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0ADA4DDE4D444D68DEA34BD30021BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the César E. Chávez Foundation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD693E98CD9D041D5A4A71CEC3463928"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United Farm Workers Union; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2896309577B442A2AAB8FD5CB1CC1B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State and local historical associations and
societies, including any State historic preservation offices in the State in
which the site is located.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE763A0E77E5345C080632C8EF6E44508"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On completion of the study, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC04A558340DA4D6DB8FC97DD6F480200"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the findings of the study; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29FF5EF8BEF34E2795AE40684880E78D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations of the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA0B754B8F5848858D4CF6DE72016C35"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB401B1A843FD4B83872C22C2E1DE3D6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>326.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Taunton, Massachusetts, special resource
study</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H721989A02A7143CBAE17DDC57750C58"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior (referred to
in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>), in consultation with the
appropriate State historic preservation officers, State historical societies,
the city of Taunton, Massachusetts, and other appropriate organizations, shall
conduct a special resources study regarding the suitability and feasibility of
designating certain historic buildings and areas in Taunton, Massachusetts, as
a unit of the National Park System. The study shall be conducted and completed
in accordance with section 8(c) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/383">Public Law 91–383</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1a">16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)</external-xref>) and
shall include analysis, documentation, and determinations regarding whether the
historic areas in Taunton—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D81A17C41FD46439246688CBD91DDE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">can be managed, curated, interpreted,
restored, preserved, and presented as an organic whole under management by the
National Park Service or under an alternative management structure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87C9507544CF426F96AF167B4CB0B8E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have an assemblage of natural, historic,
and cultural resources that together represent distinctive aspects of American
heritage worthy of recognition, conservation, interpretation, and continuing
use;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA074627003D4CBC8407B7F1AB159DC1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reflect traditions, customs, beliefs, and
historical events that are valuable parts of the national story;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7104D3D52AB4118860331963CC05DE7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide outstanding opportunities to
conserve natural, historic, cultural, architectural, or scenic features;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC374A9B7C25D42819500229CD34E7220"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide outstanding recreational and
educational opportunities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6431421B31664836B0BA186699B38855"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">can be managed by the National Park Service
in partnership with residents, business interests, nonprofit organizations, and
State and local governments to develop a unit of the National Park System
consistent with State and local economic activity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE179EC054F5491C9FA6890400C1AD8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 fiscal years after the
date on which funds are first made available for this section, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
a report on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study
required under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF392D15B9354F269D259244EC4F86B3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Private property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recommendations in the report submitted
pursuant to subsection (b) shall include discussion and consideration of the
concerns expressed by private landowners with respect to designating certain
structures referred to in this section as a unit of the National Park
System.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EC658B8507C4C89B03FFA8CFB00EA30" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>327.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rim of the Valley Corridor study</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8171598D36945B90057F73D94BD7700"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior (referred to
in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall complete a special
resource study of the area known as the Rim of the Valley Corridor, generally
including the mountains encircling the San Fernando, La Crescenta, Santa
Clarita, Simi, and Conejo Valleys in California, to determine—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17B00F05C7634831842118374432152F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the suitability and feasibility of
designating all or a portion of the corridor as a unit of the Santa Monica
Mountains National Recreation Area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9D79AFDC4C5411CADD826FFAD3547D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the methods and means for the protection
and interpretation of this corridor by the National Park Service, other
Federal, State, or local government entities or private or non-profit
organizations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FC7FF80FB964A77BFD770937A2B400"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Documentation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study authorized under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall document—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9792E9AAD0C24C8C878417A262353C63"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the process used to develop the existing
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Fire Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement (September 2005); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70EE0336DBB843839F471F7055C391D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all activity conducted pursuant to the plan
referred to in paragraph (1) designed to protect lives and property from
wildfire.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CFDD1451D2440E2B2A7004CB0264794"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct the study in
accordance with section 8(c) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/383">Public Law 91–383</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1a">16 U.S.C. 1a–5</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0023991DF8244339E8F2FF600B8F7E4"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date on
which funds are made available to carry out this title, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report
containing—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86B758432F0E4CE2BDECAADD6DFDE1D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of the study; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H044074AC539C45DCAD74220448EC63B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations of the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H8C3BA927024F4B779BAB7CF0E3E86559" level-type="subsequent"><enum>D</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Memorials, commissions, and
museums</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C4A3D30C2B84E9C9413EC7F2C5D3767" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>331.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commemorative work to honor Brigadier
General Francis Marion and his family</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B156B5A2CFD4EA69325306C6D4D2E24"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0CD7AC1D9FC4073BF00EED1325D283D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Francis Marion was born in 1732 in St.
John’s Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina. He married Mary Esther Videau
on April 20th, 1786. Francis and Mary Esther Marion had no children, but raised
a son of a relative as their own, and gave the child Francis Marion’s
name.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFE6225EA81D469CA3AAA8E26E858F9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Brigadier General Marion commanded the
Williamsburg Militia Revolutionary force in South Carolina and was instrumental
in delaying the advance of British forces by leading his troops in disrupting
supply lines.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H768C28644E8941B5B1E2491D6BABA39E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Brigadier General Marion’s tactics, which
were unheard of in rules of warfare at the time, included lightning raids on
British convoys, after which he and his forces would retreat into the swamps to
avoid capture. British Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton stated that <quote>as for
this damned old swamp fox, the devil himself could not catch him</quote>. Thus,
the legend of the <quote>Swamp Fox</quote> was born.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D21284A6905428C004B38DABEFB42B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">His victory at the Battle of Eutaw Springs
in September of 1781 was officially recognized by Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCF0B5EB57FD4DE092DEE546C26DD044"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Brigadier General Marion’s troops are
believed to be the first racially integrated force fighting for the United
States, as his band was a mix of Whites, Blacks, both free and slave, and
Native Americans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EF5ED932D074D05AAE866CD2D86425C"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a statesman, he represented his parish
in the South Carolina senate as well as his State at the Constitutional
Convention.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EF439B19A8A4A65BE7BFE9700D9EC99"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Although the Congress has authorized the
establishment of commemorative works on Federal lands in the District of
Columbia honoring such celebrated Americans as George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln, the National Capital has no comparable memorial
to Brigadier General Francis Marion for his bravery and leadership during the
Revolutionary War, without which the United States would not exist.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F3F7BA73D714D7C92C0D53F90AEAB36"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Brigadier General Marion’s legacy must live
on. Since 1878, United States Reservation 18 has been officially referred to as
Marion Park. Located between 4th and 6th Streets, S.E., at the intersection of
E Street and South Carolina Avenue, S.E., in Washington, DC, the park lacks a
formal commemoration to this South Carolina hero who was important to the
initiation of the Nation’s heritage.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00B0790DA3A8424289F3A6E6BEAFF6B6"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The time has come to correct this oversight
so that future generations of Americans will know and understand the preeminent
historical and lasting significance to the Nation of Brigadier General Marion’s
contributions. Such a South Carolina hero deserves to be given the proper
recognition.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67D406EF22B242EF8F21307431222619"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority To establish commemorative
work</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Marion Park Project,
a committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, may establish a
commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs
to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion and his service.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C4917820DE449AFA771B76F3518D7EE"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with standards for commemorative
works</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The commemorative work
authorized by subsection (b) shall be established in accordance with chapter 89
of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Commemorative
Works Act</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AD58534753C41FBB02FCA2DE7F0739"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of federal funds
prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal funds may
not be used to pay any expense of the establishment of the commemorative work
authorized by subsection (b). The Marion Park Project, a committee of the
Palmetto Conservation Foundation, shall be solely responsible for acceptance of
contributions for, and payment of the expenses of, the establishment of that
commemorative work.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD45C6A3A6EBF441B8B5BBA09320045EE"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deposit of excess funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, upon payment of all expenses of the
establishment of the commemorative work authorized by subsection (b) (including
the maintenance and preservation amount provided for in section 8906(b) of
title 40, United States Code), or upon expiration of the authority for the
commemorative work under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/89">chapter 89</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, there
remains a balance of funds received for the establishment of that commemorative
work, the Marion Park Project, a committee of the Palmetto Conservation
Foundation, shall transmit the amount of the balance to the Secretary of the
Treasury for deposit in the account provided for in section 8906(b)(1) of such
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E9883E241464F09BB222BC34496ACBA"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this section, the terms
<term>commemorative work</term> and <term>the District of Columbia and its
environs</term> have the meanings given to such terms in section 8902(a) of
title 40, United States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABB5E0272B6B4BAAAB7BE5B2BEC2B432" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>332.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8162 of the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/79">Public Law 106–79</external-xref>; 113 Stat.
1274) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H070C21BFFC7245D8BAF998731B3FABDF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (j) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6C29B322FD84830A1CAF95D9358C100" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6F25ED472FC454093EFF829C8FD477F"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Powers of the commission</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D284B2D40614F29BB7FA513C618AD12"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD32508D04542480FA01D364BC2495B07"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Powers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9BE54EA889341E889D978DA84ACF101"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make such expenditures for services and
materials for the purpose of carrying out this section as the Commission
considers advisable from funds appropriated or received as gifts for that
purpose;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE60DB6072FC3475DA4CDF64B2BC25C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">solicit and accept contributions to be used
in carrying out this section or to be used in connection with the construction
or other expenses of the memorial;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77CA57AB3AE64D2594CAF706C1D71E2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hold hearings and enter into
contracts;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70DC7881EE294FAABDB68F2D70CC7969"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into contracts for specialized or
professional services as necessary to carry out this section; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5553997BD4C04E48A94E29D02DE1949C"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take such actions as are necessary to carry
out this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD0BCA754361476791E3EEA0A6D34DB7"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specialized or professional
services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Services under
subparagraph (A)(iv) may be—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94C80A69EA0349CBBC39EF63778533BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtained without regard to the provisions
of title 5, United States Code, including section 3109 of that title;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H694A772F9889454BAF4C73D6F61DF48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be paid without regard to the
provisions of title 5, United States Code, including chapter 51 and subchapter
III of chapter 53 of that title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85C45EFE669E443ABD24EFD233A698AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gifts of property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may accept gifts of real or
personal property to be used in carrying out this section, including to be used
in connection with the construction or other expenses of the memorial.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F7B9D2A531B4580B55581F1A7117CA3"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal cooperation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of the Commission, a Federal
department or agency may provide any information or other assistance to the
Commission that the head of the Federal department or agency determines to be
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2573AE4221A4A16944DBF751DC7E7A6"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Powers of members and agents</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BED5BB0219448A6B21CB6F6AEB6E111"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If authorized by the Commission, any member
or agent of the Commission may take any action that the Commission is
authorized to take under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF3E64AA0AA547F5ABD2414094834DE3"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Architect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may appoint an architect as
an agent of the Commission to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD87B3042ADED41A3BCB9FBE9C16E6FC0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">represent the Commission on various
governmental source selection and planning boards on the selection of the firms
that will design and construct the memorial; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E05C7E8CC8F4C03ADB0C1ECFA385985"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">perform other duties as designated by the
Chairperson of the Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B3DEB1B4F4442F285F67F674FBCB235"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An authorized member or agent of the
Commission (including an individual appointed under subparagraph (B)) providing
services to the Commission shall be considered an employee of the Federal
Government in the performance of those services for the purposes of chapter 171
of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA78724C851846FFA700FC079CEBC6B6"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Travel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Commission shall be
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates
authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title
5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of
business in the performance of services for the
Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E30A4AD06F84E0984EBA33957222569"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (o) as
subsection (q); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0C7969061B74E37BD19791FF3462085"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding after subsection (n) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE845867DBD164D899EBDFD93199BDE08" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DB62F56D60B437D9C029BF884233135"><enum>(o)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Staff and support services</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E4F0A2D28CB4F46A250D18254748237"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be an Executive Director
appointed by the Commission to be paid at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate
of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4081F6A4AC14EAC99AC9700838252D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Staff</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA3C77F767EE4BF1BD66558F2F6CE2FF"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The staff of the Commission may be
appointed and terminated without regard to the provisions of title 5, United
States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and may be paid
without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53
of that title, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates,
except that an individual appointed under this paragraph may not receive pay in
excess of the maximum rate of basic pay for GS–15 of the General
Schedule.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CAEC746632341A6966295588DD03DF"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Senior staff</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), not more
than 3 staff employees of the Commission (in addition to the Executive
Director) may be paid at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate of basic pay for
level IV of the Executive Schedule.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" committee-id="SSEG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF749D93937A429393135F4079919FE4"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Staff of federal agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On request of the Commission, the head of
any Federal department or agency may detail any of the personnel of the
department or agency to the Commission to assist the Commission to carry out
its duties under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BFF754DB4B449ECAC6F829EEE647ED9"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall obtain administrative
and support services from the General Services Administration on a reimbursable
basis. The Commission may use all contracts, schedules, and acquisition
vehicles allowed to external clients through the General Services
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3EC9356013E413DBA6DF6C4006DFACA"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may enter into cooperative
agreements with Federal agencies, State, local, tribal and international
governments, and private interests and organizations which will further the
goals and purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4629396DB6C44E29BBD31EA79CD6940"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Temporary, intermittent, and part-time
services</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18A9BFDB6920494DB1BBC67B0867B4B"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may obtain temporary,
intermittent, and part-time services under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">section 3109</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, at rates not to exceed the maximum annual rate of basic pay
payable under section 5376 of that title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD114288C9B3244F7B4CD78E034BD6331"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Non-applicability to certain
services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This paragraph shall
not apply to services under subsection (j)(1)(A)(iv).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8D919B227E7469591BD81DDC0BD8D5F"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Volunteer services</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB649B05F3084F59946CC4D8662BFD5"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1342">section 1342</external-xref> of title 31,
United States Code, the Commission may accept and utilize the services of
volunteers serving without compensation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H983D6467780C463DB7007C924D4E95F6"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may reimburse such
volunteers for local travel and office supplies, and for other travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of
title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" committee-id="SSEG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40BFDC01AB5B4626A826A5AA24D8C504"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Liability</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FC3D1DC7A074F94BF7276A0334F272F"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to clause (ii), a volunteer
described in subparagraph (A) shall be considered to be a volunteer for
purposes of the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14501 et
seq.).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07BB560ED1B6445399D91616F727192C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(d) of the Volunteer Protection
Act of 1997 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/14503">42 U.S.C. 14503(d)</external-xref>) shall not apply for purposes of a claim
against a volunteer described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1CFFE3B82C14BEBB86FE5EA35559F73"><enum>(p)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB116E462F6434AC7BF96A2EE10C4AF81" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>333.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commission to Study the Potential Creation
of a National Museum of the American Latino</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H071A96CF265B49B7BE8DE485BA9EB05"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of Commission</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H883B84EE39B94500A56DF4BD4FDD9134"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established the Commission to
Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino
(hereafter in this section referred to as the
<quote>Commission</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC2108D8FA514EBBACE173F3A786A399"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall consist of 23 members
appointed not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC6CF948913C4A9CB4515B3500D4F2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall appoint 7 voting
members.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8719F1DF0BAD42D584E007BD26C2DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the
Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate shall each
appoint 3 voting members.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C789A223DBA4AC3B1D98963E739D006"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the members appointed under
subparagraph (B), the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and
the Minority Leader of the Senate shall each appoint 1 nonvoting member.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B4356B1695B4011BA8189A81841C52C"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Commission shall be chosen
from among individuals, or representatives of institutions or entities, who
possess either—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBD6E27231194B148B71AEBFBEE400D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a demonstrated commitment to the research,
study, or promotion of American Latino life, art, history, political or
economic status, or culture, together with—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2880F38FDBD24B970094F69BDFEDBEC4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expertise in museum administration;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H352F9ADF41734823AA2D46F41951677"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expertise in fundraising for nonprofit or
cultural institutions;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EE294CF956A4A4799D58200CC5118B6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">experience in the study and teaching of
Latino culture and history at the post-secondary level;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68529C7823A6491A907786A3B8D5416F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">experience in studying the issue of the
Smithsonian Institution’s representation of American Latino art, life, history,
and culture; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3820754AA4ED4953A11B4CA3C2CC0000"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">extensive experience in public or elected
service; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D2D3AD8015E460CA54062BA57351741"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">experience in the administration of, or the
planning for the establishment of, museums devoted to the study and promotion
of the role of ethnic, racial, or cultural groups in American history.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81278AB2DB364E1EAFFC24C71C655040"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Functions of the Commission</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE521872286164466AB44102D582DE0EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan of action for establishment and
maintenance of Museum</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Commission shall submit a report to the President and the Congress containing
its recommendations with respect to a plan of action for the establishment and
maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC
(hereafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Museum</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93D416AB5F4841D99019C8961531F26"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fundraising plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall develop a fundraising
plan for supporting the creation and maintenance of the Museum through
contributions by the American people, and a separate plan on fundraising by the
American Latino community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66A5183CE88B48ED837D2E2C8E42D8B1"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on issues</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall examine (in
consultation with the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution), and submit a
report to the President and the Congress on, the following issues:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6632FE2127AD45C8AE18ABDC50D56781"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The availability and cost of collections to
be acquired and housed in the Museum.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07182C51EAD94F51B374F760EBB8221"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The impact of the Museum on regional
Hispanic- and Latino-related museums.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB12181959514A809864EA4FE1AC6760"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Possible locations for the Museum in
Washington, DC and its environs, to be considered in consultation with the
National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts, the
Department of the Interior and Smithsonian Institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9009A549619B43598D06629EFC9CAFCA"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whether the Museum should be located within
the Smithsonian Institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0CFF729E1CA447CA0B383E3476498CD"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The governance and organizational structure
from which the Museum should operate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB24A7B715624FAAA24178FEB733F9F9"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">How to engage the American Latino community
in the development and design of the Museum.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8980ABBFA90D4D50BF65015EFACA5600"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cost of constructing, operating, and
maintaining the Museum.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38DD299EAEA44DBA9C68728770149764"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Legislation To carry out plan of
action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on the
recommendations contained in the report submitted under paragraph (1) and the
report submitted under paragraph (3), the Commission shall submit for
consideration to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives, the Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate recommendations
for a legislative plan of action to create and construct the Museum.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBBE0B667377C496A9FB7AC66A80699CA"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National conference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out its functions under this
section, the Commission may convene a national conference on the Museum,
comprised of individuals committed to the advancement of American Latino life,
art, history, and culture, not later than 18 months after the commission
members are selected.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D4CCA344B3D4CFAAE0000B7231C31A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative provisions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC43409785254B69A9E0002BD05263C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facilities and support of department of the
interior</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of
the Interior shall provide from funds appropriated for this purpose
administrative services, facilities, and funds necessary for the performance of
the Commission’s functions. These funds shall be made available prior to any
meetings of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AA01E143C93442A9DA5F674FD380034"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compensation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Commission who is not an
officer or employee of the Federal Government may receive compensation for each
day on which the member is engaged in the work of the Commission, at a daily
rate to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B71E82170694E57907FBF53CDD3BDC"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Travel expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member shall be entitled to travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with
applicable provisions under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45409ECCC0B34317AB4900F4152221C2"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal advisory committee
act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission is not
subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE6D0CB36CF343228280E7C606A5B244"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline for submission of reports;
termination</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E20E2F899A34D64970002B95C312DE4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall submit final versions
of the reports and plans required under subsection (b) not later than 24 months
after the date of the Commission’s first meeting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09F75F9F0ADB4B108817DD81DB2C5007"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall terminate not later
than 30 days after submitting the final versions of reports and plans pursuant
to paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H902B885C31754263A3605E00B300F2BB"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated for carrying out the activities of the Commission
$2,100,000 for the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of
this Act and $1,100,000 for the second fiscal year beginning after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD36AB635FB064A93A92091F252006D9B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>334.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial
Commemoration Commission</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9756C5C2647C46A78443FA7EE90C8F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each commission established under this
section shall coordinate with the other respective commission established under
this section to ensure that commemorations of Henry Hudson, Robert Fulton, and
Samuel de Champlain are—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71DE1C18D474488CA2B3095D6600E969"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consistent with the plans and programs of
the commemorative commissions established by the States of New York and
Vermont; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C36F1AC09544DAF80FAAA1F9E022FE1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">well-organized and successful.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F60EE48D10E47D0A8D68F3E9EBBCAF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H206915005D1B44DBB76D8C28605DFF67"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Champlain commemoration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Champlain
commemoration</term> means the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the
voyage of Samuel de Champlain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37377B8360484C938DE93FC94FF24070"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Champlain Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Champlain Commission</term>
means the Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission established by
subsection (c)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01CBBACC51DD4BD7B3AA6358C94157EF"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Commission</term> means each
of the Champlain Commission and the Hudson-Fulton Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DBCC73D5ED84570BB49C938CC44203"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hudson-Fulton commemoration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Hudson-Fulton
commemoration</term> means the commemoration of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F38C29E31D446338D70B871FB81542F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 200th anniversary of the voyage of
Robert Fulton in the Clermont; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H629ED305439D47ACA100D3B9D8B6B82C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 400th anniversary of the voyage of
Henry Hudson in the Half Moon.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB7FBC672DEE463580E708557CF87784"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hudson-Fulton commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Hudson-Fulton
Commission</term> means the Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission
established by subsection (d)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C2E2DD8F01047E0A61C960227C3364E"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lake Champlain Basin Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Lake Champlain Basin
Program</term> means the partnership established by section 120 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1270">33 U.S.C. 1270</external-xref>) between the States of New York and
Vermont and Federal agencies to carry out the Lake Champlain management plan
entitled, <quote>Opportunities for Action: An Evolving Plan for the Lake
Champlain Basin</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H370ED44A1B194329A5C4673F4E182026"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC539617B257947E89013A47373BFEB75"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of Champlain
Commission</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3E749A05F9B4334969F29F3C126552"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a commission to be
known as the <quote>Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration
Commission</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA0A1BE1DDA74467BB005D90745FADAE"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB466A4B69BD642AA81100819D38C1074"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Composition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Champlain Commission shall be composed
of 10 members, of whom—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD07D61CDDDBA4EA7AB00B2BD73FE813"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be the Director of the
National Park Service (or a designee);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51E48F27885D4B9AAF609434772FF44D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4 members shall be appointed by the
Secretary from among individuals who, on the date of enactment of this Act,
are—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7951F876DFBC4F62AE00A89FF15CEBFC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serving as members of the
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission of the State of New York;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51C6838EF23048D7B94D988F8057D32B"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">residents of Champlain Valley, New
York;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2092382E0DA847A2A7F8495251A2B74F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4 members shall be appointed by the
Secretary from among individuals who, on the date of enactment of this Act,
are—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D414B06A92C4F71AFD4754CE3DC8470"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serving as members of the Lake Champlain
Quadricentennial Commission of the State of Vermont; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H770F585C3B8A40C5A8FC3261BBDC187E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">residents of the State of Vermont;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64BBA41D790F45FDAF54EB5053DC585"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be appointed by the
Secretary, and shall be an individual who has—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC54023F5B104A5AA16F583C066BA853"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an interest in, support for, and expertise
appropriate with respect to, the Champlain commemoration; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17E25D8790F54280A500D61F7C743BBE"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowledge relating to the history of the
Champlain Valley.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC3D40E4A90C4717828B7FFFD55C9635"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Term; vacancies</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88FFBF4607D44883BB8BEE7491FC4CC"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of the Champlain Commission shall
be appointed for the life of the Champlain Commission.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEDDFD5916484376BDF1A8B922FC10FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vacancies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vacancy on the Champlain Commission shall
be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6F100AC9CC24028B81741918679DD36"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Champlain Commission shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94A7AE362F7647F18B1F82AC5B19AF29"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plan, develop, and execute programs and
activities appropriate to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the voyage of
Samuel de Champlain, the first European to discover and explore Lake
Champlain;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0252A1A66784F14A1D7A0B46C2B3EAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate activities relating to the
Champlain Quadricentennial throughout the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H994B7608F1CA4A0DACC07E3612050849"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate the activities of the Champlain
Commission with—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB59A415D799E4B69A25CB96EAA00BAE6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State commemoration commissions;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAEA6EE61ADDA41C9A3A0DB123932F402"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appropriate Federal agencies;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7414908EE302439FB83370016FBC5F96"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Lake Champlain Basin Program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC3543D623264EA68E2B4DCE30A337D0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Endowment for the Arts;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF84FDF2A66C4AC2B2819166DD530064"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Smithsonian Institution;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6C6A516270A44A0BBB859F1D1E15CA"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage civic, patriotic, historical,
educational, artistic, religious, economic, and other organizations throughout
the United States to organize and participate in anniversary activities to
expand the understanding and appreciation of the significance of the voyage of
Samuel de Champlain;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3747FA1763E940B2BD95ECDE9DDCDFBF"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance to States,
localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the Champlain
commemoration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4C150F03E1C4828A7F94C6EE3C991E"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate and facilitate for the public
scholarly research on, publication about, and interpretation of, the voyage of
Samuel de Champlain;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77C7EA8E4228412CA2108314AE44CC03"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the Champlain 2009 anniversary
provides a lasting legacy and a long-term public benefit by assisting in the
development of appropriate programs and facilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1D3010B353641F698EAA2FD41810017"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">help ensure that the observances of the
voyage of Samuel de Champlain are inclusive and appropriately recognize the
experiences and heritage of all people present when Samuel de Champlain arrived
in the Champlain Valley; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E7F8A290D6345498C6B33791E6F788F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult and coordinate with the Lake
Champlain Basin Program and other relevant organizations to plan and develop
programs and activities to commemorate the voyage of Samuel de
Champlain.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04D0C1BD80C045AFB5317B68925B64C8"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of Hudson-Fulton
Commission</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD99E26581DF04D9B8092D62D8548DDCF"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a commission to be
known as the <quote>Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration
Commission</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H674CB69164E04E5B81EE623543FB477"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEE1A8E49EF64AF099D1703B7D22F85F"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Composition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Hudson-Fulton Commission shall be
composed of 15 members, of whom—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFA8834EE7E34D18BFAD3EB69BFEB0A9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be the Director of the
National Park Service (or a designee);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FC8C1C6C3354711B8000082CD502117"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be appointed by the
Secretary, after considering the recommendation of the Governor of the State of
New York;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE718B15D65BF4626A91DC0A7631E5B96"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">6 members shall be appointed by the
Secretary, after considering the recommendations of the Members of the House of
Representatives whose districts encompass the Hudson River Valley;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF4C0E8B0B574792AFF4D273696E17EE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall be appointed by the
Secretary, after considering the recommendations of the Members of the Senate
from the State of New York;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D302ED9DFB645FB8748B44926EFC25B"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall be—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A77B1A17C7D4D9798C436C9C165E812"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appointed by the Secretary; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E3A59ED12E74E08BBFEFEE84D5789F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individuals who have an interest in,
support for, and expertise appropriate with respect to, the Hudson-Fulton
commemoration, of whom—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H384B94B4959C428F84E0381084D700AA"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be an individual with
expertise in the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC17E866EF624F2187215C7900B0B573"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be an individual with
expertise in the State of New York, as it relates to the Hudson-Fulton
commemoration;</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0319484F99D455100FF96C3C52B3816"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be the Chairperson of a
commemorative commission formed by the State of New York (or the designee of
the Chairperson); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA14E5D9A9994425095D6439E39F1B98E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall be appointed by the
Secretary, after—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCCE1E00760D46AB829E3F758B003C42"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">considering the recommendation of the Mayor
of the city of New York; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6778C01E5E30420BBD06BCB1B66FE538"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consulting the Members of the House of
Representatives whose districts encompass the city of New York.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D19413B7ECD4CF7B32B5B6800F8EC53"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Term; vacancies</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H930E61D679D945DDB92CBF3C769DF540"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of the Hudson-Fulton Commission
shall be appointed for the life of the Hudson-Fulton Commission.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5A1B21B540F49DD85800959AC8CFF36"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vacancies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vacancy on the Hudson-Fulton Commission
shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was
made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEE2D521DA924719A71B38AB1732A8B3"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Hudson-Fulton Commission shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47F4655D6F814BEA98ADEBA36053B00"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plan, develop, and execute programs and
activities appropriate to commemorate—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46A51BCB8C30424CA064ECABB669A2CE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 400th anniversary of the voyage of
Henry Hudson, the first European to sail up the Hudson River; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03541BC98A4E441C83A05126AE6C6BB5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 200th anniversary of the voyage of
Robert Fulton, the first person to use steam navigation on a commercial
basis;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12B42AE187264B5AA17982AEA5BC57FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate activities relating to the
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial throughout the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12FBEFA9DAC64165B6F300E15F2DB7DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate the activities of the
Hudson-Fulton Commission with—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F00290D22C84F7E8BD1DB37A941B77"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State commemoration commissions;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFBE3D9082764C9A8442B3F456AB7400"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appropriate Federal agencies;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AFB4867B5604558979E86C97FB68943"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Park Service, with respect to
the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H131EE60D51654464917081CF6CBF14DC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the American Heritage Rivers Initiative
Interagency Committee established by Executive Order 13061, dated September 11,
1997;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD22EF043FEF946C8BE8501994781C8D6"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Endowment for the
Humanities;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B9A6732F4F14EE49E3FA02B6B7F6DB6"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Endowment for the Arts;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CF01186ACA145A100E42C59F4FF9B51"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Smithsonian Institution;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F5E111D10A54493B3B61EE6E16381BC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage civic, patriotic, historical,
educational, artistic, religious, economic, and other organizations throughout
the United States to organize and participate in anniversary activities to
expand the understanding and appreciation of the significance of the voyages of
Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD72EF710475B4CBF9758D652332C8E50"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance to States,
localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the Hudson-Fulton
commemoration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC22472EFFF5A4F71A9A8542849629109"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate and facilitate for the public
scholarly research on, publication about, and interpretation of, the voyages of
Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF717E559FB5F49CEBD58FB5D31702EEF"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the Hudson-Fulton 2009
commemorations provide a lasting legacy and long-term public benefit by
assisting in the development of appropriate programs and facilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H289670B1215B4E31A9842900C3E57C97"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">help ensure that the observances of Henry
Hudson are inclusive and appropriately recognize the experiences and heritage
of all people present when Henry Hudson sailed the Hudson River.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA703BC21C7424B4A9CC856A4B9415117"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commission meetings</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F1D0BCA82E7469E8600D2EB13F2E38"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial meeting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date on
which all members of a commission established under this section have been
appointed, the applicable Commission shall hold an initial meeting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8857B80C08CC448D96F9C3D4A6A133F8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A commission established under this section
shall meet—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B34594A0968454CB5E314DFFE00C440"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least twice each year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35F14201532F42458E9FECE116AD6386"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the call of the Chairperson or the
majority of the members of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC3E89B0335B47769BC7BF2FD98D5958"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Quorum</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A majority of voting members shall
constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold meetings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C98B3CC8C1D4A7C9FA200ABBFDB4747"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chairperson and vice chairperson</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A64597179764B2E86A6BFCD1EF05648"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Election</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall elect the Chairperson
and the Vice Chairperson of the Commission on an annual basis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF4BF8ADE6544DECA41581AA256D0047"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Absence of the chairperson</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Vice Chairperson shall serve as the
Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBBEEF49F01424718B412EBBC16DECF7"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Voting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A commission established under this section
shall act only on an affirmative vote of a majority of the voting members of
the applicable Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H736618EEE28C45FBBA4F9DC6E2C74D6B"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commission powers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12E2ECD56D7147C99248FFCC248DEE6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gifts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may solicit, accept, use,
and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of money or other property for
aiding or facilitating the work of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA89BF2FD4489432A8F7E4503C6D1EDEB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointment of advisory
committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may
appoint such advisory committees as the Commission determines to be necessary
to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B1821F3F65A423CB813B64FAC6079F9"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may authorize any member or
employee of the Commission to take any action that the Commission is authorized
to take under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FBA19D6FF1B46DBB619A9CCCA932DF"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procurement</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1E20BCD696046889DBE32F46225A2C4"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may procure supplies,
services, and property, and make or enter into contracts, leases, or other
legal agreements, to carry out this section (except that a contract, lease, or
other legal agreement made or entered into by the Commission shall not extend
beyond the date of termination of the Commission).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD1524FFF5114664A351F3BBBEA13232"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may not purchase real
property.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H064238D2184140BBA5DF544F60ECC8B4"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Postal Services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may use the United States
mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other agencies of the
Federal Government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8169287D100943DDA50036728B91DA8D"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD346D495F419409D9FB2A83232C6E155"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Champlain Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Champlain Commission may make grants in
amounts not to exceed $20,000—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD21244E59CDA4326A283A37725681186"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to communities, nonprofit organizations,
and State commemorative commissions to develop programs to assist in the
Champlain commemoration; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3782EA2237B64535AEE57F4294C97683"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to research and scholarly organizations to
research, publish, or distribute information relating to the early history of
the voyage of Samuel de Champlain.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33FF913FCD8648069B75528FC42319FB"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hudson-Fulton Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Hudson-Fulton Commission may make
grants in amounts not to exceed $20,000—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H904ED3B1D2F645DDA978EC31E9E1C533"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to communities, nonprofit organizations,
and State commemorative commissions to develop programs to assist in the
Hudson-Fulton commemoration; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88A3A441C0DD416D8BE7029C47B1E700"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to research and scholarly organizations to
research, publish, or distribute information relating to the early history of
the voyages of Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F4CA3413F5E4E63AE8FA02871CE9EF"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall provide technical
assistance to States, localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the
Champlain commemoration and Hudson-Fulton commemoration, as applicable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F3D9623CBFF4D79BE3524D1D73886E8"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination and consultation with Lake
Champlain Basin Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Champlain Commission shall coordinate and consult with the Lake Champlain Basin
Program to provide grants and technical assistance under paragraphs (6)(A) and
(7) for the development of activities commemorating the voyage of Samuel de
Champlain.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD67BC62F46194B7999CDFE05C61BC490"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commission personnel matters</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB69695C68881403C8C2544FC88BF1B9F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compensation of members</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A29C56F706B460D80A7809E59C31F62"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a
member of the Commission shall serve without compensation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2FB7BA099A54CD8B901BFFC44B2DE68"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of the Commission who is an
officer or employee of the Federal Government shall serve without compensation
in addition to the compensation received for the services of the member as an
officer or employee of the Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H197338AEFDD44A8BAB209FCC5C9F1109"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Travel expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of the Commission shall be allowed
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized
for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, while away from the home or regular place of business of
the member in the performance of the duties of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5DA99305FA049E5B46E12A1F420ABD8"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Staff</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may, without regard to the
civil service laws (including regulations), appoint and terminate an Executive
Director and such other additional personnel as are necessary to enable the
Commission to perform the duties of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F9CEEAEE6C24962850064B0097D099B"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compensation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E2DCBA6F35049109B33562276132077"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the
Commission may fix the compensation of the Executive Director and other
personnel without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, relating to classification of
positions and General Schedule pay rates.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC28E5DC796A495ABCEB8C5A3ABA6D"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximum rate of pay</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The rate of pay for the Executive Director
and other personnel shall not exceed the rate payable for level V of the
Executive Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5316">section 5316</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3201E33AEA154BBBBCA965E21188453B"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Detail of government employees</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61661740F888423D83B7378F1C6FD6FA"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal employees</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50EB5CE74C374FFC86F18276D2AF9382"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of the Commission, the head
of any Federal agency may detail, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis,
any of the personnel of the agency to the Commission to assist the Commission
in carrying out the duties of the Commission under this section.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FA554BE07644508BE639567F4D6C244"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil service status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The detail of an employee under clause (i)
shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or
privilege.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77363DE3AB224595973D9F344E00F5A6"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31BBED9DC1064D4EBAE2B15C7C5C7565"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accept the services of personnel detailed
from the State of New York or the State of Vermont, as appropriate (including
subdivisions of the States); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E5E038E95DC4AB0A67800CAC1EFD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reimburse the State of New York or the
State of Vermont for services of detailed personnel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7B8077FD2294B269B01B623005523D3"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lake Champlain Basin Program
employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Champlain
Commission may—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38A8CA1B5E614CA5BC3564C7D1E248D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accept the services of personnel detailed
from the Lake Champlain Basin Program; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A91C873D2A9418DBA6795D5B716AAFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reimburse the Lake Champlain Basin Program
for services of detailed personnel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6AF6ECB0B59B4C54B88F304497B7657B"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procurement of temporary and intermittent
services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may
procure temporary and intermittent services in accordance with section 3109(b)
of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individuals that do not exceed the
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of that title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2D9A51180D5436E916612DB204ED1FB"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Volunteer and uncompensated
services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1342">section 1342</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, the Commission may accept and use
voluntary and uncompensated services as the Commission determines
necessary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3A1D7FCAC59462EA0003235C857FBE"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide to the
Commission, on a reimbursable basis, such administrative support services as
the Commission may request.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F1B92296EE94599A282B0EE00C62626"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">FACA nonapplicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14(b) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="FACA">Federal Advisory Committee Act</act-name> (5
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B12FD8A0F8140AD9D24F000E635005E"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30, 2010, the
Commission shall submit to the Secretary a report that contains—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFE1A09F41CB4A88847FD8842225DBD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the activities of the
Commission;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H400B6F08F3934E5189D75BAF95D4036F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a final accounting of funds received and
expended by the Commission; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6659A85D87564E5CB000A965BDD931CF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the findings and recommendations of the
Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51BA300316974549B89ECCDB42B826B"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of Commissions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5141AC3989F24DF184D18028AD6E2921"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Date of termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall terminate on December
31, 2010.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C352347400040E3A7B2D8C0030DD30"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of documents and
materials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before the date of
termination specified in paragraph (1), the Commission shall transfer all of
its documents and materials of the Commission to the National Archives or
another appropriate Federal entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE12295FB1FB249249B009FC6FA26CF5F"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C901276D1BA48C89EBA92CF6120FFD8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H081BC9BFA6664CA1947933EFB8650312"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$500,000 to the Champlain Commission;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF60A147D37C40C7BBF5EDEE1F0817C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$500,000 to the Hudson-Fulton
Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5AD2053FD624D7F95A79D22B3CB1EEF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made available under paragraph (1)
shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A7C8ADB71224D199913FCEBE0AD1FF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>335.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress regarding the designation
of the Museum of the American Quilter’s Society of the United States</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA93A0809D82449A9E898CBFFFC7F174"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H820F88391A8349B0BBF5B1317C884812"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Museum of the American Quilter’s
Society is the largest quilt museum in the world, with a total of 13,400 square
feet of exhibition space and more than 150 quilts exhibited year-round in its 3
galleries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H776086ACE25747EA9E72A8E560E4207B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the mission of the Museum is to educate the
local, national, and international public about the art, history, and heritage
of quiltmaking;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE6CF208E0A84F3BB375BEE4225741A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">quilts in the Museum’s permanent collection
are made by quilters from 44 of the 50 States and many foreign
countries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62D79B83CBED4DEE8398F0447036BEA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Museum, centrally located in Paducah,
Kentucky, and open to the public year-round, averages 40,000 visitors per
year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFD9345DEC8C49A3AA55F75600368CFF"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individuals from all 50 States and from
more than 25 foreign countries have visited the Museum;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56D9E3938DBB4AE7AAA6FB3FF0268246"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Museum’s Friends, an organization
dedicated to supporting and sustaining the Museum, also has members in all 50
States, with 84 percent of members living more than 60 miles from the
Museum;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80BC120EC59D4D67B572E4303453C0FE"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">many members of the Museum’s Friends have
supported the Museum annually since the Museum began in 1991;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7182641EB0E41229798212B85DE1C78"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">quilts exhibited in the Museum are
representative of the Nation and its cultures thanks to the wide diversity of
themes and topics, quilts, and quiltmakers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC3006E074444CC78C00C62EEDB8F62"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Museum of the American Quilter’s
Society has national significance and support.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H513B5285D1A144DF9C4F3700F730B2DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Museum
of the American Quilter’s Society, located at 215 Jefferson Street, Paducah,
Kentucky, should be designated as the <quote>National Quilt Museum of the
United States</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15B50685A57B4197B213F899467342E1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>336.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress regarding the designation
of the National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB2EDADED2FE45D48C2FE18E285E47F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70B10A4F22A64F7E901C7CB4FF5F7506"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Museum of Wildlife Art in
Jackson, Wyoming, is devoted to inspiring global recognition of fine art
related to nature and wildlife;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H829A4A1E2B094E04A55D08F3E9B92F05"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Museum of Wildlife Art is an
excellent example of a thematic museum that strives to unify the humanities and
sciences into a coherent body of knowledge through art;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06344C8BEA454AE29F008015E74364CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Museum of Wildlife Art, which
was founded in 1987 with a private gift of a collection of art, has grown in
stature and importance and is recognized today as the world’s premier museum of
wildlife art;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H258EB17F8F034B05A11CE5CAF2C9528"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Museum of Wildlife Art is the
only public museum in the United States with the mission of enriching and
inspiring public appreciation and knowledge of fine art, while exploring the
relationship between humanity and nature by collecting fine art focused on
wildlife;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CAFB730FB8443C89E46973284C70026"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Museum of Wildlife Art is
housed in an architecturally significant and award-winning 51,000-square foot
facility that overlooks the 28,000-acre National Elk Refuge and is adjacent to
the Grand Teton National Park;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED125478B8AB4A2899ECDF9B3BCEC9E"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Museum of Wildlife Art is
accredited with the American Association of Museums, continues to grow in
national recognition and importance with members from every State, and has a
Board of Trustees and a National Advisory Board composed of major benefactors
and leaders in the arts and sciences from throughout the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4ABAECF42F04AADB47800FB00DD3735"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the permanent collection of the National
Museum of Wildlife Art has grown to more than 3,000 works by important historic
American artists including Edward Hicks, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Charles M.
Russell, William Merritt Chase, and Alexander Calder, and contemporary American
artists, including Steve Kestrel, Bart Walter, Nancy Howe, John Nieto, and
Jamie Wyeth;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06EDEA3F5D46476100081C6378E3A74C"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Museum of Wildlife Art is a
destination attraction in the Western United States with annual attendance of
92,000 visitors from all over the world and an award-winning website that
receives more than 10,000 visits per week;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A55D07F92C042A200287FF029EABD63"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Museum of Wildlife Art seeks
to educate a diverse audience through collecting fine art focused on wildlife,
presenting exceptional exhibitions, providing community, regional, national,
and international outreach, and presenting extensive educational programming
for adults and children; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA23D99746C44E12A75CB632D273C1D"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a great opportunity exists to use the
invaluable resources of the National Museum of Wildlife Art to teach the
schoolchildren of the United States, through onsite visits, traveling exhibits,
classroom curriculum, online distance learning, and other educational
initiatives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H283C4AD0360243819177BA4B5267F960"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the
National Museum of Wildlife Art, located at 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson,
Wyoming, should be designated as the <quote>National Museum of Wildlife Art of
the United States</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8499AF614D394796A9E7ED7044830020" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>337.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignation of Ellis Island
Library</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08FB27EB35C94D15B9B714EBF0B16146"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Ellis Island Library on the third floor
of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York
Harbor, shall be known and redesignated as the <quote>Bob Hope Memorial
Library</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADDBFD5C975843678E009046A9E4E91E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Ellis Island
Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum referred to
in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the <quote>Bob Hope
Memorial Library</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="HD6D972EADFBF4465BCD375C7EE9FE6A6" level-type="subsequent"><enum>E</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Trails and rivers</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7826D14E5D24FEDB7F376621B8E4BF1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>341.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization and administration of
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(a) of the National Trails System
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1244">16 U.S.C. 1244(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22D8D08292744D6BBB4C561BEFAF57B" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD87AD0C6220433B86255FE3FE903845"><enum>(26)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Star-spangled banner national historic
trail</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D8C865346074221A69C32489C5F20A5"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic
Trail, a trail consisting of water and overland routes totaling approximately
290 miles, extending from Tangier Island, Virginia, through southern Maryland,
the District of Columbia, and northern Virginia, in the Chesapeake Bay,
Patuxent River, Potomac River, and north to the Patapsco River, and Baltimore,
Maryland, commemorating the Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812 (including
the British invasion of Washington, District of Columbia, and its associated
feints, and the Battle of Baltimore in summer 1814), as generally depicted on
the map titled <quote>Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail</quote>,
numbered T02/80,000, and dated June 2007.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55A1C29F1AE244C2BA41DF1B8E5BE709"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The map referred to in subparagraph (A)
shall be maintained on file and available for public inspection in the
appropriate offices of the National Park Service.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A6FEC7E9297406990D055C736A81E05"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (E)(ii), the trail
shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA935FE0591BC4D55B87C5FE8F20074A8"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land acquisition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No land or interest in land outside the
exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired by the
United States for the trail except with the consent of the owner of the land or
interest in land.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3882F7B7E70642A19204764CAA8F618B"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0620704F1FAD469198DA8FAD2DD47370"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage communities, owners of land along
the trail, and volunteer trail groups to participate in the planning,
development, and maintenance of the trail; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H799B2F5B27DC4369932BD37E3582EB50"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with other affected landowners and
Federal, State, and local agencies in the administration of the trail.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3719CFBBC174A0ABF857EEA1DC26F77"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interpretation and assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Secretary of the Interior may provide, to State and local
governments and nonprofit organizations, interpretive programs and services and
technical assistance for use in—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C7F7980F7A34858BE2C5B7F2EC44B76"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carrying out preservation and development
of the trail; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF34361E6A4154E4DA6F5B59798E13728"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing education relating to the War of
1812 along the
trail.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49A734EED0E74EB592755B1CF688A3E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>342.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land conveyance, Lewis and Clark National
Historic Trail, Nebraska</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE570636773F644F1A9F4C10871880396"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conveyance authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior may convey,
without consideration, to the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive
Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. (a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
organization with operational headquarters at 100 Valmont Drive, Nebraska City,
Nebraska 68410), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to
the federally owned land under jurisdiction of the Secretary consisting of 2
parcels as generally depicted on the map titled <quote>Lewis and Clark National
Historic Trail</quote>, numbered 648/80,002, and dated March 2006.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1ECDC159859495A89DD5225B969FEB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Survey; conveyance cost</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exact acreage and legal description of
the land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey
satisfactory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey and all other costs
incurred by the Secretary to convey the land shall be borne by the Missouri
River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation,
Inc.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82E83C759D914DB78620FA1FC9B370B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Condition of conveyance, use of conveyed
land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The conveyance
authorized under subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that the
Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center
Foundation, Inc. use the conveyed land as an historic site and interpretive
center for the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B8042674C5B4618B43F3548085E9363"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discontinuance of use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark
Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. determines to
discontinue use of the land conveyed under subsection (a) as an historic site
and interpretive center for the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, the
Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center
Foundation, Inc. shall convey lands back to the Secretary without
consideration.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD653D864D8D14E83A73C61FB29E79EFF"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional terms and
conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance
under subsection (a) or the conveyance, if any, under subsection (d) as the
Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
Through a written agreement with the Foundation, the National Park Service
shall ensure that the operation of the land conveyed under subsection (a) is in
accordance with National Park Service standards for preservation, maintenance,
and interpretation.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF76DE81F10644FA5A51230E11DF4B1D6"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To assist with
the operation of the historic site and interpretive center, there is authorized
to be appropriated $150,000 per year for a period not to exceed 10
years.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H318FC09E16C844BBB59D2CDB76D4D623" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>343.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
extension</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H148B569D15584F6782A6A0052963138"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H654B81B01D234163811F008561C5DD9B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eastern legacy sites</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Eastern Legacy sites</term>
means the sites associated with the preparation or return phases of the Lewis
and Clark expedition, commonly known as the <quote>Eastern Legacy</quote>,
including sites in Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, and
Illinois. This includes the routes followed by Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark, whether independently or together.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2C516D52F3E444EB1E0EC8C61DF954"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Trail</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Trail</term> means the Lewis
and Clark National Historic Trail designated by section 5(a)(6) of the National
Trails System Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1244">16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(6)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2E0DC33D28E4BD4A0685DC8B9776832"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special resource study</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9792CA28D6A4A77A7D87039B2AE00FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall complete a special
resource study of the Eastern Legacy sites to determine—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13570023873B48A1B099C6712E989C81"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the suitability and feasibility of adding
these sites to the Trail; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4B936375E6645ED863C831CABE85711"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the methods and means for the protection
and interpretation of these sites by the National Park Service, other Federal,
State, or local government entities or private or non-profit
organizations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61C0241AD087420190FBA5A24C5193A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study requirements</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8E87F38B0D0419AA635AD55DE05F81D"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct the study in
accordance with section 5(b) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C.
1244(b)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE801892F8D7F4B709F3097E54821717D"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Impact on tourism</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study, the Secretary
shall analyze the potential impact that the inclusion of the Eastern Legacy
sites is likely to have on tourist visitation to the western portion of the
trail.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E70C7CEBD354EC78167F9EE9EEF2AC"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date on
which funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report
containing—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H700DDE70AF9A4DDD98699E10B6275E07"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of the study; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30AF754619FF4942A39E59CE711EEB06"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations of the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FD177E1F66B4E1886E865351BF6DD1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>344.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wild and scenic River designation,
Eightmile River, Connecticut</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46BB6D54A3B34E978ED1A668E3002B3B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80FB1E32AF944AD1B555331307B10658"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Eightmile River Wild and Scenic River
Study Act of 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/65">Public Law 107–65</external-xref>; 115 Stat. 484) authorized the study of
the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut from its headwaters downstream
to its confluence with the Connecticut River for potential inclusion in the
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H847731B2BBB64E209CBC4634CE242525"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The segments of the Eightmile River covered
by the study are in a free-flowing condition, and the outstanding resource
values of the river segments include the cultural landscape, water quality,
watershed hydrology, unique species and natural communities, geology, and
watershed ecosystem.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H095A1E1A8A8849D989993498147315FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Study
Committee has determined that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08554E0D2F0A4ABFA162E0ECE3F4352"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the outstanding resource values of these
river segments depend on sustaining the integrity and quality of the Eightmile
River watershed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A54FEE401664FAEB803E6D16CADDA32"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">these resource values are manifest within
the entire watershed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C2AD980919A4F60BA8177B83F0007C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the watershed as a whole, including its
protection, is itself intrinsically important to this designation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9972B249059B43379DD6B09C74842040"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Study
Committee took a watershed approach in studying and recommending management
options for the river segments and the Eightmile River watershed as a
whole.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF2B7845472F4C9F87F5EDF63E87A7BF"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the study, the Eightmile River Wild
and Scenic Study Committee, with assistance from the National Park Service,
prepared a comprehensive management plan for the Eightmile River watershed,
dated December 8, 2005 (in this section referred to as the <quote>Eightmile
River Watershed Management Plan</quote>), which establishes objectives,
standards, and action programs that will ensure long-term protection of the
outstanding values of the river and compatible management of the land and water
resources of the Eightmile River and its watershed, without Federal management
of affected lands not owned by the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9510C1FFCEA944BCAA46D04C74054F6D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Study
Committee voted in favor of inclusion of the Eightmile River in the National
Wild and Scenic Rivers System and included this recommendation as an integral
part of the Eightmile River Watershed Management Plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD74FCFC66DC3434FAE9149385E401689"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The residents of the towns lying along the
Eightmile River and comprising most of its watershed (Salem, East Haddam, and
Lyme, Connecticut), as well as the Boards of Selectmen and Land Use Commissions
of these towns, voted to endorse the Eightmile River Watershed Management Plan
and to seek designation of the river as a component of the National Wild and
Scenic Rivers System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEB6DB8C206540DD83B23DA1E19371"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State of Connecticut General Assembly
enacted Public Act 05–18 to endorse the Eightmile River Watershed Management
Plan and to seek designation of the river as a component of the National Wild
and Scenic Rivers System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4BE69DA00F94F159833A0E777FC27BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1274">16 U.S.C. 1274(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBEDFEDA932444BABFC5C2F2B2C805F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (167) (relating
to the Musconetcong River, New Jersey) as paragraph (169);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB0E0863D80B456987B4E48326228982"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by designating the undesignated paragraph
relating to the White Salmon River, Washington, as paragraph (167);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F70E8A66ADE4AD1BBD76054D510AC00"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by designating the undesignated paragraph
relating to the Black Butte River, California, as paragraph (168); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06C2762C2C704454B94DDDB6BF64C1D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C5BE30EC896487DA9BF542B059CD435" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86ECCE122AE040609D92FC40FEE5B452" indent="up1"><enum>(170)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eightmile River, Connecticut</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Segments of the main stem and specified
tributaries of the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut, totaling
approximately 25.3 miles, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior
as follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0D4421DAAC646CDAD514F9B9B4D0066"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The entire 10.8-mile segment of the main
stem, starting at its confluence with Lake Hayward Brook to its confluence with
the Connecticut River at the mouth of Hamburg Cove, as a scenic river.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6337DFE45DDD4FFA91A4CB2EA2EAE40"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 8.0-mile segment of the East Branch of
the Eightmile River starting at Witch Meadow Road to its confluence with the
main stem of the Eightmile River, as a scenic river.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB94DC830C6034CFBA0A3A3E1953B81A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 3.9-mile segment of Harris Brook
starting with the confluence of an unnamed stream lying 0.74 miles due east of
the intersection of Hartford Road (State Route 85) and Round Hill Road to its
confluence with the East Branch of the Eightmile River, as a scenic
river.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB97860E328474CB0A5B3EA2DE167074E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1.9-mile segment of Beaver Brook
starting at its confluence with Cedar Pond Brook to its confluence with the
main stem of the Eightmile River, as a scenic river.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5C1F3A656F044C39EA70668B44300C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 0.7-mile segment of Falls Brook from
its confluence with Tisdale Brook to its confluence with the main stem of the
Eightmile River at Hamburg Cove, as a scenic
river.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97293DCF1A3C4FDD86EFF4118B61B056"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The segments of the main stem and certain
tributaries of the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut designated as
components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System by the amendment made
by subsection (b) (in this section referred to as the <quote>Eightmile
River</quote>) shall be managed in accordance with the Eightmile River
Watershed Management Plan and such amendments to the plan as the Secretary of
the Interior determines are consistent with this section. The Eightmile River
Watershed Management Plan is deemed to satisfy the requirements for a
comprehensive management plan required by section 3(d) of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1274">16 U.S.C. 1274(d)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6998D84EAD024881A818383FE3F50642"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall
coordinate the management responsibilities of the Secretary with regard to the
Eightmile River with the Eightmile River Coordinating Committee, as specified
in the Eightmile River Watershed Management Plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36E38948A0D24D72AB51D091B6EF5584"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to provide for the long-term
protection, preservation, and enhancement of the Eightmile River, the Secretary
of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements pursuant to sections
10(e) and 11(b)(1) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1281">16 U.S.C. 1281(e)</external-xref>,
1282(b)(1)) with the State of Connecticut, the towns of Salem, Lyme, and East
Haddam, Connecticut, and appropriate local planning and environmental
organizations. All cooperative agreements authorized by this subsection shall
be consistent with the Eightmile River Watershed Management Plan and may
include provisions for financial or other assistance from the United
States.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86DE31FAA7A846E8A4F11C02A002D7CB"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relation to national park
system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
section 10(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1281">16 U.S.C. 1281(c)</external-xref>), the
Eightmile River shall not be administered as part of the National Park System
or be subject to regulations which govern the National Park System.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H500F16E7FAA44E7CB4F4B54D871142D"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The zoning ordinances adopted by the towns
of Salem, East Haddam, and Lyme, Connecticut, in effect as of December 8, 2005,
including provisions for conservation of floodplains, wetlands, and
watercourses associated with the segments, are deemed to satisfy the standards
and requirements of section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C.
1277 (c)). For the purpose of section 6(c) of that Act, such towns shall be
deemed <quote>villages</quote> and the provisions of that section, which
prohibit Federal acquisition of lands by condemnation, shall apply to the
segments designated by subsection (b). The authority of the Secretary to
acquire lands for the purposes of this section shall be limited to acquisition
by donation or acquisition with the consent of the owner thereof, and shall be
subject to the additional criteria set forth in the Eightmile River Watershed
Management Plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB597AC6C8B6D4DC49C77B74F656B23EA"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Watershed approach</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEA0F2801362426EB92759D60046EE74"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In furtherance of the watershed approach to
resource preservation and enhancement articulated in the Eightmile River
Watershed Management Plan, the tributaries of the Eightmile River watershed
specified in paragraph (2) are recognized as integral to the protection and
enhancement of the Eightmile River and its watershed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA4B918580244FABACAB56B38E27FCA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Covered tributaries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) applies with respect to
Beaver Brook, Big Brook, Burnhams Brook, Cedar Pond Brook, Cranberry Meadow
Brook, Early Brook, Falls Brook, Fraser Brook, Harris Brook, Hedge Brook, Lake
Hayward Brook, Malt House Brook, Muddy Brook, Ransom Brook, Rattlesnake Ledge
Brook, Shingle Mill Brook, Strongs Brook, Tisdale Brook, Witch Meadow Brook,
and all other perennial streams within the Eightmile River watershed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F326B2370114344BFC0535B3600B8CB"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section and the amendment made by subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="HD4649840DF42466F8000531523EE11DA" level-type="subsequent"><enum>F</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Denali National Park and Alaska Railroad
Exchange</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA29D69D7BD404736A3FFD0E56F453D59" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>351.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Denali National Park and Alaska Railroad
Corporation exchange</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H601810C9B47C4937A677B928B3D142C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00DBDD8EB9934352A15F00C620B5DE92"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corporation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Corporation</quote> means
the Alaska Railroad Corporation owned by the State of Alaska.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14C36B119AD34BF58E77000083675BCF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H579766F6FA324606AA749ED9F713042F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exchange</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08C4416175F946D08CA934E609333CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C461CDCAAF94CFCBE636510A6ECB859"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Easement expanded</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to grant to the
Alaska Railroad Corporation an exclusive-use easement on land that is
identified by the Secretary within Denali National Park for the purpose of
providing a location to the Corporation for construction, maintenance, and
on-going operation of track and associated support facilities for turning
railroad trains around near Denali Park Station.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E1B3B1021464E968872485D7B9300C"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Easement relinquished</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In exchange for the easement granted in
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall require the relinquishment of certain
portions of the Corporation’s existing exclusive use easement within the
boundary of Denali National Park.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DB4BE6D9C1647B0A6FAF82EC4D8339C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conditions of the exchange</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A16024D527540A08FAED8D4D407C30"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Equal
exchange</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exchange of
easements under this section shall be on an approximately equal-acre
basis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA6DA30CA0954236B7E8B6ACBAD44FB1"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Total acres</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The easement granted under paragraph (1)(A)
shall not exceed 25 acres.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11F9316F34AF43A7B044EAE34279FB92"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interests conveyed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The easement conveyed to the Alaska
Railroad Corporation by the Secretary under this section shall be under the
same terms as the exclusive use easement granted to the Railroad in Denali
National Park in the Deed for Exclusive Use Easement and Railroad Related
Improvements filed in Book 33, pages 985–994 of the Nenana Recording District,
Alaska, pursuant to the Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982 (45 U.S.C. 1201 et
seq.). The easement relinquished by the Alaska Railroad Corporation to the
United States under this section shall, with respect to the portion being
exchanged, be the full title and interest received by the Alaska Railroad in
the Deed for Exclusive Use Easement and Railroad Related Improvements filed in
Book 33, pages 985–994 of the Nenana Recording District, Alaska, pursuant to
the Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/45/1201">45 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58C21547C2A4423598A78CB6A27DBD69"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Alaska Railroad shall pay all costs
associated with the exchange under this section, including the costs of
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.), the costs of any surveys, and other reasonable costs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF81D535808C4FC8A134B13885E485B4"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land to be part of wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The land underlying any easement
relinquished to the United States under this section that is adjacent to
designated wilderness is hereby designated as wilderness and added to the
Denali Wilderness, the boundaries of which are modified accordingly, and shall
be managed in accordance with applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act (78
Stat. 892) and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (94
Stat. 2371).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB676DD3917B44A2BADB975591EBE7703"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other terms and conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall require any additional
terms and conditions under this section that the Secretary determines to be
appropriate to protect the interests of the United States and of Denali
National Park.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="HA7C892E7F14D4FD3BAC65B29CBA27B85" level-type="subsequent"><enum>G</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Underground Railroad Network to
Freedom Amendments</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8641AD37331C4F2AA8154E4DE052A8E2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>361.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorizing appropriations for specific
purposes</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA20865218C14C4400FA9BBF9CF21316"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Underground Railroad Network
to Freedom Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/469l">16 U.S.C. 469l et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F9654C8693547C08DCE3FFA7C97A458"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking section 3(d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B6BFD05E23F48208F89581FA6F72D2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking section 4(d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H261749D154F14491B86F36C4419EE34"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H443E18A620C449CF88E300659C72FF60" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H093D3B93A0FF48D6988500A772E02054" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E76622AA60F40028EC88913D9A1A9FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this Act $2,500,000 for each fiscal year, to be allocated as
follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA86A722ECACB472FA2CD6CFCAD51C9B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,000,000 is to be used for the purposes
of section 3.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE3B60034F90474E927E59D27FF0FDD3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$500,000 is to be used for the purposes of
section 4.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA134D2F29AFC461B001EB900CCCD96AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No amounts may be appropriated for the
purposes of this Act except to the Secretary for carrying out the
responsibilities of the Secretary as set forth in this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C2EB279329D40F894E0EB0234FD5057"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect at the beginning of the fiscal year
immediately following the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="HEE538692A8BC41D885F9C3509537414E" level-type="subsequent"><enum>H</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grand Canyon subcontractors</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BF67B5074BE4F409F7804D721A1700" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>371.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45349E0D9E3B4247BDDB1C57FBC06000"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">IDIQ</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>IDIQ</term> means an
Indefinite Deliver/Indefinite Quantity contract.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AE1C61A73CC4FCABB80E87F1804458C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Park</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>park</term> means Grand
Canyon National Park.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF270ABC966B42F2B9E1059D6186F01D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">PGI</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>PGI</term> means Pacific
General, Inc.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65281E0A4DBB4AC9BFE994F1998939E"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park
Service.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4275242411A4E65A33D2E9343109DB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>372.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized, subject to the
appropriation of such funds as may be necessary, to pay the amount owed to the
subcontractors of PGI for work performed at the park under an IDIQ with PGI
between fiscal years 2002 and 2003, provided that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC4844067558485F98E389A08D71D400"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the primary contract between PGI and the
National Park Service is terminated;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41F3A662EEF64B63B91758EB74F35EE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount owed to the subcontractors is
verified;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68142985ED874DDA80CAF1F6CA0018FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all reasonable legal avenues or recourse
have been exhausted by the subcontractors to recoup amounts owed directly from
PGI; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H036582B11DCA40769C5FAA01002E3593"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the subcontractors provide a written
statement that payment of the amount verified in paragraph (2) represents
payment in full by the United States for all work performed at the park under
the IDIQ with PGI between fiscal years 2002 and 2003.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Heritage Areas</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="HA45C576EF0EB4025966300BCD0D57D95" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Journey Through Hallowed Ground National
Heritage Area</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C722C37D17A41F7B2950037D27BA6DF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this subtitle
include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D9BAADD21704064BBCFAF48D8283426"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to recognize the national importance of the
natural and cultural legacies of the area, as demonstrated in the study
entitled <quote>The Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area
Feasibility Study</quote> dated September 2006;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DCCA3F2C87745BF9CCD31D2F3243BD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to preserve, support, conserve, and
interpret the legacy of the American history created along the National
Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E44C44C55C14D9992171560AD75BA68"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote heritage, cultural and
recreational tourism and to develop educational and cultural programs for
visitors and the general public;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81E18EDF76F54CF59CE062DFF6711284"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to recognize and interpret important events
and geographic locations representing key developments in the creation of
America, including Native American, Colonial American, European American, and
African American heritage;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BDCCF884DB6464386FEA36E44BE073D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to recognize and interpret the effect of
the Civil War on the civilian population of the National Heritage Area during
the war and post-war reconstruction period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59A1FF4D0B2B4C5BBFAEC206E4C54C64"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enhance a cooperative management
framework to assist the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of West Virginia, and their units of
local government, the private sector, and citizens residing in the National
Heritage Area in conserving, supporting, enhancing, and interpreting the
significant historic, cultural and recreational sites in the National Heritage
Area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6665351BD9114241A6B7F9CB219D7BBB"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide appropriate linkages among units
of the National Park System within and surrounding the National Heritage Area,
to protect, enhance, and interpret resources outside of park boundaries.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44227D41E7A746C886E033961176BF97" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC08CD397E47944B2A7AA4FDA18A1C8C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National heritage area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>National Heritage
Area</term> means the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area
established in this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDC383DDA43E4665B2017EA2B4D8FC90"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local coordinating entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>local coordinating
entity</term> means the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, a Virginia
non-profit, which is hereby designated by Congress—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H105CB02AA73B489AAD811F00005DFF4C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop, in partnership with others, the
management plan for the National Heritage Area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H765DE8642C3B437E888645648677B0AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to act as a catalyst for the implementation
of projects and programs among diverse partners in the National Heritage
Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H204327FFE080417D90FC6955D418E52"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>management plan</term> means
the plan prepared by the local coordinating entity for the National Heritage
Area that specifies actions, policies, strategies, performance goals, and
recommendations to meet the goals of the National Heritage Area, in accordance
with this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H185EAAC03A2245AF88D2E27635E7B69"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91FEE4E450EB4CE0A87EE4E427B2F375" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation of the Journey Through Hallowed
Ground National Heritage Area</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H171AAF07D19B44F594AF3966FBD2D0D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby established the Journey
Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52E50FA111CB4A049E8F1C3B0536EAD9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Boundaries</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8599CACFDA7E45BB9DD06C5C8C37309"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Heritage Area shall consist of the
175-mile region generally following the Route 15 corridor and surrounding areas
from Adams County, Pennsylvania, through Frederick County, Maryland, including
the Heart of the Civil War Maryland State Heritage Area, looping through
Brunswick, Maryland, to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, back through Loudoun
County, Virginia, to the Route 15 corridor and surrounding areas encompassing
portions of Loudoun and Prince William Counties, Virginia, then Fauquier
County, Virginia, portions of Spotsylvania and Madison Counties, Virginia, and
Culpepper, Rappahannock, Orange, and Albemarle Counties, Virginia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B5CE9602CC2410784E03B24686DFAF3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The boundaries of the National Heritage
Area shall include all of those lands and interests as generally depicted on
the map titled <quote>Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage
Area</quote>, numbered P90/80,000, and dated October 2006. The map shall be on
file and available to the public in the appropriate offices of the National
Park Service and the local coordinating entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1A821B64A0C45DA821C10D956840975" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management plan</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3A82C357592497CAC0600A314B74838"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The management plan for the National
Heritage Area shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62EC6B75AABF4351A11E373856339152"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe comprehensive policies, goals,
strategies, and recommendations for telling the story of the heritage of the
area covered by the National Heritage Area and encouraging long-term resource
protection, enhancement, interpretation, funding, management, and development
of the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C02F384D3194BF8A96648AAD67CA57B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a description of actions and
commitments that Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments, private
organizations, and citizens will take to protect, enhance, interpret, fund,
manage, and develop the natural, historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and
recreational resources of the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H995483E489DC4E41943D390007E91F02"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify existing and potential sources of
funding or economic development strategies to protect, enhance, interpret,
fund, manage, and develop the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H762387994D614A74A8A57769287E1FD4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include an inventory of the natural,
historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the
National Heritage Area related to the national importance and themes of the
National Heritage Area that should be protected, enhanced, interpreted,
managed, funded, and developed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1373BCA66D584D3986AF8D56278119A8"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommend policies and strategies for
resource management, including the development of intergovernmental and
interagency agreements to protect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and
develop the natural, historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and
recreational resources of the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD188F80F6ED45BDB570C2BAC993B734"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe a program for implementation for
the management plan, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71A4F7F0080A4AEF8350DCA5C37C0004"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performance goals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0FE91098522483DAB40A889D796B2AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans for resource protection, enhancement,
interpretation, funding, management, and development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1427E80DABF64E13BEB11569609A443"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specific commitments for implementation
that have been made by the local coordinating entity or any Federal, State,
Tribal, or local government agency, organization, business, or
individual;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H987333781CFA4894B0E6FD64A9468C6B"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include an analysis of, and recommendations
for, means by which Federal, State, Tribal, and local programs may best be
coordinated (including the role of the National Park Service and other Federal
agencies associated with the National Heritage Area) to further the purposes of
this subtitle; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48B26CBA36A1431CB2D9DD8F0953AEF7"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a business plan that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADC4792EAFAB4D6B819FAA38633F87F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the role, operation, financing,
and functions of the local coordinating entity and of each of the major
activities contained in the management plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F24A0D2B22F4EEE8C6F5DCCAB8FF678"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides adequate assurances that the local
coordinating entity has the partnerships and financial and other resources
necessary to implement the management plan for the National Heritage
Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D9CE743F9304EED84D90054CC27BD7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H849049777B4E4217BFD19573A05DC3AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date on
which funds are first made available to develop the management plan after
designation as a National Heritage Area, the local coordinating entity shall
submit the management plan to the Secretary for approval.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EE4262190D04D09AB9F3EC32F8300CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the management plan is not submitted to
the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (1), the local coordinating entity
shall not qualify for any additional financial assistance under this subtitle
until such time as the management plan is submitted to and approved by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H778E990C3BC34095865687F2A40092CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval of management plan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2627FDB9FD447E38CCBC78486584311"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after receiving the
plan, the Secretary shall review and approve or disapprove the management plan
for a National Heritage Area on the basis of the criteria established under
paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4F19316EC204247009DA38556FB9C17"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consult with the
Governor of each State in which the National Heritage Area is located before
approving a management plan for the National Heritage Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7628FC4FAE92407D8D19C5503FCC0044"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criteria for approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether to approve a
management plan for a National Heritage Area, the Secretary shall consider
whether—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B72BBDB2E2F443BAEB14F7C31CC99A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the local coordinating entity represents
the diverse interests of the National Heritage Area, including Federal, State,
Tribal, and local governments, natural, and historic resource protection
organizations, educational institutions, businesses, recreational
organizations, community residents, and private property owners;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2A446E4237A46389972C0006F46E83E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the local coordinating entity—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE0A1A0BED8D4B2B9BD806B356D3938"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has afforded adequate opportunity for
public and Federal, State, Tribal, and local governmental involvement
(including through workshops and hearings) in the preparation of the management
plan; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF2502BDBE0D4C3C9C7CC13103C0CDD2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides for at least semiannual public
meetings to ensure adequate implementation of the management plan;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CA486B4084E421DA0F78B8C96CD6E88"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the resource protection, enhancement,
interpretation, funding, management, and development strategies described in
the management plan, if implemented, would adequately protect, enhance,
interpret, fund, manage, and develop the natural, historic, cultural,
educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the National Heritage
Area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA63B27072494410EA050BBEA6C39DD75"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the management plan would not adversely
affect any activities authorized on Federal land under public land laws or land
use plans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BC04CCC58EA4A9E98B2D84378F16929"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the local coordinating entity has
demonstrated the financial capability, in partnership with others, to carry out
the plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD1ECBB5767A4F46A2DE972132482B33"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary has received adequate
assurances from the appropriate State, Tribal, and local officials whose
support is needed to ensure the effective implementation of the State, Tribal,
and local elements of the management plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1DB31B149CC479D97C252CAD32C392E"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the management plan demonstrates
partnerships among the local coordinating entity, Federal, State, Tribal, and
local governments, regional planning organizations, nonprofit organizations, or
private sector parties for implementation of the management plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A2C15B9BC384B6BB64EC343026416EC"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disapproval</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64EF54B699C44C03B35396E2AAB22DEF"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary disapproves the management
plan, the Secretary—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39CA0A3A258747BB9F54CCDD8867AD34"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall advise the local coordinating entity
in writing of the reasons for the disapproval; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CF12DCD69664830B54103CC45A25923"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may make recommendations to the local
coordinating entity for revisions to the management plan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49483FD92D0B477DA68322EB575FAAA0"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after receiving a
revised management plan, the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the revised
management plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H526439F2D0CD4F49A6259460A319582B"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA4F9A8209C641AE82F635028F6443DE"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An amendment to the management plan that
substantially alters the purposes of the National Heritage Area shall be
reviewed by the Secretary and approved or disapproved in the same manner as the
original management plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7206F970E56942CD988147DA10846F7F"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The local coordinating entity shall not use
Federal funds authorized by this subtitle to implement an amendment to the
management plan until the Secretary approves the amendment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25BECC471D8C45B7840023915000008E"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76238F3E7DFE43949F69AC65F5D4DD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance under the
authority of this subtitle for the development and implementation of the
management plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H997E60807093467B8741EC63AD2BA428"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into cooperative agreements with
interested parties to carry out this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC376C8CA9154463099AE4C00B754F48B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>405.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation; report</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26553BB5AABB40309B07BEAE51A2D947"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years before the date on
which authority for Federal funding terminates for the National Heritage Area
under this subtitle, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C00A27BDE124DB1ACA41D827329A61F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct an evaluation of the
accomplishments of the National Heritage Area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H840C0AD2991C489C8F3720E837B88BB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare a report in accordance with
subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5ADFA0A883CF4A8680FB27C2AF68ACB5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An evaluation conducted under subsection
(a)(1) shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H527B02BA81CD438988F05B00AFF52B47"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the progress of the local
coordinating entity with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H110A415C76B8451C8C51A69870C0E9CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accomplishing the purposes of the
authorizing legislation for the National Heritage Area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAB5DBE1997C40728CAE596BDBB4AEEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">achieving the goals and objectives of the
approved management plan for the National Heritage Area;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A5EE5F4626847DE895C01C88F026BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze the Federal, State, Tribal, local,
and private investments in the National Heritage Area to determine the impact
of the investments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF20CAE47944D4329B4C0B17CC1C98856"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the management structure,
partnership relationships, and funding of the National Heritage Area for
purposes of identifying the critical components for sustainability of the
National Heritage Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H197CDC61CA8647489319601E5800AB00"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on the evaluation conducted under
subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate. The
report shall include recommendations for the future role of the National Park
Service, if any, with respect to the National Heritage Area.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DA87750FBD1491EBF40927CB6471EB8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>406.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local coordinating entity</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAB558FC577C45038470D1C107411BFF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To further the purposes of the National
Heritage Area, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, as the local
coordinating entity, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8946CD97E553452100F4FC6B6EF90009"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare a management plan for the National
Heritage Area, and submit the management plan to the Secretary, in accordance
with this subtitle;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF53CF21F1427435C9CD7A512B1FC8E1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit an annual report to the Secretary
for each fiscal year for which the local coordinating entity receives Federal
funds under this subtitle, specifying—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H278DDE3DF15D4E87A9B84497C6B5BF92"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the specific performance goals and
accomplishments of the local coordinating entity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD76498A123AB4843BF1661B817F9A687"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the expenses and income of the local
coordinating entity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB2582506387452B8E5F73EB168B689D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amounts and sources of matching
funds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD2AFFED876345248E22C60021EABE91"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amounts leveraged with Federal funds
and sources of the leveraging; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00FD42D47E1D43E8B470F405A7BB5050"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grants made to any other entities during
the fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C67C3427D8E4D8A839B00D3D03B05FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make available for audit for each fiscal
year for which the local coordinating entity receives Federal funds under this
subtitle, all information pertaining to the expenditure of the funds and any
matching funds; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CFBD50485A74AAEAC289689C8A1EBEA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage economic viability and
sustainability that is consistent with the purposes of the National Heritage
Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C7C6DD5F9CF4614A66DAF7B37E7F7E2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of preparing and
implementing the approved management plan for the National Heritage Area, the
local coordinating entity may use Federal funds made available under this
subtitle to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C33508431AD4AFFA215E1753F62B499"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make grants to political jurisdictions,
nonprofit organizations, and other parties within the National Heritage
Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75048E7BC92F4DC182CBD5617CDE800"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into cooperative agreements with or
provide technical assistance to political jurisdictions, nonprofit
organizations, Federal agencies, and other interested parties;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F509E9704F6430385C108B8A266238D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hire and compensate staff, including
individuals with expertise in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3861878AC2C94508A402036900986DAC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">natural, historical, cultural, educational,
scenic, and recreational resource conservation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1896AE205F4544E7A910D4066466ADBC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">economic and community development;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCBA60FF95184DBCA0EF81039FCAA40"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">heritage planning;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DE4F3FB1152404FBAC335C26B368C71"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtain funds or services from any source,
including other Federal programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE2D05C641834F0AAB12C175F200B9B9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contract for goods or services; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B0A3451D1A24715A382F9CC8E7A0A5"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support activities of partners and any
other activities that further the purposes of the National Heritage Area and
are consistent with the approved management plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BB1157522CF445FA742FABA898F6693"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on acquisition of real
property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The local
coordinating entity may not use Federal funds authorized under this subtitle to
acquire any interest in real property.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1ECD5E860C34B94961BC8F100BBCFF4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>407.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relationship to other Federal
agencies</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF02199EFAACF485D8F5436C84210AB61"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle affects the
authority of a Federal agency to provide technical or financial assistance
under any other law.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC899F34DC3A24A1E8866863FC754B58"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation and coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of any Federal agency planning to
conduct activities that may have an impact on a National Heritage Area is
encouraged to consult and coordinate the activities with the Secretary and the
local coordinating entity to the maximum extent practicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3D627BD91484DD8B1BFCFC1934B726"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other Federal agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H036B8C9E0D4F4C378EE421438500092C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modifies, alters, or amends any law or
regulation authorizing a Federal agency to manage Federal land under the
jurisdiction of the Federal agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HECC593153C3A4083008CFC538B30E79B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limits the discretion of a Federal land
manager to implement an approved land use plan within the boundaries of a
National Heritage Area; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06399806F79046B9B7EBAF36CFA35B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modifies, alters, or amends any authorized
use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Federal agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16678DD40E624FCA8F166CFB82A33593" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>408.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Private property and regulatory
protections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
subtitle—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C6320E1A6564A338EEA97DDC140006F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">abridges the rights of any property owner
(whether public or private), including the right to refrain from participating
in any plan, project, program, or activity conducted within the National
Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBCA432BFC9C4C429BC9C3B98AB4800"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires any property owner to permit
public access (including access by Federal, State, Tribal, or local agencies)
to the property of the property owner, or to modify public access or use of
property of the property owner under any other Federal, State, Tribal, or local
law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC64AD671D87C49029892B8F210D99F20"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alters any duly adopted land use
regulation, approved land use plan, or other regulatory authority (such as the
authority to make safety improvements or increase the capacity of existing
roads or to construct new roads) of any Federal, State, Tribal, or local
agency, or conveys any land use or other regulatory authority to any local
coordinating entity, including but not necessarily limited to development and
management of energy or water or water-related infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H925BCD885F6D4FE3AE51D9496DC02C71"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorizes or implies the reservation or
appropriation of water or water rights;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H098E7FDB5CBC4B1F9FB6FC176254D85D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">diminishes the authority of the State to
manage fish and wildlife, including the regulation of fishing and hunting
within the National Heritage Area; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9B1DFB3581D403C952FB4AD54DACEF9"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates any liability, or affects any
liability under any other law, of any private property owner with respect to
any person injured on the private property.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2006E43FFB2445AAA4DD02CD7E322813" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>409.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3CC99A43D52413BBAAFC95CE24BB734"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to
subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
subtitle not more than $1,000,000 for any fiscal year. Funds so appropriated
shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9DFD05E20F64054A9800188517FD952"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Total Amounts
Appropriated</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than
$15,000,000 may be appropriated to carry out this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF9737C4C01A4F7E919DA9AFAE09814C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost-Sharing Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the total cost of any
activity under this subtitle shall be not more than 50 percent; the non-Federal
contribution may be in the form of in-kind contributions of goods or services
fairly valued.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8AD1445635F421C88420096002E074F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>410.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of Federal funds from other
sources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
subtitle shall preclude the local coordinating entity from using Federal funds
available under other laws for the purposes for which those funds were
authorized.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11DD4264FB194CFAB8E6A90528B8E200" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>411.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset for grants and other
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority of
the Secretary to provide financial assistance under this subtitle terminates on
the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H0D5B933798C348809E9CCA19C6BD91BD" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Niagara Falls National Heritage
Area</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27FA257578BE422CA103E76E40198442" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>421.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this subtitle
include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB6A2B56F4CE456386B900A27B6CB04F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to recognize the national importance of the
natural and cultural legacies of the area, as demonstrated in the National Park
Service study report entitled <quote>Niagara National Heritage Area
Study</quote> dated 2005;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA928403139034D2495614D7432D08238"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to preserve, support, conserve, and
interpret the natural, scenic, cultural, and historic resources within the
National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA65A1FA8024347858551508E3282EE2B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote heritage, cultural, and
recreational tourism and to develop educational and cultural programs for
visitors and the general public;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0602ED94A28C49E9BA4650592CEA5548"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to recognize and interpret important events
and geographic locations representing key developments in American history and
culture, including Native American, Colonial American, European American, and
African American heritage;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58EE8B8C4A204D7A95B8002E85D3C01E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enhance a cooperative management
framework to assist State, local, and Tribal governments, the private sector,
and citizens residing in the National Heritage Area in conserving, supporting,
enhancing, and interpreting the significant historic, cultural, and
recreational sites in the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BBDBC6CC8B84266AF84BA25EFA01EB9"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to conserve and interpret the history of
the development of hydroelectric power in the United States and its role in
developing the American economy; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8214256A80E4D30007115F83F41ECC6"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide appropriate linkages among units
of the National Park System within and surrounding the National Heritage Area,
to protect, enhance, and interpret resources outside of park boundaries.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H357FB037C6214EB1A6F6EA72E1C7947D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>422.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F0B851B0B254CA2B7C30095D620DDB5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Commission</term> means the
Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Commission established under this
subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F020051A7E54A30BC6777671500266B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Governor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Governor</term> means the
Governor of the State of New York.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H943ACB18D3A34796AAAC64318447957C"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local coordinating entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>local coordinating
entity</term> means the local coordinating entity for the National Heritage
Area designated pursuant to this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29AD79C5912F408187195E001DC26975"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>management plan</term> means
the plan prepared by the local coordinating entity for the National Heritage
Area that specifies actions, policies, strategies, performance goals, and
recommendations to meet the goals of the National Heritage Area, in accordance
with this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BC992AFE3814AFCB15DAC81F5001287"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National heritage area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>National Heritage
Area</term> means the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area established in this
subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F4963B0D6C84A12AAA9CC739878B247"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9F91128B84B4C128B4B0705851B6337" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>423.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation of the Niagara Falls National
Heritage Area</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29DE8E5C5BF84CEE997460A5D17FFAE9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby established the Niagara
Falls National Heritage Area.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A6C18CFB4E94AF600579BE445025259"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Boundaries</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDBD124BFD5E4F3388EBB7D98047FF67"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Heritage Area shall consist of
the area from the western boundary of the town of Wheatfield, New York,
extending to the mouth of the Niagara River on Lake Ontario, including the city
of Niagara Falls, New York, the villages of Youngstown and Lewiston, New York,
land and water within the boundaries of the Heritage Area in Niagara County,
New York, and any additional thematically related sites within Erie and Niagara
Counties, New York, that are identified in the management plan developed under
this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED5A058C8B8242C99CF3857BB664DB91"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The boundaries of the National Heritage
Area shall be as generally depicted on the map titled <quote>Niagara Falls
National Heritage Area,</quote> and numbered P76/80,000 and dated July, 2006.
The map shall be on file and available to the public in the appropriate offices
of the National Park Service and the local coordinating entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93EB77A853274CB5959356FB74D583AD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>424.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management plan</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B5FE8FAB6B64AE2A44925D4E6428798"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The management plan for the National
Heritage Area shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC7E3F0DB6974253ACC4DEC71100005F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe comprehensive policies, goals,
strategies, and recommendations for telling the story of the heritage of the
area covered by the National Heritage Area and encouraging long-term resource
protection, enhancement, interpretation, funding, management, and development
of the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25469B2103064E57856C6C964C157CA7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a description of actions and
commitments that Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments, private
organizations, and citizens will take to protect, enhance, interpret, fund,
manage, and develop the natural, historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and
recreational resources of the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AA2E72307CF4393989BA9EA3B66952C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify existing and potential sources of
funding or economic development strategies to protect, enhance, interpret,
fund, manage, and develop the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H983D03E935A041328E38144ED4D02FB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include an inventory of the natural,
historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the
National Heritage Area related to the national importance and themes of the
National Heritage Area that should be protected, enhanced, interpreted,
managed, funded, and developed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF69B28186B54184B367567643F9711F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommend policies and strategies for
resource management, including the development of intergovernmental and
interagency agreements to protect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and
develop the natural, historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and
recreational resources of the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB30BB1443B0A4C94BEED340542C743D9"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe a program for implementation for
the management plan, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CF30384492540179C67EBFB7338CC67"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performance goals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC79025966AF4A1F9FBCF74C83ABFC79"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans for resource protection, enhancement,
interpretation, funding, management, and development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D0ED24231D14341A22CF1B55BE8A688"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specific commitments for implementation
that have been made by the local coordinating entity or any Federal, State,
Tribal, or local government agency, organization, business, or
individual;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H281E4C03FEA04FEA9CF29423CB2D22C4"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include an analysis of, and recommendations
for, means by which Federal, State, Tribal, and local programs may best be
coordinated (including the role of the National Park Service and other Federal
agencies associated with the National Heritage Area) to further the purposes of
this subtitle; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0470F109836F42E4B902AC1B724B1BEE"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a business plan that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7B98C72D41B414283FA2000AF6E285D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the role, operation, financing,
and functions of the local coordinating entity and of each of the major
activities contained in the management plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H543492DC5BBF42E5B9C2FD7E5512DCA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides adequate assurances that the local
coordinating entity has the partnerships and financial and other resources
necessary to implement the management plan for the National Heritage
Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6636520127994A2DB517AADDCD1F27AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCDDEEE0271545F8AB8800DFEFB22BAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date on
which funds are first made available to develop the management plan after
designation as a National Heritage Area, the local coordinating entity shall
submit the management plan to the Secretary for approval.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A3AE3CEE43A45F8A26FAA11620393DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the management plan is not submitted to
the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (1), the local coordinating entity
shall not qualify for any additional financial assistance under this subtitle
until such time as the management plan is submitted to and approved by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE29A0AF8B9C4F398DF4BEA754E9A21E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval of management plan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E3D900FF4CC455F82D5E8BC7692E0D0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after receiving the
plan, the Secretary shall review and approve or disapprove the management plan
for a National Heritage Area on the basis of the criteria established under
paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DCE1DD0D758474491F83DACC4541CF3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consult with the
Governor before approving a management plan for the National Heritage
Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADF2BCA07A5B420391E68C0097E1DB8"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criteria for approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether to approve a
management plan for a National Heritage Area, the Secretary shall consider
whether—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DD7947A93F347B7904D722FFD00036C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the local coordinating entity represents
the diverse interests of the National Heritage Area, including Federal, State,
Tribal, and local governments, natural and historic resource protection
organizations, educational institutions, businesses, recreational
organizations, community residents, and private property owners;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H948BDDAF5BC5448C92EC00D56BC33E17"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the local coordinating entity—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA03FBCD39F3D40B48FB9478CDEC14931"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has afforded adequate opportunity for
public and Federal, State, Tribal, and local governmental involvement
(including through workshops and hearings) in the preparation of the management
plan; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0C4427DD00E48868733C52E9FBA7768"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides for at least semiannual public
meetings to ensure adequate implementation of the management plan;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B0AC7B215DB40F99E72EB6CF94905B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the resource protection, enhancement,
interpretation, funding, management, and development strategies described in
the management plan, if implemented, would adequately protect, enhance,
interpret, fund, manage, and develop the natural, historic, cultural,
educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the National Heritage
Area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CDC0105777B413ABCBDD8085900601E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the management plan would not adversely
affect any activities authorized on Federal land under public land laws or land
use plans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C9E5B2144594BFE87A86DB045EC2D00"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the local coordinating entity has
demonstrated the financial capability, in partnership with others, to carry out
the plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB8A61FC56FB4F4EBE93AD7BD804BB13"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary has received adequate
assurances from the appropriate State, Tribal, and local officials whose
support is needed to ensure the effective implementation of the State, Tribal,
and local elements of the management plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8F4D4ABDAAD4B74A8234C59EB403100"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the management plan demonstrates
partnerships among the local coordinating entity, Federal, State, Tribal, and
local governments, regional planning organizations, nonprofit organizations, or
private sector parties for implementation of the management plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E44862677154302ADB06F85A6B1EA00"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disapproval</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCAF419470CBB40A8B893E0B938C713D4"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary disapproves the management
plan, the Secretary—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H396AD835422C47C78022D6710126331"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall advise the local coordinating entity
in writing of the reasons for the disapproval; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC463FA8917F4825837F67E7D8BDC1FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may make recommendations to the local
coordinating entity for revisions to the management plan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2CEC63BF9B0480A99A1E5CCE32845DD"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after receiving a
revised management plan, the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the revised
management plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC029DF9E42664B30881270CFA95C00D9"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H019B2800AE544746ABF6A5A661C30001"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An amendment to the management plan that
substantially alters the purposes of the National Heritage Area shall be
reviewed by the Secretary and approved or disapproved in the same manner as the
original management plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55FE506B2D1F4A30849E7B692F006BA0"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The local coordinating entity shall not use
Federal funds authorized by this subtitle to implement an amendment to the
management plan until the Secretary approves the amendment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1B56BEC8B4B4D48A53BB6D6C231CC69"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H398DC467FAE9401BA0BAA43D45C6EB73"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance under the
authority of this subtitle for the development and implementation of the
management plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59B905AA714F41F2BB9BD1BB4537E501"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into cooperative agreements with
interested parties to carry out this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H589A36DFB54B4E70BCFE00C5FA100DD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>425.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation; report</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E284DF517D64A70BF2E28A643A151E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years before the date on
which authority for Federal funding terminates for the National Heritage Area
under this subtitle the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10C181EF64DD41AEB099DDC9500B2F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct an evaluation of the
accomplishments of the National Heritage Area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7E8069649664F94BDAD75562FB9D143"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare a report in accordance with
subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2ECAE1795EEA4BE6BC3B7E65FA584837"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An evaluation conducted under subsection
(a)(1) shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H410FB7E4614A408CB62DE07EA1009748"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the progress of the local
coordinating entity with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DB3AE6F0E514F40B8F37DB10653A481"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accomplishing the purposes of the
authorizing legislation for the National Heritage Area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00F5CBE43233489A95A670FF415BF6C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">achieving the goals and objectives of the
approved management plan for the National Heritage Area;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D840120A4E64BD68EA1026657BFA1E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze the Federal, State, Tribal, and
local, and private investments in the National Heritage Area to determine the
impact of the investments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F2811DF2C8743AB825F5BB6F0FBD078"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the management structure,
partnership relationships, and funding of the National Heritage Area for
purposes of identifying the critical components for sustainability of the
National Heritage Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9EC6CEBD89A415F8CBBC172A65FAA10"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on the evaluation conducted under
subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate. The
report shall include recommendations for the future role of the National Park
Service, if any, with respect to the National Heritage Area.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA40ECEA6D22E4533B169130970686C27" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>426.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local coordinating entity</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H620D2A1A3BD744C0ABEF979505235691"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The local coordinating entity for the
Heritage Area shall be—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E50A5899F854B23A19200B0F26FDF19"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the 5-year period beginning on the date
of enactment of this subtitle, the Commission; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H511A4AA7D3A041D19162366268F1D1BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on expiration of the 5-year period
described in paragraph (1), a private nonprofit or governmental organization
designated by the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76743992FDB84B39B30476FE1FD69E47"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To further the purposes of the National
Heritage Area, the local coordinating entity, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE58F187CE9D44CA2B27C1B1FE44D848E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare a management plan for the National
Heritage Area, and submit the management plan to the Secretary, in accordance
with this subtitle;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4303AF2B58794CF081BDCD56E9BDDE2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit an annual report to the Secretary
for each fiscal year for which the local coordinating entity receives Federal
funds under this subtitle, specifying—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H268E1A4D9FBB4DD89F1C7BD000E3C092"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the specific performance goals and
accomplishments of the local coordinating entity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H409803B0D55149708348D0AB19051523"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the expenses and income of the local
coordinating entity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB306A9424F24553AD511437EB1701A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amounts and sources of matching
funds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H531D85D8D05B483691F8E80354DECBDB"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amounts leveraged with Federal funds
and sources of the leveraging; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F6107EB6FBA4ADA8800DA62CE3B526"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grants made to any other entities during
the fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H657A21CF47264FCCB25FC96076452D2B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make available for audit for each fiscal
year for which the local coordinating entity receives Federal funds under this
subtitle, all information pertaining to the expenditure of the funds and any
matching funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2989DBEF2BE41F1AFA8E0F8245224DE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage economic viability and
sustainability that is consistent with the purposes of the National Heritage
Area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E4AD208455F4478AC6FDF19778F71C"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate projects, activities, and
programs with the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A8BA71C194E4184A056AACB3F8B38F7"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of preparing and
implementing the approved management plan for the National Heritage Area, the
local coordinating entity may use Federal funds made available under this
subtitle to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6822B4347B940D1A821951BB743C0C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make grants to political jurisdictions,
nonprofit organizations, and other parties within the National Heritage
Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0ED2CBDB62244B5388A7A11375DA869F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into cooperative agreements with or
provide technical assistance to political jurisdictions, nonprofit
organizations, Federal agencies, and other interested parties;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BD6EDB292CB49719CBBC219DAAB2202"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hire and compensate staff, including
individuals with expertise in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3786C06F8FBF4545884F865317C7B9C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">natural, historical, cultural, educational,
scenic, and recreational resource conservation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC01F8601AF36446D86B97742E7008470"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">economic and community development;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E4308DEA5E74660859600F1CCBFAA12"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">heritage planning;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82E3F8F8B0F44ACFAEBB44DFB06EB0B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtain funds or services from any source,
including other Federal programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FB21F315F8A4BA1934B375D2500528C"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contract for goods or services; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10870FEE9B9D476F8BD4130792BA2D27"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support activities of partners and any
other activities that further the purposes of the National Heritage Area and
are consistent with the approved management plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2A4BBA1A06A4633A9F60044C9FBC059"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on acquisition of real
property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The local
coordinating entity may not use Federal funds authorized under this subtitle to
acquire any interest in real property.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64696F703535498B8122C3B6433597D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>427.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Niagara Falls Heritage Area
Commission</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA47B1F1CEC94AE6AA5DD9EC57AC6505"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established within the Department
of the Interior the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD36F0B5015D44ABAA996765ED7AC9870"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall be composed of 17
members, of whom—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H655BCC4F075441D893F1BAC2C8BB86CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be the Director of the
National Park Service (or a designee);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE8C2B7227BA46458D9DAEDBD18F3425"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 members shall be appointed by the
Secretary, after consideration of the recommendation of the Governor, from
among individuals with knowledge and experience of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0218A2CB0FDC4E53B878D1CED9E0F02D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the New York State Office of Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Niagara River Greenway Commission,
the New York Power Authority, the USA Niagara Development Corporation, and the
Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3245C075797847D8BA5BAE11B1002D74"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any successors of the agencies described in
subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB335A7970D64CCF8692C07B7812841E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be appointed by the
Secretary, after consideration of the recommendation of the mayor of Niagara
Falls, New York;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43BF2CB1CBBB40B88E270028DDECEC4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be appointed by the
Secretary, after consideration of the recommendation of the mayor of the
village of Youngstown, New York;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD22F753E9C24B3A9D9EAEE4CEAA8396"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be appointed by the
Secretary, after consideration of the recommendation of the mayor of the
village of Lewiston, New York;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32AE5A8A16AA4DB090FEE04BF820627"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be appointed by the
Secretary, after consideration of the recommendation of the Tuscarora
Nation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE37F4CB5DECA4B84847F001EFE189C81"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall be appointed by the
Secretary, after consideration of the recommendation of the Seneca Nation of
Indians; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F2C8CBCC370449787AAD3A3EF792F03"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">6 members shall be individuals who have an
interest in, support for, and expertise appropriate to tourism, regional
planning, history and historic preservation, cultural or natural resource
management, conservation, recreation, and education, or museum services, of
whom—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01000C9198A34066BBDDD00EF4E7FD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4 members shall be appointed by the
Secretary, after consideration of the recommendation of the 2 members of the
Senate from the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B556139D3CD4F13AD396D0022D8D14D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall be appointed by the
Secretary, after consideration of the recommendation of the Member of the House
of Representatives whose district encompasses the National Heritage
Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E9C66DE7D124C73B62EDAF6FE2FF8BD"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms; Vacancies</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA4A028ED7504C2B89042F26BBD439E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of the Commission shall be
appointed for a term not to exceed 5 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB1AAC88A37C4E69911782BAA4D010FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vacancies</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B8FE652D1D74A4492009802A74E1918"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partial term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member appointed to fill a vacancy on the
Commission shall serve for the remainder of the term for which the predecessor
of the member was appointed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEDC94ED5A74468AB698D2F098EA8F48"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled
in the same manner as the original appointment was made.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A483A72326A4E2FAE82982CA89BCC88"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chairperson and Vice Chairperson</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D94F4BE7BD3491C91C0DAA6365ABBD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall select a Chairperson
and Vice Chairperson from among the members of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47092C3A12AD4F54AAB6D7E210BBD68E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vice chairperson</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Vice Chairperson shall serve as the
Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9289731047DA431D90BA83B046426138"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Quorum</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F43F90FCB424308B9E2CA982CCB7540"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A majority of the members of the Commission
shall constitute a quorum.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49F2188653174053A354D04524200066"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transaction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the transaction of any business or the
exercise of any power of the Commission, the Commission shall have the power to
act by a majority vote of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum
is in attendance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C70003BF5334990B503F8183CE200A2"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Meetings</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA64AE1A8F0CD491996E7C5BB00A49F09"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall meet at least
quarterly at the call of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0ED164D71133454482D565F182A3DCEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Chairperson; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8B19130C3774D7380A867FDBDCC7061"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a majority of the members of the
Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5A2227DB82D4AD88E00659028C8B9EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice of Commission meetings and agendas
for the meetings shall be published in local newspapers that are distributed
throughout the National Heritage Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96820E971B7C4FB688F802A7B2A81DE7"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable
law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Meetings of the
Commission shall be subject to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552b">section 552b</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27EC6D2EA820462BBFAA1B00D3E34383"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorities of the Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the authorities otherwise
granted in this subtitle, the Commission may—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0181D4B22A824DE2B0CD7BB4814E512"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">request and accept from the head of any
Federal agency, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, any personnel of
the Federal agency to the Commission to assist in carrying out the duties of
the Commission;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5CD1C557CFE4A5881FA1B9991F0F8B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">request and accept from the head of any
State agency or any agency of a political subdivision of the State, on a
reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, any personnel of the agency to the
Commission to assist in carrying out the duties of the Commission;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCABE6E2DF86E4244AC192E702F7DFC04"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek, accept, and dispose of gifts,
bequests, grants, or donations of money, personal property, or services;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AE20A8954B54400BC1550E87E7F00CB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use the United States mails in the same
manner as other agencies of the Federal Government.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2956110EA69423786E000FD8099FA9E"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties of the Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To further the purposes of the National
Heritage Area, in addition to the duties otherwise listed in this subtitle, the
Commission shall assist in the transition of the management of the National
Heritage Area from the Commission to the local coordinating entity designated
under this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49C371379ACC46CF8682F3A9BCDA863"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compensation of Members</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33E1B667577A410F81B8DDD8A22E0007"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of the Commission shall serve
without compensation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3BD117B115684E91A32F88FB1BC719B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Travel expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of the Commission shall be allowed
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized
for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, while away from the home or regular place of business of
the member in the performance of the duties of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3456303E995A4E81AE783EB6F9C2BAB"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gifts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of section 170(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any gift or charitable contribution to the
Commission shall be considered to be a charitable contribution or gift to the
United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4660C166B0B54E7C86AA3FA004130B6"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of Federal Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided for the leasing of
administrative facilities under subsection (g)(1), the Commission may not use
Federal funds made available to the Commission under this subtitle to acquire
any real property or interest in real property.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC29031E319EF4733866C26DAF6CE0009" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>428.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relationship to other Federal
agencies</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H081BEE7DFF74486CA13DBE34AD49BF63"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle affects the
authority of a Federal agency to provide technical or financial assistance
under any other law.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13E47DB1816B4FEA8577FB889F85DC78"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation and coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of any Federal agency planning to
conduct activities that may have an impact on a National Heritage Area is
encouraged to consult and coordinate the activities with the Secretary and the
local coordinating entity to the maximum extent practicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60C5650D188B4D17ACF1E72B84D8C2A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other Federal agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFDB95F391574F8EAF2B67AE5C476712"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modifies, alters, or amends any law or
regulation authorizing a Federal agency to manage Federal land under the
jurisdiction of the Federal agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63208E5CD25F40B3B2154CD9F3B74005"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limits the discretion of a Federal land
manager to implement an approved land use plan within the boundaries of a
National Heritage Area; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E1D18C182234B7F997265D7B070A125"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modifies, alters, or amends any authorized
use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Federal agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1EDEBE8667D4B08BAD9CC16090031B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>429.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Private property and regulatory
protections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
subtitle—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F8232EFB09B40D796A2088B0046FAE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">abridges the rights of any property owner
(whether public or private), including the right to refrain from participating
in any plan, project, program, or activity conducted within the National
Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E0BB6AE7C0B41CFB5E7FD5EECC3EF5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires any property owner to permit
public access (including access by Federal, State, Tribal, or local agencies)
to the property of the property owner, or to modify public access or use of
property of the property owner under any other Federal, State, Tribal, or local
law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DB547DB6EB04692B32BE2F51C662F77"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alters any duly adopted land use
regulation, approved land use plan, or other regulatory authority of any
Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency, or conveys any land use or other
regulatory authority to any local coordinating entity, including but not
necessarily limited to development and management of energy, water, or
water-related infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF93FD420942746D9AA488CCB9ED886CE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorizes or implies the reservation or
appropriation of water or water rights;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75B6133BEE9448CBBC1720942BEDDAFB"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">diminishes the authority of the State to
manage fish and wildlife, including the regulation of fishing and hunting
within the National Heritage Area; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FA288F3B6CE40659DA0E72E00B65665"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates any liability, or affects any
liability under any other law, of any private property owner with respect to
any person injured on the private property.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD87630B5A1B142C280AC61D3506660EE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>430.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD995D14DB7274735917763619962D7D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to
subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
subtitle not more than $1,000,000 for any fiscal year. Funds so appropriated
shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6650A298835B49D1AA47D1E700F240D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Total Amounts
Appropriated</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than
$15,000,000 may be appropriated to carry out this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE73CE5E64A9849BDB6AF6C631B3967"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost-Sharing Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the total cost of any
activity under this subtitle shall be not more than 50 percent; the non-Federal
contribution may be in the form of in-kind contributions of goods or services
fairly valued.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EAF148B37D545E5AB10647C1DB9BE4F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>431.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of Federal funds from other
sources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
subtitle shall preclude the local coordinating entity from using Federal funds
available under other laws for the purposes for which those funds were
authorized.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D45C5177E44451CAC1BDFA4F06838CC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>432.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset for grants and other
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority of
the Secretary to provide financial assistance under this subtitle terminates on
the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="HC632EE705D154C9293E2A1799236DDEE" level-type="subsequent"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Abraham Lincoln National Heritage
Area</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52F3F4B1EC8C42828650FF8F4DF87550" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>441.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this subtitle
include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DE482423E2241D49800B1968123E211"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to recognize the significant natural and
cultural legacies of the area, as demonstrated in the study entitled
<quote>Feasibility Study of the Proposed Abraham Lincoln National Heritage
Area</quote> prepared for the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition in 2002
and revised in 2007;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB280C834942345D7A64E8C5286AB3E85"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote heritage, cultural and
recreational tourism and to develop educational and cultural programs for
visitors and the general public;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFC7BAA46C1F4C4C9BB7F28789F3E193"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to recognize and interpret important events
and geographic locations representing key periods in the growth of America,
including Native American, Colonial American, European American, and African
American heritage;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DE875DCAFE44EE091A4B9F01C32847"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to recognize and interpret the distinctive
role the region played in shaping the man who would become the 16th President
of the United States, and how Abraham Lincoln’s life left its traces in the
stories, folklore, buildings, streetscapes, and landscapes of the
region;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H151EC8CC313B44E8860063E9AA46BE29"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide a cooperative management
framework to foster a close working relationship with all levels of government,
the private sector, and the local communities in the region in identifying,
preserving, interpreting, and developing the historical, cultural, scenic, and
natural resources of the region for the educational and inspirational benefit
of current and future generations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8D02AD3606C417EB8CCB019073C226E"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide appropriate linkages between
units of the National Park System and communities, governments, and
organizations within the Heritage Area.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4EFA4B629E34F84B911EBA4EC2FAA52" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>442.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABBC749C96DC43A39D776E7495CEFC00"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local coordinating entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>local coordinating
entity</term> means the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition, which is hereby
designated by Congress—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF113FBE5C68E434D8B41CFB4B97F8372"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop, in partnership with others, the
management plan for the National Heritage Area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H410F6324AC404712A000CB6D6DF07699"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to act as a catalyst for the implementation
of projects and programs among diverse partners in the National Heritage
Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC70A40540ED64AF798C135F4D131DF33"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>management plan</term> means
the plan prepared by the local coordinating entity for the National Heritage
Area that specifies actions, policies, strategies, performance goals, and
recommendations to meet the goals of the National Heritage Area, in accordance
with this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H090DBB7AA77D465285C518FDE25016A9"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National heritage area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>National Heritage
Area</term> means the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area established in
this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H327FCDF1B91D42B28BBA7925DB2C8D6B"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H013336ED646A4BD892CE72004476A373" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>443.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation of Abraham Lincoln National
Heritage Area</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC721EACE462548B69B4CA53EB5FAD3AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby established the Abraham
Lincoln National Heritage Area.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EA9302C45C44905A9FED4D11406D8D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Boundaries</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F20D8B9B6464E9196B750498F847337"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Heritage Area shall consist of
sites as designated by the management plan within a core area located in
Central Illinois, consisting of Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign,
Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Dewitt, Douglas, Edgar, Fayette, Fulton,
Greene, Hancock, Henderson, Jersey, Knox, LaSalle, Logan, Macon, Macoupin,
Madison, Mason, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie,
Peoria, Piatt, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Tazewell, Vermillion,
Warren and Woodford counties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE366C6FAD7C4F449E8DC7CE4F606D17"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The boundaries of the National Heritage
Area shall be as generally depicted on the map titled <quote>Proposed Abraham
Lincoln National Heritage Area</quote>, and numbered 338/80,000, and dated July
2007. The map shall be on file and available to the public in the appropriate
offices of the National Park Service and the local coordinating entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E839F9CB36F4F89B25C98869D331EEE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>444.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management plan</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91CDE45AE61B47F3976996BB506FFA27"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The management plan for the National
Heritage Area shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H490AE2DC05CD49CEBC887600FBEEF3C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe comprehensive policies, goals,
strategies, and recommendations for telling the story of the heritage of the
area covered by the National Heritage Area and encouraging long-term resource
protection, enhancement, interpretation, funding, management, and development
of the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5674FACD87484E4493A2004F2E10B6CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a description of actions and
commitments that Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments, private
organizations, and citizens will take to protect, enhance, interpret, fund,
manage, and develop the natural, historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and
recreational resources of the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD58D775616EA4688A98EFCD348181FCD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify existing and potential sources of
funding or economic development strategies to protect, enhance, interpret,
fund, manage, and develop the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED941CCCA24D4A378458BCE9E2F55600"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include an inventory of the natural,
historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the
National Heritage Area related to the national importance and themes of the
National Heritage Area that should be protected, enhanced, interpreted,
managed, funded, and developed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16A80E6784F244E892C09049AEAF50C9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommend policies and strategies for
resource management, including the development of intergovernmental and
interagency agreements to protect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and
develop the natural, historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and
recreational resources of the National Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3C2F0258B974F20B7BDBF39A34E00DD"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe a program for implementation for
the management plan, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57C246F63D1846D4BD41234B89B4B393"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performance goals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA2AFF654E774D9F94B3D8D5009F4554"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans for resource protection, enhancement,
interpretation, funding, management, and development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43E3801D5F4944CA86CED051F8A3DA65"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specific commitments for implementation
that have been made by the local coordinating entity or any Federal, State,
Tribal, or local government agency, organization, business, or
individual;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D5AC57BCAD54A1CB785B180D0554660"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include an analysis of, and recommendations
for, means by which Federal, State, Tribal, and local programs may best be
coordinated (including the role of the National Park Service and other Federal
agencies associated with the National Heritage Area) to further the purposes of
this subtitle; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E12115C4D564BADA34370E241EE9E20"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a business plan that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9A2B1BC80674A6C96D78750CBC3DFCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the role, operation, financing,
and functions of the local coordinating entity and of each of the major
activities contained in the management plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H004F4740C83146BAB0BBC1CB6563E88"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides adequate assurances that the local
coordinating entity has the partnerships and financial and other resources
necessary to implement the management plan for the National Heritage
Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H772470EE18D6424BA2F9AF3CF4390020"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F559C19AF7940FEB0D5E7EBF3DA3A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date on
which funds are first made available to develop the management plan after
designation as a National Heritage Area, the local coordinating entity shall
submit the management plan to the Secretary for approval.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF87730F2EA546FDBD4D793C56DAFCDE"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the management plan is not submitted to
the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (1), the local coordinating entity
shall not qualify for any additional financial assistance under this subtitle
until such time as the management plan is submitted to and approved by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05F4674F09A24EEA8800B3F75BAE7956"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval of management plan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89D3163918F2495399B5875DBB549C40"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after receiving the
plan, the Secretary shall review and approve or disapprove the management plan
for a National Heritage Area on the basis of the criteria established under
paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CD111519BE840A49F6EFB277EC99327"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consult with the
Governor of each State in which the National Heritage Area is located before
approving a management plan for the National Heritage Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5A3BA7F9BDF4CA2873B99D2C7AFA200"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criteria for approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether to approve a
management plan for a National Heritage Area, the Secretary shall consider
whether—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34FF68F3BEAE499DA451099613A6A6DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the local coordinating entity represents
the diverse interests of the National Heritage Area, including Federal, State,
Tribal, and local governments, natural, and historic resource protection
organizations, educational institutions, businesses, recreational
organizations, community residents, and private property owners;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0D13DB91F274F388F4920117DF95495"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the local coordinating entity—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CA7E1B43BCF46CB9E5CDBE9CF003EA0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has afforded adequate opportunity for
public and Federal, State, Tribal, and local governmental involvement
(including through workshops and hearings) in the preparation of the management
plan; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BF9DCCCE56348ABAA787C0644BEEBD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides for at least semiannual public
meetings to ensure adequate implementation of the management plan;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H882B2EBBFC49405EA4E5207B69CC9FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the resource protection, enhancement,
interpretation, funding, management, and development strategies described in
the management plan, if implemented, would adequately protect, enhance,
interpret, fund, manage, and develop the natural, historic, cultural,
educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the National Heritage
Area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H837E21E1BFB74C26AE9F74596DE0FF30"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the management plan would not adversely
affect any activities authorized on Federal land under public land laws or land
use plans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5089BCFFC1724BF299DBB7FEE7575258"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the local coordinating entity has
demonstrated the financial capability, in partnership with others, to carry out
the plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AA96A5CE95B45B4BC9F25F76C2857A5"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary has received adequate
assurances from the appropriate State, Tribal, and local officials whose
support is needed to ensure the effective implementation of the State, Tribal,
and local elements of the management plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CDD9B65BEE54B44ACB45BF9EFADC786"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the management plan demonstrates
partnerships among the local coordinating entity, Federal, State, Tribal, and
local governments, regional planning organizations, nonprofit organizations, or
private sector parties for implementation of the management plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7ACAFC9AFBC84CA09DB3E9F73700CE71"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disapproval</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DE9C99D20D943D59258AAD5F861F3BB"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary disapproves the management
plan, the Secretary—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H934CFFB5409F46EAAA2480812524B9C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall advise the local coordinating entity
in writing of the reasons for the disapproval; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AE7F777109A4D15B11887048D71ABF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may make recommendations to the local
coordinating entity for revisions to the management plan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD0AD837B44749E587CCE02F0085C153"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after receiving a
revised management plan, the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the revised
management plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA533BFDC9546424D94E6D1032DEE04D0"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H921166BA5916498DB986AF26ED67442F"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An amendment to the management plan that
substantially alters the purposes of the National Heritage Area shall be
reviewed by the Secretary and approved or disapproved in the same manner as the
original management plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3ADC7D3BBC2E414AB0B6C878DA56DE15"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The local coordinating entity shall not use
Federal funds authorized by this subtitle to implement an amendment to the
management plan until the Secretary approves the amendment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1FC7CED11A840C68090002F54F6CA8C"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA686B3181D434449AD719F7EECE5B73D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance under the
authority of this subtitle for the development and implementation of the
management plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD2448D34B064B2A8DF1A0494928A4CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into cooperative agreements with
interested parties to carry out this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H971EBCD3BABC4BAC9774FCB8CF643F74" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>445.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation; report</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9B4FF42D95C45BE00C984FD400B3AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years before the date on
which authority for Federal funding terminates for the National Heritage Area
under this subtitle, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1C00BBF46604EF1B73E7E30BD147CAE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct an evaluation of the
accomplishments of the National Heritage Area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05420E18BF4040F9A753A4A699CC2BCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare a report in accordance with
subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H150DD7C363A5428881F268CC568F16F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An evaluation conducted under subsection
(a)(1) shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2184399902DD4B4D002029D5DE5EAE18"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the progress of the local
coordinating entity with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7DF68E358024DE9A9B52DCBC8AC4332"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accomplishing the purposes of the
authorizing legislation for the National Heritage Area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE65C4A37D0A4491B2966CD5DAC3A5B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">achieving the goals and objectives of the
approved management plan for the National Heritage Area;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB949EC2B9174963BD377E50CE068469"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze the Federal, State, Tribal, and
local, and private investments in the National Heritage Area to determine the
impact of the investments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AFE3F04A02D469C9F17E55E993D888D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the management structure,
partnership relationships, and funding of the National Heritage Area for
purposes of identifying the critical components for sustainability of the
National Heritage Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4880009F28514B798904A00F751211"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on the evaluation conducted under
subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate. The
report shall include recommendations for the future role of the National Park
Service, if any, with respect to the National Heritage Area.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A49102B52F64FB5900830F355D0000" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>446.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local coordinating entity</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D5A1C251DA540F7BED0F90737356F9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To further the purposes of the National
Heritage Area, the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition, as the local
coordinating entity, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08C8139B829848B18757011989EBAA2F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare a management plan for the National
Heritage Area, and submit the management plan to the Secretary, in accordance
with this subtitle;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BB0ADAECF9447DABBB33EFFB00FEB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit an annual report to the secretary
for each fiscal year for which the local coordinating entity receives Federal
funds under this subtitle, specifying—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB422913CD4D4516A6105E61932526E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the specific performance goals and
accomplishments of the local coordinating entity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8207C9443F4142F9BB4956636337EDEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the expenses and income of the local
coordinating entity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1F4E0DEC7164A5E957BCF494DCA7BA4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amounts and sources of matching
funds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A70413A21654007BA3426744B72CC7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amounts leveraged with Federal funds
and sources of the leveraging; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0160F5DEF14B45D5A73382C63B46729"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grants made to any other entities during
the fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD254C16FEF945B1A47825E4F600FD78"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make available for audit for each fiscal
year for which the local coordinating entity receives Federal funds under this
subtitle, all information pertaining to the expenditure of the funds and any
matching funds; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5148924F93A44342BFAE2D70D11C7EF4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage economic viability and
sustainability that is consistent with the purposes of the National Heritage
Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C7C5963CFB2454CAEE8B7470F11F6D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of preparing and
implementing the approved management plan for the National Heritage Area, the
local coordinating entity may use Federal funds made available under this
subtitle to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1869042E3A4E4AB5A5430088F36C9D67"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make grants to political jurisdictions,
nonprofit organizations, and other parties within the National Heritage
Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4678E1B81979437B8ED053A08B599DD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into cooperative agreements with or
provide technical assistance to political jurisdictions, nonprofit
organizations, Federal agencies, and other interested parties;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD8E71029D4748B89DDB229E78F5CA6E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hire and compensate staff, including
individuals with expertise in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H319AEF8C034D4242B4C1004145368B7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">natural, historical, cultural, educational,
scenic, and recreational resource conservation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE991FFF96A864518A38B797F84DEFCC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">economic and community development;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67F2EE5325184A62B1529BE5DE32F9CA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">heritage planning;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A38B084FA1E47498C00A22E3FD93F33"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtain funds or services from any source,
including other Federal programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD519B4877B284202BB1C4C3536450011"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contract for goods or services; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7B803D82C0545EF80DF4735B7E2FFA7"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support activities of partners and any
other activities that further the purposes of the National Heritage Area and
are consistent with the approved management plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84210563EFB14F0A82F19F08F96BB807"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on acquisition of real
property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The local
coordinating entity may not use Federal funds authorized under this subtitle to
acquire any interest in real property.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A261943FFF34FECA3CE54EDEBAC7B6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>447.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relationship to other Federal
agencies</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86727F189E794524B4D4D41D22CCFC39"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle affects the
authority of a Federal agency to provide technical or financial assistance
under any other law.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC72C6210B9C2474EA7F2E78DFFE4830"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation and coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of any Federal agency planning to
conduct activities that may have an impact on a National Heritage Area is
encouraged to consult and coordinate the activities with the Secretary and the
local coordinating entity to the maximum extent practicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H130A7ECADC53457C979336188042E0A7"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other Federal agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C44E4BCF6D74410B3274785BBDBF7B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modifies, alters, or amends any law or
regulation authorizing a Federal agency to manage Federal land under the
jurisdiction of the Federal agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCA6509834DE4A238DBEB045EE437ED5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limits the discretion of a Federal land
manager to implement an approved land use plan within the boundaries of a
National Heritage Area; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F4B11187905462DB865558D43C0DE25"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modifies, alters, or amends any authorized
use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Federal agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA2DC2FE9495485DACEF0663524108BF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>448.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Private property and regulatory
protections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
subtitle—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92E231568F934CA1A1002C05A1446F54"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">abridges the rights of any property owner
(whether public or private), including the right to refrain from participating
in any plan, project, program, or activity conducted within the National
Heritage Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B026AB8694C4E46BA4CEF6F32494B9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires any property owner to permit
public access (including access by Federal, State, Tribal, or local agencies)
to the property of the property owner, or to modify public access or use of
property of the property owner under any other Federal, State, Tribal, or local
law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DE9B3BD2240415BBD984FF336E0FD3E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alters any duly adopted land use
regulation, approved land use plan, or other regulatory authority of any
Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency, or conveys any land use or other
regulatory authority to any local coordinating entity, including but not
necessarily limited to development and management of energy, water, or
water-related infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7D499CE80AE40DDB804A247600A069"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorizes or implies the reservation or
appropriation of water or water rights;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD141F9C39AC547468B073CAF42002FA2"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">diminishes the authority of the State to
manage fish and wildlife, including the regulation of fishing and hunting
within the National Heritage Area; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H734BAAF461744D44931429BA081DB5CE"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates any liability, or affects any
liability under any other law, of any private property owner with respect to
any person injured on the private property.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE325575706D7459FACA1C2F17F8B6F5F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>449.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8CAA7509BE04796BBE0F3B66CEB323C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to
subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
subtitle not more than $1,000,000 for any fiscal year. Funds so appropriated
shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3CD32F9BED74722995407E48D53CA57"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Total Amounts
Appropriated</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than
$15,000,000 may be appropriated to carry out this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H389BF7BE9C8C43CCB056C093FAF4B87B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost-Sharing Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the total cost of any
activity under this subtitle shall be not more than 50 percent; the non-Federal
contribution may be in the form of in-kind contributions of goods or services
fairly valued.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE50E1D2EEAC74492A52F40082EE33594" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>450.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of Federal funds from other
sources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
subtitle shall preclude the local coordinating entity from using Federal funds
available under other laws for the purposes for which those funds were
authorized.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09F24F5DFF25468482AC420818A9EA21" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>451.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset for grants and other
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority of
the Secretary to provide financial assistance under this subtitle terminates on
the date that is 15 years after the date of the enactment of this
subtitle.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H169EA2E0FB134ADF913F12F7EF00B27D" level-type="subsequent"><enum>D</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization Extensions and Viability
Studies</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H265DAF77FFB4425498C2EFB7EC169FA6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>461.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extensions of authorized
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Division II of
the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/333">Public Law 104–333</external-xref>;
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/461">16 U.S.C. 461</external-xref> note) is amended in each of sections 108(a), 209(a), 311(a),
409(a), 508(a), 608(a), 708(a), 810(a) (as redesignated by section 474(9)), and
909(c), by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H475B12246DE246E596007885B0E8A82C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>462.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation and report</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5452B3D6DCD4430B4E76D007B5F7FE3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the nine National Heritage Areas
authorized in Division II of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act
of 1996, not later than 3 years before the date on which authority for Federal
funding terminates for each National Heritage Area, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3422DC33232A4654918D16F1C95C7BF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct an evaluation of the
accomplishments of the National Heritage Area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4372BC4FFB704D9BA81BAE3903DFC5A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare a report in accordance with
subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92EA0FF2F4F643199B2F00AFB692E97"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An evaluation conducted under subsection
(a)(1) shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H984151F72F6747B2BCA4FD55F93C39DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the progress of the local management
entity with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A6A773AE0B04D7A830016769865F2A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accomplishing the purposes of the
authorizing legislation for the National Heritage Area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A908B527B1345689EBE2B490000FDFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">achieving the goals and objectives of the
approved management plan for the National Heritage Area;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C754F609A60426E8BB0191E103EC7B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze the investments of Federal, State,
Tribal, and local government and private entities in each National Heritage
Area to determine the impact of the investments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52C066E5A1784343BC1FE6F321508E9F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the management structure,
partnership relationships, and funding of the National Heritage Area for
purposes of identifying the critical components for sustainability of the
National Heritage Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC703D5DE2BBA45AD88610081632E5788"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on the evaluation conducted under
subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. The report shall
include recommendations for the future role of the National Park Service, if
any, with respect to the National Heritage Area.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H8FC19030CE4542A0967507B87BCF78F8" level-type="subsequent"><enum>E</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical Corrections and
Additions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H095D106D60244577A4AD8213AEAFBED" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>471.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Coal Heritage Area technical
corrections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of
Division II of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/333">Public Law 104–333</external-xref> as amended by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/176">Public Law 106–176</external-xref> and <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/338">Public Law 109–338</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A054DCD4AD34868A0CECB88DC03C90"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking section 103(b) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8D4279831E14BD3BBB504DD66D86226" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAB9D540A8844379AD6B1C5FF721DD14"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Boundaries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Coal Heritage Area shall be
comprised of Lincoln County, West Virginia, and Paint Creek and Cabin Creek
within Kanawah County, West Virginia, and the counties that are the subject of
the study by the National Park Service, dated 1993, entitled <quote>A Coal
Mining Heritage Study: Southern West Virginia</quote> conducted pursuant to
title VI of Public Law
100–699.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1A7D9A797D24D20B7C284BD9B2912AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking section 105 and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCB05926D7AD4887B9CE1569DB6D8200" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DA561F8819648F09CA04FB7BEDBB186" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible resources</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H746AE1703B634DDCA230C06E9087F1BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The resources eligible for the assistance
under section 104 shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H404B427592DD4FDFB6CFBEA000C6B691"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resources in Lincoln County, West Virginia,
and Paint Creek and Cabin Creek in Kanawah County, West Virginia, as determined
to be appropriate by the National Coal Heritage Area Authority; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C1783A3FF714E678CCC6323EBB4F8C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the resources set forth in appendix D of
the study by the National Park Service, dated 1993, entitled <quote>A Coal
Mining Heritage Study: Southern West Virginia</quote> conducted pursuant to
title VI of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/699">Public Law 100–699</external-xref>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B476692A80E48E0B44B6EB1C2DE028D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority consideration shall be given to
those sites listed as <quote>Conservation Priorities</quote> and
<quote>Important Historic Resources</quote> as depicted on the map entitled
<quote>Study Area: Historic Resources</quote> in such
study.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09061AC6F6C54047A63483875BACFC44"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 106(a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD39D1AE6CECA4C02B1CEFB40014CA59F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Governor</quote> and all
that follows through <quote>Parks,</quote> and inserting <quote>National Coal
Heritage Area Authority</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA932F4A72554812A872579E5B05E818"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>State
of West Virginia</quote> and all that follows through <quote>entities,
or</quote> and inserting <quote>National Coal Heritage Area Authority
or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H413B95369B1A4A0BB204CDA7D22C7F80"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 106(b), by inserting
<quote>not</quote> before <quote>meet</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCDD758C626D41E39E2EDBFF41C9A5DC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>472.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rivers of steel national heritage area
addition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 403(b) of
title IV of Division II of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of
1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/333">Public Law 104–333</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>Butler,</quote> after
<quote>Beaver,</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H353C6DE339B14AE3B2E8E4059E8E90C0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>473.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">South Carolina National Heritage Corridor
addition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 604(b)(2) of
title VI of Division II of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of
1996 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AC9B76D16E74CB3967B01BD3E0FF09" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AD8C4A12CAE4877AF9F5BD1839B4DC2"><enum>(O)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Berkeley County.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H099DEF56340C4DC900719F2026111D63"><enum>(P)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Saluda County.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DA7C096701C4732B600B4011646D7D6"><enum>(Q)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The portion of Georgetown County that is
not part of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage
Corridor.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3111F60F5D2A4179936D248202389D7E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>474.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage
Corridor technical corrections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title VIII of Division II of the Omnibus
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/333">Public Law 104–333</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E7C59D4A1CB479E002BE26C00796139"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Canal National Heritage
Corridor</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>National Heritage
Canalway</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDAE31DB729341F2911019D65B48E0FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>corridor</quote> each
place it appears and inserting <quote>canalway</quote>, except in references to
the feasibility study and management plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD40E135448204D00A758ADF0077E99EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading of section 808(a)(3), by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">corridor</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">canalway</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F2D23A6B02C45D8AF00EFDFBF1DD405"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the title heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="title" style="OLC">Canal National Heritage
Corridor</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="title" style="OLC">National Heritage
Canalway</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E5C2570410C496FA3DE7FC49D46084D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 803—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1D2B87F65B74B9D8B9900C91D7245D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA972A7A93FD047A7868D02E0A3600BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5),
(6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7842C7E5501E408DB7ACFCB418CCA00"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking <quote>808</quote> and inserting
<quote>806</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE664FA14F7794A1C8C6594885B60C148"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking <quote>807(a)</quote> and inserting
<quote>805(a)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E7E45818A5C4B1ABFC4C01911C807CA"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading of section 804, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Canal National Heritage
Corridor</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">National Heritage
Canalway</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CF3606ADA6A453A91004FCFC248DFE1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence of section
804(b)(1), by striking <quote>808</quote> and inserting
<quote>806</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FEF3A7FCFFE4879A12D25CA5D7573E5"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking sections 805 and 806;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD422A6EAC357404CB6B105A003B3331F"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating sections 807, 808, 809,
810, 811, and 812 as sections 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, and 810,
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H659AF5C4E7524DF7A44D1788C32F31A4"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 805(c)(2) (as redesignated by
paragraph (9)), by striking <quote>808</quote> and inserting
<quote>806</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74DCF62273884921A02ED7025CBA2200"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 806 (as redesignated by
paragraph (9))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71E9418595A2426FBFB5A429D91268A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1), by striking
<quote>Committee</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC26A2B965EF44EA0A711914353468D53"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading of subsection (a)(1), by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">committee</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H553F1632BEEB4CC281FC41770771A1DD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3), in the first sentence
of subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>Committee</quote> and inserting
<quote>management entity</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2AE858828B34EF300BB2218E3FC0018"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by striking
<quote>807(d)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>805(d)(1)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65D4A786E0DF4EE490D5661B39E02AB"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking
<quote>807(d)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>805(d)(1)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5E850C3314644C787F9F200CA94ACF1"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 807 (as redesignated by
paragraph (9)), in subsection (c) by striking <quote>Cayohoga Valley National
Recreation Area</quote> and inserting <quote>Cayohoga Valley National
Park</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF00C3368C7644399BF13E61D288581F"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 808 (as redesignated by
paragraph (9))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B7FE52B1C1E4677BA1E117F07E8AE02"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking
<quote>Committee or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2450C5FCF541452E88A6D35D6D195460"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), in the matter before
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Committee</quote> and inserting
<quote>management entity</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19A4F1E91BCE4996B5CB4E21ADB5ABCA"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 809 (as redesignated by
paragraph (9)), by striking <quote>assistance</quote> and inserting
<quote>financial assistance</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AB4AF06FDD54DE4A82FE2ADC15E77E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>475.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">New Jersey Coastal Heritage trail route
extension of authorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/515">Public Law 100–515</external-xref> (16 U.S.C.
1244 note) is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDBB911E046346C3AF322F33EA901989"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strike paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and
insert the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E7575DF66CB436E83DE59401C927E2E" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45EE7F7E2E48461C83FCDBB5E4BA5114"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made available under subsection (a)
shall be used only for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9175492B249D4809B9167108E994ADC6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">technical assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB58547D1BE5B45D68B4129D6E4973D26"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the design and fabrication of interpretive
materials, devices, and signs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF469788817D24ED2802844B426C3C559"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the preparation of the strategic
plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BE1C233663E418592301DA2B4599308"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) is amended
by inserting after subparagraph (B) a new subparagraph as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFCC35FCBD9B4066B549873CAF8056D4" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3344AF9B5AC44706008B6B0042BBF46"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (3)(A), funds
made available under subsection (a) for the preparation of the strategic plan
shall not require a non-Federal
match.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H413135BFD7284AB893802E16833B4E93"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) is amended by striking
<quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2011</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H1504017DDBB049AEA7F5BBE83A1EF9E" level-type="subsequent"><enum>F</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Studies</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55B0663AB38A439CB757D8550F20700" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>481.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area
study</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE25343D568E3497DBB5E223762F4D06C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H060ADEF5D9A4411292F5A000E81EB6AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6364802995BA4505AD9EF1561E72F9C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>study area</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89E27D7E2E904A3E88FFDB9EC753AD82"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the coastal areas of Clatsop and Pacific
Counties (also known as the North Beach Peninsula); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5350D87098DC405BB876FC977526F8D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">areas relating to Native American history,
local history, Euro-American settlement culture, and related economic
activities of the Columbia River within a corridor along the Columbia River
eastward in Clatsop, Pacific, Columbia, and Wahkiakum Counties.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27C696DA55AC42F391ADFACE1B90DEB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Columbia-Pacific national heritage area
study</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03732FC87D4C4E85B606F4FAD6D75890"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the
managers of any Federal land within the study area, appropriate State and local
governmental agencies, tribal governments, and any interested organizations,
shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of designating the study
area as the Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84D8002CF0B24095B5168E57C7946C00"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study shall include analysis,
documentation, and determinations on whether the study area—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEABD20D8ABBD45FF84195F354F2162B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has an assemblage of natural, historic, and
cultural resources that together represent distinctive aspects of American
heritage worthy of recognition, conservation, interpretation, and continuing
use, and are best managed through partnerships among public and private
entities and by combining diverse and sometimes noncontiguous resources and
active communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF54ED448A2A7408C9BEFC3AD4B4EEF64"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reflects traditions, customs, beliefs, and
folklife that are a valuable part of the national story;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0FFCF3403114EFE99E52DBE0663158"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides outstanding opportunities to
conserve natural, historic, cultural, or scenic features;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2648A6BAB114463ABCB28028154D7D29"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides outstanding recreational and
educational opportunities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F8873FFC13141BF95DC626D8E89456D"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains resources important to the
identified theme or themes of the study area that retain a degree of integrity
capable of supporting interpretation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H994E18AC4C9448D09E7F6B76363C8346"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes residents, business interests,
nonprofit organizations, and local and State governments that are involved in
the planning, have developed a conceptual financial plan that outlines the
roles for all participants, including the Federal Government, and have
demonstrated support for the concept of a national heritage area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9075E38090144B9400648DC04B919E23"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a potential local coordinating entity
to work in partnership with residents, business interests, nonprofit
organizations, and local and State governments to develop a national heritage
area consistent with continued local and State economic activity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5779E53C17E34811ADF7C93040B4ECC7"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a conceptual boundary map that is
supported by the public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF795D7B01D047E486A6DE7AAD38217"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Private property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study required by this
subsection, the Secretary shall analyze the potential impact that designation
of the area as a national heritage area is likely to have on land within the
proposed area or bordering the proposed area that is privately owned at the
time that the study is conducted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB59C24245DE4F31865300C8074DF3A"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 fiscal years after the
date on which funds are made available to carry out the study, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report
that describes the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Secretary
with respect to the study.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF90355D34DC45F0B7A60062FD8C8FA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>482.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of sites relating to Abraham Lincoln
in Kentucky</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60FE2F71012D4ADA9C6DC151007D36FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC60097B169104C73B05DA42665A02544"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Heritage Area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Heritage Area</term> means a
National Heritage Area in the State to honor Abraham Lincoln.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4D351AB26864DCB9C2FC8B0AA00A1B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means the
Commonwealth of Kentucky.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87EF4A026650469CA54CA909702C0BF"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>study area</term> means the
study area described in subsection (b)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D1BAF37C1EA4DACA014FB1F9C63D04F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA954D440A39482EB2FF9BE48A01DCB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the
Kentucky Historical Society, other State historical societies, the State
Historic Preservation Officer, State tourism offices, and other appropriate
organizations and agencies, shall conduct a study to assess the suitability and
feasibility of designating the study area as a National Heritage Area in the
State to honor Abraham Lincoln.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51F9631BFA3E42648F41D737F5248EE4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Description of study area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study area shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EB4FF96F5C14B859C7928C2C6DCECB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Boyle, Breckinridge, Fayette, Franklin,
Hardin, Jefferson, Jessamine, Larue, Madison, Mercer, and Washington Counties
in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8ECC8CC665F44A29897F3966A4D9732"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the following sites in the State:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4469692991B46F8BF83E5F233423B00"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National
Historic Site.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8771D1DB570F4ED1A15252B5CE438F27"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home
Unit.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DBE89CD277E440D925BCA098752C5C1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Downtown Hodgenville, Kentucky, including
the Lincoln Museum and Adolph A. Weinman statue.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F45C96FF6DA4B9EB158FF2BFC592751"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lincoln Homestead State Park and Mordecai
Lincoln House.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8054F6E959E04771AA609F003CF76500"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Camp Nelson Heritage Park.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8809E49125D4AF0926B047140E76465"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farmington Historic Home.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7DDA733C22442A7984CB3EEE975654"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Mary Todd Lincoln House.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0936B9C6AE06458C8C8EA1B339CB0067"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ashland, which is the Henry Clay
Estate.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C947EDF166A4C2FADD7A561EFFBDCB6"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Old State Capitol.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C92CBA7A30E4E95A42204FA053F8278"><enum>(x)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Kentucky Military History
Museum.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H343556FAED96488CB6B5345730001F34"><enum>(xi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky
History.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6AB0BD8C57A4447A84C53EDC08AEB56"><enum>(xii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The New State Capitol.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2516789153CA46CB9DF49224BB59CACB"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whitehall.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AE7DD5925804776948B32D71906A0AB"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Perryville Battlefield State Historic
Site.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABD8600D56C74A77A8A6B786E9D6458C"><enum>(xv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Joseph Holt House.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74EA1D63570A44089C3F267DA6680061"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elizabethtown, Kentucky, including the
Lincoln Heritage House.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA66A7714B95648B480238B7EF245DB26"><enum>(xvii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lincoln Marriage Temple at Fort
Harrod.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H577B3B19B7314D91AB286B04E7CE37F8"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study shall include analysis,
documentation, and determinations on whether the study area—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FA9E0320E504313BBAED931A27C8945"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has an assemblage of natural, historic, and
cultural resources that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54C60DBA640F4735A4A2A4ECBFEBD7FB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">interpret—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5111ABD01F0C4ADDBCE700084CEC7087"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the life of Abraham Lincoln; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7E97E2E57704B0EB5132B20CD98BA5E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the contributions of Abraham Lincoln to the
United States;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8102CA274CF4A2FA8FAB182D495F5E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">represent distinctive aspects of the
heritage of the United States;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD40FB469A00E466C8876C855F4FCCF2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are worthy of recognition, conservation,
interpretation, and continuing use; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28180688741C4AF1BE0906F041429646"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would be best managed—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13CCBAE800CC4273BEC57EF5E4637FF7"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through partnerships among public and
private entities; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H143D1048FC9C49C2A9F2F960ADBC3548"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by linking diverse and sometimes
noncontiguous resources and active communities;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5B2A03821774F4E826C41C9AA03A526"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reflects traditions, customs, beliefs, and
historical events that are a valuable part of the story of the United
States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FB79E651EA049E49150871F62B4D36"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2035F50C29064D2DA4B1A05E153FC4A1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outstanding opportunities to conserve
natural, historic, cultural, or scenic features; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02F99D76912940E1B474D0F4EEAF4206"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outstanding educational
opportunities;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA45AD90C43D7425D8815C9E5858C6C8E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains resources that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30CDB1FE46764F208301967EF1AB3D4B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are important to any identified themes of
the study area; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3079E953B1A4C3399F53697B56C8D7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">retain a degree of integrity capable of
supporting interpretation;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FB494AC2CEF4B648705F7FB6F94A03"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes residents, business interests,
nonprofit organizations, and State and local governments that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF112AD8670334EBEA9D39BA4E53EFCC5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are involved in the planning of the
Heritage Area;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33606EB9580446DCA80059B13757FB45"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have developed a conceptual financial plan
that outlines the roles of all participants in the Heritage Area, including the
Federal Government; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56D8D69C114248479DE845AFE6CA0089"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have demonstrated support for designation
of the Heritage Area;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5F29F9C1F8F416C8684DF06436B36F3"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a potential management entity to work
in partnership with the individuals and entities described in subparagraph (E)
to develop the Heritage Area while encouraging State and local economic
activity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H628A465D25FD47B7A65DB28C93E092EA"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a conceptual boundary map that is
supported by the public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35B14F7D22BE49AE854BA691BE777161"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the third fiscal year after
the date on which funds are first made available to carry out this section, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE574089B0EA445ADA6CDD51515F8D18F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the findings of the study; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H907BDAF713B1419FB4D8388BA33B3B5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any conclusions and recommendations of the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bureau of Reclamation and United States
Geological Survey authorizations</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2892686EEDA04B5F87277600EA8D73C6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alaska water resources study</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H537D6DCFA85F40B3A46D4674E7DE967F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEC63C4743B64E85890075DDBB18BBB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H707675046C8449A1843E7F999C312165"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means the State
of Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56AF5676D96249A4BF682021F51E4346"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alaska water resources study</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD12E184018548F7AF233B58CAF47900"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the
Commissioner of Reclamation and the Director of the United States Geological
Survey, where appropriate, and in accordance with this section and other
applicable provisions of law, shall conduct a study that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4F75E82F7654D0490C6118C33FEEE65"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a survey of accessible water supplies,
including aquifers, on the Kenai Peninsula and in the Municipality of
Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the city of Fairbanks, and the
Fairbanks Northstar Borough;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0DB4734F5CF40FE95F2CC5DCEA0E1B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a survey of water treatment needs and
technologies, including desalination, applicable to the water resources of the
State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB9AB123DC994413BEA08DE11DE0B054"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of the need for enhancement of the
streamflow information collected by the United States Geological Survey in the
State relating to critical water needs in areas such as—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA2B32D9FFF74F37A93165BD65D3912D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">infrastructure risks to State
transportation;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC918D522CE5F4D3CB1F1B2BA4E1C5F11"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">flood forecasting;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3877697DCAA40318034458C473E427F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resource extraction; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC35A2A1F88C46598CFBAB56CB7003E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fire management.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B1D7D376863421CA560D42EB32D5B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate a report describing the results of the study
required by paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA86C9BD1B88045A187006D2B933C7574"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary to carry out
any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F6ECFAEEBE14317937872969200586B"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B73AE1260894170B70018E00328C74" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renegotiation of payment schedule, Redwood
Valley County Water District</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/516">Public Law 100–516</external-xref> (102 Stat.
2573) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0CB5E11174A54AE59E72532E33B553E2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (2) of subsection (a)
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1D791F148A84733928221E42EA597D3" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DA7948C614C4A199974E87727C6DBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, as of January 1, 2006, the Secretary of
the Interior and the Redwood Valley County Water District have not renegotiated
the schedule of payment, the District may enter into such additional
non-Federal obligations as are necessary to finance procurement of dedicated
water rights and improvements necessary to store and convey those rights to
provide for the District’s water needs. The Secretary shall reschedule the
payments due under loans numbered 14–06–200–8423A and 14–06–200–8423A
Amendatory and said payments shall commence when such additional obligations
have been financially satisfied by the District. The date of the initial
payment owed by the District to the United States shall be regarded as the
start of the District’s repayment period and the time upon which any interest
shall first be computed and assessed under section 5 of the Small Reclamation
Projects Act of 1956 (43 U.S.C. 422a et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E63F70F8041400E948B7CC8E6008CDA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF51684BBADB349B0B2D1050059D94C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">American River Pump Station Project
transfer</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC66AE2BBCA914D3FB2C69E3D514EEEA3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority To transfer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in
this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall transfer
ownership of the American River Pump Station Project located at Auburn,
California, which includes the Pumping Plant, associated facilities, and
easements necessary for permanent operation of the facilities, to the Placer
County Water Agency, in accordance with the terms of Contract No. 02–LC–20–7790
between the United States and Placer County Water Agency and the terms and
conditions established in this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBE90B8DE77B413DB497637870CA9BF4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal costs nonreimbursable</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal costs associated with construction
of the American River Pump Station Project located at Auburn, California, are
nonreimbursable.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAA6800A84E54F5A8B10540686F1474F"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant of real property
interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized to grant title to Placer County Water Agency as provided in
subsection (a) in full satisfaction of the United States’ obligations under
Land Purchase Contract 14–06–859–308 to provide a water supply to the Placer
County Water Agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA14E74EF36E34B16B87E15323CB33C12"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with environmental laws</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32E50A1C520547699233E454FED88586"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before conveying land and facilities
pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall comply with all applicable
requirements under—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28F36E3D315A495E873B5D0423752BF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4143E91E17E4D29BBF532D6ADCEEDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CDDEDD4A3754488A9AB27D457F1C02F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other law applicable to the land and
facilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1383139126D049FCA350A20889D70972"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section modifies or alters
any obligations under—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29359283CD854D3092D81035577282DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61867C3D6C144BF286EF54F065E3464"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD9096A3E29444D6A07016EA0409E483"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Release from liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on the date of transfer to the
Placer County Water Agency of any land or facility under this section, the
United States shall not be liable for damages arising out of any act, omission,
or occurrence relating to the land and facilities, consistent with Article 9 of
Contract No. 02–LC–20–7790 between the United States and Placer County Water
Agency.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7CDFF84F0FA4AC59DD7A6AA43C3BCCB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Arthur V. Watkins Dam enlargement</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04CDDA0855C14EAEB88901702EC348AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF60CD4FCCA3C41E680368FAF00DE6CFC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Arthur V. Watkins Dam is a feature of the
Weber Basin Project, which was authorized by law on August 29, 1949.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACBCD736AF614297905386098752FAC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increasing the height of Arthur V. Watkins
Dam and construction of pertinent facilities may provide additional storage
capacity for the development of additional water supply for the Weber Basin
Project for uses of municipal and industrial water supply, flood control, fish
and wildlife, and recreation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3610AC1524A4773833E2533B0EBA9C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of feasibility
study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, is authorized to conduct a
feasibility study on raising the height of Arthur V. Watkins Dam for the
development of additional storage to meet water supply needs within the Weber
Basin Project area and the Wasatch Front. The feasibility study shall include
such environmental evaluation as required under the
<act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) and a cost allocation as required
under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/485">43 U.S.C. 485 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBA28B4714374C4983A7A1CE5F69BFE"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost shares</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD685B60A38E945F5B8F0FF481C4E4B81"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal Share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the costs of the study
authorized in subsection (b) shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of
the study.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19D131025CEB4A3C9EC3F2C062D1DEEE"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In-Kind Contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall accept, as appropriate,
in-kind contributions of goods or services from the Weber Basin Water
Conservancy District. Such goods and services accepted under this subsection
shall be counted as part of the non-Federal cost share for the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0049EE4A4C8B4B229092E251E95E70DE"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $1,000,000 for the Federal cost
share of the study authorized in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H957577E7BE604CCF9F72C000D9F65DFC"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary to carry out
any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E45585C6EA3456F8671F2D9C17B2B90" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>505.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">New Mexico water planning
assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8FBE40895A74AD19700005CBF009489"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5DBDF8B969B4F52A88DA5CD2D27792F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the
United States Geological Survey.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60B6BCE8401649CB8BC34E269278A972"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means the State
of New Mexico.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21131BF854FB460396AA2083ED46C253"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comprehensive water plan
assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H449ED7F2E8AD4BBCA13200878BBF1682"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the request of the Governor of the
State and subject to paragraphs (2) through (6), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE2FDBAD0E414D6FB35DDD138F895CCD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to the State technical assistance
and grants for the development of comprehensive State water plans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97F6C324CEE649DCB0D0B2CB97B24534"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct water resources mapping in the
State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16EB52CF944F49748B4E7390BF12C6AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a comprehensive study of
groundwater resources (including potable, brackish, and saline water resources)
in the State to assess the quantity, quality, and interaction of groundwater
and surface water resources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H949E4615013E48FE8292DC6E6CC51717"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical assistance provided under
paragraph (1) may include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30A5C83980DF445DBADC34AA04874577"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquisition of hydrologic data, groundwater
characterization, database development, and data distribution;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA1EDFED5DAE4E03B8B27297A6F38C77"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expansion of climate, surface water, and
groundwater monitoring networks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F1A22FBCA7744F78446074D92B115C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assessment of existing water resources,
surface water storage, and groundwater storage potential;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F71DC12D34C4314949B884C8CE98B5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">numerical analysis and modeling necessary
to provide an integrated understanding of water resources and water management
options;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H394F1079E53A4097AB3BCADD92FDA311"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participation in State planning forums and
planning groups;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H869F8F6F125F4799A8D1AA3DFFA11909"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordination of Federal water management
planning efforts;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BAEF0419B354805A75600958C529479"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">technical review of data, models, planning
scenarios, and water plans developed by the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEF8905EAB164766AF37FAE9B3A4F923"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provision of scientific and technical
specialists to support State and local activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B10CE562237405F9472B040BA5305AB"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing grants under paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations,
allocate—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AF3482534EA4FD09DBA58E4DFD30002"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 to develop hydrologic models and
acquire associated equipment for the New Mexico Rio Grande main stem sections
and Rios Pueblo de Taos and Hondo, Rios Nambe, Pojoaque and Teseque, Rio Chama,
and Lower Rio Grande tributaries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H862C6B17D98F439FB94EC5C97054AD9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,500,000 to complete the hydrographic
survey development of hydrologic models and acquire associated equipment for
the San Juan River and tributaries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D910BF8777A4A81B58B576DA5A8AF21"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000,000 to complete the hydrographic
survey development of hydrologic models and acquire associated equipment for
Southwest New Mexico, including the Animas Basin, the Gila River, and
tributaries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EB002F9E8E44FC99B62C133EC390026"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,500,000 for statewide digital
orthophotography mapping; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25A9DA7C9DE245668D997D88E6AF22E9"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary to carry out
additional projects consistent with paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27BA6C6A819E4B659BC5E5001797E695"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost-sharing requirement</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AFD2012B3FD41F58D961D79A0556866"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal share of the total cost of
any activity carried out using a grant provided under paragraph (1) shall be 50
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB77E2FFE8C7E4BAE8030EBC8F197E22"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form of non-federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal share under subparagraph
(A) may be in the form of any in-kind services that the Secretary determines
would contribute substantially toward the conduct and completion of the
activity assisted.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3E96071A0EC48BEA4CB39FB90BF2FA9"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonreimbursable basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any assistance or grants provided to the
State under this section shall be made on a non-reimbursable basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8312D14DA0540D39D8DF53047FEECA8"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized transfers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On request of the State, the Secretary
shall directly transfer to 1 or more Federal agencies any amounts made
available to the State to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50192DB156D543268170A2B712840089"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68FE45032D784FD1B27CB238001D804B"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary to carry out
any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2138368B48C46DAB08D8EE7E03660F4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>506.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conveyance of certain buildings and lands
of the Yakima Project, Washington</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B6F9BE0131A42D794D52C46DCC087D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conveyance required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall convey
to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District, located in Yakima County, Washington,
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the buildings and
lands of the Yakima Project, Washington, in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth in the agreement titled <quote>Agreement Between the
United States and the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District to Transfer Title to
Certain Federally Owned Buildings and Lands, With Certain Property Rights,
Title, and Interest, to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District</quote> (Contract
No. 5–07–10–L1658).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87733AA63EA44DFCB2E3F57352240945"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective upon the date of conveyance under
this section, the United States shall not be held liable by any court for
damages of any kind arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence relating to
the conveyed buildings and lands, except for damages caused by acts of
negligence committed by the United States or by its employees or agents before
the date of conveyance. Nothing in this section increases the liability of the
United States beyond that provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28, United States
Code (popularly known as the Federal Tort Claims Act), on the date of enactment
of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H709955329DF449BFB2E2455623BAEB1"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Benefits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After conveyance of the buildings and lands
to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District under this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H068D76CCB5354C83BD6C3400F06BB92"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such buildings and lands shall not be
considered to be a part of a Federal reclamation project; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA7ED4F8ACFE43E1BF55D00044C6FFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such irrigation district shall not be
eligible to receive any benefits with respect to any buildings and lands
conveyed, except benefits that would be available to a similarly situated
person with respect to such buildings and lands that are not part of a Federal
reclamation project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84C5E3F931504DE79FFFA89039271022"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of the Interior has not
completed the conveyance required under subsection (a) within 12 months after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report that explains the reason such conveyance has not been completed and
stating the date by which the conveyance will be completed.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3C8DDC075A94D96A194498F51F23F63" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>507.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater
in Juab County, Utah</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
202(a)(2) of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>Juab,</quote> after
<quote>Davis,</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA49F3CB9A92498700BE41F8DE75733B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>508.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early repayment of A & B Irrigation
District construction costs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD98D8E567E041BA89F06206E5CD74FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 213 of the
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390mm">43 U.S.C. 390mm</external-xref>), any landowner within the A
& B Irrigation District in the State (referred to in this section as the
<quote>District</quote>) may repay, at any time, the construction costs of
District project facilities that are allocated to land of the landowner within
the District.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91CA74920FB14D80B0D624AABB9F6D00"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of Full-Cost Pricing
Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On discharge, in
full, of the obligation for repayment of all construction costs described in
subsection (a) that are allocated to all land the landowner owns in the
District in question, the parcels of land shall not be subject to the ownership
and full-cost pricing limitations under Federal reclamation law (the Act of
June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to and
amendatory of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/371">43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.</external-xref>), including the Reclamation
Reform Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/13/390aa">13 U.S.C. 390aa et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A88C9E16EBC48F59E3E16EE70FDF4A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On request of a landowner that has repaid,
in full, the construction costs described in subsection (a), the Secretary of
the Interior shall provide to the landowner a certificate described in section
213(b)(1) of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390mm">43 U.S.C. 390mm(b)(1)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H943EDBA941DB48A7A4FD85764700A177"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90B92168287E40F98F6ECF6900B94C1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modifies any contractual rights under, or
amends or reopens, the reclamation contract between the District and the United
States; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD62758EF360440F7A74E81DA16D18EEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modifies any rights, obligations, or
relationships between the District and landowners in the District under Idaho
State law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FA1AFFDECB34D31BDB04BBC602CF9E1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>509.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oregon water resources</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF58DABEF430347168008B8C0D8C0BA5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of participation of Bureau of
Reclamation in Deschutes River Conservancy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 301 of the Oregon Resource
Conservation Act of 1996 (division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>; 110 Stat. 3009–534)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C3D501A89014110BE4200BDBE947F58"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1), by striking
<quote>Deschutes River Basin Working Group</quote> and inserting
<quote>Deschutes River Conservancy Working Group</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE9DABEDF18D470980F6A7BDC785908"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending the text of subsection
(a)(1)(B) to read as follows: <quote>4 representatives of private interests
including two from irrigated agriculture who actively farm more than 100 acres
of irrigated land and are not irrigation district managers and two from the
environmental community;</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE2ECA8C3A174633826909483370BD21"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(3), by inserting before
the final period the following: <quote>, and up to a total amount of $2,000,000
during each of fiscal years 2007 through 2016</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADE195A8A2EA43EFBE91F3B0D597DE95"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h), by inserting before the
period at the end the following: <quote>, and $2,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2007 through 2016</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5E54121B84F4D9C008613FB29BEF378"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation
Act</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF95810B068A424684C8BC86C9269EAE"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H887D473494764076A1149D37008FAA5C"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Associated ditch companies,
incorporated</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>Associated Ditch Companies, Incorporated</term> means the nonprofit
corporation established under the laws of the State of Oregon that operates
Wallowa Lake Dam.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D3225E5F9774BFB88C36928550797E"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of
Reclamation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H782B8FD287E0435C93FC5E8500F6A11"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wallowa lake dam rehabilitation
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation Program</term> means the program for the
rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon, as contained in the
engineering document titled, <quote>Phase I Dam Assessment and Preliminary
Engineering Design</quote>, dated December 2002, and on file with the Bureau of
Reclamation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B6ED01AC28648F58E9923B255E77858"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization To participate in
program</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8ECBDE8AC1EA422FA96EBC435B2EAF09"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants and cooperative
agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
provide grants to, or enter into cooperative or other agreements with, tribal,
State, and local governmental entities and the Associated Ditch Companies,
Incorporated, to plan, design, and construct facilities needed to implement the
Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation Program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DE2086C790342D48497AA26F2BEF1B5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of providing funds under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63A3F33416194546A385AB78BD46155D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation Program
and activities under this section meet the standards of the dam safety program
of the State of Oregon;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D811C2B799C4ED4A3BB1C635B92DCBB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Associated Ditch Companies,
Incorporated, agrees to assume liability for any work performed, or supervised,
with Federal funds provided to it under this subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB5A75C69B22490E99DFBA4CF7050312"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States shall not be liable for
damages of any kind arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence relating to
a facility rehabilitated or constructed with Federal funds provided under this
subsection, both while and after activities are conducted using Federal funds
provided under this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H713EE2037750440295001C45EA51D464"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost sharing</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EEEA6162B454A1891DA3FDF4FD84685"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the costs of
activities authorized under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5122B5AC7B9645AD91AC8C4841CBB4E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusions from federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall not be credited against the
Federal share of such costs—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF16FDACADD3A4406869CC700F1AEFFE"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any expenditure by the Bonneville Power
Administration in the Wallowa River watershed; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CBD3DE18AB44A11BDFE209EEE551FE6"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expenditures made by individual
agricultural producers in any Federal commodity or conservation program.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A59C62DFD10487697E0202939004800"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with state law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in carrying out this
subsection, shall comply with applicable Oregon State water law.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B64835A23FF409FB23E2090A7A0D3BD"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on holding title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Government shall not hold title
to any facility rehabilitated or constructed under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1D0F3A1259D454BB588F0C4F6962600"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on operation and
maintenance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal
Government shall not be responsible for the operation and maintenance of any
facility constructed or rehabilitated under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H209B005B17C942E7B4EA8D55E7BB9D52"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relationship to other law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities funded under this subsection
shall not be considered a supplemental or additional benefit under Federal
reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and
Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et
seq.)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B213E94B4264692A7A90401FF34B6CC"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to pay the Federal share of the
costs of activities authorized under this subsection $6,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF91FDCC5F944424BB78FE0D56998C00"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary to carry out
any provisions of this subsection shall terminate 10 years after the date of
the enactment of this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90CEF86816214CD997DC84915680CFAF"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins, Oregon,
Water resource study</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3982FFF0E9C84676B4EDC419DC612BC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Bureau of Reclamation, may participate in the Water for Irrigation,
Streams and the Economy Project water management feasibility study and
environmental impact statement in accordance with the <quote>Memorandum of
Agreement Between City of Medford and Bureau of Reclamation for the Water for
Irrigation, Streams, and the Economy Project</quote>, dated July 2,
2004.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE5BF459B3224A029F1F4C8C38EA84E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of Appropriations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FB672B78C8248A78870E4B094A9E08C"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to
the Bureau of Reclamation $500,000 to carry out activities under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H892217398E224DBCB296DA728F555087"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Non-federal share</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC36ECEEDD16046DDAF75F5BCDFC3F780"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal share shall be 50 percent
of the total costs of the Bureau of Reclamation in carrying out paragraph
(1).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68DCD85D90824E29BA934BD1CD038D00"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal share required under clause
(i) may be in the form of any in-kind services that the Secretary of the
Interior determines would contribute substantially toward the conduct and
completion of the study and environmental impact statement required under
paragraph (1).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H029285256F564A079B3FEC8E4454CA17"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary to carry out
any provisions of this subsection shall terminate 10 years after the date of
the enactment of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12CA13E56F0449BD925F8D60E28692A3"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">North Unit Irrigation
District</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Act of August
10, 1954 (68 Stat. 679, chapter 663), is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6EC4D5EB7FB4E62973EEE23E85BC0C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first section—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35EF1B14FE9D48169465D7D0B524E372"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(referred to in this
Act as the <quote>District</quote>)</quote> after <quote>irrigation
district</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BCF1E535A894AC5B41CC5C497F51B58"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(referred to in this
Act as the <quote>Contract</quote>)</quote> after <quote>1953</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7114A6C9DDC04AB6B800BC9E2D1FC95D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H175E60C979284B55B104D586F872DEC" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02736E46BF414047A03FC9439900EA9B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional terms</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">On approval of the District directors and
notwithstanding project authorizing legislation to the contrary, the Contract
is modified, without further action by the Secretary of the Interior, to
include the following modifications:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27D1FA863C8C4E69989C55852FC557C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In Article 8(a) of the Contract, by
deleting <quote>a maximum of 50,000</quote> and inserting <quote>approximately
59,000</quote> after <quote>irrigation service to</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEAD4F0703F644409F62F68F101CE8A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In Article 11(a) of the Contract, by
deleting <quote>The classified irrigable lands within the project comprise
49,817.75 irrigable acres, of which 35,773.75 acres are in Class A and
14,044.40 in Class B. These lands and the standards upon which the
classification was made are described in the document entitled <quote>Land
Classification, North Unit, Deschutes Project, 1953</quote> which is on file in
the office of the Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Boise, Idaho, and
in the office of the District</quote> and inserting <quote>The classified
irrigable land within the project comprises 58,902.8 irrigable acres, all of
which are authorized to receive irrigation water pursuant to water rights
issued by the State of Oregon and have in the past received water pursuant to
such State water rights.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H432DCEBC560E421AA036BDCFEAADB55"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In Article 11(c) of the Contract, by
deleting <quote>, with the approval of the Secretary,</quote> after
<quote>District may</quote>, by deleting <quote>the 49,817.75 acre maximum
limit on the irrigable area is not exceeded</quote> and inserting
<quote>irrigation service is provided to no more than approximately 59,000
acres and no amendment to the District boundary is required</quote> after
<quote>time so long as</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EC6A15C110745199DAADE27E29200CB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In Article 11(d) of the Contract, by
inserting <quote>, and may further be used for instream purposes, including
fish or wildlife purposes, to the extent that such use is required by Oregon
State law in order for the District to engage in, or take advantage of,
conserved water projects as authorized by Oregon State law</quote> after
<quote>herein provided</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4043C5EB751043BF00C663FEFF73F07C"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">By adding at the end of Article 12(d) the
following: <quote>(e) Notwithstanding the above subsections of this Article or
Article 13 below, beginning with the irrigation season immediately following
the date of enactment of the National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and
Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007, the annual installment for each
year, for the District, under the Contract, on account of the District’s
construction charge obligation, shall be a fixed and equal annual amount
payable on June 30 the year following the year for which it is applicable, such
that the District’s total construction charge obligation shall be completely
paid by June 30, 2044.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18AADAE928594FF1BF30EAA95E9BAC67"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In Article 14(a) of the Contract, by
inserting <quote>and for instream purposes, including fish or wildlife
purposes, to the extent that such use is required by Oregon State law in order
for the District to engage in, or take advantage of, conserved water projects
as authorized by Oregon State law,</quote> after <quote>and incidental stock
and domestic uses</quote>, by inserting <quote>and for instream purposes as
described above,</quote> after <quote>irrigation, stock and domestic
uses</quote>, and by inserting <quote>, including natural flow rights out of
the Crooked River held by the District</quote> after <quote>irrigation
system</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FA131B1F4C24EF8B7A3A246BD04BE88"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In Article 29(a) of the Contract, by
inserting <quote>and for instream purposes, including fish or wildlife
purposes, to the extent that such use is required by Oregon State law in order
for the District to engage in, or take advantage of, conserved water projects
as authorized by Oregon State law</quote> after <quote>provided in article
11</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB16B92F26144661AE80FF4696D18BE"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In Article 34 of the Contract, by deleting
<quote>The District, after the election and upon the execution of this
contract, shall promptly secure final decree of the proper State court
approving and confirming this contract and decreeing and adjudging it to be a
lawful, valid, and binding general obligation of the District. The District
shall furnish to the United States certified copies of such decrees and of all
pertinent supporting records.</quote> after <quote>for that
purpose.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8ADB8164BAC64A9E9EDA515560C08200" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Future authority to
renegotiate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of
the Interior (acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation) may in the future
renegotiate with the District such terms of the Contract as the District
directors determine to be necessary, only upon the written request of the
District directors and the consent of the Commissioner of
Reclamation.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC387BE4F41294D2182A8D3A3D752BD00" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>510.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Republican River Basin feasibility
study</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A1D4010A9FC496A84D89EC7B692C54F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pursuant to reclamation laws, the Secretary
of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and in consultation
and cooperation with the States of Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado, may conduct
a study to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H708B1C0C6A6A4ECAAB00642E98E3D6A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the feasibility of implementing a
water supply and conservation project that will—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C5583F9856B4F34A3767778F0043194"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve water supply reliability in the
Republican River Basin between Harlan County Lake in Nebraska and Milford Lake
in Kansas, including areas in the counties of Harlan, Franklin, Webster, and
Nuckolls in Nebraska and Jewel, Republic, Cloud, Washington, and Clay in Kansas
(in this section referred to as the <quote>Republican River
Basin</quote>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28277060C8DB40D6B7A226EC92A3C277"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase the capacity of water storage
through modifications of existing projects or through new projects that serve
areas in the Republican River Basin; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38072C9FA48F4FE5ABC44E1ECAF636B0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve water management efficiency in the
Republican River Basin through conservation and other available means and,
where appropriate, evaluate integrated water resource management and supply
needs in the Republican River Basin; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1FBE110401347E0A0211853691EACC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider appropriate cost-sharing options
for implementation of the project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H925D31328CFF4DF49BBA6E4401E63893"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of the study
shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the study, and shall be
nonreimbursable.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A69992028F64BA6009C0009E0112C84"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall undertake the study
through cooperative agreements with the State of Kansas or Nebraska and other
appropriate entities determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3CEBCF1771F45C6B9B529BFBABCD16"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Completion and report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D15A18F7C1E41758BA397CC379700B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), not
later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Interior shall complete the study and transmit to the Congress a report
containing the results of the study.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F3161627552433CB661E17D97D10029"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that the study
cannot be completed within the 3-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9BDCD00BAB1428496A337293C6DA7CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall, at the time of that determination,
report to the Congress on the status of the study, including an estimate of the
date of completion; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7B1E9E8B95E4E0EB2003FD3C5A92C3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complete the study and transmit to the
Congress a report containing the results of the study by not later than that
date.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BFEB9F1DD204D6BB9B8C6B0B7AEEB00"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary to carry out
any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8ABDEAE0A5194ADBB9AD0403E911BEE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>511.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eastern Municipal Water District</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE278D43A00E04D3C963B7CE004E4D5EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater
Study and Facilities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390h">43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DBB2D32EC7849479F8EB978B735DA18" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37C836B9D7874CCD804EDEA2DBEAAB8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1639.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eastern municipal water district recycled
water system pressurization and expansion project, california</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCD9ABC096F340238F76395707005CB3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the
Eastern Municipal Water District, California, may participate in the design,
planning, and construction of permanent facilities needed to establish
operational pressure zones that will be used to provide recycled water in the
district.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32CC20A328CA49070037F57D000043F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost Sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of the
project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 percent of the total
cost of the project.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC884DC2D45B84CA393062800583B2200"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds provided by the Secretary shall not
be used for operation or maintenance of the project described in subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBC7072BC78E40D28296056CE8EABCBD"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $12,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19DE68CCBE2E44CDA333832478D1D1D4"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset of Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary to carry out
any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years after the date of
enactment of this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DAA1EA3ACA24A7FBCFFBED91FB6C3FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 2 of the
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. prec.
371) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1638 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3864FF8208A74E1C80BAB7F1E58CB93D" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 1639. Eastern Municipal
Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization and Expansion Project,
California.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CFF73FECFDB481AAF24D061E09D055E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>512.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bay Area regional water recycling
program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H431475C0F3E94C50986D1D8575C1EE73"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project authorizations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A99DEA818F04F199F563ED4E480048"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater
Study and Facilities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390h">43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.</external-xref>) (as amended by section
512(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCDFBC015753F42849632F9C0D047E8E5" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1B329DB96FF47929900EBBE8CAC32B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1642.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mountain View, Moffett Area Reclaimed Water
Pipeline Project</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3F6A45E6892496EB5F9819D1F5B2FAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the City
of Palo Alto, California, and the City of Mountain View, California, is
authorized to participate in the design, planning, and construction of recycled
water distribution systems.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19A6EB87D97347E9B165B9982334CEE9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost Share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of the
project authorized by this section shall not exceed 25 percent of the total
cost of the project.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DDBE709CDE34AC6BF51377C50D1B951"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not provide funds for
the operation and maintenance of the project authorized by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6389B5392F344B328B7E9C463DA6962D"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF76769FC1B514185B7744731EB25FB40" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1643.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pittsburg Recycled Water Project</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85C621D14AC74E77008B13954BA38186"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the City
of Pittsburg, California, and the Delta Diablo Sanitation District, is
authorized to participate in the design, planning, and construction of recycled
water system facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3DD9F3B7D004E3B89D536C24800555C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost Share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of the
project authorized by this section shall not exceed 25 percent of the total
cost of the project.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H046DC588C12B41929DB126353D698957"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not provide funds for
the operation and maintenance of the project authorized by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08D3E9D1A1B346EEB5086156D1F9D659"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,750,000.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41843880324F4F948FA58C6C4332A558" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1644.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Antioch Recycled Water Project</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H797E6D8A70E74FA48BAA533000FF814"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the City
of Antioch, California, and the Delta Diablo Sanitation District, is authorized
to participate in the design, planning, and construction of recycled water
system facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E095364A84642549C17E956496C58D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost Share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of the
project authorized by this section shall not exceed 25 percent of the total
cost of the project.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H927B02BB09BB4FAEB81335B5CBBFC6B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not provide funds for
the operation and maintenance of the project authorized by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0029F795105480EA8752CD216A2127B"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,250,000.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69920A783C184CA0BBE59CAE80B2CD3F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1645.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">North Coast County Water District Recycled
Water Project</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5EA5974778540CD8EEE87FD67743758"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the
North Coast County Water District, is authorized to participate in the design,
planning, and construction of recycled water system facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3091E55F2CB64FEEB4EC59DD5800E1FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost Share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of the
project authorized by this section shall not exceed 25 percent of the total
cost of the project.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD436B4119F3341B3BC31E10859CC7F32"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not provide funds for
the operation and maintenance of the project authorized by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6359CBB104864BC89F86D49D4295B3BC"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,500,000.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8AB54EB1EF1429D8E606CD864376257" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1646.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redwood City Recycled Water
Project</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C8DE944635F4DA08B8787D80840DFAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the City
of Redwood City, California, is authorized to participate in the design,
planning, and construction of recycled water system facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2060223E3D424C3B88B4FF17783406F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost Share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of the
project authorized by this section shall not exceed 25 percent of the total
cost of the project.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5210D9645F204CCFA5392DA7BBB2CD8E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not provide funds for
the operation and maintenance of the project authorized by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEA8D72BCAFC44CC90597EE6BF17D780"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,100,000.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H942B4FDAB0C94B0293B7F9DDC408D52" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1647.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">South Santa Clara County Recycled Water
Project</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H617944C70B394B42B54E975D697DC453"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the
South County Regional Wastewater Authority and the Santa Clara Valley Water
District, is authorized to participate in the design, planning, and
construction of recycled water system distribution facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43658641CB614467B3ABB900B9B5DAF2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost Share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of the
project authorized by this section shall not exceed 25 percent of the total
cost of the project.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70C84C7F707042A09CA1CE4C9CAB1C22"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not provide funds for
the operation and maintenance of the project authorized by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD579625DFBED4327A6B0DC61DCBD853B"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $7,000,000.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC228F944EF24F0BBCD95EB801B2DCE5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1648.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">South Bay Advanced Recycled Water Treatment
Facility</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC14F9F2521AC41C78B1DE8459F292145"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the City
of San Jose, California, and the Santa Clara Valley Water District, is
authorized to participate in the design, planning, and construction of recycled
water treatment facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H362BB81B1EF243DE8B006B234BF94E8B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost Share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of the
project authorized by this section shall not exceed 25 percent of the total
cost of the project.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD462BAE75A4B42B5BCE55448C7EA8B91"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not provide funds for
the operation and maintenance of the project authorized by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7798911DCB040A196F8CBD1F4B31A7"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$8,250,000.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE09E35DF72A54608B8C3AC8DC1007282"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 2 of the
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. prec.
371) (as amended by section 512(b)) is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 1641 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14FFB718DD914887AD08FF5039FB9BA1" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 1642. Mountain View,
Moffett Area Reclaimed Water Pipeline Project.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 1643. Pittsburg Recycled
Water Project.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 1644. Antioch Recycled
Water Project.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 1645. North Coast County
Water District Recycled Water Project.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 1646. Redwood City
Recycled Water Project.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 1647. South Santa Clara
County Recycled Water Project.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 1648. South Bay Advanced
Recycled Water Treatment
Facility.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E926A8E4FB14E80A260CA6C00C117B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">San jose area water reclamation and reuse
project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the intent of
Congress that a comprehensive water recycling program for the San Francisco Bay
Area include the San Jose Area water reclamation and reuse program authorized
by section 1607 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of
1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390h-5">43 U.S.C. 390h–5</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC26A87D3A26B4B3BA186A5E7C1E76137" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>513.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bureau of Reclamation site
security</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73D500F38CA94470A7151D81AC769140"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of capital costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Costs incurred by the Secretary of the
Interior for the physical fortification of Bureau of Reclamation facilities to
satisfy increased post-September 11, 2001, security needs, including the
construction, modification, upgrade, or replacement of such facility
fortifications, shall be nonreimbursable.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CC6F2AF2EE340E190BE9702D900D02D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of security-related operation and
maintenance costs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DFA74021F694F8C9BAC9C27E6F105AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursable costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall include
no more than $18,900,000 per fiscal year, indexed each fiscal year after fiscal
year 2008 according to the preceding year’s Consumer Price Index, of those
costs incurred for increased levels of guards and patrols, training, patrols by
local and tribal law enforcement entities, operation, maintenance, and
replacement of guard and response force equipment, and operation and
maintenance of facility fortifications at Bureau of Reclamation facilities
after the events of September 11, 2001, as reimbursable operation and
maintenance costs under Reclamation law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8638FA951EF041BAB4DF362C1C5898F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Costs collected through water
rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of the
Central Valley Project of California, site security costs allocated to
irrigation and municipal and industrial water service in accordance with this
section shall be collected by the Secretary exclusively through inclusion of
these costs in the operation and maintenance water rates.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC042710C6E64B7498FA8C6251585EF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transparency and report to
congress</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89A3B77E6FEC4DD9838234A68836DDD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policies and procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to develop
policies and procedures with project beneficiaries, consistent with the
requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3), to provide for the payment of the
reimbursable costs described in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B8E2E97C3744082894CEF000193A4BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On identifying a Bureau of Reclamation
facility for a site security measure, the Secretary shall provide to the
project beneficiaries written notice—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F0F84E0F34C4218AA8866B3682E40D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describing the need for the site security
measure and the process for identifying and implementing the site security
measure; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CC20DC4BEC34C6E9ED3D70EA243D8B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">summarizing the administrative and legal
requirements relating to the site security measure.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54E4CF5753F542B7917993DA0917DE80"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FEE3904F2C8431D84344EF7CD9F6677"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide project beneficiaries an
opportunity to consult with the Bureau of Reclamation on the planning, design,
and construction of the site security measure; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H018F93F1E2214D78AAF9725F86B1889F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consultation with project beneficiaries,
develop and provide timeframes for the consultation described in subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD69513A4AAC422000F059096196FA9"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Response; notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before incurring costs pursuant to
activities described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall consider cost
containment measures recommended by a project beneficiary that has elected to
consult with the Bureau of Reclamation on such activities. The Secretary shall
provide to the project beneficiary—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B049AC2A7344F1C9D6CFE19D46DD0A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a timely written response describing
proposed actions, if any, to address the recommendation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74325F55EE2A446BA13DDC374679A07"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notice regarding the costs and status of
such activities on a periodic basis.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F016D23010A49C58266E6EAB21BC1D5"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall report annually to the
Natural Resources Committee of the House of Representatives and the Energy and
Natural Resources Committee of the Senate on site security actions and
activities undertaken pursuant to this Act for each fiscal year. The report
shall include a summary of Federal and non-Federal expenditures for the fiscal
year and information relating to a 5-year planning horizon for the program,
detailed to show pre-September 11, 2001, and post-September 11, 2001, costs for
the site security activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80AD50E6F564493BB5AEEDE65F81BFB1"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pre-september 11, 2001 security cost
levels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reclamation project
security costs at the levels of activity that existed prior to September 11,
2001, shall remain reimbursable.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96093A1BC96641DEAA83596F716C9934" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>514.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">More water, more energy, and less
waste</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42BD85AF0DBB481489732283D17BC512"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEC68B1BDB024650A1287E1B06069F30"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development of energy resources, including
oil, natural gas, coalbed methane, and geothermal resources, frequently results
in bringing to the surface water extracted from underground sources;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC018755343DD49CFB1406ED9F29495CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">some of that produced water is used for
irrigation or other purposes, but most of the water is returned to the
subsurface or otherwise disposed of as waste;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4C2B352130940E2887939B1D3F0944"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reducing the quantity of produced water
returned to the subsurface and increasing the quantity of produced water that
is made available for irrigation and other uses—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF536C827DE864C8EAF59769BCBD75801"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would augment water supplies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3DFDA51D8704600A800FA057989BB15"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">could reduce the costs to energy developers
for disposing of the water; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H842D59BEBD09460D856C3BA149B9FC83"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in some cases, could increase the
efficiency of energy development activities; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B486384FE084C7BBC01611D59F1B1A6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">it is in the national interest—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3225F8324A3949BFBB20178C60B65E4D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to limit the quantity of produced water
disposed of as waste;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9268A69EEB554721B13BC2C94C8D9B76"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to optimize the production of energy
resources; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CC74AB09C0746D38EA05400CEE6E9D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to remove or reduce obstacles to use of
produced water for irrigation or other purposes in ways that will not adversely
affect water quality or the environment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA106F2EBE998439400AF041D171B1A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of this section are—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62695135DE1248C3AA98738E8C4BDD89"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to optimize the production of energy
resources—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD87E6169B974454A9F00DB3099085D3E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by minimizing the quantity of produced
water; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A220AF8776F48D0B7E505F3BDEDD26E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by facilitating the use of produced water
for irrigation and other purposes without adversely affecting water quality or
the environment; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3260942742194F028CCCB16F59C36E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to demonstrate means of accomplishing those
results.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B5D0F371C7F42DFB2837EBCB4003EF5"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H680D75C03EE84520B031B44FC258C3EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lower Basin State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Lower Basin State</term>
means any of the States of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76020B62E2504D348B807997367630CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Arizona;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E27654B5E1B445EA650AD84895E231B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">California; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17817BA26C09426EA21576F192DB44FC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nevada.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB40CB52CEAE4E26A11B1E969583E0E4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Produced
water</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>produced
water</term> means water from an underground source that is brought to the
surface as part of the process of exploration for, or development of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC965739EF65643CCADFBEFB55BB1A10"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">oil;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4E533243C1148488D46FB75833005FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">natural gas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFDFDE8542C54F6D86B4559C5E39E250"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coalbed methane; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68B502D2B0AD445C866B244E80E06172"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other substance to be used as an energy
source.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FAD9A982C2F4BD991C4E6338900E28"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD81C9F880A834DD08B736DB9EDD5D65F"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upper Basin State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Upper Basin State</term>
means any of the States of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC62B1441EBD4E3A9D789979109CDEB3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Colorado;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B197E74334A47E7881EA273EE96DC6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">New Mexico;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H702FC9CAFCF948BAB7D9C51D6479139E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Utah; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H030FAFF7F38F4AF88B6110DCE667EB5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wyoming.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H350DD3CF8B834FDEB2BD23F865118C46"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification of problems and
solutions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB192399611EE4E54B55CA17F363C0001"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to
identify—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H543A3FBE67424C73946FF7E7135E967B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the technical, economic, environmental, and
other obstacles to reducing the quantity of produced water;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16CA8C776AB6467EA3BA5DA8947526CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the technical, economic, environmental,
legal, and other obstacles to increasing the extent to which produced water can
be used for irrigation and other purposes without adversely affecting water
quality, public health, or the environment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48BA562BB7844285820063DDBFFB361"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the legislative, administrative, and other
actions that could reduce or eliminate the obstacles identified in
subparagraphs (A) and (B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCF22F7DB02F49CB87A55151FB6DC799"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the costs and benefits associated with
reducing or eliminating the obstacles identified in subparagraphs (A) and
(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28DC38E1A5294DBA92F2E4F240AB2E78"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate a report describing the results of the study
under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1E9AD78CEE5495D90317CC5904F7683"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1296E55CED44D42BC25C83B9330ED22"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Secretary shall provide financial assistance for the
development of facilities, technologies, and processes to demonstrate the
feasibility, effectiveness, and safety of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1595830717D4465803D239559ADE4D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">optimizing energy resource production by
reducing the quantity of produced water generated; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB05D748B8750444EA473B8D987F65F1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing the extent to which produced
water may be recovered and made suitable for use for irrigation, municipal, or
industrial uses, or other purposes without adversely affecting water quality or
the environment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DFDCFA57A6440D3BB085DD7291E9C17"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance under this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EFF8D61A7754A0A9EBEC51F79DA6DD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be provided for—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9226843A1EC14C9F86A615FE4687B7AB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 1 project in each of the Upper
Basin States; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D228D1EFED246CDA18676FE2BF90000"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 1 project in at least 1 of the
Lower Basin States;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H005ECAF959A44C45B9A472185CB8C9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not exceed $1,000,000 for any
project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3C86980622945598F824CF561621ED3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be used to pay not more than 50
percent of the total cost of a project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5CDEC44719E43FFA275ED68FCC7CF21"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not be used for the operation or
maintenance of any facility; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3FD3F262C0A41D794EA5E23ED44EDC9"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be in addition to assistance provided
by the Federal Government pursuant to other provisions of law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43AD9E756759499291D0148B36A1C005"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation, advice, and
comments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this
section, including in preparing the report under subsection (d)(2) and
establishing criteria to be used in connection with an award of financial
assistance under subsection (e), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD35A80AA1CD4707804DBA85168C2EF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with the Secretary of Energy, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and appropriate Governors
and local officials;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E2E043D93854FCFB4E6AD3469DCF75"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H17B9557264E44F5AAD314DEAFB10217B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review any relevant information developed
in connection with research carried out by others, including research carried
out pursuant to subtitle J of title IX of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16371 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B6627DC353E4F0AB8822811A1DC6855" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent the Secretary determines to
be advisable, include that information in the report under subsection
(d)(2);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D8AB0E6777C4803AF0051E73542BE45"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek the advice of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1634A32D02724289BFDF03B9863DA8BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individuals with relevant professional or
academic expertise; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67DDA5AB564C4BA387E7C34B5749AB5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individuals or representatives of entities
with industrial experience, particularly experience relating to production of
oil, natural gas, coalbed methane, or other energy resources (including
geothermal resources); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB73A0FFAC147435890958DF8E85BBC1B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">solicit comments and suggestions from the
public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3851C636271A43A49F096CE3567750DB"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relation to other laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section supersedes,
modifies, abrogates, or limits—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BA94780F7B041DFA15E4CC98CBFFAD5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effect of any State law or any
interstate authority or compact relating to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7854726DDF7F4F75B63B6F1BCFE1BC6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any use of water; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB24F022A87A6476E9E1007BFD260BC28"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the regulation of water quantity or
quality; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6DBBF645CB245D88E77EA475284FCD3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the applicability or effect of any Federal
law (including regulations).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0021687CE5A14AE28C2C2FCE79CCE4C"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0D05933BCF94BAEBFC45186E8EA9C52"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000,000 to carry out subsection (d);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE58AE6275C8484FA1EB18859B0094EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$7,500,000 to carry out subsection
(e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88307C8A4E6A49DB89B763699D04C298" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>515.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Platte River Recovery Implementation
Program and Pathfinder Modification Project authorization</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD63BB915180432A9558D8AEF4BCC650"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of this section are to
authorize—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D8516E3CF44443FAAA74C1CE121BB91"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Commissioner of Reclamation and in partnership with the States,
other Federal agencies, and other non-Federal entities, to continue the
cooperative effort among the Federal and non-Federal entities through the
implementation of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program for
threatened and endangered species in the Central and Lower Platte River Basin
without creating Federal water rights or requiring the grant of water rights to
Federal entities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD93B0F13C784012943E523210DE8670"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the modification of the Pathfinder Dam and
Reservoir, in accordance with the requirements described in subsection
(c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89EF569EECAE4338B74893A0D351F3FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Platte River Recovery Implementation
Program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H624CD390487B49EABCFFBC9BD43F77FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA20CC13EB0C4FA7ACA6D3D7F3A4F888"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Agreement</quote> means the
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Cooperative Agreement entered into
by the Governors of the States and the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB2133616A1642598BBE0013F06F5209"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">First increment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>First Increment</quote>
means the first 13 years of the Program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76375655D51D4799A49E5F2341E67835"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Governance committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Governance
Committee</quote> means the governance committee established under the
Agreement and composed of members from the States, the Federal Government,
environmental interests, and water users.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1254C4B4CD094A66BBCBD20C1846BDC"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interest in land or water</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>interest in land or
water</quote> includes a fee title, short- or long-term easement, lease, or
other contractual arrangement that is determined to be necessary by the
Secretary to implement the land and water components of the Program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H252B8CB94F304C9B8146AD6D62B7B00"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Program</quote> means the
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program established under the
Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14DAAD9A6FE648AFAB300096DA007900"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project or activity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>project or activity</quote>
means—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BDB36F59E95496B9B44C368B2D55393"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the planning, design, permitting or other
compliance activity, preconstruction activity, construction, construction
management, operation, maintenance, and replacement of a facility;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DDFCD6A3761462A9E31E3B40037F7DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acquisition of an interest in land or
water;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8517B57A50594CB183D331456CD44CF5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">habitat restoration;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81065D9762AB4B84A182B007F4F5B4E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">research and monitoring;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD704CC7F7D2E4612B5EB51CD3102CBEC"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">program administration; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E2B376373C545DBBB3F1ED963BBC881"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other activity that is determined to be
necessary by the Secretary to carry out the Program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H535E18FFDF8D46A58B2400BEE3BF1FF4"><enum>(G)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of
Reclamation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD044F19BE4F4E15BB899697F19F2DB"><enum>(H)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>States</quote> means the
States of Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H185DA1E696E7493BB6DCBB24B7F0CA6C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation of Program</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87282DD0487442A0A01789DDD84D9D9F"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the
Governance Committee, may—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C47CFFA2C55452D8ECF18A0EDF82D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participate in the Program; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFF37082066349FC93EF042B10BFB1F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out any projects and activities that
are designated for implementation during the First Increment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE764814C3407455096F347266122D1BF"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority of Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of carrying out this section,
the Secretary, in cooperation with the Governance Committee, may—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H513D484FE8E44B80B1B7A445652C6B4C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into agreements and contracts with
Federal and non-Federal entities;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD81B26E93684463A9D4C92E4CEA05D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquire interests in land, water, and
facilities from willing sellers without the use of eminent domain;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45F8E44DF90E4A8389234951C617A100"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsequently transfer any interests
acquired under clause (ii); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09DA8AFDCCAB4D3A8B4B00BF21DFF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accept or provide grants.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H931C014E8BD84116B5C9520464D119A5"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost-sharing contributions</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4E730635DF24BBC8C9826C406B38E98"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As provided in the Agreement, the States
shall contribute not less than 50 percent of the total contributions necessary
to carry out the Program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43DA0F1F38BA4052B6FB408BFF7B162E"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Non-Federal contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following contributions shall
constitute the States’ share of the Program:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H927F8A31E40945068192EE50FE2384C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$30,000,000 in non-Federal funds, with the
balance of funds remaining to be contributed to be adjusted for inflation on
October 1 of the year after the date of enactment of this Act and each October
1 thereafter.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H389D87FE4E8341BF947E77F54D612508"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Credit for contributions of water or land
for the purposes of implementing the Program, as determined to be appropriate
by the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H586F7083B99D441DA17B0082C22B7700"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In-kind contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary or the States may elect to
provide a portion of the Federal share or non-Federal share, respectively, in
the form of in-kind goods or services, if the contribution of goods or services
is approved by the Governance Committee, as provided in Attachment 1 of the
Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FF79C3507F24D61B106FB1032A1D358"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority to modify Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Program may be modified or amended
before the completion of the First Increment if the Secretary and the States
determine that the modifications are consistent with the purposes of the
Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FB63DA12F264893BF94E617CD27EE8D"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0A0C2272F194E9C80C192E4136CC32"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on reclamation laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No action carried out under this subsection
shall, with respect to the acreage limitation provisions of the reclamation
laws—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF21F64267084B3391BE7D837B620012"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be considered in determining whether a
district (as the term is defined in section 202 of the Reclamation Reform Act
of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390bb">43 U.S.C. 390bb</external-xref>)) has discharged the obligation of the district to
repay the construction cost of project facilities used to make irrigation water
available for delivery to land in the district;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54B286E88C9047A3BF4B00250034ABE6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve as the basis for reinstating acreage
limitation provisions in a district that has completed payment of the
construction obligations of the district; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF97D05291E4453A955DD53EB9179632"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve as the basis for increasing the
construction repayment obligation of the district, which would extend the
period during which the acreage limitation provisions would apply.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF922ED16AD6548A5AFC0CDE78B084948"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on water rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H813BF769CCD64C5F883CD6C9F098E8D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates Federal water rights; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF04CDE97E27744EF8E1FF5A3973D057C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires the grant of water rights to
Federal entities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FABD28570C34BF69DA8C2BC00A96866"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H456871FDDCA9406E94FA411FA69CD7E1"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out projects and activities under this subsection $157,140,000, as
adjusted under subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D8C147B73854D29841E4565A2E9DA00"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonreimbursable Federal
expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amounts
expended under subparagraph (A) shall be considered to be nonreimbursable
Federal expenditures.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7654A5B76ADA49949E00A266CDB91661"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The balance of funds remaining to be
appropriated shall be adjusted for inflation on October 1 of the year after the
date of enactment of this Act and each October 1 thereafter.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A17E88907EA40BEA5BE13B81DB28065"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the end of each fiscal year, any
unexpended funds for projects and activities made available under subparagraph
(A) shall be retained for use in future fiscal years to implement projects and
activities under the Program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4D40B5A68AA4C7F8B9F7F92A93BA199"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority for the Secretary to
implement the First Increment shall terminate on September 30, 2020.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E80A5B3F1154776A2C3690181F18B00"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pathfinder Modification Project</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88C4E194EEC343A1A505E5C870D034D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of project</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A782CECD4964D1791C96D0401ECAE71"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Commissioner of Reclamation (referred to in this subsection as the
<quote>Secretary</quote>), may—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCCE788740054C759118B378ADD1AEB2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modify the Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2183909F933142E1909C8925C9D954C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into 1 or more agreements with the
State of Wyoming to implement the Pathfinder Modification Project (referred to
in this subsection as the <quote>Project</quote>), as described in Appendix F
to the Final Settlement Stipulation in Nebraska v. Wyoming, 534 U.S. 40
(2001).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79E5E85DBD1B4DFD8C6334021D6C4081"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No Federal appropriations are required to
modify the Pathfinder Dam under this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4170C888932492E9E4E492EE6D4A281"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized uses of pathfinder
reservoir</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provided that all
of the conditions described in paragraph (3) are first met, the approximately
54,000 acre-feet capacity of Pathfinder Reservoir, which has been lost to
sediment but will be recaptured by the Project, may be used for municipal,
environmental, and other purposes, as described in Appendix F to the Final
Settlement Stipulation in Nebraska v. Wyoming, 534 U.S. 40 (2001).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A67F892F912457187AB6FDED5C48E6C"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conditions precedent</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The actions and water uses authorized in
paragraphs (1)(A)(i) and (2) shall not occur until each of the following
actions have been completed:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D017CC1D70A402A8FB3D96EACAAB1D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Final approval from the Wyoming legislature
for the export of Project water to the State of Nebraska under the laws
(including regulations) of the State of Wyoming.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CD88F68CB464BC1BE2BB3C03C777E35"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Final approval in a change of water use
proceeding under the laws (including regulations) of the State of Wyoming for
all new uses planned for Project water. Final approval, as used in this
subparagraph, includes exhaustion of any available review under State law of
any administrative action authorizing the change of the Pathfinder Reservoir
water right.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D413A512F6A4D0FA0ACFF6BA0616E3F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>516.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Central Oklahoma Master Conservatory
District feasibility study</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBA3E7E5A6894D58A50492AEC649C947"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEC1F4C01C4648BB88EAF46500DF68D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
Commissioner of Reclamation (referred to in this section as the
<quote>Secretary</quote>), shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A4DEBF1F0644DCFBB46237BC0C1A456"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a feasibility study of alternatives
to augment the water supplies of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD00CAF8E277443AEB89C46EE5D414300"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Central Oklahoma Master Conservatory
District (referred to in this section as the <quote>District)</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EDEA77CE72A4654940084C6B85400E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cities served by the District;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BF1862778DA44CAAB3D2B8D769CAC68"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study under paragraph (1) shall include
recommendations of the Secretary, if any, relating to the alternatives
studied.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H824CFCD7B5994454BB1E008DDE95CCE4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost-sharing requirement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCF36C7E3C6241A88B47985900F78976"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the total costs of the
study under subsection (a) shall not exceed 50 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H086188F9CF9A4725973E8E269508FA11"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form of non-Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal share required under
paragraph (1) may be in the form of any in-kind services that the Secretary
determines would contribute substantially toward the conduct and completion of
the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5262694828E34A1397E349C54EDAAD13"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to conduct the study under
subsection (a) $900,000.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of Energy
authorizations</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C83306E0B524C9F826DC653D449706D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Energy technology transfer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 917 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16197">42 U.S.C. 16197</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D30A03072014824BE998700D0786F6B" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0B372C73A04471D9C1CF9ED6B45B000" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>917.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advanced Energy Technology Transfer
Centers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC339C88F4CB4FCBBDC5B9E89C7E4522"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>National Forests, Parks,
Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2008</short-title>,
the Secretary shall make grants to nonprofit institutions, State and local
governments, cooperative extension services, or institutions of higher
education (or consortia thereof), to establish a geographically dispersed
network of Advanced Energy Technology Transfer Centers, to be located in areas
the Secretary determines have the greatest need of the services of such
Centers. In making awards under this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8318405FAFA34FCA000400E8FF95FA95"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give priority to applicants already
operating or partnered with an outreach program capable of transferring
knowledge and information about advanced energy efficiency methods and
technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9CA608C36BF427A9583A77DD705C9BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that, to the extent practicable, the
program enables the transfer of knowledge and information—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6875B0393FCB4BB59B160255E19EC18B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">about a variety of technologies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39FB415E296B4A5CA060A3876C24E2DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a variety of geographic areas;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4263B3A26B34429940400F08EE9DD8B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give preference to applicants that would
significantly expand on or fill a gap in existing programs in a geographical
region; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CAF50F3A7D242C8A4066FFB95E6EBC8"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the special needs and
opportunities for increased energy efficiency for manufactured and site-built
housing, including construction, renovation, and retrofit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C80C596689542D68C97CF5B47BB3C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Center shall operate a program to
encourage demonstration and commercial application of advanced energy methods
and technologies through education and outreach to building and industrial
professionals, and to other individuals and organizations with an interest in
efficient energy use. Funds awarded under this section may be used for the
following activities:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7989652F6A643CBB07200ECEFC033F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing and distributing informational
materials on technologies that could use energy more efficiently.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95718B86C5BA4D97B0A6525EA305F4CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Carrying out demonstrations of advanced
energy methods and technologies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB43DF6F9BCDB423C804B37A310D223FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing and conducting seminars,
workshops, long-distance learning sessions, and other activities to aid in the
dissemination of knowledge and information on technologies that could use
energy more efficiently.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H916CF57932D447938B31CAEDC7CFF02B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing or coordinating onsite energy
evaluations, including instruction on the commissioning of building heating and
cooling systems, for a wide range of energy end-users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F54EB41BCF2436A95111C3BBF626089"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Examining the energy efficiency needs of
energy end-users to develop recommended research projects for the
Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H761C316C701F4AC6BCC0B4348E4CAF1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hiring experts in energy efficient
technologies to carry out activities described in paragraphs (1) through
(5).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD57EFF0634EF4B40B4006E0525F53596"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person seeking a grant under this section
shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and containing such
information as the Secretary may require. The Secretary may award a grant under
this section to an entity already in existence if the entity is otherwise
eligible under this section. The application shall include, at a
minimum—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3796D74A4C2A4D439EE74FC0F0CD3105"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the applicant’s outreach
program, and the geographic region it would serve, and of why the program would
be capable of transferring knowledge and information about advanced energy
technologies that increase efficiency of energy use;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69569534C8DA428AA8EFD4425360D4F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the activities the
applicant would carry out, of the technologies that would be transferred, and
of any other organizations that will help facilitate a regional approach to
carrying out those activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF80B22CCFFD940D9B3F000906EC8F7F1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the proposed
activities would be appropriate to the specific energy needs of the geographic
region to be served;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09DC84E94C594ACB87D49FFC5B75AF4E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the number and types of
energy end-users expected to be reached through such activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B27CBFB27A94058B9AB595100063184"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the applicant will
assess the success of the program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1076CC2CBCBB4F80A0BC3C6C50CEE700"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award grants under this
section on the basis of the following criteria, at a minimum:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A0611CF828D4FE497EE5C233846A3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The ability of the applicant to carry out
the proposed activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12A15850058A41C8BE7B968349BC5630"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The extent to which the applicant will
coordinate the activities of the Center with other entities as appropriate,
such as State and local governments, utilities, institutions of higher
education, and National Laboratories.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B80DF7F02A84CC3AD193FE7D683B318"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The appropriateness of the applicant’s
outreach program for carrying out the program described in this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5E019A9DCD1463C9F4D00DA3693E9A4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The likelihood that proposed activities
could be expanded or used as a model for other areas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC72DF7D808D14CB29945FCF1B6EDF534"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost-sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall require cost-sharing in accordance with the requirements of section 988
for commercial application activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF8E5A15AFAE4558A31E6BCA8F2414F8"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2FFE7A7BD0047EBABF3EE16F985FF54"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial grant period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant awarded under this section shall be
for a period of 5 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D39E9D0F6A94ABDAF1613CDECB8EE9F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each grantee under this section shall be
evaluated during its third year of operation under procedures established by
the Secretary to determine if the grantee is accomplishing the purposes of this
section described in subsection (a). The Secretary shall terminate any grant
that does not receive a positive evaluation. If an evaluation is positive, the
Secretary may extend the grant for 3 additional years beyond the original term
of the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CBEC7698F33491090BCB7BF0340905"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a grantee receives an extension under
paragraph (2), the grantee shall be evaluated again during the second year of
the extension. The Secretary shall terminate any grant that does not receive a
positive evaluation. If an evaluation is positive, the Secretary may extend the
grant for a final additional period of 3 additional years beyond the original
extension.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6CF8394C1AB4EA285EEDFED517FAAA"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No grantee may receive more than 11 years
of support under this section without reapplying for support and competing
against all other applicants seeking a grant at that time.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED5DDD5EB3F04132A43B00F780C1A8B3"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds awarded under this
section may be used for the construction of facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H339FBFCD08304AB3934972E6859246E4"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H142A551670B64FE890F5ABE1EAEACEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advanced energy methods and
technologies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>advanced energy methods and technologies</term> means all methods and
technologies that promote energy efficiency and conservation, including
distributed generation technologies, and life-cycle analysis of energy
use.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00C9CA96D4514B9996B83941799950D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Center</term> means an
Advanced Energy Technology Transfer Center established pursuant to this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C808128088B44F9A3692E1EAE63F699"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distributed generation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>distributed
generation</term> means an electric power generation technology, including
photovoltaic, small wind, and micro-combined heat and power, that serves
electric consumers at or near the site of production.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4ABA75435C6A4D21A1ED58C300FBB7C2"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Cooperative Extension</term>
means the extension services established at the land-grant colleges and
universities under the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC665781921E49529F48005576F08D2B"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land-grant colleges and
universities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>land-grant colleges and universities</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76A1C5CBC1374A2DBA62B0E00E58048"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1862 Institutions (as defined in section 2
of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7
U.S.C. 7601));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76266D0822DD4F338700EAE3E4761F84"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1890 Institutions (as defined in section 2
of that Act); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B9085C6B4E84CA4BAE356A6F315BE42"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1994 Institutions (as defined in section 2
of that Act).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA95DA942C95D46FF995764B13B5E35A4"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to
amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated in section 911, there are
authorized to be appropriated for the program under this section such sums as
may be
appropriated.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24B4AD9DF9984F6E95A12DD29BCCDEB0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to the Steel and Aluminum Energy
Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6437749BCA664E7EAE9CA3C433823127"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9 of
the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5108">15 U.S.C. 5108</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90C219F71B4C418A8615C5085F3908C4" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F79911D30774686A685D0F535176A5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this Act
$12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through
2012.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9640F6BAFAF74937A21997B443720059"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Steel project priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(c)(1) of the Steel and Aluminum
Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C.
5103(c)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA70F49B68ED64FCF8DAFE838605753E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (H), by striking
<quote>coatings for sheet steels</quote> and inserting <quote>sheet and bar
steels</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC4820770F2F4B3DB4CA007DBB77DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H758E175DD38D42D29548B728B616767C" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HECBA1FB85EA24352A1EDDD623F749EC1"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The development of technologies which
reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H109384E4C5B74C0AB2C5EEE28958CFF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation
and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B17484704CB46849ECC9875982C7023"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking section 7 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5106">15 U.S.C. 5106</external-xref>);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F5AE845F08947CEBD04C7B50059DA41"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 8 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5107">15 U.S.C. 5107</external-xref>), by inserting
<quote>, beginning with fiscal year 2008,</quote> after <quote>close of each
fiscal year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Northern Mariana Islands </header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="HF854B177E7B14FCFB411CDCE9D8CF777" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Immigration, Security, and Labor</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC8F10C8E70A4756AB535BB35B270006" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statement of congressional intent</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF425E471BAB34AF58B107E76AA36D5F9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Immigration and growth</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In recognition of the need to ensure
uniform adherence to long-standing fundamental immigration policies of the
United States, it is the intention of the Congress in enacting this
subtitle—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1164625DEEAB4311A575E87EB2E7642"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure that effective border control
procedures are implemented and observed, and that national security and
homeland security issues are properly addressed, by extending the immigration
laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101 (a)(17)), to apply to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (referred to in this subtitle as the <quote>Commonwealth</quote>), with
special provisions to allow for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC471E3FB458747D899F30065811080D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the orderly phasing-out of the nonresident
contract worker program of the Commonwealth; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D343B9FA8164A1EA63FD91DF980819"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the orderly phasing-in of Federal
responsibilities over immigration in the Commonwealth; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD0AD3CABA1D416AAEE0E0346B92BA23"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to minimize, to the greatest extent
practicable, potential adverse economic and fiscal effects of phasing-out the
Commonwealth’s nonresident contract worker program and to maximize the
Commonwealth’s potential for future economic and business growth by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2B354C614254EA0AEEFD66D9000B943"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encouraging diversification and growth of
the economy of the Commonwealth in accordance with fundamental values
underlying Federal immigration policy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94DC2572CB0F4AF6A8FFDBA478F58846"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recognizing local self-government, as
provided for in the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America through
consultation with the Governor of the Commonwealth;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H501AB414281B4093A7A64FEC1229943B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting the Commonwealth in achieving a
progressively higher standard of living for citizens of the Commonwealth
through the provision of technical and other assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC92A87978E9F455C81DC003569673196"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing opportunities for individuals
authorized to work in the United States, including citizens of the freely
associated states; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7BABF3F50854DE2BCDDA7008FC5BA7C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing a mechanism for the continued use
of alien workers, to the extent those workers continue to be necessary to
supplement the Commonwealth’s resident workforce, and to protect those workers
from the potential for abuse and exploitation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA6852E465224835A2518F0821963E80"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Avoiding adverse effects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In recognition of the Commonwealth’s unique
economic circumstances, history, and geographical location, it is the intent of
the Congress that the Commonwealth be given as much flexibility as possible in
maintaining existing businesses and other revenue sources, and developing new
economic opportunities, consistent with the mandates of this subtitle. This
subtitle, and the amendments made by this subtitle, should be implemented
wherever possible to expand tourism and economic development in the
Commonwealth, including aiding prospective tourists in gaining access to the
Commonwealth’s memorials, beaches, parks, dive sites, and other points of
interest.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F08DED01DD54C2B89D9A74D54DC8063" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Immigration reform for the
Commonwealth</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D6FC24A01D743F3AFA2A04EF850052"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendment to joint resolution approving
covenant establishing Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Joint Resolution
entitled <quote>A Joint Resolution to approve the <quote>Covenant To Establish
a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the
United States of America</quote>, and for other purposes</quote>, approved
March 24, 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/241">Public Law 94–241</external-xref>; 90 Stat. 263), is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACAC45425BC4493BA25FC0C5A6452DD" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D43AB623CE84E9DA162709E8BAFFA05" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Immigration and transition</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20D0714B49A64025B61889D93E58A3FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application of the immigration and
nationality Act and establishment of a transition program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2494C7E7C398496AA30012D7A434B3A5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3),
effective on the first day of the first full month commencing 1 year after the
date of enactment of the <short-title>Consolidated Natural
Resources Act of 2008</short-title> (hereafter referred to as the
<quote>transition program effective date</quote>), the provisions of the
<quote>immigration laws</quote> (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17)</external-xref>)) shall apply to the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (referred to in this section as
the <quote>Commonwealth</quote>), except as otherwise provided in this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB72612249F624F4F99BD7B44986478A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transition period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be a transition period
beginning on the transition program effective date and ending on December 31,
2014, except as provided in subsections (b) and (d), during which the Secretary
of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney
General, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Interior, shall
establish, administer, and enforce a transition program to regulate immigration
to the Commonwealth, as provided in this section (hereafter referred to as the
<quote>transition program</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H539680B81EE449808CB94EF7D121ADFC"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Delay of commencement of transition
period</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE271C48A6852449587EEBB8268BA21B9"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security, in the
Secretary’s sole discretion, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Interior, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General,
and the Governor of the Commonwealth, may determine that the transition program
effective date be delayed for a period not to exceed more than 180 days after
such date.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBE7D1F0A4EF4E15006B69B214D762CB"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
notify the Congress of a determination under subparagraph (A) not later than 30
days prior to the transition program effective date.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BE067B7991F47F8A4E025C2C4004099"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A delay of the transition program effective
date shall not take effect until 30 days after the date on which the
notification under subparagraph (B) is made.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BD79B576E314E758429E773857FABFE"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement for regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The transition program shall be implemented
pursuant to regulations to be promulgated, as appropriate, by the head of each
agency or department of the United States having responsibilities under the
transition program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61E89928214448E19CF003A718E9942B"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interagency agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security, the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Interior
shall negotiate and implement agreements among their agencies to identify and
assign their respective duties so as to ensure timely and proper implementation
of the provisions of this section. The agreements should address, at a minimum,
procedures to ensure that Commonwealth employers have access to adequate labor,
and that tourists, students, retirees, and other visitors have access to the
Commonwealth without unnecessary delay or impediment. The agreements may also
allocate funding between the respective agencies tasked with various
responsibilities under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DDDA31B412F4FD89FCF3880A485B50"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain education funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to fees charged pursuant to
section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1356">8 U.S.C. 1356(m)</external-xref>) to
recover the full costs of providing adjudication services, the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall charge an annual supplemental fee of $150 per
nonimmigrant worker to each prospective employer who is issued a permit under
subsection (d) of this section during the transition period. Such supplemental
fee shall be paid into the Treasury of the Commonwealth government for the
purpose of funding ongoing vocational educational curricula and program
development by Commonwealth educational entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB35F2CA0C2924FE1B5D68EEACB082610"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Asylum</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 208 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1158">8 U.S.C. 1158</external-xref>) shall not apply during the transition period to
persons physically present in the Commonwealth or arriving in the Commonwealth
(whether or not at a designated port of arrival), including persons brought to
the Commonwealth after having been interdicted in international or United
States waters.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB58E416FE0F24EA58EB853EAB758800"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Numerical limitations for nonimmigrant
workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien, if
otherwise qualified, may seek admission to Guam or to the Commonwealth during
the transition program as a nonimmigrant worker under section 101(a)(15)(H) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)</external-xref>) without counting
against the numerical limitations set forth in section 214(g) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1184(g)). This subsection does not apply to any employment to be
performed outside of Guam or the Commonwealth. Not later than 3 years following
the transition program effective date, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
issue a report to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives projecting
the number of asylum claims the Secretary anticipates following the termination
of the transition period, the efforts the Secretary has made to ensure
appropriate interdiction efforts, provide for appropriate treatment of asylum
seekers, and prepare to accept and adjudicate asylum claims in the
Commonwealth.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H442B8FB27E8643A4AD478900793B86F5"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonimmigrant investor visas</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35FBD8BA92264706A1F5CEB1AF62F4DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the treaty requirements in
section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(E)), during the transition period, the Secretary of Homeland
Security may, upon the application of an alien, classify an alien as a
CNMI-only nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(E)(ii) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)(ii)</external-xref>) if the alien—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DC44B22CFD14F9D8EA12FD9F1043B28"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been admitted to the Commonwealth in
long-term investor status under the immigration laws of the Commonwealth before
the transition program effective date;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1732712445F04214B02849C8AF95C292"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has continuously maintained residence in
the Commonwealth under long-term investor status;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFBE5CDF45F047CD9EA33E8B4D3B33F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is otherwise admissible; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7437FD86EE04FB9A2B2B218002FBCA4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintains the investment or investments
that formed the basis for such long-term investor status.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA431D89A34FE460A9E00C86B8708ABC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement for regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days before the
transition program effective date, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
publish regulations in the Federal Register to implement this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD28D39F392FE4E13AA623870745060E3"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special provision To ensure adequate
employment; commonwealth only transitional workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
alien who is seeking to enter the Commonwealth as a nonimmigrant worker may be
admitted to perform work during the transition period subject to the following
requirements:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84EA077C8147438097C5E806A3411BA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such an alien shall be treated as a
nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)</external-xref>), including the ability to apply, if otherwise
eligible, for a change of nonimmigrant classification under section 248 of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1258">8 U.S.C. 1258</external-xref>) or adjustment of status under this section and section 245
of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FBFDE147A604A9AA4AB2465E4F11086"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
establish, administer, and enforce a system for allocating and determining the
number, terms, and conditions of permits to be issued to prospective employers
for each such nonimmigrant worker described in this subsection who would not
otherwise be eligible for admission under the Immigration and Nationality Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.</external-xref>). In adopting and enforcing this system, the Secretary
shall also consider, in good faith and not later than 30 days after receipt by
the Secretary, any comments and advice submitted by the Governor of the
Commonwealth. This system shall provide for a reduction in the allocation of
permits for such workers on an annual basisto zero, during a period not to
extend beyond December 31, 2014, unless extended pursuant to paragraph 5 of
this subsection. In no event shall a permit be valid beyond the expiration of
the transition period. This system may be based on any reasonable method and
criteria determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to promote the
maximum use of, and to prevent adverse effects on wages and working conditions
of, workers authorized to be employed in the United States, including lawfully
admissible freely associated state citizen labor. No alien shall be granted
nonimmigrant classification or a visa under this subsection unless the permit
requirements established under this paragraph have been met.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31854BE28BE34941981118D3E0F88BD2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
set the conditions for admission of such an alien under the transition program,
and the Secretary of State shall authorize the issuance of nonimmigrant visas
for such an alien. Such a visa shall not be valid for admission to the United
States, as defined in section 101(a)(38) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(38)</external-xref>), except admission to the Commonwealth. An alien admitted
to the Commonwealth on the basis of such a visa shall be permitted to engage in
employment only as authorized pursuant to the transition program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H432512A1322144208EB9B962775F632B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such an alien shall be permitted to
transfer between employers in the Commonwealth during the period of such
alien’s authorized stay therein, without permission of the employee’s current
or prior employer, within the alien’s occupational category or another
occupational category the Secretary of Homeland Security has found requires
alien workers to supplement the resident workforce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBFE1D344B9749D9B5919817AF966289"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB4585F2C3B0B4CA48633A22B31E57FBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days prior to the
expiration of the transition period, or any extension thereof, the Secretary of
Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary
of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Governor of the
Commonwealth, shall ascertain the current and anticipated labor needs of the
Commonwealth and determine whether an extension of up to 5 years of the
provisions of this subsection is necessary to ensure an adequate number of
workers will be available for legitimate businesses in the Commonwealth. For
the purpose of this subparagraph, a business shall not be considered legitimate
if it engages directly or indirectly in prostitution, trafficking in minors, or
any other activity that is illegal under Federal or local law. The
determinations of whether a business is legitimate and to what extent, if any,
it may require alien workers to supplement the resident workforce, shall be
made by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary’s sole
discretion.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1C8027AE83548619043608539FC35FA" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of Labor determines that
such an extension is necessary to ensure an adequate number of workers for
legitimate businesses in the Commonwealth, the Secretary of Labor may, through
notice published in the Federal Register, provide for an additional extension
period of up to 5 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72274F38801E43D395E9A3C52E5DC820" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making the determination of whether
alien workers are necessary to ensure an adequate number of workers for
legitimate businesses in the Commonwealth, and if so, the number of such
workers that are necessary, the Secretary of Labor may consider, among other
relevant factors—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96A6939BB34F4C3FA4CE4DD36BF3A1ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">government, industry, or independent
workforce studies reporting on the need, or lack thereof, for alien workers in
the Commonwealth’s businesses;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H064F60FC046B414F91B65C003DB0BEF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the unemployment rate of United States
citizen workers residing in the Commonwealth;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E1695F480BA49CDAC3972E341EECEA0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the unemployment rate of aliens in the
Commonwealth who have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00B7DFBF8F514831BB5C67FACA9E1E9D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of unemployed alien workers in
the Commonwealth;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43B51D00C2D547E6A3557520297CEACB"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any good faith efforts to locate, educate,
train, or otherwise prepare United States citizen residents, lawful permanent
residents, and unemployed alien workers already within the Commonwealth, to
assume those jobs;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED953B2A3B294B3386BF406BCF4538A3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any available evidence tending to show that
United States citizen residents, lawful permanent residents, and unemployed
alien workers already in the Commonwealth are not willing to accept jobs of the
type offered;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4A60557560344749E80B1629B0098FD"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which admittance of alien
workers will affect the compensation, benefits, and living standards of
existing workers within those industries and other industries authorized to
employ alien workers; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD16BFB8033D14EC18362301266D52FC9"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the prior use, if any, of alien workers to
fill those industry jobs, and whether the industry requires alien workers to
fill those jobs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H558CD9E9F05F4EB580E81F294D040042"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security may
authorize the admission of a spouse or minor child accompanying or following to
join a worker admitted pursuant to this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6A1DA2FD99840ADB7639E21D734D702"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Persons lawfully admitted under the
Commonwealth immigration law</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3259D67A1DCE41530049DBF191577553"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on removal</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6021A8812BE949BCAA69C2AB63FB83B"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), no alien who
is lawfully present in the Commonwealth pursuant to the immigration laws of the
Commonwealth on the transition program effective date shall be removed from the
United States on the grounds that such alien's presence in the Commonwealth is
in violation of section 212(a)(6)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A)), until the earlier of the date—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27A1FD8FE92B4A96B0AAE3921F5E9132"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of the completion of the period of the
alien's admission under the immigration laws of the Commonwealth; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C320D370DB74118B28648B73BA5001B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is 2 years after the transition
program effective date.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB0BEB44049741F9BF530025EA006CA8"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to prevent or limit the removal under subparagraph 212(a)(6)(A) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A)</external-xref>) of such an alien
at any time, if the alien entered the Commonwealth after the date of enactment
of the <short-title>Consolidated Natural Resources Act of
2008</short-title>, and the Secretary of Homeland Security has determined that
the Government of the Commonwealth has violated section 702(i) of the
<short-title>Consolidated Natural Resources Act of
2008</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD3580D1A5204389B05E53AE9ECCA0D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employment authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who is lawfully present and
authorized to be employed in the Commonwealth pursuant to the immigration laws
of the Commonwealth on the transition program effective date shall be
considered authorized by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be employed in
the Commonwealth until the earlier of the date—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50F634DFD8384F608290BFAED8F05798"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of expiration of the alien's employment
authorization under the immigration laws of the Commonwealth; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7A44470E08441608F2691D9383800DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is 2 years after the transition
program effective date.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB9D180CBBE440D0ABA63096A600CFE4"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Registration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security may
require any alien present in the Commonwealth on or after the transition period
effective date to register with the Secretary in such a manner, and according
to such schedule, as he may in his discretion require. Paragraphs (1) and (2)
of this subsection shall not apply to any alien who fails to comply with such
registration requirement. Notwithstanding any other law, the Government of the
Commonwealth shall provide to the Secretary all Commonwealth immigration
records or other information that the Secretary deems necessary to assist the
implementation of this paragraph or other provisions of the
<short-title>Consolidated Natural Resources Act of
2008</short-title>. Nothing in this paragraph shall modify or limit section 262
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1302">8 U.S.C. 1302</external-xref>) or other provision of
the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to the registration of
aliens.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1186B463EC24BF7A52169AECB37C9C7"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Removable aliens</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as specifically provided in
paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, nothing in this subsection shall prohibit
or limit the removal of any alien who is removable under the Immigration and
Nationality Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H449890F7622E4DE1AFC810F669495554"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior orders of removal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security may
execute any administratively final order of exclusion, deportation or removal
issued under authority of the immigration laws of the United States before, on,
or after the transition period effective date, or under authority of the
immigration laws of the Commonwealth before the transition period effective
date, upon any subject of such order found in the Commonwealth on or after the
transition period effective date, regardless whether the alien has previously
been removed from the United States or the Commonwealth pursuant to such
order.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45822F6E1D854764B7FB1F008816BA5D"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on other laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of this section and of the
immigration laws, as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17)</external-xref>), shall, on the transition program
effective date, supersede and replace all laws, provisions, or programs of the
Commonwealth relating to the admission of aliens and the removal of aliens from
the Commonwealth.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6CD9F9C3F3845EBBB592C223FFDBCD7"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accrual of time for purposes of Section
212(a)(9)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No time that an alien is present in the
Commonwealth in violation of the immigration laws of the Commonwealth shall be
counted for purposes of inadmissibility under section 212(a)(9)(B) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73F4E932961B462D9EA06C6D2894DF99"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on nonresident guestworker
population</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the
Governor of the Commonwealth, shall report to the Congress not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008</short-title>.
The report shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DC9D97CAC864CD4814DA2C062C63AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of aliens residing in the
Commonwealth;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F1F0ED8AF2E49368483EA14AFB1C0A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the legal status (under
Federal law) of such aliens;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFC18A7D4B8E4E77BCE8C026B9119D97"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of years each alien has been
residing in the Commonwealth;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H292AC00F2B43487FA800369B54B40438"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current and future requirements of the
Commonwealth economy for an alien workforce; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1BFFC5B65E24D82826E00002359E7BA"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such recommendations to the Congress, as
the Secretary may deem appropriate, related to whether or not the Congress
should consider permitting lawfully admitted guest workers lawfully residing in
the Commonwealth on such enactment date to apply for long-term status under the
immigration and nationality laws of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0A8436A7C9F40B2B2BBADCEF4CFDC82"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver of requirements for nonimmigrant
visitors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF755FB1F1EE44A03A27814430022778B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 214(a)(1) (8 U.S.C.
1184(a)(1))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H245A104D9BA54EBB8776057E6242FCBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking “Guam” each place such term
appears and inserting “Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands”; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D9D7073074B431FB66548E2EA5DC855"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking “fifteen” and inserting
“45”;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81515474B53748C9A9B0B8FEC680AD15"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 212(a)(7)(B) (8 U.S.C.
1182(a)(7)(B)), by amending clause (iii) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D63F3290A1C44159C5188CE2CD6DD14" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E9C689E9F0B483C903877001F54D8D"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guam and Northern Mariana Islands visa
waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For provision
authorizing waiver of clause (i) in the case of visitors to Guam or the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, see subsection
(l).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B95B1AE144448B2A6D5F5797D03383"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending section 212(l) (8 U.S.C.
1182(l)) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C7AF56F30C74DFBB677359686889EE0" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42C8F03234D64D7CB67770536479B69D"><enum>(l)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guam and Northern Mariana Islands visa
waiver program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1775CBD23F6A40D4ADF430BB2377262C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirement of subsection (a)(7)(B)(i)
may be waived by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the case of an alien
applying for admission as a nonimmigrant visitor for business or pleasure and
solely for entry into and stay in Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands for a period not to exceed 45 days, if the Secretary of
Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the
Secretary of State, the Governor of Guam and the Governor of the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, determines that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75643505022D4E8DA8FFC6AE45143F2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an adequate arrival and departure control
system has been developed in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4556F7799AF04245A520B892BE099E52"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such a waiver does not represent a threat
to the welfare, safety, or security of the United States or its territories and
commonwealths.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0453E802A6C43A58B34CB5C2EE69F80"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alien waiver of rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien may not be provided a waiver under
this subsection unless the alien has waived any right—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H031B7C1685414BAF995D764DA35698CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to review or appeal under this Act an
immigration officer’s determination as to the admissibility of the alien at the
port of entry into Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE736AFAD94941CFA93792B039B16FB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to contest, other than on the basis of an
application for withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3) of this Act or
under the Convention Against Torture, or an application for asylum if permitted
under section 208, any action for removal of the alien.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31E2F31B3E9449F38610B1ED2056722D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All necessary regulations to implement this
subsection shall be promulgated by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of State, on
or before the 180th day after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Consolidated Natural Resources Act of
2008</short-title>. The promulgation of such regulations shall be considered a
foreign affairs function for purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code. At a minimum, such regulations should include, but not necessarily
be limited to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6979BF661DF4F9F8F2538A88FA3A892"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a listing of all countries whose nationals
may obtain the waiver also provided by this subsection, except that such
regulations shall provide for a listing of any country from which the
Commonwealth has received a significant economic benefit from the number of
visitors for pleasure within the one-year period preceding the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Consolidated Natural
Resources Act of 2008</short-title>, unless the Secretary of Homeland Security
determines that such country’s inclusion on such list would represent a threat
to the welfare, safety, or security of the United States or its territories;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7530ED67C69E4A5A00E7F7AFDD4D3B3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any bonding requirements for nationals of
some or all of those countries who may present an increased risk of overstays
or other potential problems, if different from such requirements otherwise
provided by law for nonimmigrant visitors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A4633068F32420391E9142812BD964"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Factors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether to grant or continue
providing the waiver under this subsection to nationals of any country, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Interior and the Secretary of State, shall consider all factors that the
Secretary deems relevant, including electronic travel authorizations,
procedures for reporting lost and stolen passports, repatriation of aliens,
rates of refusal for nonimmigrant visitor visas, overstays, exit systems, and
information exchange.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE63039A8247B456D80BCEBD99BA93EA2"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Suspension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
monitor the admission of nonimmigrant visitors to Guam and the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands under this subsection. If the Secretary determines
that such admissions have resulted in an unacceptable number of visitors from a
country remaining unlawfully in Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, unlawfully obtaining entry to other parts of the United
States, or seeking withholding of removal or asylum, or that visitors from a
country pose a risk to law enforcement or security interests of Guam or the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands or of the United States (including
the interest in the enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States),
the Secretary shall suspend the admission of nationals of such country under
this subsection. The Secretary of Homeland Security may in the Secretary’s
discretion suspend the Guam and Northern Mariana Islands visa waiver program at
any time, on a country-by-country basis, for other good cause.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DA525EB958D4EC08ED14D4B34DDB2BB"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Addition of countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governor of Guam and the Governor of
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands may request the Secretary of
the Interior and the Secretary of Homeland Security to add a particular country
to the list of countries whose nationals may obtain the waiver provided by this
subsection, and the Secretary of Homeland Security may grant such request after
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of State, and
may promulgate regulations with respect to the inclusion of that country and
any special requirements the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary’s
sole discretion, may impose prior to allowing nationals of that country to
obtain the waiver provided by this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H299F415C63C24FC0AA6576C2AFCE20C7"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special nonimmigrant categories for Guam
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governor of Guam and the Governor of
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (referred to in this
subsection as <quote>CNMI</quote>) may request that the Secretary of Homeland
Security study the feasibility of creating additional Guam or CNMI-only
nonimmigrant visas to the extent that existing nonimmigrant visa categories
under the Immigration and Nationality Act do not provide for the type of
visitor, the duration of allowable visit, or other circumstance. The Secretary
of Homeland Security may review such a request, and, after consultation with
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior, shall issue a report
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives with respect to the
feasibility of creating those additional Guam or CNMI-only visa categories.
Consideration of such additional Guam or CNMI-only visa categories may include,
but are not limited to, special nonimmigrant statuses for investors, students,
and retirees, but shall not include nonimmigrant status for the purpose of
employment in Guam or the CNMI.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59A8F5F741B44E249848EDF363196123"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspection of persons arriving from the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana islands; Guam and Northern Mariana
Islands-only visas not valid for entry into other parts of the United
States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 212(d)(7) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(7)</external-xref>) is amended by
inserting <quote>the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,</quote>
after <quote>Guam,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C42EACC32C54D638118007EEAAA6104"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical assistance program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F6705EC1C1A4DBB847700C3883724CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior, in
consultation with the Governor of the Commonwealth, the Secretary of Labor, and
the Secretary of Commerce, and as provided in the Interagency Agreements
required to be negotiated under section 6(a)(4) of the Joint Resolution
entitled <quote>A Joint Resolution to approve the <quote>Covenant To Establish
a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the
United States of America</quote>, and for other purposes</quote>, approved
March 24, 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/241">Public Law 94–241</external-xref>), as added by subsection (a), shall
provide—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD04FD9FE367A495182C9EDCF45E31363"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">technical assistance and other support to
the Commonwealth to identify opportunities for, and encourage diversification
and growth of, the economy of the Commonwealth;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H798989A14AFB4085912B9FA8FF5099BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">technical assistance, including assistance
in recruiting, training, and hiring of workers, to assist employers in the
Commonwealth in securing employees first from among United States citizens and
nationals resident in the Commonwealth and if an adequate number of such
workers are not available, from among legal permanent residents, including
lawfully admissible citizens of the freely associated states; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94CF60C28BF842D09D81343700C3B1B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">technical assistance, including assistance
to identify types of jobs needed, identify skills needed to fulfill such jobs,
and assistance to Commonwealth educational entities to develop curricula for
such job skills to include training teachers and students for such
skills.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC08B15A3FB6451CBD4E31975BB83651"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing such technical assistance
under paragraph (1), the Secretaries shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBED9C61CDC4B4D03B0DDE0076B753E31"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with the Government of the
Commonwealth, local businesses, regional banks, educational institutions, and
other experts in the economy of the Commonwealth; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4C3E9BC15CC4FF98D04EDB2008F562B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist in the development and
implementation of a process to identify opportunities for and encourage
diversification and growth of the economy of the Commonwealth and to identify
and encourage opportunities to meet the labor needs of the Commonwealth.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F5A6ABA47AE491EB81CA7626025F413"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost-sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the provision of technical assistance
or support under this paragraph (other than that required to pay the salaries
and expenses of Federal personnel), the Secretary of the Interior shall require
a non-Federal matching contribution of 10 percent.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2412F6DCFD12482AA91000BB8273E4E7"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H849FECDA20014E15BB799F79D7E2D74F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At any time on and after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security,
and the Secretary of Labor may establish and maintain offices and other
operations in the Commonwealth for the purpose of carrying out duties
under—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4232CA48FBD4796AECF4454E805401B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30168188C31C4B64907738B08EC5FB87"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the transition program established under
section 6 of the Joint Resolution entitled <quote>A Joint Resolution to approve
the <quote>Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
in Political Union with the United States of America</quote>, and for other
purposes</quote>, approved March 24, 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/241">Public Law 94–241</external-xref>), as added by
subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7AE553E98334146AFD9AC678281E749"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable and
consistent with the satisfactory performance of assigned duties under
applicable law, the Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the
Secretary of Labor shall recruit and hire personnel from among qualified United
States citizens and national applicants residing in the Commonwealth to serve
as staff in carrying out operations described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB0DF4667DD042509BCEDBE0AB9B5C"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments to Public Law
94–241</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E7B5D5E3822475B8388E2EBF9ADA707"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public Law 94–241 is amended as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA830645055A7444B9640361F7198B8DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In section 503 of the covenant set forth in
section 1, by striking subsection (a) and redesignating subsections (b) and (c)
as subsections (a) and (b), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DB391E7B8604A7284157886A35D47CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">By striking section 506 of the covenant set
forth in section 1.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA30783D6756D4DBDAD2B7F53EB163660"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In section 703(b) of the covenant set forth
in section 1, by striking <quote>quarantine, passport, immigration and
naturalization</quote> and inserting <quote>quarantine and
passport</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF047B7E88D67451CB3B82D3D3ED1551F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
paragraph (1) shall take effect on the transition program effective date
described in section 6 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/241">Public Law 94–241</external-xref> (as added by subsection
(a)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE9E1AEBCACF4766BFCAEFDB53C5C197"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports to Congress</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80A1CFF3FD074608B700338E79833945"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than March 1 of the first year
that is at least 2 full years after the date of enactment of this subtitle, and
annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the
Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House
of Representatives a report that evaluates the overall effect of the transition
program established under section 6 of the Joint Resolution entitled <quote>A
Joint Resolution to approve the <quote>Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of
America</quote>, and for other purposes</quote>, approved March 24, 1976
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/241">Public Law 94–241</external-xref>), as added by subsection (a), and the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.</external-xref>) on the Commonwealth.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF28FE788DD4C47239615F6AFBA5C2465"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to other topics otherwise
required to be included under this subtitle or the amendments made by this
subtitle, each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include a description
of the efforts that have been undertaken during the period covered by the
report to diversify and strengthen the local economy of the Commonwealth,
including efforts to promote the Commonwealth as a tourist destination. The
report by the President shall include an estimate for the numbers of
nonimmigrant workers described under section 101(a)(15)(H) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)</external-xref>) necessary to avoid adverse
economic effects in Guam and the Commonwealth.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92381E7EAAFF46C785E4694D940984D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GAO report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Government Accountability Office shall
submit a report to the Congress not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, to include, at a minimum, the following items:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF834124A99B4366BB00B09478C913A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the implementation of this
subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle, including an assessment of
the performance of Federal agencies and the Government of the Commonwealth in
meeting congressional intent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H166C69FE358E426A9606AD619400CC52"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the short-term and
long-term impacts of implementation of this subtitle and the amendments made by
this subtitle on the economy of the Commonwealth, including its ability to
obtain workers to supplement its resident workforce and to maintain access to
its tourists and customers, and any effect on compliance with United States
treaty obligations mandating non-refoulement for refugees.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B11B0994E6A4FFAA36358EB319FADD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the economic benefit of
the investors <quote>grandfathered</quote> under subsection (c) of section 6 of
the Joint Resolution entitled <quote>A Joint Resolution to approve the
<quote>Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in
Political Union with the United States of America</quote>, and for other
purposes</quote>, approved March 24, 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/241">Public Law 94–241</external-xref>), as added by
subsection (a), and the Commonwealth’s ability to attract new investors after
the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE0D342F4A504CDABE157953C361508B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the number of illegal
aliens in the Commonwealth, including any Federal and Commonwealth efforts to
locate and repatriate them.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1130000ABE344BCB3006D294F112BCC"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports by the local
government</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governor of
the Commonwealth may submit an annual report to the President on the
implementation of this subtitle, and the amendments made by this subtitle, with
recommendations for future changes. The President shall forward the Governor’s
report to the Congress with any Administration comment after an appropriate
period of time for internal review, provided that nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to require the President to provide any legislative
recommendation to the Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H801634F9CAB343C6A2D5EED78FD7E4F"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on Federal personnel and resource
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, after consulting with the Secretary of the Interior and other
departments and agencies as may be deemed necessary, shall submit a report to
the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, on
the current and planned levels of Transportation Security Administration,
United States Customs and Border Protection, United States Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and
United States Coast Guard personnel and resources necessary for fulfilling
mission requirements on Guam and the Commonwealth in a manner comparable to the
level provided at other similar ports of entry in the United States. In
fulfilling this reporting requirement, the Secretary shall consider and
anticipate the increased requirements due to the proposed realignment of
military forces on Guam and in the Commonwealth and growth in the tourism
sector.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39D1DAD5D0934A5288BE42F3363E004F"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required actions prior to transition
program effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During
the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the
transition program effective date described in section 6 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/241">Public Law 94–241</external-xref>
(as added by subsection (a)), the Government of the Commonwealth shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE97EE551155A46700020B35EE6B6D55"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not permit an increase in the total number
of alien workers who are present in the Commonwealth as of the date of
enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBB45A14CC884ACFB8124B923711C9D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">administer its nonrefoulement protection
program—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D3493AEF0AF4E890052A1D205548091"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">according to the terms and procedures set
forth in the Memorandum of Agreement entered into between the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Department of Interior,
Office of Insular Affairs, executed on September 12, 2003 (which terms and
procedures, including but not limited to funding by the Secretary of the
Interior and performance by the Secretary of Homeland Security of the duties of
<quote>Protection Consultant</quote> to the Commonwealth, shall have effect on
and after the date of enactment of this Act), as well as CNMI <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/13/61">Public Law 13–61</external-xref>
and the Immigration Regulations Establishing a Procedural Mechanism for Persons
Requesting Protection from Refoulement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5230CFC35D1D4458AD6BB5A5E4B7EB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">so as not to remove or otherwise effect the
involuntary return of any alien whom the Protection Consultant has determined
to be eligible for protection from persecution or torture.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9863F8BC9E46450DA5FE432496DC63C3"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments to the Immigration
and Nationality Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD7149E1FBF0456FA800001145341067"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 101(a)(15)(D)(ii), by inserting
<quote>or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</quote> after
<quote>Guam</quote> each time such term appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85096EF2F672481CABD25F24EF1593EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 101(a)(36), by striking
<quote>and the Virgin Islands of the United States</quote> and inserting
<quote>the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D57D40994A94361AA146FA20011B2C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 101(a)(38), by striking
<quote>and the Virgin Islands of the United States</quote> and inserting
<quote>the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H093E04FAAF6F4F2F87C4198E7DC09FA6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 208, by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H068DC916CAF04378819E91B57DD8687C" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H237EF63F20E344D6BFCE83D26307FD4D"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of
this section and section 209(b) shall apply to persons physically present in
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands or arriving in the
Commonwealth (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including
persons who are brought to the Commonwealth after having been interdicted in
international or United States waters) only on or after January 1,
2014.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA84447440C5044CBA880F34B4F7B9861"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 235(b)(1), by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9EF9C7818704C0C8967357C30B0F078" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EB607852A9D48B6AFEA134CDF8F536F"><enum>(G)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to authorize or require any person described in
section 208(e) to be permitted to apply for asylum under section 208 at any
time before January 1,
2014.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2EB8D1DDAAF546AE8F9D2F270064C70"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of other nonimmigrant
professionals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
requirements of section 212(m)(6)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1182(m)(6)(B)) shall not apply to a facility in Guam, the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA26CAD0BFF06416AB1C49E0A56040E7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>703.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Further amendments to Public Law
94–241</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Public Law 94–241, as
amended, is further amended in section 4(c)(3) by striking the colon after
<quote>Marshall Islands</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>, except
that $200,000 in fiscal year 2009 and $225,000 annually for fiscal years 2010
through 2018 are hereby rescinded; Provided, That the amount rescinded shall be
increased by the same percentage as that of the annual salary and benefit
adjustments for Members of Congress</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H714EFC22808B4BAB002F1DA63E00AF3B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>704.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
subtitle.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4830DCB13FB4B55994DB037CB98A932" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>705.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59476C87CF4F40659303006D86C9AD03"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as specifically provided in this
section or otherwise in this subtitle, this subtitle and the amendments made by
this subtitle shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD92474BDD5AA4F22AE894F88E7C0E5C3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to the Immigration and
Nationality Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act made by this subtitle, and
other provisions of this subtitle applying the immigration laws (as defined in
section 101(a)(17) of Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17)</external-xref>))
to the Commonwealth, shall take effect on the transition program effective date
described in section 6 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/241">Public Law 94–241</external-xref> (as added by section 702(a)),
unless specifically provided otherwise in this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HECEE744F034342000022EA65E0F2695E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle or the amendments
made by this subtitle shall be construed to make any residence or presence in
the Commonwealth before the transition program effective date described in
section 6 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/241">Public Law 94–241</external-xref> (as added by section 702(a)) residence or
presence in the United States, except that, for the purpose only of determining
whether an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in
section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(20))) has abandoned or lost such status by reason of absence from the
United States, such alien’s presence in the Commonwealth before, on, or after
the date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to be presence in the
United States.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H24CF632CE7DB4E2CBC8135143305D6DB" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Northern Mariana Islands Delegate </header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01329B934BB342FBA7C6D14C39AD7254" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>711.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Delegate to House of Representatives from
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands shall be represented in the United States Congress by the Resident
Representative to the United States authorized by section 901 of the Covenant
To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union
With the United States of America (approved by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/241">Public Law 94–241</external-xref> (48 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.)). The Resident Representative shall be a nonvoting Delegate to
the House of Representatives, elected as provided in this subtitle.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89D947392A624A3BADEF1004258548DA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>712.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Election of Delegate</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD61B414260C64310A421A8139D5E8CAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electors and time of election</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Delegate shall be elected—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07455E0BB9D04E11A12B8959EA7ED6BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by the people qualified to vote for the
popularly elected officials of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87734DE90341415CB13DC2FAD83C2BB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the Federal general election of 2008 and
at such Federal general election every 2d year thereafter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H006B8B03839A42B3B8F2C9EB2F712FBE"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Manner of election</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FA184C560724E6BB901347BC74BC6F0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Delegate shall be elected at large and
by a plurality of the votes cast for the office of Delegate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4795864EAE1F4D30AC20D184A1A8D937"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of Establishment of Primary
Elections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), if the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with the
Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, provides for
primary elections for the election of the Delegate, the Delegate shall be
elected by a majority of the votes cast in any general election for the office
of Delegate for which such primary elections were held.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H832C91EAE1CE41E99B259B8D925F5C46"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vacancy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In case of a permanent vacancy in the
office of Delegate, the office of Delegate shall remain vacant until a
successor is elected and qualified.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53CB2D91C2DB4723B5CA09300031E3B7"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commencement of term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term of the Delegate shall commence on
the 3d day of January following the date of the election.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA99BFC588B5848E4A6601551D7A48829" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>713.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualifications for Office of
Delegate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To be eligible for
the office of Delegate a candidate shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E0D0955931947438BCB0438C6D3061"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be at least 25 years of age on the date of
the election;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81E2D6A4626F4BA1945C4483D96B01C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have been a citizen of the United States
for at least 7 years prior to the date of the election;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF30972B427A148F79DA39B61B9EE9D34"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be a resident and domiciliary of the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for at least 7 years prior to the
date of the election;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1CCAC00C3E440A18C361B4CE8229ECE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be qualified to vote in the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands on the date of the election; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03EAAC1979654DBE0023E94B712ED833"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not be, on the date of the election, a
candidate for any other office.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A2107DC45AD48EBB1C6FBEC40BFF741" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>714.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination of election
procedure</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Acting pursuant to
legislation enacted in accordance with the Constitution of the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, the Government of the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands may determine the order of names on the ballot for
election of Delegate, the method by which a special election to fill a
permanent vacancy in the office of Delegate shall be conducted, the method by
which ties between candidates for the office of Delegate shall be resolved, and
all other matters of local application pertaining to the election and the
office of Delegate not otherwise expressly provided for in this
subtitle.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9FADBBA60814E6DBF005F2FD32354EC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>715.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compensation, privileges, and
immunities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Until the Rules of
the House of Representatives are amended to provide otherwise, the Delegate
from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall receive the same
compensation, allowances, and benefits as a Member of the House of
Representatives, and shall be entitled to whatever privileges and immunities
are, or hereinafter may be, granted to any other nonvoting Delegate to the
House of Representatives.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCD2EDE7BA49427B862D5E726482EAD5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>716.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lack of effect on covenant</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No provision of this subtitle shall be
construed to alter, amend, or abrogate any provision of the covenant referred
to in section 711 except section 901 of the covenant.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D438D969B1249D481DEB3D38D59B056" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>717.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this subtitle, the term
<term>Delegate</term> means the Resident Representative referred to in section
711.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75430EFBBFC64557AAB438004D298EF8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>718.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments regarding
appointments to military service academies by Delegate from the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22D685C390834044B46B728026AAA82C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States Military
Academy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4342(a)(10)
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>resident
representative</quote> and inserting <quote>Delegate in
Congress</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D91E12B66254F06B655111D3E1B1788"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States Naval Academy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6954(a)(10) of such title is
amended by striking <quote>resident representative</quote> and inserting
<quote>Delegate in Congress</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7906F81ACA1E41F294B3CEB459CF5950"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States Air Force
Academy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9342(a)(10)
of such title is amended by striking <quote>resident representative</quote> and
inserting <quote>Delegate in Congress</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VIII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compacts of Free Association
Amendments</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAACC9ADD0AFD469082B77F699100DEF6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval of Agreements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F74C4857277407DBECB83A005F78D93"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101 of the Compact of Free
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/48/1921">48 U.S.C. 1921</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0D2C09DD3AF4904B3C9E09BA564B548"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence of subsection (a), by
inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, including
Article X of the Federal Programs and Services Agreement Between the Government
of the United States and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia,
as amended under the Agreement to Amend Article X that was signed by those two
Governments on June 30, 2004, which shall serve as the authority to implement
the provisions thereof</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EBE251AC86A49F1BDB064C100FE6077"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence of subsection (b), by
inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, including
Article X of the Federal Programs and Services Agreement Between the Government
of the United States and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, as amended under the Agreement to Amend Article X that was signed by
those two Governments on June 18, 2004, which shall serve as the authority to
implement the provisions thereof</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1451B9BD2D31433EADE6FC343FB03700"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall be effective as of the date that is 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD402C81B8684476B933DBDA207544309" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>802.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds to facilitate Federal
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unobligated amounts
appropriated before the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section
105(f)(1)(A)(ii) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003
shall be available to both the United States Agency for International
Development and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to facilitate each
agency’s activities under the Federal Programs and Services Agreements.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D59965B428643DAAEB65F004DCBC101" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>803.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90B1196D566D4C51A06BB972F8826166"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 105(f)(1)(A) of the Compact of Free
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/48/1921d">48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16852A9331A649C287647884118832C6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53E3F31F345641A8BDEBB2C6C4EC26CC"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency and disaster assistance</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07418EBE32784EF99233C3FA418DD685"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to clause (ii), section 221(a)(6)
of the U.S.–FSM Compact and section 221(a)(5) of the U.S.–RMI Compact shall
each be construed and applied in accordance with the two Agreements to Amend
Article X of the Federal Programs and Service Agreements signed on June 30,
2004, and on June 18, 2004, respectively, provided that all activities carried
out by the United States Agency for International Development and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency under Article X of the Federal Programs and
Services Agreements may be carried out notwithstanding any other provision of
law. In the sections referred to in this clause, the term <term>United States
Agency for International Development, Office of Foreign Disaster
Assistance</term> shall be construed to mean <quote>the United States Agency
for International Development</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84C0A5B3EA3D4C1895402BE889C420D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of will provide
funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the second
sentence of paragraph 12 of each of the Agreements described in clause (i), the
term <term>will provide funding</term> means will provide funding through a
transfer of funds using Standard Form 1151 or a similar document or through an
interagency, reimbursable
agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD13F8D130D1B4AFB943668AB2908C510"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall be effective as of the date that is 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE43BEAD3EF34195924B278012C8D7D9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>804.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarifications regarding
Palau</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105(f)(1)(B) of
the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C.
1921d(f)(1)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB0B7B8B06A04647BB606CC433AA7115"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)(II), by striking <quote>and
its territories</quote> and inserting <quote>, its territories, and the
Republic of Palau</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CE0376E6DA44C8E95B6550037375124"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii)(II), by striking <quote>,
or the Republic of the Marshall Islands</quote> and inserting <quote>, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72A318509FE34958AFAAB7B3CC0531B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ix)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H884FBD25956849F9837533FFE639282"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Republic</quote> both
places it appears and inserting <quote>government, institutions, and
people</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09EFDBFC21B84001B7A101BB11FF0481"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2007</quote> and
inserting <quote>2009</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79F1566AF0C74F898D9927DFBC745CA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>was</quote> and
inserting <quote>were</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFBC18DC1CB747488B64CAE349C67D79" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>805.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of legal
services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105(f)(1)(C)
of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C.
1921d(f)(1)(C)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the
following: <quote>, which shall also continue to be available to the citizens
of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic
of the Marshall Islands who legally reside in the United States (including
territories and possessions)</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82B9811C607540BBAA41951BB536BA9B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>806.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical amendments</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4616982C85924778BA99D6E239CCB116"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title
<enum-in-header>I</enum-in-header></header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E5DCD02677B4074AC4948C5EE71848"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
<enum-in-header>177</enum-in-header> agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103(c)(1) of the Compact of Free
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/48/1921b">48 U.S.C. 1921b(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>section 177</quote> and inserting <quote>Section
177</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7092C353205349B6B9F83389EB3818B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interpretation and united states
policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104 of the
Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/48/1921c">48 U.S.C. 1921c</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCF88CB806294E118509D7D1AE769113"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1), by inserting
<quote>the</quote> before <quote>U.S.–RMI Compact,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1DE9A35434F452D94F19ED01E5CCBFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8764BB16784407EB0AE1BE8314412F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (8), by striking <quote>to include</quote> and inserting <quote>and
include</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83733CDA6EA94372B2604925275F4641"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (9)(A), by inserting a comma
after <quote>may</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H187824A55C734B91AA835C5518F367AA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (10), by striking
<quote>related to service</quote> and inserting <quote>related to such
services</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A116E3A0B184DA9A12FB158EFB67B73"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence of subsection (j), by
inserting <quote>the</quote> before <quote>Interior</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4628C94064E34D350029DB51D35A609"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supplemental provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 105(b)(1) of the Compact of Free
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/48/1921d">48 U.S.C. 1921d(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>Trust Fund</quote> and inserting <quote>Trust
Funds</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F6594172B6941EE8C6F9E7EAA5343B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title
<enum-in-header>II</enum-in-header></header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CF7DC84C6A04631B0937E3603483584"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">U.S.–FSM compact</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Compact of Free Association, as
amended, between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (as provided in section 201(a)
of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 2757)) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H970EF2B8E7B941D3A8FF16F303EFFBA2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 174—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD45992DF16A94C79A928935CD2ACD54D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking
<quote>courts</quote> and inserting <quote>court</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DB2B82A16F0451FBF1ECFB4E6C16ED5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2), by striking
<quote>the</quote> before <quote>November</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E01C3C7105140D2AA9446D7A2ADF8F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 177(a), by striking <quote>, or
Palau</quote> and inserting <quote>(or Palau)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CA621F347714BF29E246096AAB62066"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 179(b), by striking
<quote>amended Compact</quote> and inserting <quote>Compact, as
amended,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A6F8358669042D4AE3E9EAC8548CBBA"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 211—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9850452B7BB4494A8E8436CBF1183C05"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the fourth sentence of subsection (a),
by striking <quote>Compact, as Amended, of Free Association</quote> and
inserting <quote>Compact of Free Association, as amended</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA79A6044B8BC4DBDBB8836BA00246178"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the fifth sentence of subsection (a), by
striking <quote>Trust Fund Agreement,</quote> and inserting <quote>Agreement
Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of
the Federated States of Micronesia Implementing Section 215 and Section 216 of
the Compact, as Amended, Regarding a Trust Fund (Trust Fund
Agreement),</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC6BA53DCDC247B7BA07BC171FBD4386"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5290FED9843D4CE285D11EB853CCD6C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking
<quote>Government of the</quote> before <quote>Federated</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEC426123432405CA3AE59479958CAE"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking
<quote>Sections 321 and 323 of the Compact of Free Association, as
Amended</quote> and inserting <quote>Sections 211(b), 321, and 323 of the
Compact of Free Association, as amended,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE722E84F279A4D3596F32414FAC9FC3E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the last sentence of subsection (d), by
inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>and the Federal
Programs and Services Agreement referred to in section 231</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A603F2A9A024A4FAF26EEA800857454"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence of section 215(b), by
striking <quote>subsection(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49BAFEF7E02649BC941577C561055B85"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 221—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8064A0DF00DC4D05A857B1419E21E279"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(6), by inserting
<quote>(Federal Emergency Management Agency)</quote> after <quote>Homeland
Security</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84C23C59BA9D4343BE802D663E8F7D19"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence of subsection (c), by
striking <quote>agreements</quote> and inserting
<quote>agreement</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7418FE90202447C285D0EF2B161B8408"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence of section 222, by
inserting <quote>in</quote> after <quote>referred to</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFFB3A6CD72D4797BC044E6404C7BBB"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence of section 232, by
striking <quote>sections 102 (c)</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>January 14, 1986)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 102(b) of Public
Law 108–188, 117 Stat. 2726, December 17, 2003</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C46057FCA1244A8ADFB055684E2FC6E"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence of section 252, by
inserting <quote>, as amended,</quote> after <quote>Compact</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C02E3F2276F48FDB49200B6011EA0F2"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence of the first
undesignated paragraph of section 341, by striking <quote>Section 141</quote>
and inserting <quote>section 141</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H193D78C90D2143CC8E997B697CACFFF2"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 342—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F8F7D2236564EBABC6F5D1D28309100"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>14
U.S.C. 195</quote> and inserting <quote>section 195 of title 14, United States
Code</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7885277A162E44828867DEB71F7D019F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFB1A71967AA4D74B0531821542EE6EE"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>46 U.S.C.
1295(b)(6)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1303(b)(6) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="MMA">Merchant Marine Act</act-name>, 1936 (46 U.S.C.
1295b(b)(6))</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H951CE267B6A84D29AEFE457C6F3EEFAD"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>46 U.S.C.
1295b(b)(6)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1303(b)(6)(C) of that
Act</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A2EE2FC692F404C8D11821CAD003C3E"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the third sentence of section 354(a), by
striking <quote>section 442 and 452</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 442
and 452</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF4AE039B9BF49DE9BF28F5216DC3778"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 461(h), by striking
<quote>Telecommunications</quote> and inserting
<quote>Telecommunication</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC5D4FFE002A47CC96B10095C0A946C6"><enum>(N)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 462(b)(4), by striking <quote>of
Free Association</quote> the second place it appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA765956F8474EC28CD84377FF88052C"><enum>(O)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 463(b), by striking
<quote>Articles IV</quote> and inserting <quote>Article IV</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5795256DDC44FE7BD1F1B8E616614CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">U.S.–RMI compact</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Compact of Free Association, as
amended, between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (as provided in section
201(b) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (117 Stat.
2795)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02858B9BC9904E06BD490030F2FDEA24"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 174(a), by striking
<quote>court</quote> and inserting <quote>courts</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F9BEAEE16AE478284981831C0C4DC09"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 177(a), by striking the comma
before <quote>(or Palau)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H096D13EF565A4F259F671996E6775F69"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 179(b), by striking
<quote>amended Compact,</quote> and inserting <quote>Compact, as
amended,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC2BDCD1D0564A4DA6BE01C8C33F016"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 211—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15D3AEBB583B458BAB686162D47F63C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the fourth sentence of subsection (a),
by striking <quote>Compact, as Amended, of Free Association</quote> and
inserting <quote>Compact of Free Association, as amended</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0062B63C68BC443690326BDEBFE5D8B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence of subsection (b), by
striking <quote>Agreement between the Government of the United States and the
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Regarding Miliary Use and
Operating Rights</quote> and inserting <quote>Agreement Regarding the Military
Use and Operating Rights of the Government of the United States in the Republic
of the Marshall Islands concluded Pursuant to Sections 321 and 323 of the
Compact of Free Association, as Amended (Agreement between the Government of
the United States and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Regarding Military Use and Operating Rights)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0C619D6325742C0A24B99DD6B7B28BF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the last sentence of subsection (e), by
inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>and the Federal
Programs and Services Agreement referred to in section 231</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97761367FF764D759991E1E361424DF"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 221(a)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H058471DA614943328890AFD0405F13D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>Section 231</quote> and inserting <quote>section 231</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98C347FEE9D241F785A56EC6B91DE73D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by inserting
<quote>(Federal Emergency Management Agency)</quote> after <quote>Homeland
Security</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52EF2965D2A44F21AB06009E571106F3"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence of section 232, by
striking <quote>sections 103(m)</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>(January 14, 1986)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 103(k) of Public
Law 108–188, 117 Stat. 2734, December 17, 2003</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8EFE6BF72D64B97ADEAC85C258294D8"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence of section 341, by
striking <quote>Section 141</quote> and inserting <quote>section
141</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5229E834BE86427990E9AE7050EBCE14"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 342—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C3A758EC8BB4170ADBD402C297E6E68"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>14
U.S.C. 195</quote> and inserting <quote>section 195 of title 14, United States
Code</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1624FD7E9C0F4B64B9EB1CA530DA699F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1742F5D8A036422099045CC8CF046916"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>46 U.S.C.
1295(b)(6)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1303(b)(6) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="MMA">Merchant Marine Act</act-name>, 1936 (46 U.S.C.
1295b(b)(6))</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9E0D3F2CCE8447582E52EF3A900D9CE"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>46 U.S.C.
1295b(b)(6)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1303(b)(6)(C) of that
Act</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD41965D59D7497CB3786884F8C5D7E9"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the third sentence of section 354(a), by
striking <quote>section 442 and 452</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 442
and 452</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C580AEBDE7743A4A4C71DA39B546886"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence of section 443, by
inserting <quote>, as amended.</quote> after <quote>the Compact</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A48288AA2E7497FB0BE15B89FE41E02"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of
section 461(h)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE62EDE1B5F124951B69410FEDCFD0CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>1978</quote> and
inserting <quote>1998</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56A877E0455E434DB47D6205C973005B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking
<quote>Telecommunications</quote> and inserting <quote>Telecommunication
Union</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E823422DEEF4D47BB4EDF51006B8CFF"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 463(b), by striking
<quote>Article</quote> and inserting <quote>Articles</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7748044D4BB740FBBEC0CDF84ECEE749" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>807.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transmission of videotape
programming</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 111(e)(2)
of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>or the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands</quote> and inserting <quote>the Federated
States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, or the Republic of the Marshall
Islands</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC9D2E2797D74AEFB6D620D37900475F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>808.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Palau road maintenance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Government of the Republic of Palau may
deposit the payment otherwise payable to the Government of the United States
under section 111 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/219">Public Law 101–219</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/48/1960">48 U.S.C. 1960</external-xref>) into a trust fund
if—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD4BC4A1100D4EE58B00914878529F32"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the earnings of the trust fund are expended
solely for maintenance of the road system constructed pursuant to section 212
of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States
of America and the Government of Palau (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/48/1931">48 U.S.C. 1931</external-xref> note); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BCCF5743B524B04A16706E302BCD800"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the trust fund is established and operated
pursuant to an agreement entered into between the Government of the United
States and the Government of the Republic of Palau.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CD33BEAA4F64243878C78D6FE3549B5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>809.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of tax-free status of trust
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In the U.S.–RMI Compact,
the U.S.–FSM Compact, and their respective trust fund subsidiary agreements,
for the purposes of taxation by the United States or its subsidiary
jurisdictions, the term <term>State</term> means <quote>State, territory, or
the District of Columbia</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H516179770DED45D5BEBB3F36978134FC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>810.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of naval vessels to certain
foreign recipients</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DDBD8E9228F4886BD112997CCF78300"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfers by grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President is authorized to transfer
vessels to foreign countries on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2321j">22 U.S.C. 2321j</external-xref>), as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC9E39C3C8F14465AA3494E8455E34FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Turkey</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the Government of Turkey—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H364245B100DB4E8EB663B00372E88EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided
missile frigates GEORGE PHILIP (FFG–12) and SIDES (FFG–14); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H624704A6BE3F4182A0A955E72DC884D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the OSPREY class minehunter coastal ship
BLACKHAWK (MHC–58).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H495ED66196414099B862B6B094B9DDA1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lithuania</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the Government of Lithuania, the OSPREY
class minehunter coastal ships CORMORANT (MHC–57) and KINGFISHER
(MHC–56).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H318DD3AC9C8C427D90AB9DBFBEBD3800"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfers by sale</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President is authorized to transfer
vessels to foreign recipients on a sale basis under section 21 of the Arms
Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2761">22 U.S.C. 2761</external-xref>), as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1648837A2FF404188652EDAB2C244ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Taiwan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United States (which is the Taiwan instrumentality
designated pursuant to section 10(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C.
3309(a))), the OSPREY class minehunter coastal ships ORIOLE (MHC–55) and FALCON
(MHC–59).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1690B78B9CCD47198324B87366EC5EF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Turkey</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the Government of Turkey, the OSPREY
class minehunter coastal ship SHRIKE (MHC–62).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53AEB5492676441995676799AD5C5BEA"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants not counted in annual total of
transferred excess defense articles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The value of a vessel transferred to a
recipient on a grant basis pursuant to authority provided by subsection (a)
shall not be counted against the aggregate value of excess defense articles
transferred in any fiscal year under section 516(g) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A9B92C2F4D24AE0B8864B08E9665EDD"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Costs of transfers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any expense incurred by the United States
in connection with a transfer authorized by this section shall be charged to
the recipient.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D624D2C2E25470CA4673390E0C610E4"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repair and refurbishment in United States
shipyards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum
extent practicable, the President shall require, as a condition of the transfer
of a vessel under this section, that the recipient to which the vessel is
transferred have such repair or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed before
the vessel joins the naval forces of the recipient performed at a shipyard
located in the United States, including a United States Navy shipyard.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H935F470FF9BE4270B7FE451C216578"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expiration of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority to transfer a vessel under
this section shall expire at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date
of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section>
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States and President of the
Senate