[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1071 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1071

  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to 
support facilities for National Historic Sites operated by the National 
                 Park Service, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 23, 2013

   Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Bennet) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to 
support facilities for National Historic Sites operated by the National 
                 Park Service, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. IMPROVEMENT, OPERATION, AND USE OF SUPPORT FACILITIES.

    (a) Improvement.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the National Park Service (referred to in this Act as the 
``Secretary''), may make improvements to a support facility, including 
a visitor center, for a National Historic Site operated by the National 
Park Service if the project--
            (1) is conducted using amounts included in the budget of 
        the National Park Service in effect on the date on which the 
        project is authorized;
            (2) is subject to a 50 percent non-Federal cost-sharing 
        requirement; and
            (3) is conducted in an area in which the National Park 
        Service was authorized by law in effect before the date of 
        enactment of this Act to establish a support facility.
    (b) Operation and Use.--The Secretary may operate and use all or 
part of a support facility, including a visitor center, for a National 
Historic Site operated by the National Park Service--
            (1) to carry out duties associated with operating and 
        supporting the National Historic Site; and
            (2) only in accordance with an agreement between the 
        Secretary and the unit of local government in which the support 
        facility is located.
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