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[H.R. 2897 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 542
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2897


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 17, 2018

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                             July 30, 2018

 Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
                                 title
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
To authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of 
    the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management 
 agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of 
  the National Park System in the District of Columbia, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. AUTHORIZING COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS 
              BETWEEN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
              FOR OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND MANAGEMENT OF UNITS OF 
              THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM IN THE DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Authorization.--The Mayor of the District of Columbia 
and the Director of the National Park Service may enter into 
cooperative management agreements under section 101703 of title 54, 
United States Code, for the operation, maintenance, and management of 
units of the National Park System located in the District of Columbia, 
including the design and construction of improvements to such 
units.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Terms and Conditions.--A cooperative management 
agreement entered into under this section may include such terms and 
conditions as may be agreed to by the Mayor and Director, including 
terms and conditions relating to--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the allocation of responsibility for the 
        operation, maintenance, and management of a unit of the 
        National Park System between the District of Columbia and the 
        National Park Service; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the payment of funds by the National Park 
        Service and the District of Columbia in support of the 
        agreement.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Relation to Other Laws.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Treatment of district of columbia as a state 
        for purposes of cooperative management agreements under title 
        54.--Section 101703 of title 54, United States Code, is amended 
        by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Definition of State.--For the purposes of this 
section, the term `State' means each of the several States and the 
District of Columbia.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Anti-deficiency act.--Nothing in subchapter 
        III of chapter 13 or subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, 
        United States Code (commonly known as the ``Anti-Deficiency 
        Act'') may be construed to prohibit the payment or use of funds 
        by the District of Columbia or the National Park Service to 
        carry out a cooperative management agreement entered into under 
        this Act, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the 
        agreement.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) District of columbia home rule act.--Nothing 
        in section 602(a)(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
        (sec. 1-206.03(a)(3), D.C. Official Code) may be construed to 
        prohibit the District of Columbia from operating, maintaining, 
        or managing a unit of the National Park System in accordance 
        with the terms and conditions of a cooperative management 
        agreement entered into under this Act.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZING COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE 
              DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

    The Secretary of the Interior may enter into a cooperative 
management agreement with the District of Columbia in accordance with 
section 101703 of title 54, United States Code.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act to authorize the 
        Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Secretary of the 
        Interior to enter into cooperative management agreements.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 542

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2897

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of 
    the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management 
 agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of 
  the National Park System in the District of Columbia, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 30, 2018

        Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title