Title 16 — Conservation
Part A · Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 230c. Cooperative agreements; specific provisions
Statutory text
In furtherance of the purposes of this part, and after consultation with the Commission created by section 230f of this title, the Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the owners of properties of natural, historical, or cultural significance, including but not limited to the resources described in paragraphs (1) through (5) 1 of section 230 of this title, pursuant to which the Secretary may mark, interpret, restore and/or provide technical assistance for the preservation and interpretation of such properties, and pursuant to which the Secretary may provide assistance including management services, program implementation, and incremental financial assistance in furtherance of the standards for administration of the park pursuant to section 230e of this title. Such agreements shall contain, but need not be limited to, provisions that the Secretary, through the National Park Service, shall have the right of access at all reasonable times to all public portions of the property covered by such agreement for the purpose of conducting visitors through such properties and interpreting them to the public, and that no changes or alterations shall be made in such properties except by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the other parties to such agreements. The agreements may contain specific provisions which outline in detail the extent of the participation by the Secretary in the restoration, preservation, interpretation, and maintenance of such properties.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 95–625 title IX § 904 · 92 Stat. 3467
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 230c
Pub. L. 95–625, title IX, § 904, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3536
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 95–625, title IX, § 904, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3536Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 904. In furtherance of the purposes of this title, and after consultation with the Commission created by section 7 of this title, the Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the owners of properties of natural, historical, or cultural significance, including but not limited to the resources described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of the first section of this title, pursuant to which the Secretary may mark, interpret, restore and/or provide technical assistance for the preservation and interpretation of such properties, and pursuant to which the Secretary may provide assistance including management services, program implementation, and incremental financial assistance in furtherance of the standards for administration of the park pursuant to section 906 of this title. Such agreements shall contain, but need not be limited to, provisions that the Secretary, through the National Park Service, shall have the right of access at all reasonable times to all public portions of the property covered by such agreement for the purpose of conducting visitors through such properties and interpreting them to the public, and that no changes or alterations shall be made in such properties except by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the other parties to such agreements. The agreements may contain specific provisions which outline in detail the extent of the participation by the Secretary in the restoration, preservation, interpretation, and maintenance of such properties.Pub. L. 96–87 title IV § 401(q)(2) · 93 Stat. 664
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 230c
Pub. L. 96–87 substituted reference to “section 907 of this title” for reference to “section 7 of this title” in the original. Since “section 7 of this title” had already been translated as “section 230f of this title” as the probable intent of Congress the substitution of “907” for “7” required no change in text as set out in this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 96–87 substituted reference to “section 907 of this title” for reference to “section 7 of this title” in the original. Since “section 7 of this title” had already been translated as “section 230f of this title” as the probable intent of Congress the substitution of “907” for “7” required no change in text as set out in this section.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) in section 904 by changing “section 7” in the first sentence to “section 907”;
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 230 of this title, included within the reference in text to paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 230 of this title, were redesignated paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively, of section 230 of this title, and a new paragraph (4) was added, by Pub. L. 100–250, § 1(a), , 102 Stat. 16.
Amendments
1979—Pub. L. 96–87 substituted reference to “section 907 of this title” for reference to “section 7 of this title” in the original. Since “section 7 of this title” had already been translated as “section 230f of this title” as the probable intent of Congress the substitution of “907” for “7” required no change in text as set out in this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
“Secretary” Defined
Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see section 2 of Pub. L. 95–625, set out as a note under section 45f of this title.
Credits
1978–1979 · 2 acts
- 1978Pub. L. 95–625, title IX, § 904, , 92 Stat. 3536
- 1979Pub. L. 96–87, title IV, § 401(q)(2), , 93 Stat. 666.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 95–625, title IX, § 904, , 92 Stat. 3536; Pub. L. 96–87, title IV, § 401(q)(2), , 93 Stat. 666.)