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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 281e. Contracts and cooperative agreements with State of Idaho, and others

Statutory text

(a)

Protection, preservation, maintenance, and operation; obligation of general fund of Treasury

In order to carry out the purpose of this subchapter, the Secretary of the Interior may contract and make cooperative agreements with the States of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, their political subdivisions or agencies, corporations, associations, the Nez Perce Tribe, or individuals, to protect, preserve, maintain, or operate any site, object, or property included within the Nez Perce National Historical Park, regardless of whether title thereto is in the United States: Provided, That no contract or cooperative agreement shall be made or entered into which will obligate the general fund of the Treasury unless or until Congress has appropriated money for such purpose.

(b)

Erection and maintenance of tablets and markers

To facilitate the interpretation of the Nez Perce country the Secretary is authorized to erect and maintain tablets or markers in accordance with the provisions contained in the Act approved , entitled “An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes” (49 Stat. 666).1

(c)

Consultation with Nez Perce Tribe officials

The Secretary shall consult with officials of the Nez Perce Tribe on the interpretation of the park and its history.

Footnotes

  1. 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.

  1. Pub. L. 89–19 § 6 · 79 Stat. 110

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 281e

    Pub. L. 89–19, § 6, May 15, 1965, 79 Stat. 111

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–19, § 6, May 15, 1965, 79 Stat. 111

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 6. (a) In order to carry out the purpose of this Act the Secretary Cooperative agreements with the State of Idaho, etc. of the Interior may contract and make cooperative agreements with the State of Idaho, its political subdivisions or agencies, corporations, associations, the Nez Perce Tribe, or individuals, to protect, preserve, maintain, or operate any site, object, or property included within the Nez Perce National Historical Park, regardless of whether title thereto is in the United States: Provided, That no contract or cooperative agreement shall be made or entered into which will obligate the general fund of the Treasury unless or until Congress has appropriated money for such purpose. (b) To facilitate the interpretation of the Nez Perce country the Markers. Secretary is authorized to erect and maintain tablets or markers in accordance with the provisions contained in the Act approved August 21, 1935, entitled “An Act to provide ‘for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes” (49 Stat. 666). 16 USC 461–467. Appropriation.

  2. Nez Perce National Historical Park Additions Act of 1991

    Pub. L. 102–576 § 2(5) · 106 Stat. 4770

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 281e(a)

    Pub. L. 102–576, § 2(5), substituted “States of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, their” for “State of Idaho, its”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–576, § 2(5), substituted “States of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, their” for “State of Idaho, its”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (5) In section 6(a) strike the words “State of Idaho, its” 16 USC 281e. and insert in lieu thereof the words “States of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, their”.

  3. Nez Perce National Historical Park Additions Act of 1991

    Pub. L. 102–576 § 2(6) · 106 Stat. 4770

    Added · 16 U.S.C. § 281e(c)

    Pub. L. 102–576, § 2(6), added subsec. (c)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–576, § 2(6), added subsec. (c).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (6) Add the following new subsection at the end of section 6: “(c) The Secretary shall consult with officials of the Nez Perce Tribe on the interpretation of the park and its history.”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Act approved , entitled “An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes” (49 Stat. 666), referred to in subsec. (b), is act Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 593, 49 Stat. 666, known as the Historic Sites Act of 1935 and also as the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act, which enacted sections 461 to 467 of this title. The Act was repealed and restated as section 1866(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and sections 102303 and 102304 and chapter 3201 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, , 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.

Amendments

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–576, § 2(5), substituted “States of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, their” for “State of Idaho, its”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–576, § 2(6), added subsec. (c).

Credits

1965–1992 · 2 acts
  1. 1965Pub. L. 89–19, § 6, , 79 Stat. 111
  2. 1992Pub. L. 102–576, § 2(5), (6), , 106 Stat. 4771.
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(Pub. L. 89–19, § 6, , 79 Stat. 111; Pub. L. 102–576, § 2(5), (6), , 106 Stat. 4771.)

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