16 U.S.C. § 281e: Contracts and cooperative…

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can make contracts and cooperative agreements with the States of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, their local governments or agencies, organizations, the Nez Perce Tribe, or private people to protect, preserve, maintain, or run any site, object, or property in the Nez Perce National Historical Park, even if the United States does not own it. No agreement may promise money from the Treasury’s general fund unless Congress has first approved and provided the funds. The Secretary may put up and care for tablets or markers to help interpret the Nez Perce country under the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666). The Secretary must also consult with officials of the Nez Perce Tribe about interpreting the park and its history.

Title 16, §281e

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(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 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).

(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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

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), 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 section 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, Dec. 19, 2014, 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).

§281e Contracts and Cooperative Agreements with State of Idaho, and Others