PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary can give the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a special permit to manage lands and facilities that both Secretaries agree on. The Service may charge reasonable admission and use fees, and those fees must be deposited under section 460lll–24. The Secretaries may work together on things like counting wildlife (especially migratory and endangered species), education, visitor services, conservation demonstrations, and research. Areas the Service manages under a permit must be kept under the Recreation Area’s overall management by the Secretary. The Secretary may make grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with governments, nonprofits, businesses, and individuals. The Secretary may accept gifts under section 2269 of title 7 even if the donor does business with or is regulated by the Department of Agriculture. The Secretary may enter memoranda with state or local entities (including law enforcement) about jurisdiction, roads, policing, and similar duties, and may post those memoranda on a USDA public website.

Title 16, §460lll–26

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(a)(1)(A)Subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may issue a special use authorization to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the management by the Service of facilities and land agreed on by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior.

(B)(i)Reasonable admission and use fees may be charged for all areas administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

(ii)The fees shall be deposited in accordance with section 460lll–24 of this title.

(2)The Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior may cooperate or act jointly on activities such as population monitoring and inventory of fish and wildlife with emphasis on migratory birds and endangered and threatened species, environmental education, visitor services, conservation demonstration projects and scientific research.

(3)The management and use of areas and facilities under permit to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as authorized pursuant to this section shall be subordinate to the overall management of the Recreation Area as directed by the Secretary.

(b)For the management, maintenance, operation, and interpretation of the Recreation Area and its facilities, the Secretary may—

(1)make grants and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with Federal agencies, governmental units, nonprofit organizations, corporations, and individuals; and

(2)accept gifts under section 2269 of title 7 notwithstanding that the donor conducts business with any agency of the Department of Agriculture or is regulated by the Secretary of Agriculture.

(c)The Secretary may, for purposes of carrying out this subchapter—

(1)enter into memoranda of understanding with State or local government entities, including law enforcement, as appropriate, to clarify jurisdictional matters, such as road management, policing, and other functions that are typically performed by the entity on non-Federal land; and

(2)make available on a public website of the Department of Agriculture any memoranda of understanding entered into under paragraph (1).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this title”, meaning section 101(e) [title V] of div. A of Pub. L. 105–277, known as The Land Between the Lakes Protection Act of 1998, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 460lll of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–328 added subsec. (c).

§460lll–26 Cooperative Authorities and Gifts