Title 54, National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-110

§101701 Challenge Cost-share Agreement Authority

Title 54 › Subtitle I — National Park System › CHAPTER 1017 — FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS › § 101701

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may make challenge cost-share agreements with cooperators. These agreements let the Secretary and others share money or services to carry out the Secretary’s duties for any System unit or System program, affiliated area, or a designated national scenic or national historic trail. Challenge cost-share agreement: a deal to share costs or services for those duties. Cooperator: any state or local government, agency, organization, business, institution, or person. The federal share may come from any funds the Service has available.

Full Legal Text

Title 54, §101701

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(a)Definitions.—
In this section: (1) Challenge cost-share agreement.—
(2)Cooperator.—
The term “cooperator” means any State or local government, public or private agency, organization, institution, corporation, individual, or other entity.
(b)Authority To Enter Into Challenge Cost-Share Agreements.—
The Secretary may negotiate and enter into challenge cost-share agreements with cooperators.
(c)Source of Federal Share.—
In carrying out challenge cost-share agreements, the Secretary may provide the Federal funding share from any funds available to the Service.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Amendment Not Shown in TextThis section was derived from section 1f of Title 16, Conservation, which was amended by Pub. L. 113–40, § 10(c), Oct. 2, 2013, 127 Stat. 546. For applicability of that amendment to this section, see section 6(b) of Pub. L. 113–287, set out as a Transitional and

Savings Provision

s note preceding section 100101 of this title. Former section 1f of Title 16, which consisted of pars. (1) to (3) [restated in this section as subsecs. (a) to (c)], was amended by Pub. L. 113–40 by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(4) Available funds.—Out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary of the Interior for fiscal year 2018, and $30,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary of the Interior for fiscal year 2019, without further appropriation and to remain available until expended, to pay the Federal funding share of challenge cost-share agreements for deferred maintenance projects and to correct deficiencies in National Park Service infrastructure. “(5) Cost-share requirement.—Not less than 50 percent of the total cost of project for funds made available under paragraph (4) to pay the Federal funding share shall be derived from non-Federal sources, including in-kind contribution of goods and services fairly valued.”

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10170116 U.S.C. 1f.Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(g), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4199.

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54 U.S.C. § 101701

Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110