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[CITE: 16USC3195]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3195. Cooperative information and education centers

    The Secretary is authorized in consultation with other Federal 
agencies, to investigate and plan for an information and education 
center for visitors to Alaska on not to exceed one thousand acres of 
Federal land at a site adjacent to the Alaska Highway, and to 
investigate and plan for similar centers in Anchorage and Fairbanks, 
Alaska. For the purposes of this investigation, the Secretary shall seek 
participation in the program planning and/or operation of such centers 
from appropriate agencies of the State of Alaska, and he is authorized 
to accept contributions of funds, personnel, and planning and program 
assistance from such State agencies, other Federal agencies, and Native 
representatives. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
investigate and plan for, in a similar manner, an information and 
education center for visitors to Alaska in either Juneau, Ketchikan, or 
Sitka, Alaska. No information center shall be developed pursuant to 
investigations and plans conducted under authority of this section 
unless and until such development is specifically authorized by 
Congress.

(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1305, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2478.)


   Authorization of Appropriations; Purposes of Center; Operation of 
                        Center; Development Plans

    Pub. L. 99-664, Sec. 11, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4308, provided 
that:
    ``(a) Authorization.--There is hereby authorized to be appropriated 
$250,000 to be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct surveys, 
develop designs, and carry out other preliminary work related to the 
establishment of an Information and Education Center provided for in 
section 1305 of Public Law 96-487 [16 U.S.C. 3195].
    ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Center authorized by subsection 
(a) shall be--
        ``(1) to collect and disseminate to visitors to and residents of 
    Alaska information about the natural, recreational, cultural, 
    historical, archeological, multiple use, and other resources and 
    values of Alaska, with special emphasis on the Tongass National 
    Forest and Southeast Alaska and its people;
        ``(2) to publicly display temporary and permanent exhibits 
    illustrating and interpreting these resources and values;
        ``(3) to foster educational programs relating to the heritage 
    resources of Alaska including those pertaining to Alaska Native 
    peoples with particular emphasis on the Haida, Tshimshian, and 
    Tglingit peoples of Southeast Alaska.
    ``(c) Design.--Design of the center in subsection (a) shall be 
developed in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, the 
Alaska Division of Tourism and other appropriate agencies of the State 
of Alaska, the local government of the city in which such center is to 
be located, and southeast Alaska Native organizations.
    ``(d) Consultation.--In establishing, operating, and maintaining the 
center (and any affiliated branches), the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
consult with, in addition to those listed in subsection (c), Alaska 
colleges and universities, the National Historic Association of Alaska, 
the Alaska Federation of Natives, and appropriate individuals and other 
organizations concerned with the diverse heritage resources of Alaska.
    ``(e) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with those individuals 
and organizations listed in subsections (c) and (d) to facilitate 
carrying out the purposes of the Center.
    ``(f) Development Plan.--Within one year after the date of enactment 
of this Act [Nov. 17, 1986], and after consultation with the individuals 
and organizations listed in subsections (c) and (d), the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall submit to Congress a development plan for the Center 
along with an estimate of the cost.''
