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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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[CITE: 16USC407dd]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
              SUBCHAPTER LI-A--NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER
 
Sec. 407dd. Directives to Secretary


(a) Independence National Historical Park and other units

    The Secretary shall interpret the origins, subsequent development, 
and effects of the United States Constitution on this country at 
Independence National Historical Park and at such other units of the 
National Park System as are closely associated with the Constitution. 
The Secretary shall select not less than 12 units of the National Park 
System for such interpretation, including Independence National 
Historical Park.

(b) Memorial

    The Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain at 
Independence National Historical Park an appropriate memorial to the 
United States Constitution as a key document in our Nation's history.

(c) Public materials

    In coordination with the National Constitution Center, the Secretary 
shall develop and make available to the public interpretive and 
educational materials related to sites within the National Park System 
as referred to in subsection (a) of this section.

(d) Cooperative agreements

    The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the owners 
or administrators of historic sites closely associated with the 
Constitution, pursuant to which the Secretary may provide technical 
assistance in the preservation and interpretation of such sites.

(e) Research and education

    The Secretary shall contract with the National Constitution Center 
and other qualified institutions of higher learning for research and 
other activities including the distribution of interpretive and 
educational materials as appropriate in order to carry out the 
provisions of this subchapter.

(f) Maintenance of historic integrity

    Nothing in this section may be construed to alter or waive the 
requirement that the Secretary maintain the historic integrity of units 
of the National Park System, including compliance with section 470f of 
this title.

(Pub. L. 100-433, Sec. 5, Sept. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 1641.)
