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[CITE: 16USC410oo-3]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
           SUBCHAPTER LIX-M--NATCHEZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
 
Sec. 410oo-3. Administration


(a) In general

    The Secretary shall administer the park in accordance with this 
subchapter and with the provisions of law generally applicable to units 
of the National Park System, including sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this 
title and sections 461 to 467 of this title. Properties acquired under 
this subchapter for purposes of inclusion in the park shall be available 
for visitor inspection and enjoyment as promptly as practicable after 
the date of acquisition notwithstanding the absence of a park management 
plan.

(b) Donations

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may accept 
and expend donations of funds, property, or services from individuals, 
foundations, corporations, or public entities for the purpose of 
providing services and facilities which he deems consistent with the 
purposes of this subchapter.

(c) Historic districts

                  (1) Study of historic properties

        The Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on 
    Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of 
    Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
    of the United States Senate a study of the properties in the city of 
    Natchez and its immediate environs that preserve and interpret the 
    history contained in the purposes of this subchapter. Such report 
    shall consider which properties best exemplify such purposes and 
    appropriate means for providing technical assistance to, and 
    interpretation of, such properties. The study and report shall 
    include consideration of Natchez-Under-the-Hill and the Briars.

                   (2) Establishment of districts

        Following completion of the study under paragraph (1), but not 
    later than one year after October 7, 1988, the Secretary shall 
    establish historic districts in the city of Natchez and its 
    immediate environs for the preservation and interpretation of the 
    resources that contribute to the understanding of the purposes of 
    this subchapter.

               (3) Cooperative agreements with owners

        In furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter, and after 
    consultation with the Advisory Commission established by this 
    subchapter, the Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative 
    agreements with the owners of properties of historical or cultural 
    significance (as determined by the Secretary) within any historic 
    district established under this subsection. Such agreements shall 
    permit the Secretary to mark, interpret, improve, restore, and 
    provide technical assistance with respect to the preservation and 
    interpretation of such properties. Such agreements shall contain, 
    but need not be limited to, provisions that the Secretary shall have 
    the right of access at reasonable times to public portions of any 
    property covered by such agreement for purposes of conducting 
    visitors through such properties and interpreting them to the 
    public, and that no changes or alterations shall be made in the 
    property except by mutual agreement between the Secretary and other 
    parties to the agreement.

(d) General management plan

    Within three complete fiscal years after October 7, 1988, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 
of the United States House of Representatives and to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate a general 
management plan for the park. The plan shall be prepared in accordance 
with section 1a-7(b) of this title. Such plan shall identify appropriate 
facilities for proper interpretation of the site for visitors.

(Pub. L. 100-479, Sec. 4, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2325.)

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of 
Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One 
Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House 
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
