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[CITE: 16USC426o]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
 
Sec. 426o. Agreement with Murfreesboro, Tennessee, respecting 
        battlefield
        
    The Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement with the city 
of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, containing each of the following 
provisions--
        (1) If the city agrees to acquire sufficient interest in land to 
    construct a trail linking the battlefield with Fortress Rosecrans, 
    to construct such trail, and to operate and maintain the trail in 
    accordance with standards approved by the Secretary, the Secretary 
    shall (A) transfer to the city the funds available to the Secretary 
    for the acquisition of such lands and for the construction of the 
    trail, and (B) provide technical assistance to the city and to 
    Rutherford County for the purpose of development and planning of the 
    trail.
        (2) The Secretary shall agree to accept the transfer by donation 
    from the city of the remnants of Fortress Rosecrans at Old Fort 
    Park, and following such transfer, to preserve and interpret the 
    fortress as part of the battlefield.
        (3) In administering the Fortress Rosecrans, the Secretary is 
    authorized to enter a cooperative agreement with the city of 
    Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for the rendering, on a nonreimbursable 
    basis, of rescue, firefighting, and law enforcement services and 
    cooperative assistance by nearby law enforcement and fire preventive 
    agencies.

(Pub. L. 100-205, Sec. 2, Dec. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 102-
225, Sec. 1(3), Dec. 11, 1991, 105 Stat. 1683.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-225 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``The Secretary is authorized to enter into an 
agreement with the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, under which (1) the 
Secretary shall acquire sufficient interest in land and shall construct 
thereon a trail linking the battlefield with Fortress Rosecrans, (2) the 
city shall operate and maintain the trail in accordance with standards 
approved by the Secretary, and (3) the Secretary shall preserve the 
existing remnants of Fortress Rosecrans and the city shall operate and 
maintain the fortress.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 426n, 426p of this title.
