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[CITE: 16USC5933]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
              CHAPTER 79--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MANAGEMENT
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM RESOURCE INVENTORY AND MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 5933. Cooperative agreements


(a) Cooperative study units

    The Secretary is authorized and directed to enter into cooperative 
agreements with colleges and universities, including but not limited to 
land grant schools, in partnership with other Federal and State 
agencies, to establish cooperative study units to conduct multi-
disciplinary research and develop integrated information products on the 
resources of the National Park System, or the larger region of which 
parks are a part.

(b) Report

    Within one year of November 13, 1998, the Secretary shall report to 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States 
Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives on 
progress in the establishment of a comprehensive network of such college 
and university based cooperative study units as will provide full 
geographic and topical coverage for research on the resources contained 
in units of the National Park System and their larger regions.

(Pub. L. 105-391, title II, Sec. 203, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3500.)
