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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1288 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements 

to protect natural resources of units of the National Park System 

through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of units of 

the National Park System. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 22, 2005 

Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. AKAKA) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 

cooperative agreements to protect natural resources of 

units of the National Park System through collaborative 

efforts on land inside and outside of units of the National Park System. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Natural Resource Pro5 tection Cooperative Agreement Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR NATIONAL PARK 

2 NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (re4 ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may enter into 

5 cooperative agreements with State, local, or tribal govern6 ments, other public entities, educational institutions, pri7 vate nonprofit organizations, or willing private landowners 

8 to protect natural resources of units of the National Park 

9 System through collaborative efforts on land inside and 

10 outside of National Park System units. 

11 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A cooperative agree12 ment entered into under subsection (a) shall— 

13 (1) provide for— 

14 (A) the conservation of natural resources 

15 in units of the National Park System; 

16 (B) the preservation, conservation, and 

17 restoration of coastal and riparian systems, wa18 tersheds, and wetlands; 

19 (C) preventing, controlling or eradicating 

20 invasive exotic species that occupy land within 

21 a unit of the National Park System or adjacent 

22 to a unit of the National Park System; or 

23 (D) restoration of natural resources, in24 cluding native wildlife habitat; 

25 (2) include a statement of purpose dem26 onstrating how the agreement will— 
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1 (A) enhance science-based natural resource 

2 stewardship at the unit of the National Park 

3 System; and 

4 (B) benefit the parties to the agreement; 

5 (3) specify any staff required and technical as6 sistance to be provided by the Secretary or other 

7 parties to the agreement in support of activities in8 side and outside the unit of the National Park Sys9 tem that will— 

10 (A) protect natural resources of the unit; 

11 and 

12 (B) benefit the parties to the agreement; 

13 (4) identify any materials, supplies, or equip14 ment that will be contributed by the parties to the 

15 agreement or by other Federal agencies; 

16 (5) describe any financial assistance to be pro17 vided by the Secretary or the partners to implement 

18 the agreement; 

19 (6) ensure that any expenditure by the Sec20 retary pursuant to the agreement is determined by 

21 the Secretary to support the purposes of natural re22 source stewardship at a unit of the National Park 

23 System; and 
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1 (7) shall include such terms and conditions that 

2 are agreed to by the Secretary and the other parties 

3 to the agreement. 

4 (c) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary shall not use any 

5 amounts associated with an agreement entered into under 

6 subsection (b) for the purposes of land acquisition, regu7 latory activity, or the development, maintenance, or oper8 ation of infrastructure, except for ancillary support facili9 ties that the Secretary determines to be necessary for the 

10 completion of projects or activities identified in the agree11 ment. 

12 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec14 essary to carry out this Act. 

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