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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1441

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement with the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 24, 1993

Mr. BERMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into

a cooperative agreement with the William O. Douglas

Outdoor Classroom, and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE WIL4 LIAM O. DOUGLAS OUTDOOR CLASSROOM.

5 (a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the In6 terior, acting through the Director of the National Park

7 Service, is authorized to enter into cooperative agree8 ments, as specified in subsection (b), relating to Santa

9 Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (hereafter in
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1 this Act referred to as the ‘‘recreation area’’) in accord2 ance with this section.

3 (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The cooperative

4 agreements referred to in subsection (a) are as follows:

5 (1) A cooperative agreement with appropriate

6 organizations or groups in order to promote edu7 cation concerning the natural and cultural resources

8 of the recreation area and lands adjacent thereto.

9 Any agreement entered into pursuant to this para10 graph—

11 (A) may provide for Federal matching

12 grants of not more than 50 percent of the total

13 cost of providing a program of such education;

14 (B) shall provide for visits by students or

15 other beneficiaries to federally owned lands

16 within the recreation area;

17 (C) shall limit the responsibility of the Sec18 retary to providing interpretation services con19 cerning the natural and cultural resources of

20 the recreation area; and

21 (D) shall provide that the non-Federal

22 party shall be responsible for any cost of carry23 ing out the agreement other than the cost of

24 providing interpretation services under subpara25 graph (C).
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1 (2) A cooperative agreement under which—

2 (A) the Secretary agrees to maintain the

3 facilities at 2600 Franklin Canyon Drive in

4 Beverly Hills, California, for a period of 8 fiscal

5 years beginning with the first fiscal year for

6 which funds are appropriated pursuant to this

7 section, and to provide funding for programs of

8 the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom

9 that utilize those facilities during such period;

10 and in return

11 (B) the William O. Douglas Outdoor Class12 room agrees that at the end of the term of such

13 agreement all right, title, and interest in and to

14 such facilities will be donated to the United

15 States for addition to and operation as a part

16 of the recreation area.

17 (c) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Federal funds may

18 be expended on non-Federal property located within the

19 recreation area pursuant to the cooperative agreement de20 scribed in subsection (b)(2).

21 (d) LIMITATIONS.—(1) The Secretary may not enter

22 into the cooperative agreement until after the Secretary

23 determines that acquisition of the facilities described in

24 subsection (b)(2) would further the purposes of the recre25 ation area.
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1 (2) This section shall not be construed as authorizing

2 an agreement by the Secretary for reimbursement of ex3 penses incurred by the William O. Douglas Outdoor Class4 room that are not directly related to the use of such facili5 ties for environmental education and interpretation of the

6 resources and values of the recreation area and associated

7 lands and resources.

8 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

9 authorized to be appropriated for the 8-year period begin10 ning October 1, 1993, not to exceed $2,000,000 to carry

11 out this section.

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