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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1956 

To authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of 

the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the 

National Park System in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 5, 2017 

Ms. MURKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and 

the Director of the National Park Service to enter into 

cooperative management agreements for the operation, 

maintenance, and management of units of the National 

Park System in the District of Columbia, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZING COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT 

2 AGREEMENTS BETWEEN DISTRICT OF CO3 LUMBIA AND NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR 

4 OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND MANAGE5 MENT OF UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYS6 TEM IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Mayor of the District of 

8 Columbia and the Director of the National Park Service 

9 may enter into cooperative management agreements under 

10 section 101703 of title 54, United States Code, for the 

11 operation, maintenance, and management of units of the 

12 National Park System located in the District of Columbia, 

13 including the design and construction of improvements to 

14 such units. 

15 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A cooperative man16 agement agreement entered into under this section may 

17 include such terms and conditions as may be agreed to 

18 by the Mayor and Director, including terms and conditions 

19 relating to— 

20 (1) the allocation of responsibility for the oper21 ation, maintenance, and management of a unit of 

22 the National Park System between the District of 

23 Columbia and the National Park Service; and 

24 (2) the payment of funds by the National Park 

25 Service and the District of Columbia in support of 

26 the agreement. 


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1 (c) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.— 

2 (1) TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS

3 A STATE FOR PURPOSES OF COOPERATIVE MANAGE4 MENT AGREEMENTS UNDER TITLE 54.—Section 

5 101703 of title 54, United States Code, is amended 

6 by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF STATE.—For the purposes of 

8 this section, the term ‘State’ means each of the several 

9 States and the District of Columbia.’’. 

10 (2) ANTI-DEFICIENCY ACT.—Nothing in sub11 chapter III of chapter 13 or subchapter II of chap12 ter 15 of title 31, United States Code (commonly 

13 known as the ‘‘Anti-Deficiency Act’’) may be con14 strued to prohibit the payment or use of funds by 

15 the District of Columbia or the National Park Serv16 ice to carry out a cooperative management agree17 ment entered into under this Act, in accordance with 

18 the terms and conditions of the agreement. 

19 (3) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOME RULE ACT.— 

20 Nothing in section 602(a)(3) of the District of Co21 lumbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–206.03(a)(3), D.C. 

22 Official Code) may be construed to prohibit the Dis23 trict of Columbia from operating, maintaining, or 

24 managing a unit of the National Park System in ac25 cordance with the terms and conditions of a cooperaVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Oct 11, 2017 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1956.IS S1956

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1 tive management agreement entered into under this 

2 Act. 

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