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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5201 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish, develop, improve, 

operate, and maintain the Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run 

in Fairfax County, Virginia, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2018 

Mrs. COMSTOCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish, develop, improve, operate, and maintain the Claude Moore 

Colonial Farm at Turkey Run in Fairfax County, Virginia, 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. ESTABLISHMENT OF CLAUDE MOORE COLO4 NIAL FARM AT TURKEY RUN. 

5 For the purpose of establishing and continuing in the 

6 National Capital area a park as a living history museum 

7 and for educational programs, and recreational use in con8 nection therewith, the Secretary is authorized to establish, 


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1 develop, improve, operate, and maintain the Claude Moore 

2 Colonial Farm at Turkey Run in Fairfax County, Virginia. 

3 The Park shall continue to encompass the property located 

4 at 6310 Georgetown Pike, McLean, Virginia, and includ5 ing the surrounding property owned by the National Park 

6 Service, George Washington Memorial Parkway, and shall 

7 encompass such additional lands or interests therein as 

8 the Secretary may acquire for purposes of the Park. 

9 SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION. 

10 The Secretary shall administer the Park in accord11 ance with the provisions of this Act and subtitle I of title 

12 54, United States Code, except that any laws, rules, or 

13 regulations that are applicable solely to units of the Na14 tional Park System that are designated as a ‘‘National 

15 Park’’ shall not apply to the Park. 

16 SEC. 3. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH FOUNDATION 

17 FOR PRESENTATION OF PROGRAMS. 

18 (a) TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR FEDERAL ASSIST19 ANCE.—The Secretary— 

20 (1) shall enter into a cooperative agreement 

21 with the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm re22 specting the continued operation of the Park and at 

23 such other area or areas as may be agreed by the 

24 Secretary and the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial 

25 Farm; and 


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1 (2) may provide technical and financial assist2 ance under such a cooperative agreement for such 

3 purposes, pursuant to such terms and conditions as 

4 the Secretary deems appropriate. 

5 (b) PREREQUISITE CONDITIONS.—As a condition of 

6 entering into a cooperative agreement under this section, 

7 the Secretary shall require that the Friends of Claude 

8 Moore Colonial Farm maintain— 

9 (1) public and employee liability insurance in 

10 such amounts and containing such terms and condi11 tions as are satisfactory to the Secretary; and 

12 (2) its status as an organization described in 

13 section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

14 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 

15 501(a) of that code. 

16 (c) REQUIRED TERMS AND CONDITIONS; CONTRAC17 TUAL AUTHORITY FOR ADMINISTRATION THROUGH NON18 CONFLICTING AGREEMENT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATION

19 OR ENTITY.—A cooperative agreement under this section 

20 shall contain such terms and conditions as the Secretary 

21 deems appropriate and shall provide that— 

22 (1) the Secretary and the Comptroller General, 

23 or their duly authorized representatives, shall have 

24 reasonable access, until the expiration of five cal25 endar years after the close of the applicable business 


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1 year, to any pertinent books, documents, papers, and 

2 records of the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial 

3 Farm to make audits, examinations, excerpts, and 

4 transcripts; 

5 (2) the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm 

6 shall prepare an annual report to the Secretary, 

7 which shall also be submitted to the appropriate 

8 committees of the United States House of Rep9 resentatives and the United States Senate, summa10 rizing the activities of the previous year (together 

11 with a comparison of goals and objectives with ac12 tual accomplishments) and presenting a plan for the 

13 forthcoming year; 

14 (3) such cooperative agreement may be termi15 nated at the convenience of the United States if the 

16 Secretary determines that such termination is re17 quired in the public interest; and 

18 (4) the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm 

19 will maintain accounts for its activities and pro20 grams outside of the Park separate from the 

21 Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm accounts 

22 any activities and programs presented at the Park. 

23 (d) ADDITIONAL TERMS.—Until a cooperative agree24 ment is entered into under this section, nothing in this 

25 section shall be construed to affect or impair the validity 


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1 of the agreement between the National Park Service and 

2 the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm dated June 

3 5, 1981, as amended and supplemented. Such agreement 

4 shall remain in force and effect until terminated under the 

5 terms and conditions thereof or until a cooperative agree6 ment is entered into under this section. Nothing in this 

7 section shall be construed to affect the authority of the 

8 Secretary under any other provision of law to enter into 

9 a contract or an agreement, not conflicting with the coop10 erative agreement described in this section, with any other 

11 organization or entity with respect to the administration 

12 of the Park. 

13 (e) VESTED PROPERTY OF UNITED STATES; STATUS

14 OF FOUNDATION FRIENDS OF CLAUDE MOORE.—All 

15 right, title, and interest in the Park shall be vested in the 

16 United States. Nothing in this section shall be construed 

17 to provide that the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial 

18 Farm shall be considered to be a Federal agency or instru19 mentality for purposes of applying any law or regulation 

20 of the United States or of any State. 

21 (f) COOPERATION OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.— 

22 The Secretary shall cooperate with, and seek cooperation 

23 from, other Federal, State, and local agencies (including 

24 the Federal Highway Administration and the Central In25 telligence Agency) to— 


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1 (1) protect the Park from undue noise intru2 sions, air pollution, and visual degradation; 

3 (2) provide law enforcement and traffic control 

4 in the Park, and undertake to enforce, as the Sec5 retary deems appropriate, all applicable laws and 

6 regulations pertaining to the conduct of persons in 

7 the Park; and 

8 (3) protect the Park from any undue noise or 

9 physical intrusions associated with Central Intel10 ligence Agency activities. 

11 (g) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN; PREPARATION

12 AND REVISION; SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT13 TEES.—The Director of the National Park Service shall— 

14 (1) prepare and periodically revise a general 

15 management plan for the Park in a timely manner 

16 in accordance with the provisions of section 100502 

17 of title 54, United States Code; and 

18 (2) submit the plan and revisions prepared 

19 under paragraph (a) to the Committee on Natural 

20 Resources of the United States House of Represent21 atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

22 Resources of the United States Senate in a timely 

23 manner. 

24 (h) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 


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1 (1) FRIENDS OF CLAUDE MOORE COLONIAL

2 FARM.—The term ‘‘Friends of Claude Moore Colo3 nial Farm’’ means The Friends of Claude Moore Co4 lonial Farm at Turkey Run, Inc. 

5 (2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means The 

6 Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run estab7 lished under this Act. 

8 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

9 the Secretary of the Interior. 

10 (i) REFERENCES.— 

11 (1) BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—The Secretary, 

12 any other Federal employee, and any employee of 

13 the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm, with 

14 respect to any reference to the Park in any map, 

15 publication, sign, notice, or other official document 

16 or communication of the Federal Government or 

17 Foundation shall refer to the Park as the ‘‘Claude 

18 Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run’’. 

19 (2) OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES.—Any direc20 tional or official sign or notice pertaining to the 

21 park shall refer to the Park as the ‘‘Claude Moore 

22 Colonial Farm at Turkey Run’’. 

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