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Union Calendar No. 434 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6442 

[Report No. 117–601] 

To amend section 101703 of title 54, United States Code, to include Tribal 

Governments and quasi-governmental entities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 20, 2022 

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

Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Additional sponsors: Mr. NEWHOUSE and Mr. LAMALFA

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 20, 2022] 


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A BILL 

To amend section 101703 of title 54, United States Code, 

to include Tribal Governments and quasi-governmental 

entities, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Partnership Agreements 

5 Creating Tangible Savings Act’’ or the ‘‘PACTS Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS. 

7 Section 101703 of title 54, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘agreement with a State or 

11 local government agency to provide for the coop12 erative management of the Federal and State or 

13 local park areas where a System unit is located 

14 adjacent to or near a State or local park area, 

15 and’’ and inserting ‘‘agreement with a State or 

16 local agency, Tribal Government, public univer17 sity, public utility, or quasi-governmental entity 

18 to provide for the cooperative management of 

19 Federal, State, local, or Tribal park areas 

20 where’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘between the Service and a 

22 State or local government agency of a portion of 

23 either the System unit or State or local park will 

24 allow for more effective and efficient manage25 ment of the System unit and State or local 


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1 park’’ and inserting ‘‘between the Service and a 

2 State or local agency, Tribal Government, public 

3 university, public utility, or quasi-governmental 

4 entity of a portion of either the System unit or 

5 State, local, Tribal, or quasi-governmental entity 

6 land will allow for more effective and efficient 

7 management of such System unit or such land’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘provide to a 

9 State’’ and all that follows through ‘‘land’’ and in10 serting ‘‘provide to a State or local agency, Tribal 

11 Government, public university, public utility, or 

12 quasi-governmental entity goods and services to be 

13 used by the Secretary and the State or local agency, 

14 Tribal Government, public university, public utility, 

15 or quasi-governmental entity in the cooperative man16 agement of lands and waters’’; and 

17 (3) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘a Federal, State, or local 

19 employee for work on any Federal, State, or 

20 local’’ and inserting ‘‘an employee of a Federal, 

21 State, or local agency, Tribal Government, pub22 lic university, public utility, or quasi-govern23 mental entity, for work on any Federal, State, 

24 local, Tribal, or quasi-governmental entity’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘by the Secretary and the 

2 State or local agency’’ and inserting ‘‘by the Sec3 retary and the State or local agency, Tribal Gov4 ernment, public university, public utility, or 

5 quasi-governmental entity’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 434 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6442 

[Report No. 117–601] 

A BILL 

To amend section 101703 of title 54, United States 

governmental entities, and for other purposes. Code, to include Tribal Governments and quasiDECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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