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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6442 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6442

  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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 20, 2022

 Mr. Fulcher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Partnership Agreements Creating 
Tangible Savings Act'' or the ``PACTS Act''.

SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS.

    Section 101703 of title 54, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``agreement with a State or local 
                government agency to provide for the cooperative 
                management of the Federal and State or local park areas 
                where a System unit is located adjacent to or near a 
                State or local park area, and'' and inserting 
                ``agreement with a State or local agency, Tribal 
                Government, or quasi-governmental entity to provide for 
                the cooperative management of Federal, State, local, or 
                Tribal park areas where''; and
                    (B) by striking ``between the Service and a State 
                or local government agency of a portion of either the 
                System unit or State or local park will allow for more 
                effective and efficient management of the System unit 
                and State or local park'' and inserting ``between the 
                Service and a State or local agency, Tribal Government, 
                or quasi-governmental entity of a portion of either the 
                System unit or State, local, Tribal, or quasi-
                governmental entity land will allow for more effective 
                and efficient management of such System unit or such 
                land'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``provide to a State'' 
        and all that follows through ``land'' and inserting ``provide 
        to a State or local agency, Tribal Government, or quasi-
        governmental entity goods and services to be used by the 
        Secretary and the State or local agency, Tribal Government, or 
        quasi-governmental entity in the cooperative management of 
        lands and waters''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``a Federal, State, or local 
                employee for work on any Federal, State, or local'' and 
                inserting ``an employee of a Federal, State, or local 
                agency, Tribal Government, or quasi-governmental 
                entity, for work on any Federal, State, local, Tribal, 
                or quasi-governmental entity land''; and
                    (B) by striking ``by the Secretary and the State or 
                local agency'' and inserting ``by the Secretary and the 
                State or local agency, Tribal Government, or quasi-
                governmental entity''.
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