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(2) LIST OF APPROPRIATE SITES.—The theme
study shall—
(A) include a list in order of importance or
merit of the most appropriate sites for national
historic landmark designation; and
(B) encourage the nomination of other
properties to the National Register of Historic
Places.
(3) DESIGNATION.—On the basis of the theme
study, the Secretary shall designate new national his-
toric landmarks.
(d) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.—
(1) IDENTIFICATION OF SITES WITHIN CURRENT
UNITS.—The theme study shall identify appropriate
sites within units of the National Park System at
which the peopling of America may be interpreted.
(2) IDENTIFICATION
OF
NEW
SITES.—On the
basis of the theme study, the Secretary shall rec-
ommend to Congress sites for which studies for poten-
tial inclusion in the National Park System should be
authorized.
(e) CONTINUING AUTHORITY.—After the date of sub-
mission to Congress of the theme study, the Secretary shall,
on a continuing basis, as appropriate to interpret the peo-
pling of America—
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(1) evaluate, identify, and designate new na-
tional historic landmarks; and
(2) evaluate, identify, and recommend to Con-
gress sites for which studies for potential inclusion in
the National Park System should be authorized.
(f) PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.—
(1) LINKAGES.—
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—On the basis of the
theme study, the Secretary may identify appro-
priate means for establishing linkages—
(i) between—
(I) regions, areas, trails, districts,
communities, sites, buildings, struc-
tures, objects, organizations, societies,
and cultures identified under sub-
sections (b) and (d); and
(II) groups of people; and
(ii) between—
(I) regions, areas, districts, com-
munities, sites, buildings, structures,
objects, organizations, societies, and
cultures identified under subsection (b);
and
(II) units of the National Park
System identified under subsection (d).
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(B) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the linkages
shall be to maximize opportunities for public
education and scholarly research on the peopling
of America.
(2) 
COOPERATIVE
ARRANGEMENTS.—On 
the
basis of the theme study, the Secretary shall, subject
to the availability of funds, enter into cooperative ar-
rangements with State and local governments, edu-
cational institutions, local historical organizations,
communities, and other appropriate entities to pre-
serve and interpret key sites in the peopling of Amer-
ica.
(3) EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The documentation in
the theme study shall be used for broad edu-
cational initiatives such as—
(i) popular publications;
(ii) curriculum material such as the
Teaching with Historic Places program;
(iii) heritage tourism products such as
the National Register of Historic Places
Travel Itineraries program; and
(iv) oral history and ethnographic pro-
grams.
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(B) 
COOPERATIVE
PROGRAMS.—On 
the
basis of the theme study, the Secretary shall im-
plement cooperative programs to encourage the
preservation and interpretation of the peopling
of America.
SEC. 605. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements
with educational institutions, professional associations, or
other entities knowledgeable about the peopling of
America—
(1) to prepare the theme study;
(2) to ensure that the theme study is prepared in
accordance with generally accepted scholarly stand-
ards; and
(3) to promote cooperative arrangements and
programs relating to the peopling of America.
SEC. 606. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
are necessary to carry out this title.
TITLE 
VII—BIG 
HORN 
AND
WASHAKIE 
COUNTIES, 
WYO-
MING LAND CONVEYANCE.
SEC. 701. CONVEYANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—On completion of an environmental
analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act of
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1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’), shall con-
vey to the Westside Irrigation District, Wyoming (referred
to in this title as ‘‘Westside’’), all right, title, and interest
(excluding the mineral interest) of the United States in and
to such portions of the Federal land in Big Horn County
and Washakie County, Wyoming, described in subsection
(c), as the district enters into an agreement with the Sec-
retary to purchase.
(b) PRICE.—The price of the land conveyed under sub-
section (a) shall be equal to the appraised value of the land,
as determined by the Secretary.
(c) LAND DESCRIPTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The land referred to in sub-
section (a) is the approximately 16,500 acres of land
in Big Horn County and Washakie County, Wyo-
ming, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Westside
Project’’ and dated May 9, 2000.
(2) ADJUSTMENT.—On agreement of the Sec-
retary and Westside, acreage may be added to or sub-
tracted from the land to be conveyed as necessary to
satisfy any mitigation requirements under the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.).