tality available to the Board, on a nonreimbursable basis, to assist the 
Board in carrying out its duties under this section. 
(h) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), with the exception of section 14(b), applies to 
the Board. 
(i) TERMINATION.—The Board continues to exist until January 1, 2010. 
§ 102304. National Park Service Advisory Council 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the National Park System 
Advisory Board established under section 102303 of this title. 
(2) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the National Park Serv-
ice Advisory Council established under subsection (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is established a National 
Park Service Advisory Council that shall provide advice and counsel to the 
Board. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Membership on the Council shall be limited to in-
dividuals whose term on the Board has expired. Those individuals may 
serve as long as they remain active except that not more than 12 mem-
bers may serve on the Council at any one time. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Council shall receive no salary 
but may be paid expenses incidental to travel when engaged in dis-
charging their duties as members. 
(d) VOTING RESTRICTION.—Members of the Council shall not have a vote 
on the Board. 
Chapter 1025—Museums 
Sec. 
102501.
Purpose. 
102502.
Definition of museum object. 
102503.
Authority of Secretary. 
102504.
Review and approval. 
§ 102501. Purpose 
The purpose of this chapter is to increase the public benefits from muse-
ums established within System units as a means of informing the public 
concerning the areas and preserving valuable objects and relics relating to 
the areas. 
§ 102502. Definition of museum object 
In this chapter: 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘museum object’’ means an object 
that— 
(A) typically is movable; and 
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(B) is eligible to be, or is made part of, a museum, library, or 
archive 
collection 
through 
a 
formal 
procedure, 
such 
as 
accessioning. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘museum object’’ includes a prehistoric 
or historic artifact, work of art, book, document, photograph, or nat-
ural history specimen. 
§ 102503. Authority of Secretary 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding other provisions or limitations of law, 
the Secretary may perform the functions described in this section in the 
manner that the Secretary considers to be in the public interest. 
(b) DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS.—The Secretary may accept donations 
and bequests of money or other personal property, and hold, use, expend, 
and administer the money or other personal property for purposes of this 
chapter. 
(c) PURCHASES.—The Secretary may purchase museum objects and other 
personal property at prices that the Secretary considers to be reasonable. 
(d) EXCHANGES.—The Secretary may make exchanges by accepting mu-
seum objects and other personal property and by granting in exchange for 
the museum objects or other personal property museum property under the 
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary that no longer is needed or that 
may be held in duplicate among the museum properties administered by the 
Secretary. Exchanges shall be consummated on a basis that the Secretary 
considers to be equitable and in the public interest. 
(e) ACCEPTANCE OF LOANS OF PROPERTY.—The Secretary may accept 
the loan of museum objects and other personal property and pay transpor-
tation costs incidental to the museum objects or other personal property. 
Loans shall be accepted on terms and conditions that the Secretary con-
siders necessary. 
(f) LOANS OF PROPERTY.—The Secretary may loan to responsible public 
or private organizations, institutions, or agencies, without cost to the United 
States, such museum objects and other personal property as the Secretary 
shall consider advisable. Loans shall be made on terms and conditions that 
the Secretary considers necessary to protect the public interest in those 
properties. 
(g) TRANSFER OF MUSEUM OBJECTS.—The Secretary may transfer mu-
seum objects that the Secretary determines are no longer needed for mu-
seum purposes to qualified Federal agencies, including the Smithsonian In-
stitution, that have programs to preserve and interpret cultural or natural 
heritage, and accept the transfer of museum objects for the purposes of this 
chapter from any other Federal agency, without reimbursement. The head 
of any other Federal agency may transfer, without reimbursement, museum 
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objects directly to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for the 
purpose of this chapter. 
(h) CONVEYANCE OF MUSEUM OBJECTS.—The Secretary may convey mu-
seum objects that the Secretary determines are no longer needed for mu-
seum purposes, without monetary consideration but subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary considers necessary, to private institutions 
exempt from Federal taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and to non-Federal governmental 
entities if the Secretary determines that the recipient is dedicated to the 
preservation and interpretation of natural or cultural heritage and is quali-
fied to manage the property, prior to any conveyance under this subsection 
and subsection (g). 
(i) DESTRUCTION OF MUSEUM OBJECTS.—The Secretary may destroy or 
cause to be destroyed museum objects that the Secretary determines to have 
no scientific, cultural, historic, educational, esthetic, or monetary value. 
§ 102504. Review and approval 
The Secretary shall ensure that museum objects are treated in a careful 
and deliberate manner that protects the public interest. Prior to taking any 
action under subsection (g), (h), or (i) of section 102503 of this title, the 
Secretary shall establish a systematic review and approval process, including 
consultation with appropriate experts, that meets the highest standards of 
the museum profession for all actions taken under those subsections. 
Chapter 1027—Law Enforcement and 
Emergency Assistance 
Subchapter I—Law Enforcement 
Sec. 
102701.
Law enforcement personnel within System. 
102702.
Crime prevention assistance. 
Subchapter II—Emergency Assistance 
102711.
Authority of Secretary to use applicable appropriations for the System to render as-
sistance to nearby law enforcement and fire prevention agencies and for related 
activities outside the System. 
102712.
Aid to visitors, grantees, permittees, or licensees in emergencies. 
Subchapter I—Law Enforcement 
§ 102701. Law enforcement personnel within System 
(a) OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-
RIOR.— 
(1) DESIGNATION AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary, pur-
suant to standards prescribed in regulations by the Secretary, may des-
ignate certain officers or employees of the Department of the Interior 
who shall maintain law and order and protect individuals and property 
within System units. 
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(2) POWERS AND DUTIES OF DESIGNEES.—In the performance of 
the duties described in paragraph (1), the designated officers or em-
ployees may— 
(A) carry firearms; 
(B) make arrests without warrant for any offense against the 
United States committed in the presence of the officer or em-
ployee, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United 
States if the officer or employee has reasonable grounds to believe 
that the individual to be arrested has committed or is committing 
the felony, provided the arrests occur within the System or the in-
dividual to be arrested is fleeing from the System to avoid arrest; 
(C) execute any warrant or other process issued by a court or 
officer of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of the provi-
sions of any Federal law or regulation issued pursuant to law aris-
ing out of an offense committed in the System or, where the indi-
vidual subject to the warrant or process is in the System, in con-
nection with any Federal offense; and 
(D) conduct investigations of offenses against the United States 
committed in the System in the absence of investigation of the of-
fenses by any other Federal law enforcement agency having inves-
tigative jurisdiction over the offense committed or with the concur-
rence of the other agency. 
(b) SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may designate officers and employ-
ees of any other Federal agency, or law enforcement personnel of a 
State or political subdivision of a State, when determined to be eco-
nomical and in the public interest and with the concurrence of that 
agency, State, or subdivision, to— 
(A) act as special police officers in System units when supple-
mental law enforcement personnel may be needed; and 
(B) exercise the powers and authority provided by subpara-
graphs (A) to (D) of subsection (a)(2). 
(2) COOPERATION WITH STATES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.— 
The Secretary may— 
(A) cooperate, within the System, with any State or political 
subdivision of a State in the enforcement of supervision of the 
laws or ordinances of that State or subdivision; 
(B) mutually waive, in any agreement pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) and paragraph (1) or pursuant to subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of subsection (a)(2) with any State or political subdivision 
of a State where State law requires the waiver and indemnifica-
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