ernment service are allowed expenses under section 5703
of title 5, United States Code.
(d) CHAIR.—The offices of Chair and Vice Chair of
the Advisory Commission shall be rotated between the
Presidents of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Og-
lala Sioux Tribe on a year-to-year basis.
(e) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Commission shall
meet at the call of the Chair or a majority of its members.
Consistent with the public meeting requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Advisory Commis-
sion shall from time to time meet with persons concerned
with park issues relating to the Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribe and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. The nontribal members
of the Advisory Commission shall not participate in the
selection of the administrative director employed under
paragraph (2) of subsection (a), or in such other matters
as the Secretary determines should be restricted to tribal
members.
(f) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMIT-
TEE ACT.—Except with respect to any requirement for
reissuance of a charter and except as otherwise provided
in this Act, the provisions of the Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act shall apply to the Advisory Commission.
SEC. 9. PARK PLAN.
(a) DEADLINE.—No later than 2 years after the date
of the publication of a notice pursuant to section 4(a), the
Secretary, acting through the Director of the National
Park Service, and in consultation with the Advisory Com-
mission, shall develop and transmit to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the
Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, a general
management plan for the park which shall describe the
appropriate uses and development of the park consistent
with the purposes of this Act.
(b) ELEMENTS.—The park plan shall include (but
not be limited to) the following:
(1) Plans to restore the 1890 Wounded Knee
Massacre site to its original condition at the time of
the massacre, including the removal of all buildings
and structures that have no historical significance.
(2) Plans to restore sites associated with the
1890 Wounded Knee Massacre on the Cheyenne
River Indian Reservation to their original condition,
including the removal of all buildings and structures
that have no historical significance.
(3) Plans for implementation of a continuing
program of public involvement, interpretation, and
visitor education about the resources and value of
the park.
(4) Proposals for visitor use facilities to be de-
veloped for the park.
(5) Plans for management of the natural and
cultural resources of the park, giving high priority to
the enforcement of the provisions of the National
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.)
within the park. The natural and cultural resources
management plans shall be prepared in close con-
sultation with the South Dakota and Nebraska State
Historic Preservation Offices, the Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
(6) Proposals for training members of the
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Oglala Sioux
Tribe in such fields as interpretation, management,
and artifact curation.
(7) A plan to protect the religious sanctity of
the Wounded Knee Massacre site.
(8) Proposals for cooperation, research and in-
terpretation programs within the national memorial
park to be carried out by the Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribe and the Oglala Sioux Tribe through their re-
spective tribal colleges, with technical and financial
assistance from the National Park Service.
(9) Proposals for implementing the provisions
of this Act relating to the operation and supply of
park concessions by qualified Sioux-owned busi-
nesses operating outside of, but adjacent to the
boundaries of the park as provided in this Act.
SEC. 10. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter into co-
operative agreements with tribal organizations or non-
profit corporations to raise funds from private sources to
supplement Federal funds authorized under this Act.
(b) NEW PROJECTS.—The Secretary may enter into
a cooperative agreement with the Tribe or its designated
agency or authority or, with the Tribe’s approval, a non-
profit corporation, to raise private funds to plan, design,
construct, operate and maintain the following projects:
(1) An amphitheater dedicated to the indige-
nous peoples of the Americas to be located at the
Wounded Knee Massacre site within the park, which
shall become the permanent home of the Francis
Jansen sculpture.
(2) A replica of Chief Big Foot’s encampment
to be located at the Wounded Knee Massacre site
within the park.
(3) A museum and cultural center to be located
on the Cheyenne River Reservation within the park.
(4) A museum and cultural center to be located
at the Wounded Knee Massacre site within the park.
(5) Meditation gardens and related structures
to be located within the park.
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Act.
SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Advisory Commission’’ means the
Wounded Knee National Memorial Park Advisory
Commission established under section 8;
(2) the term ‘‘buffer zone’’ means an area of
not less than 220 yards around each tract of land
leased to the Secretary under section 4 of this Act
in which no commercial development or high-rise
structures shall be allowed;
(3) the term ‘‘memorial’’ means the Wounded
Knee National Memorial established under section 6;
(4) the term ‘‘park’’ means lands constituting
the Wounded Knee National Memorial Park estab-
lished under section 3;
(5) the term ‘‘park plan’’ means the general
management plan developed under section 9; and
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior.
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