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(f) REPORTS AND LISTINGS PRINTED AS HOUSE DOCUMENTS.—Each re-
port and annual listing described in this section shall be printed as a House 
document. If adequate supplies of previously printed identical reports re-
main available, newly submitted identical reports shall be omitted from 
printing on receipt by the Speaker of the House of Representatives of a 
joint letter from the chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of Senate indicating that to be the case. 
(g) DESIGNATION OF OFFICE.—The Secretary shall designate a single of-
fice to prepare all new area studies and to implement other functions under 
this section. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) STUDIES OF POTENTIAL NEW SYSTEM UNITS AND MONITORING 
THE WELFARE OF SYSTEM UNIT RESOURCES.—To carry out studies for 
potential new System units and for monitoring the welfare of historical 
and natural resources referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sub-
section (d)(1), there is authorized to be appropriated not more than 
$1,000,000 for each fiscal year. 
(2) MONITORING WELFARE AND INTEGRITY OF NATIONAL LAND-
MARKS.—To monitor the welfare and integrity of the national land-
marks, there is authorized to be appropriated not more than 
$1,500,000 for each fiscal year. 
(3) CARRYING OUT SUBSECTIONS (b), (c), and (g).—To carry out 
subsections (b), (c), and (g), there is authorized to be appropriated 
$2,000,000 for each fiscal year. 
Chapter 1007—Resource Management 
Subchapter I—System Resource Inventory and Management 
Sec. 
100701.
Protection, interpretation, and research in System. 
100702.
Research mandate. 
100703.
Cooperative study units. 
100704.
Inventory and monitoring program. 
100705.
Availability of System units for scientific study. 
100706.
Integration of study results into management decisions. 
100707.
Confidentiality of information. 
Subchapter II—System Unit Resource Protection 
100721.
Definitions. 
100722.
Liability. 
100723.
Actions. 
100724.
Use of recovered amounts. 
100725.
Donations. 
Subchapter III—Mining Activity Within System Units 
100731.
Findings and declaration. 
100732.
Preservation and management of System units by Secretary; promulgation of regula-
tions. 
100733.
Recordation of mining claims; publication of notice. 
100734.
Report on finding or notification of potential damage to natural and historical land-
marks. 
100735.
Civil actions for just compensation by mining claim holders. 
100736.
Acquisition of land by Secretary. 
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100737.
Financial disclosure by officer or employee of Secretary. 
Subchapter IV—Administration 
100751.
Regulations. 
100752.
Destruction of animals and plant life. 
100753.
Disposal of timber. 
100754.
Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction. 
100755.
Applicability of other laws. 
Subchapter I—System Resource Inventory 
and Management 
§ 100701. Protection, interpretation, and research in System 
Recognizing the ever increasing societal pressures being placed upon 
America’s unique natural and cultural resources contained in the System, 
the Secretary shall continually improve the ability of the Service to provide 
state-of-the-art management, protection, and interpretation of, and research 
on, the resources of the System. 
§ 100702. Research mandate 
The Secretary shall ensure that management of System units is enhanced 
by the availability and utilization of a broad program of the highest quality 
science and information. 
§ 100703. Cooperative study units 
The Secretary shall enter into cooperative agreements with colleges and 
universities, including land grant schools, in partnership with other Federal 
and State agencies, to establish cooperative study units to conduct multi- 
disciplinary research and develop integrated information products on the re-
sources of the System, or the larger region of which System units are a 
part. 
§ 100704. Inventory and monitoring program 
The Secretary shall undertake a program of inventory and monitoring of 
System resources to establish baseline information and to provide informa-
tion on the long-term trends in the condition of System resources. The mon-
itoring program shall be developed in cooperation with other Federal moni-
toring and information collection efforts to ensure a cost-effective approach. 
§ 100705. Availability of System units for scientific study 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may solicit, receive, and consider re-
quests from Federal or non-Federal public or private agencies, organiza-
tions, individuals, or other entities for the use of any System unit for pur-
poses of scientific study. 
(b) CRITERIA.—A request for use of a System unit under subsection (a) 
may be approved only if the Secretary determines that the proposed study— 
(1) is consistent with applicable laws and Service management poli-
cies; and 
(2) will be conducted in a manner that poses no threat to the System 
unit resources or public enjoyment derived from System unit resources. 
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(c) FEE WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive any System unit admission 
or recreational use fee in order to facilitate the conduct of scientific study 
under this section. 
(d) BENEFIT-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS.—The Secretary may negotiate 
for and enter into equitable, efficient benefit-sharing arrangements with the 
research community and private industry. 
§ 100706. Integration of study results into management deci-
sions 
The Secretary shall take such measures as are necessary to ensure the 
full and proper utilization of the results of scientific study for System unit 
management decisions. In each case in which an action undertaken by the 
Service may cause a significant adverse effect on a System unit resource, 
the administrative record shall reflect the manner in which System unit re-
source studies have been considered. The trend in the condition of resources 
of the System shall be a significant factor in the annual performance eval-
uation of each superintendent of a System unit. 
§ 100707. Confidentiality of information 
Information concerning the nature and specific location of a System re-
source that is endangered, threatened, rare, or commercially valuable, of 
mineral or paleontological objects within System units, or of objects of cul-
tural patrimony within System units, may be withheld from the public in 
response to a request under section 552 of title 5 unless the Secretary de-
termines that— 
(1) disclosure of the information would further the purposes of the 
System unit in which the resource or object is located and would not 
create an unreasonable risk of harm, theft, or destruction of the re-
source or object, including individual organic or inorganic specimens; 
and 
(2) disclosure is consistent with other laws protecting the resource 
or object. 
Subchapter II—System Unit Resource 
Protection 
§ 100721. Definitions 
In this subchapter: 
(1) DAMAGES.—The term ‘‘damages’’ includes— 
(A) compensation for— 
(i)(I) the cost of replacing, restoring, or acquiring the 
equivalent of a System unit resource; and 
(II) the value of any significant loss of use of a System 
unit resource pending its restoration or replacement or the 
acquisition of an equivalent resource; or 
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(ii) the value of the System unit resource if the System 
unit resource cannot be replaced or restored; and 
(B) the cost of a damage assessment under section 100723(b) 
of this title. 
(2) RESPONSE COSTS.—The term ‘‘response costs’’ means the costs 
of actions taken by the Secretary to— 
(A) prevent or minimize destruction or loss of or injury to a 
System unit resource; 
(B) abate or minimize the imminent risk of the destruction, 
loss, or injury; or 
(C) monitor ongoing effects of incidents causing the destruction, 
loss, or injury. 
(3) SYSTEM UNIT RESOURCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘System unit resource’’ means any 
living or non-living resource that is located within the boundaries 
of a System unit. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘System unit resource’’ does not 
include a resource owned by a non-Federal entity. 
§ 100722. Liability 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), any person that destroys, 
causes the loss of, or injures any System unit resource is liable to the 
United States for response costs and damages resulting from the destruc-
tion, loss, or injury. 
(b) LIABILITY IN REM.—Any instrumentality, including a vessel, vehicle, 
aircraft, or other equipment, that destroys, causes the loss of, or injures any 
System unit resource shall be liable in rem to the United States for re-
sponse costs and damages resulting from the destruction, loss, or injury to 
the same extent as a person is liable under subsection (a). 
(c) DEFENSES.—A person is not liable under this section if the person 
establishes that— 
(1) the destruction, loss of, or injury to the System unit resource 
was caused solely by an act of God or an act of war; 
(2) the person acted with due care, and the destruction, loss of, or 
injury to the System unit resource was caused solely by an act or omis-
sion of a 3d party, other than an employee or agent of the person; or 
(3) the destruction, loss, or injury to the System unit resource was 
caused by an activity authorized by Federal or State law. 
(d) SCOPE.—Liability under this section is in addition to any other liabil-
ity that may arise under Federal or State law. 
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§ 100723. Actions 
(a) CIVIL ACTION FOR RESPONSE COSTS AND DAMAGES.—The Attorney 
General, on request of the Secretary after a finding by the Secretary of de-
struction, loss, or injury to a System unit resource or a finding that absent 
the undertaking of a response action, destruction, loss, or injury to a Sys-
tem unit resource would have occurred, may bring a civil action in United 
States district court against any person or instrumentality that may be lia-
ble under section 100722 of this title for response costs and damages. The 
Secretary shall submit a request for the civil action to the Attorney General 
whenever a person may be liable or an instrumentality may be liable in rem 
for those costs and damages under section 100722 of this title. 
(b) RESPONSE ACTIONS AND ASSESSMENT OF DESTRUCTION, LOSS, OR 
INJURY.— 
(1) ACTIONS TO PREVENT OR MINIMIZE DESTRUCTION, LOSS, OR IN-
JURY.—The Secretary shall undertake all necessary actions to— 
(A) prevent or minimize the destruction, loss of, or injury to 
System unit resources; or 
(B) minimize the imminent risk of destruction, loss, or injury 
to System unit resources. 
(2) ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING.—The Secretary shall assess and 
monitor destruction, loss, or injury to System unit resources. 
§ 100724. Use of recovered amounts 
(a) LIMITATION ON USE.—Response costs and damages recovered by the 
Secretary under this subchapter or amounts recovered by the Federal Gov-
ernment under any Federal, State, or local law or regulation or otherwise 
as a result of destruction, loss of, or injury to any System unit resource 
shall be available to the Secretary and without further Congressional action 
may be used only as follows: 
(1) REIMBURSEMENT.—To reimburse response costs and damage as-
sessments by the Secretary or other Federal agencies as the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
(2) RESTORATION AND REPLACEMENT.—To restore, replace, or ac-
quire the equivalent of System unit resources that were the subject of 
the action and to monitor and study those System unit resources. The 
funds may not be used to acquire any land or water, interest in land 
or water, or right to land or water unless the acquisition is specifically 
approved in advance in appropriations Acts. The acquisition shall be 
subject to any limitations contained in the legislation establishing the 
System unit. 
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(b) EXCESS AMOUNTS.—Any amounts remaining after expenditures pur-
suant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall be deposited in the 
Treasury. 
§ 100725. Donations 
The Secretary may accept donations of money or services for expenditure 
or employment to meet expected, immediate, or ongoing response costs. The 
donations may be expended or employed at any time after their acceptance, 
without further Congressional action. 
Subchapter III—Mining Activity Within 
System Units 
§ 100731. Findings and declaration 
Congress finds and declares that— 
(1) the level of technology of mineral exploration and development 
has changed radically, and continued application of the mining laws of 
the United States to System units to which the mining laws apply con-
flicts with the purposes for which the System units were established; 
and 
(2) all mining operations in System units should be conducted so as 
to prevent or minimize damage to the environment and other resource 
values. 
§ 100732. Preservation and management of System units by 
Secretary; promulgation of regulations 
To preserve for the benefit of present and future generations the pristine 
beauty of System units, and to further the purposes of section 100101(a), 
chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of this 
title and the individual organic Acts for the System units, all activities re-
sulting from the exercise of mineral rights on patented or unpatented min-
ing claims within any System unit shall be subject to such regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary as the Secretary considers necessary or desirable 
for the preservation and management of the System units. 
§ 100733. Recordation of mining claims; publication of no-
tice 
All mining claims under the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. chapter 2, 
sections 161 and 162, and chapters 12A and 16) that lie within the bound-
aries of System units in existence on September 28, 1976, that were not 
recorded with the Secretary within one year after September 28, 1976, shall 
be conclusively presumed to be abandoned and shall be void. The recorda-
tion does not render valid any claim that was not valid on September 28, 
1976, or that becomes invalid after that date. 
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§ 100734. Report on finding or notification of potential dam-
age to natural and historical landmarks 
When the Secretary finds on the Secretary’s own motion or on being noti-
fied in writing by an appropriate scientific, historical, or archeological au-
thority that a district, site, building, structure, or object that has been 
found to be nationally significant in illustrating natural history or the his-
tory of the United States and that has been designated as a natural or his-
toric landmark may be irreparably lost or destroyed in whole or in part by 
any surface mining activity, including exploration for or removal or produc-
tion of minerals or materials, the Secretary shall notify the person con-
ducting the activity and submit a report on the findings or notification, in-
cluding the basis for the Secretary’s finding that the activity may cause ir-
reparable loss or destruction of a national landmark, to the Advisory Coun-
cil on Historic Preservation, with a request for advice of the Council as to 
alternative measures that may be taken by the United States to mitigate 
or abate the activity. 
§ 100735. Civil actions for just compensation by mining 
claim holders 
The holder of any patented or unpatented mining claim subject to this 
subchapter that believes the holder has suffered a loss by operation of this 
subchapter, or by orders or regulations issued pursuant to this subchapter, 
may bring a civil action in United States district court to recover just com-
pensation, which shall be awarded if the court finds that the loss constitutes 
a taking of property compensable under the Constitution. 
§ 100736. Acquisition of land by Secretary 
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the authority of 
the Secretary to acquire land and interests in land within the boundary of 
any System unit. The Secretary shall give prompt and careful consideration 
to any offer made by the owner of any valid right or other property in Gla-
cier Bay National Monument, Death Valley National Monument, Organ 
Pipe Cactus National Monument, or Mount McKinley National Park to sell 
the right or other property if the owner notifies the Secretary that the con-
tinued ownership of the right or property is causing, or would result in, 
undue hardship. 
§ 100737. Financial disclosure by officer or employee of Sec-
retary 
(a) WRITTEN STATEMENTS.—Each officer or employee of the Secretary 
who— 
(1) performs any function or duty under this subchapter, or any Act 
amended by the Mining in the Parks Act (Public Law 94–429, 90 Stat. 
1342) concerning the regulation of mining in the System; and 
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(2) has any known financial interest— 
(A) in any person subject to this subchapter or any Act amend-
ed by the Mining in the Parks Act (Public Law 94–429, 90 Stat. 
1342); or 
(B) in any person who holds a mining claim within the bound-
ary of any System unit; 
shall annually file with the Secretary a written statement concerning all 
such interests held by the officer or employee during the preceding calendar 
year. The statement shall be available to the public. 
(b) MONITORING
AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) define the term ‘‘known financial interest’’ for purposes of sub-
section (a); 
(2) establish the methods by which the requirement to file written 
statements specified in subsection (a) will be monitored and enforced, 
including appropriate provisions for the filing by the officers and em-
ployees of the statements and the review by the Secretary of the state-
ments; and 
(3) submit to Congress on June 1 of each year a report with respect 
to the disclosures and the actions taken in regard to the disclosures 
during the preceding calendar year. 
(c) EXEMPTIONS.—In the rules prescribed under subsection (b), the Sec-
retary may identify specific positions within the Department of the Interior 
that are of a nonregulatory or nonpolicymaking nature and provide that of-
ficers or employees occupying those positions shall be exempt from the re-
quirements of this section. 
(d) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Criminal penalties for a violation of this sec-
tion are provided by section 1865 of title 18. 
Subchapter IV—Administration 
§ 100751. Regulations 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as the 
Secretary considers necessary or proper for the use and management of Sys-
tem units. 
(b) BOATING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ON OR RELATING TO WATER.— 
The Secretary, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers 
advisable, may prescribe regulations under subsection (a) concerning boat-
ing and other activities on or relating to water located within System units, 
including water subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Any regula-
tion under this subsection shall be complementary to, and not in derogation 
of, the authority of the Coast Guard to regulate the use of water subject 
to the jurisdiction of the United States. 
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(c) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Criminal penalties for a violation of a regula-
tion prescribed under this section are provided by section 1865 of title 18. 
§ 100752. Destruction of animals and plant life 
The Secretary may provide for the destruction of such animals and plant 
life as may be detrimental to the use of any System unit. 
§ 100753. Disposal of timber 
The Secretary, on terms and conditions to be fixed by the Secretary, may 
sell or dispose of timber in cases where, in the judgment of the Secretary, 
the cutting of timber is required to control attacks of insects or diseases 
or otherwise conserve the scenery or the natural or historic objects in any 
System unit. 
§ 100754. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary may relinquish to a State or a territory (including a possession) of 
the United States part of the legislative jurisdiction of the United States 
over System land or interests in land in that State or territory. Relinquish-
ment may be accomplished— 
(1) by filing with the chief executive official of the State or territory 
a notice of relinquishment to take effect on acceptance; or 
(2) as the laws of the State or territory may otherwise provide. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF AGREEMENT TO CONGRESS.—Prior to consummating 
a relinquishment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit the pro-
posed agreement to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Represent-
atives. The Secretary shall not finalize the agreement until 60 calendar days 
after the submission has elapsed. 
(c) CONCURRENT LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION.—The Secretary shall dili-
gently pursue the consummation of arrangements with each State or terri-
tory within which a System unit is located so that insofar as practicable the 
United States shall exercise concurrent legislative jurisdiction within System 
units. 
§ 100755. Applicability of other laws 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This section and sections 100501, 100901(d) to (h), 
101302(b)(2), 101901(c), and 102711 of this title, and the various authori-
ties relating to the administration and protection of System units, including 
the provisions of law listed in subsection (b), shall, to the extent that those 
provisions are not in conflict with any such specific provision, be applicable 
to System units, and any reference in any of these provisions to a System 
unit does not limit those provisions to that System unit. 
(b) APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The provisions of law referred to in sub-
section (a) are— 
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