for Federal financial and technical assistance to con-
struct the Center pursuant to the cooperative agree-
ment referred to in paragraph (4).
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are the fol-
lowing:
(1) To recognize the importance of the historic
trails that passed through the Casper, Wyoming,
area as a distinctive aspect of American heritage
worthy of interpretation and preservation.
(2) To assist the city of Casper, Wyoming, and
the National Historic Trails Foundation, Inc. in es-
tablishing the National Historic Trails Interpretive
Center to memorialize and interpret the significant
role of those historic trails in the history of the
United States.
(3) To highlight and showcase the Bureau of
Land Management’s stewardship of public lands in
Wyoming and the West.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS INTERPRETIVE CEN-
TER.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’),
shall establish in Casper, Wyoming, a center for the inter-
pretation of the historic trails in the vicinity of Casper,
including the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, the Califor-
nia Trail, and the Pony Express Trail, the Bridger Trail,
the Bozeman Trail, and various Indian routes. The center
shall be known as the National Historic Trials Interpretive
Center (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Center’’).
(b) FACILITIES.—The Secretary, subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, shall construct, operate, and
maintain facilities for the Center—
(1) on land provided by the city of Casper, Wy-
oming;
(2) in cooperation with the city of Casper and
the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center
Foundation, Inc. (a nonprofit corporation estab-
lished under the laws of the State of Wyoming); and
(3) in accordance with—
(A) the Memorandum of Understanding
entered into on March 4, 1993, by the city, the
foundation, and the Wyoming State Director of
the Bureau of Land Management; and
(B) the cooperative agreement between the
foundation and the Wyoming State Director of
the Bureau of Land Management, numbered
K910A970020.
(c) DONATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary may accept, retain, and, subject
to the availability of appropriations, expend donations of
funds, property, or services from individuals, foundations,
corporations, or public entities for the purpose of develop-
ment and operation of the Center.
(d) ENTRANCE FEE.—Notwithstanding section 4 of
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16
U.S.C. 460l–6a), the Secretary may—
(1) collect an entrance fee from visitors to the
Center; and
(2) subject to appropriations, use amounts re-
ceived by the United States from that fee for ex-
penses of operation of the Center.
(e) CONCESSIONS.—The Secretary may—
(1) take actions to encourage and enable pri-
vate persons to provide and operate facilities and
services at the Center in the same manner and ex-
tent as the Secretary may take such actions, with re-
spect to areas administered by the National Park
Service, under the Public Law 89–249 (16 U.S.C.
20a et seq.), popularly known as the National Park
System Concessions Policy Act; and
(2) subject to appropriations, use amounts re-
ceived by the United States from such facilities and
services for development and operation of the Cen-
ter.
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
$5,000,000 to carry out this section.
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