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§ 304109. Budget submission 
(a) TIME AND MANNER OF SUBMISSION.—The Council shall submit its 
budget annually as a related agency of the Department of the Interior. 
(b) TRANSMITTAL OF COPIES TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—Whenever 
the Council submits any budget estimate or request to the President or the 
Office of Management and Budget, it shall concurrently transmit copies of 
that estimate or request to the Committee on Natural Resources and Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources and Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
§ 304110. Report by Secretary to Council 
To assist the Council in discharging its responsibilities under this division, 
the Secretary at the request of the Chairman shall provide a report to the 
Council detailing the significance of any historic property, describing the ef-
fects of any proposed undertaking on the affected property, and recommending 
measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate adverse effects. 
§ 304111. Reimbursements from State and local agencies 
Subject to applicable conflict of interest laws, the Council may receive reim-
bursements from State and local agencies and others pursuant to agreements 
executed in furtherance of this division. 
§ 304112. Effectiveness of Federal grant and assistance pro-
grams 
(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Council may enter into a coopera-
tive agreement with any Federal agency that administers a grant or assist-
ance program for the purpose of improving the effectiveness of the administra-
tion of the program in meeting the purposes and policies of this division. The 
cooperative agreement may include provisions that modify the selection cri-
teria for a grant or assistance program to further the purposes of this division 
or that allow the Council to participate in the selection of recipients, if those 
provisions are not inconsistent with the grant or assistance program’s statu-
tory authorization and purpose. 
(b) REVIEW OF GRANT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—The Council may— 
(1) review the operation of any Federal grant or assistance program 
to evaluate the effectiveness of the program in meeting the purposes and 
policies of this division; 
(2) make recommendations to the head of any Federal agency that ad-
ministers the program to further the consistency of the program with the 
purposes and policies of this division and to improve its effectiveness in 
carrying out those purposes and policies; and 
(3) make recommendations to the President and Congress regarding 
the effectiveness of Federal grant and assistance programs in meeting the 
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purposes and policies of this division, including recommendations with 
regard to appropriate funding levels. 
Subdivision 4—Other Organizations and 
Programs 
Chapter 3051—Historic Light Station 
Preservation 
Sec. 
305101.
Definitions. 
305102.
Duties of Secretary in providing a national historic light station program. 
305103.
Selection of eligible entity and conveyance of historic light stations. 
305104.
Terms of conveyance. 
305105.
Description of property. 
305106.
Historic light station sales. 
§ 305101. Definitions 
In this chapter: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Adminis-
trator of General Services. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— 
(A) any department or agency of the Federal Government; or 
(B) any department or agency of the State in which a historic 
light station is located, the local government of the community in 
which a historic light station is located, a nonprofit corporation, an 
educational agency, or a community development organization 
that— 
(i) has agreed to comply with the conditions set forth in sec-
tion 305104 of this title and to have the conditions recorded 
with the deed of title to the historic light station; and 
(ii) is financially able to maintain the historic light station 
in accordance with the conditions set forth in section 305104 
of this title. 
(3) FEDERAL AID TO NAVIGATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal aid to navigation’’ means 
any device, operated and maintained by the United States, external 
to a vessel or aircraft, intended to assist a navigator to determine 
position or safe course, or to warn of dangers or obstructions to 
navigation. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Federal aid to navigation’’ includes 
a light, lens, lantern, antenna, sound signal, camera, sensor, piece 
of electronic navigation equipment, power source, or other piece of 
equipment associated with a device described in subparagraph (A). 
(4) HISTORIC LIGHT STATION.—The term ‘‘historic light station’’ in-
cludes the light tower, lighthouse, keeper’s dwelling, garages, storage 
sheds, oil house, fog signal building, boat house, barn, pumphouse, 
tramhouse support structures, piers, walkways, underlying and appur-
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tenant land and related real property and improvements associated with 
a historic light station that is a historic property. 
§ 305102. Duties of Secretary in providing a national historic 
light station program 
To provide a national historic light station program, the Secretary shall— 
(1) collect and disseminate information concerning historic light sta-
tions; 
(2) foster educational programs relating to the history, practice, and 
contribution to society of historic light stations; 
(3) sponsor or conduct research and study into the history of light sta-
tions; 
(4) maintain a listing of historic light stations; and 
(5) assess the effectiveness of the program established by this chapter 
regarding the conveyance of historic light stations. 
§ 305103. Selection of eligible entity and conveyance of his-
toric light stations 
(a) PROCESS AND POLICIES.—The Secretary and the Administrator shall 
maintain a process and policies for identifying, and selecting, an eligible en-
tity to which a historic light station could be conveyed for education, park, 
recreation, cultural, or historic preservation purposes, and to monitor the use 
of the light station by the eligible entity. 
(b) APPLICATION REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
(A) review all applications for the conveyance of a historic light 
station, when the agency with administrative jurisdiction over the 
historic light station has determined the property to be excess prop-
erty (as that term is defined in section 102 of title 40); and 
(B) forward to the Administrator a single approved application 
for the conveyance of the historic light station. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—When selecting an eligible entity, the Secretary 
shall consult with the State Historic Preservation Officer of the State in 
which the historic light station is located. 
(c) CONVEYANCE OR SALE OF HISTORIC LIGHT STATIONS.— 
(1) CONVEYANCE BY ADMINISTRATOR.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), after the Secretary’s selection of an eligible entity, the Admin-
istrator shall convey, by quitclaim deed, without consideration, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to a historic light station, 
subject to the conditions set forth in section 305104 of this title. The con-
veyance of a historic light station under this chapter shall not be subject 
to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et 
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seq.) or section 416(d) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998 
(Public Law 105–383, 14 U.S.C. 93 note). 
(2) HISTORIC LIGHT STATION LOCATED WITHIN A SYSTEM UNIT OR A 
REFUGE WITHIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.— 
(A) APPROVAL OF SECRETARY REQUIRED.—A historic light sta-
tion located within the exterior boundaries of a System unit or a 
refuge within the National Wildlife Refuge System shall be conveyed 
or sold only with the approval of the Secretary. 
(B) CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE.—If the Secretary approves the 
conveyance of a historic light station described in subparagraph 
(A), the conveyance shall be subject to the conditions set forth in sec-
tion 305104 of this title and any other terms or conditions that the 
Secretary considers necessary to protect the resources of the System 
unit or wildlife refuge. 
(C) CONDITIONS OF SALE.—If the Secretary approves the sale of 
a historic light station described in subparagraph (A), the sale shall 
be subject to the conditions set forth in paragraphs (1) to (4) and 
(8) of subsection (a), and subsection (b), of section 305104 of this 
title and any other terms or conditions that the Secretary considers 
necessary to protect the resources of the System unit or wildlife ref-
uge. 
(D) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary is encouraged to 
enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate eligible entities 
with respect to historic light stations described in subparagraph (A), 
as provided in this division, to the extent that the cooperative agree-
ments are consistent with the Secretary’s responsibilities to manage 
and administer the System unit or wildlife refuge. 
§ 305104. Terms of conveyance 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The conveyance of a historic light station shall be made 
subject to any conditions, including the reservation of easements and other 
rights on behalf of the United States, that the Administrator considers nec-
essary to ensure that— 
(1) the Federal aids to navigation located at the historic light station 
in operation on the date of conveyance remain the personal property of 
the United States and continue to be operated and maintained by the 
United States for as long as needed for navigational purposes; 
(2) there is reserved to the United States the right to remove, replace, 
or install any Federal aid to navigation located at the historic light sta-
tion as may be necessary for navigational purposes; 
(3) the eligible entity to which the historic light station is conveyed 
shall not interfere or allow interference in any manner with any Federal 
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