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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1441
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agree-
ment with the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 24, 1993
Mr. BERMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into
a cooperative agreement with the William O. Douglas
Outdoor Classroom, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE WIL-
LIAM O. DOUGLAS OUTDOOR CLASSROOM.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the In-
terior, acting through the Director of the National Park
Service, is authorized to enter into cooperative agree-
ments, as specified in subsection (b), relating to Santa
Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (hereafter in
this Act referred to as the ‘‘recreation area’’) in accord-
ance with this section.
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The cooperative
agreements referred to in subsection (a) are as follows:
(1) A cooperative agreement with appropriate
organizations or groups in order to promote edu-
cation concerning the natural and cultural resources
of the recreation area and lands adjacent thereto.
Any agreement entered into pursuant to this para-
graph—
(A) may provide for Federal matching
grants of not more than 50 percent of the total
cost of providing a program of such education;
(B) shall provide for visits by students or
other beneficiaries to federally owned lands
within the recreation area;
(C) shall limit the responsibility of the Sec-
retary to providing interpretation services con-
cerning the natural and cultural resources of
the recreation area; and
(D) shall provide that the non-Federal
party shall be responsible for any cost of carry-
ing out the agreement other than the cost of
providing interpretation services under subpara-
graph (C).
(2) A cooperative agreement under which—
(A) the Secretary agrees to maintain the
facilities at 2600 Franklin Canyon Drive in
Beverly Hills, California, for a period of 8 fiscal
years beginning with the first fiscal year for
which funds are appropriated pursuant to this
section, and to provide funding for programs of
the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom
that utilize those facilities during such period;
and in return
(B) the William O. Douglas Outdoor Class-
room agrees that at the end of the term of such
agreement all right, title, and interest in and to
such facilities will be donated to the United
States for addition to and operation as a part
of the recreation area.
(c) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Federal funds may
be expended on non-Federal property located within the
recreation area pursuant to the cooperative agreement de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2).
(d) LIMITATIONS.—(1) The Secretary may not enter
into the cooperative agreement until after the Secretary
determines that acquisition of the facilities described in
subsection (b)(2) would further the purposes of the recre-
ation area.
(2) This section shall not be construed as authorizing
an agreement by the Secretary for reimbursement of ex-
penses incurred by the William O. Douglas Outdoor Class-
room that are not directly related to the use of such facili-
ties for environmental education and interpretation of the
resources and values of the recreation area and associated
lands and resources.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated for the 8-year period begin-
ning October 1, 1993, not to exceed $2,000,000 to carry
out this section.
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