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Union Calendar No. 434 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6442 
[Report No. 117–601] 
To amend section 101703 of title 54, United States Code, to include Tribal 
Governments and quasi-governmental entities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2022 
Mr. FULCHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 7, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Mr. NEWHOUSE and Mr. LAMALFA 
DECEMBER 7, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 20, 2022] 
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A BILL 
To amend section 101703 of title 54, United States Code, 
to include Tribal Governments and quasi-governmental 
entities, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Partnership Agreements 
Creating Tangible Savings Act’’ or the ‘‘PACTS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS. 
Section 101703 of title 54, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘agreement with a State or 
local government agency to provide for the coop-
erative management of the Federal and State or 
local park areas where a System unit is located 
adjacent to or near a State or local park area, 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘agreement with a State or 
local agency, Tribal Government, public univer-
sity, public utility, or quasi-governmental entity 
to provide for the cooperative management of 
Federal, State, local, or Tribal park areas 
where’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘between the Service and a 
State or local government agency of a portion of 
either the System unit or State or local park will 
allow for more effective and efficient manage-
ment of the System unit and State or local 
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park’’ and inserting ‘‘between the Service and a 
State or local agency, Tribal Government, public 
university, public utility, or quasi-governmental 
entity of a portion of either the System unit or 
State, local, Tribal, or quasi-governmental entity 
land will allow for more effective and efficient 
management of such System unit or such land’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘provide to a 
State’’ and all that follows through ‘‘land’’ and in-
serting ‘‘provide to a State or local agency, Tribal 
Government, public university, public utility, or 
quasi-governmental entity goods and services to be 
used by the Secretary and the State or local agency, 
Tribal Government, public university, public utility, 
or quasi-governmental entity in the cooperative man-
agement of lands and waters’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a Federal, State, or local 
employee for work on any Federal, State, or 
local’’ and inserting ‘‘an employee of a Federal, 
State, or local agency, Tribal Government, pub-
lic university, public utility, or quasi-govern-
mental entity, for work on any Federal, State, 
local, Tribal, or quasi-governmental entity’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘by the Secretary and the 
State or local agency’’ and inserting ‘‘by the Sec-
retary and the State or local agency, Tribal Gov-
ernment, public university, public utility, or 
quasi-governmental entity’’. 
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