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(2) COSTS.—All costs recovered under this section shall be available 
for expenditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, at the 
site where the costs are collected and shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
(f) PROCESSING OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a process to ensure that the Secretary responds in a timely manner to 
permit applicants for commercial filming, still photography, or other activ-
ity. 
§ 100906. Advisory committees 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To facilitate the administration of the System, the 
Secretary, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may consider 
advisable, may appoint and establish advisory committees in regard to the 
functions of the Service as the Secretary considers advisable. 
(b) CHARTER EXCEPTION ON RENEWAL.—Section 14(b) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) is waived with respect to any advi-
sory commission or advisory committee established by law in connection 
with any System unit during the period for which the commission or com-
mittee is authorized by law. 
(c) SERVICE OF MEMBERS.—Any member of any advisory commission or 
advisory committee established in connection with any System unit may 
serve after the expiration of the member’s term until a successor is ap-
pointed. 
(d) COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members of an advisory 
committee established under subsection (a) shall receive no compensation 
for their services as such but shall be allowed necessary travel expenses as 
authorized by section 5703 of title 5. 
Chapter 1011—Donations 
Subchapter I—Authority of Secretary 
Sec. 
101101.
Authority to accept land, rights-of-way, buildings, other property, and money. 
101102.
Authority to accept and use funds to consolidate Federal land ownership. 
Subchapter II—National Park Foundation 
101111.
Purpose and establishment of Foundation. 
101112.
Board. 
101113.
Gifts, devises, or bequests. 
101114.
Dispostion of property or income. 
101115.
Corporate succession and powers and duties acting as trustee; personal liability for 
malfeasance. 
101116.
Corporate powers. 
101117.
Authority of Board. 
101118.
Tax exemptions; contributions toward costs of local government; contributions, gifts, 
or transfers to or for use of United States. 
101119.
Liability of United States. 
101120.
Promotion of local fundraising support. 
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Subchapter I—Authority of Secretary 
§ 101101. Authority to accept land, rights-of-way, buildings, 
other property, and money 
The Secretary in the administration of the Service may accept— 
(1) patented land, rights-of-way over patented land or other land, 
buildings, or other property within a System unit; and 
(2) money that may be donated for the purposes of the System. 
§ 101102. Authority to accept and use funds to consolidate 
Federal land ownership 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may— 
(1) accept and use funds that may be donated in order to consolidate 
Federal land ownership within the existing boundaries of any System 
unit; and 
(2) encourage the donation of funds for that purpose, subject to the 
condition that donated funds are to be expended for purposes of this 
section only if Federal funds in an amount equal to the amount of the 
donated funds are appropriated for the purposes of this section. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated for each fiscal year not more than $500,000 to match funds 
that are donated for those purposes. 
Subchapter II—National Park Foundation 
§ 101111. Purpose and establishment of Foundation 
To encourage private gifts of real and personal property, or any income 
from, or other interest in, the property, for the benefit of, or in connection 
with, the Service, its activities, or its services, and thereby to further the 
conservation of natural, scenic, historic, scientific, educational, inspirational, 
or recreational resources for future generations of Americans, there is estab-
lished a charitable and nonprofit corporation to be known as the National 
Park Foundation to accept and administer those gifts. 
§ 101112. Board 
(a) MEMBERSHIP.—The National Park Foundation shall consist of a 
Board having as members the Secretary, the Director, and no fewer than 
6 private citizens of the United States appointed by the Secretary. 
(b) TERM OF OFFICE AND VACANCIES.—The term of the private citizen 
members of the Board is 6 years. If a successor is chosen to fill a vacancy 
occurring prior to the expiration of a term, the successor shall be chosen 
only for the remainder of that term. 
(c) CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall be the Chairman 
of the Board and the Director shall be the Secretary of the Board. 
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(d) BOARD MEMBERSHIP NOT AN OFFICE.—Membership on the Board 
shall not be an office within the meaning of the statutes of the United 
States. 
(e) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the Board serving at any 
time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 
(f) SEAL.—The National Park Foundation shall have an official seal, 
which shall be judicially noticed. 
(g) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet at the call of the Chairman and 
there shall be at least one meeting each year. 
(h) COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.—No compensation shall be 
paid to the members of the Board for their services as members, but they 
shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary traveling and subsistence ex-
penses incurred by them in the performance of their duties as members out 
of National Park Foundation funds available to the Board for those pur-
poses. 
§ 101113. Gifts, devises, or bequests 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS, DEVISES, OR BEQUESTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Park Foundation may accept, re-
ceive, solicit, hold, administer, and use any gifts, devises, or bequests, 
either absolutely or in trust of real or personal property, or any income 
from, or other interest in, the gift, devise, or bequest, for the benefit 
of, or in connection with, the Service, its activities, or its services. 
(2) GIFT, DEVISE, OR
BEQUEST
THAT
IS
ENCUMBERED, RE-
STRICTED, OR SUBJECT TO BENEFICIAL INTERESTS.—A gift, devise, or 
bequest may be accepted by the National Park Foundation even though 
it is encumbered, restricted, or subject to beneficial interests of private 
persons if any current or future interest in the gift, devise, or bequest 
is for the benefit of the Service, its activities, or its services. 
(b) WHEN GIFT, DEVISE, OR BEQUEST MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED.—The 
National Park Foundation may not accept any gift, devise, or bequest that 
entails any expenditure other than from the resources of the Foundation. 
(c) INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY.—For purposes of this section, an in-
terest in real property includes easements or other rights for preservation, 
conservation, protection, or enhancement by and for the public of natural, 
scenic, historic, scientific, educational, inspirational, or recreational re-
sources. 
§ 101114. Disposition of property or income 
(a) AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OR DEAL WITH PROPERTY OR INCOME.— 
Except as otherwise required by the instrument of transfer, the National 
Park Foundation may sell, lease, invest, reinvest, retain, or otherwise dis-
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pose of or deal with any property or income from the property as the Board 
may determine. 
(b) RESTRICTION.—The National Park Foundation shall not engage in 
any business or make any investment that may not lawfully be made by a 
trust company in the District of Columbia, except that the Foundation may 
make any investment authorized by the instrument of transfer, and may re-
tain any property accepted by the Foundation. 
(c) USE OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE 
INTERIOR AND JUSTICE.—The National Park Foundation may utilize the 
services and facilities of the Department of the Interior and the Department 
of Justice, and the services and facilities may be made available on request 
to the extent practicable with or without reimbursement. Amounts reim-
bursed to either Department shall be returned by the Department to the 
account from which the funds for which the reimbursement is made were 
drawn and may, without further appropriation, be expended for any purpose 
for which the account is authorized. 
§ 101115. Corporate succession and powers and duties act-
ing as trustee; personal liability for malfeasance 
(a) PERPETUAL SUCCESSION.—The National Park Foundation shall have 
perpetual succession. 
(b) POWERS AND DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.—The National Park Foundation 
shall have all the usual powers and obligations of a corporation acting as 
a trustee, including the power to sue and to be sued in its own name. 
(c) PERSONAL LIABILITY OF BOARD MEMBERS.—The members of the 
Board shall not be personally liable, except for malfeasance. 
§ 101116. Corporate powers 
The National Park Foundation shall have the power to enter into con-
tracts, to execute instruments, and generally to do any and all lawful acts 
necessary or appropriate to its purposes. 
§ 101117. Authority of Board 
In carrying out this chapter, the Board may— 
(1) adopt bylaws and regulations necessary for the administration of 
its functions; and 
(2) contract for any necessary services. 
§ 101118. Tax exemptions; contributions toward costs of 
local government; contributions, gifts, or transfers 
to or for use of United States 
(a) TAX EXEMPTION.—The National Park Foundation and any income 
or property received or owned by it, and all transactions relating to that 
income or property, shall be exempt from all Federal, State, and local tax-
ation. 
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