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(b) CONTRACTS, OPERATIONS, AND ACQUISITIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF 
ACCESS TO SYSTEM UNITS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—To carry out subsection (a), the 
Secretary may— 
(A) contract with public or private agencies or carriers to pro-
vide transportation services, capital equipment, or facilities to im-
prove access to System units; 
(B) operate those services directly in the absence of suitable and 
adequate agencies or carriers; 
(C) acquire, by purchase, lease, or agreement, capital equipment 
for those services; and 
(D) where necessary to carry out this subchapter, acquire, by 
lease, purchase, donation, exchange, or transfer, land, water, or an 
interest in land or water that is situated outside the boundary of 
a System unit. 
(2) SPECIFIC PROVISIONS RELATED TO PROPERTY ACQUISITION.— 
(A) ADMINISTRATION.—The acquired property shall be adminis-
tered as part of the System unit. 
(B) ACQUISTION OF LAND OR INTERESTS IN LAND OWNED BY 
STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—Any land or interests in land 
owned by a State or any of its political subdivisions may be ac-
quired only by donation. 
(C) ACQUISITION SUBJECT TO STATUTORY LIMITATIONS.—Any 
land acquisition shall be subject to any statutory limitations on 
methods of acquisition and appropriations as may be specifically 
applicable to the area. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF INFORMATION PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall 
establish information programs to inform the public of available System unit 
access opportunities and to promote the use of transportation modes other 
than personal motor vehicles for access to and travel within the System 
units. 
(d) UNDERTAKING
TRANSPORTATION
FACILITIES
AND
SERVICES.— 
Transportation facilities and services provided pursuant to this subchapter 
may be undertaken by the Secretary directly or by contract without regard 
to any requirement of Federal, State, or local law respecting determinations 
of public convenience and necessity or other similar matters. The Secretary 
or contractor shall consult with the appropriate State or local public service 
commission or other body having authority to issue certificates of conven-
ience and necessity. A contractor shall be subject to applicable requirements 
of that body unless the Secretary determines that the requirements would 
not be consistent with the purposes and provisions of this subchapter. 
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(e) CONSTRUCTION OF GRANT OF AUTHORITY RESPECTING OPERATION 
OF MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPTED FROM STATUTORY COVERAGE.—No grant 
of authority in this subchapter shall be deemed to expand the exemption of 
section 13506(a)(9) of title 49. 
§ 101522. Transportation projects 
(a) ASSISTANCE OF HEADS OF OTHER FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND 
AGENCIES IN FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION.—To carry out this 
subchapter, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, and the heads of other Federal departments or agen-
cies that the Secretary considers necessary shall assist the Secretary in the 
formulation and implementation of transportation projects. 
(b) COMPILATION OF STATUTES AND PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall 
maintain a compilation of Federal statutes and programs providing author-
ity for the planning, funding, or operation of transportation projects that 
might be utilized by the Secretary to carry out this subchapter. 
§ 101523. Procedures applicable to transportation plans and 
projects 
(a) DURING FORMULATION OF PLAN.—The Secretary shall, during the 
formulation of any transportation plan authorized pursuant to section 
101521 of this title— 
(1) give public notice of intention to formulate the plan by publica-
tion in the Federal Register and in a newspaper or periodical having 
general circulation in the vicinity of the affected System unit; and 
(2) following the notice, hold a public meeting at a location conven-
ient to the affected System unit. 
(b) PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT.—Prior to the implementa-
tion of any project developed pursuant to the transportation plan formulated 
pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) establish procedures, including public meetings, to give State and 
local governments and the public adequate notice and an opportunity 
to comment on the proposed transportation project; and 
(2) when the proposed project would involve an expenditure in excess 
of $100,000 in any fiscal year, submit a detailed report to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. 
(c) WAITING PERIOD.—When a report on a project is required under sub-
section (b)(2), the Secretary may proceed with the implementation of the 
project only after 60 days (not counting days on which the Senate or House 
of Representatives has adjourned for more than 3 consecutive days) have 
elapsed following submission of the report. 
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§ 101524. Special rule for service contract to provide trans-
portation services 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a service contract entered 
into by the Secretary for the provision solely of transportation services in 
a System unit shall be not more than 10 years in length, including a base 
period of 5 years and annual extensions for up to an additional 5 years 
based on satisfactory performance and approval by the Secretary. 
Subchapter IV—Fees 
§ 101531. Fee for use of transportation services 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where the Service or an enti-
ty under a service contract, cooperative agreement, or other contractual 
agreement with the Service provides transportation to all or a portion of any 
System unit, the Secretary may impose a reasonable and appropriate charge 
to the public for the use of the transportation services in addition to any 
admission fee required to be paid. Collection of the transportation and ad-
mission fees may occur at the transportation staging area or any other rea-
sonably convenient location determined by the Secretary. The Secretary may 
enter into agreements, with public or private entities that qualify to the Sec-
retary’s satisfaction, to collect the transportation and admission fee. Trans-
portation fees collected pursuant to this section shall be retained by the Sys-
tem unit at which the transportation fee was collected, and the amount re-
tained shall be expended only for costs associated with the transportation 
systems at the System unit where the charge was imposed. 
Chapter 1017—Financial Agreements 
Sec. 
101701.
Challenge cost-share agreement authority. 
101702.
Cooperative agreements. 
101703.
Cooperative management agreements. 
101704.
Reimbursable agreements. 
§ 101701. Challenge cost-share agreement authority 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHALLENGE
COST-SHARE
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘challenge 
cost-share agreement’’ means any agreement entered into between the 
Secretary and any cooperator for the purpose of sharing costs or serv-
ices in carrying out authorized functions and responsibilities of the Sec-
retary with respect to any System unit or System program, any affili-
ated area, or any designated national scenic trail or national historic 
trail. 
(2) COOPERATOR.—The term ‘‘cooperator’’ means any State or local 
government, public or private agency, organization, institution, corpora-
tion, individual, or other entity. 
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(b) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CHALLENGE COST-SHARE AGREE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may negotiate and enter into challenge cost-share 
agreements with cooperators. 
(c) SOURCE OF FEDERAL SHARE.—In carrying out challenge cost-share 
agreements, the Secretary may provide the Federal funding share from any 
funds available to the Service. 
§ 101702. Cooperative agreements 
(a) TRANSFER
OF SERVICE APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—A cooperative 
agreement entered into by the Secretary that involves the transfer of Service 
appropriated funds to a State, local, or tribal government or other public 
entity, an educational institution, or a private nonprofit organization to 
carry out public purposes of a Service program is a cooperative agreement 
properly entered into under section 6305 of title 31. 
(b) COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To facilitate the administration of the System, 
the Secretary, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
consider advisable, may— 
(A) enter into cooperative agreements with public or private 
educational institutions, States, and political subdivisions of States 
to develop adequate, coordinated, cooperative research and train-
ing programs concerning the resources of the System; and 
(B) pursuant to an agreement, accept from and make available 
to the cooperator technical and support staff, financial assistance 
for mutually agreed upon research projects, supplies and equip-
ment, facilities, and administrative services relating to cooperative 
research units that the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(2) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—This subsection does not waive any 
requirements for research projects that are subject to Federal procure-
ment regulations. 
(c) SALE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN THE CONDUCT OF 
LIVING EXHIBITS AND INTERPRETIVE DEMONSTRATIONS.—To facilitate the 
administration of the System, the Secretary, under such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary considers advisable, may— 
(1) sell at fair market value, without regard to the requirements of 
chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 
3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 
41, products and services produced in the conduct of living exhibits and 
interpretive demonstrations in System units; 
(2) enter into contracts, including cooperative arrangements, with re-
spect to living exhibits and interpretive demonstrations in System 
units; and 
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