§ 100502. General management plans 
General management plans for the preservation and use of each System 
unit, including areas within the national capital area, shall be prepared and 
revised in a timely manner by the Director. On January 1 of each year, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a list indicating the current status of com-
pletion or revision of general management plans for each System unit. Gen-
eral management plans for each System unit shall include— 
(1) measures for the preservation of the area’s resources; 
(2) indications of types and general intensities of development (includ-
ing visitor circulation and transportation patterns, systems, and modes) 
associated with public enjoyment and use of the area, including general 
locations, timing of implementation, and anticipated costs; 
(3) identification of and implementation commitments for visitor car-
rying capacities for all areas of the System unit; and 
(4) indications of potential modifications to the external boundaries 
of the System unit, and the reasons for the modifications. 
§ 100503. Five-year strategic plans 
(a) STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Each System unit shall pre-
pare and make available to the public a 5-year strategic plan and an annual 
performance plan. The plans shall reflect the Service policies, goals, and out-
comes represented in the Service-wide strategic plan prepared pursuant to sec-
tion 306 of title 5. 
(b) ANNUAL BUDGET.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a part of the annual performance plan for a 
System unit prepared pursuant to subsection (a), following receipt of the 
appropriation for the unit from the Operations of the National Park 
System account (but not later than January 1 of each year), the super-
intendent of the System unit shall develop and make available to the 
public the budget for the current fiscal year for that System unit. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The budget shall include— 
(A) funding allocations for resource preservation (including re-
source management), visitor services (including maintenance, inter-
pretation, law enforcement, and search and rescue), and adminis-
tration; and 
(B) allocations into each of the categories in subparagraph (A) 
of all funds retained from fees collected for that year, including spe-
cial use permits, concession franchise fees, and recreation use and 
entrance fees. 
§ 100504. Study and planning of park, parkway, and rec-
reational-area facilities 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
00:44 Aug 03, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6223
E:\BILLS\H1950.RH
H1950
pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘State’’ means a State, 
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. 
(2) STUDY.—The Secretary shall cause the Service to make a com-
prehensive study, other than on land under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, of the public park, parkway, and recreational area 
programs of the United States, States, and political subdivisions of 
States and of areas of land throughout the United States that are or may 
be chiefly valuable as public park, parkway, or recreational areas. A 
study shall not be made in any State without the consent and approval 
of the State officials, boards, or departments having jurisdiction over the 
land. The study shall be such as, in the judgment of the Secretary, will 
provide data helpful in developing a plan for coordinated and adequate 
public park, parkway, and recreational-area facilities for the people of 
the United States. 
(3) COOPERATION
AND
AGREEMENTS
WITH
OTHER
ENTITIES.—In 
making the study and to accomplish the purposes of this section, the Sec-
retary, acting through the Director— 
(A) shall seek and accept the cooperation and assistance of Fed-
eral departments or agencies having jurisdiction of land belonging 
to the United States; and 
(B) may cooperate and make agreements with and seek and ac-
cept the assistance of— 
(i) other Federal agencies and instrumentalities; and 
(ii) States, political subdivisions of States, and agencies and 
instrumentalities of either of them. 
(4) STATE PLANNING.—For the purpose of developing coordinated and 
adequate public park, parkway, and recreational-area facilities for the 
people of the United States, the Secretary may aid States and political 
subdivisions of States in planning public park, parkway, and rec-
reational areas and in cooperating with one another to accomplish these 
ends. Aid shall be made available through the Service acting in coopera-
tion with such State agencies or agencies of political subdivisions of 
States as the Secretary considers best. 
(b) CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN STATES.—The con-
sent of Congress is given to any 2 or more States to negotiate and enter into 
compacts or agreements with one another with reference to planning, estab-
lishing, developing, improving, and maintaining any park, parkway, or rec-
reational area. No compact or agreement shall be effective until approved by 
the legislatures of the States that are parties to the compact or agreement and 
by Congress. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
00:44 Aug 03, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00007
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6223
E:\BILLS\H1950.RH
H1950
pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
§ 100505. Periodic review of System 
(a) AUTHORITY
OF SECRETARY TO CONDUCT REVIEW.—The Secretary 
shall conduct a systematic and comprehensive review of certain aspects of the 
System and on a periodic basis (but not less often than every 3 years) submit 
to the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report on 
the findings of the review, together with recommendations as the Secretary de-
termines to be necessary. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In conducting and preparing the report, the Secretary 
shall consult with appropriate officials of affected Federal, State, and local 
agencies and national, regional, and local organizations. The consultation 
shall include holding public hearings that the Secretary determines to be ap-
propriate to provide a full opportunity for public comment. 
(c) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall contain the following: 
(1) A comprehensive listing of all authorized but unacquired parcels 
of land within the exterior boundaries of each System unit as of Novem-
ber 28, 1990. 
(2) A priority listing of all those unacquired parcels by System unit 
and for the System as a whole. The list shall describe the acreage and 
ownership of each parcel, the estimated cost of acquisition for each parcel 
(subject to any statutory acquisition limitations for the land), and the 
basis for the estimate. 
(3) An analysis and evaluation of the current and future needs of each 
System unit for resource management, interpretation, construction, oper-
ation and maintenance, personnel, and housing, together with an esti-
mate of the costs. 
§ 100506. Boundary changes to System units 
(a) CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall maintain criteria to 
evaluate any proposed changes to the boundaries of System units, including— 
(1) analysis of whether or not an existing boundary provides for the 
adequate protection and preservation of the natural, historic, cultural, 
scenic and recreational resources integral to the System unit; 
(2) an evaluation of each parcel proposed for addition or deletion to 
a System unit based on the analysis under paragraph (1); and 
(3) an assessment of the impact of potential boundary adjustments 
taking into consideration the factors in section 100505(c)(3) of this title 
and the effect of the adjustments on the local communities and sur-
rounding area. 
(b) PROPOSAL OF SECRETARY.—In proposing a boundary change to a Sys-
tem unit, the Secretary shall— 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
00:44 Aug 03, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00008
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6223
E:\BILLS\H1950.RH
H1950
pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
(1) consult with affected agencies of State and local governments, sur-
rounding communities, affected landowners, and private national, re-
gional, and local organizations; 
(2) apply the criteria developed pursuant to subsection (a) and accom-
pany the proposal with a statement reflecting the results of the applica-
tion of the criteria; and 
(3) include with the proposal an estimate of the cost for acquiring any 
parcels proposed for acquisition, the basis for the estimate, and a state-
ment on the relative priority for the acquisition of each parcel within 
the priorities for acquisition of other parcels for the System unit and for 
the System. 
(c) MINOR BOUNDARY CHANGES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—When the Secretary determines that to do so will 
contribute to, and is necessary for, the proper preservation, protection, 
interpretation, or management of a System unit, the Secretary may, fol-
lowing timely notice in writing to the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate of the Secretary’s intention to do so, and 
by publication of a revised boundary map or other description in the 
Federal Register— 
(A) make minor changes to the boundary of the System unit, and 
amounts appropriated from the Fund shall be available for acquisi-
tion of any land, water, and interests in land or water added to 
the System unit by the boundary change subject to such statutory 
limitations, if any, on methods of acquisition and appropriations 
thereof as may be specifically applicable to the System unit; and 
(B) acquire by donation, purchase with donated funds, transfer 
from any other Federal agency, or exchange, land, water, or inter-
ests in land or water adjacent to the System unit, except that in 
exercising the Secretary’s authority under this subparagraph the 
Secretary— 
(i) shall not alienate property administered as part of the 
System to acquire land by exchange; 
(ii) shall not acquire property without the consent of the 
owner; and 
(iii) may acquire property owned by a State or political 
subdivision of a State only by donation. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Prior to making a determination under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall consult with the governing body of the county, 
city, town, or other jurisdiction or jurisdictions having primary taxing 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
00:44 Aug 03, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00009
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6223
E:\BILLS\H1950.RH
H1950
pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with BILLS