(A) provide for— 
(i) the preservation, conservation, and restoration of coastal 
and riparian systems, watersheds, and wetlands; 
(ii) preventing, controlling, or eradicating invasive exotic 
species that are within a System unit or adjacent to a System 
unit; or 
(iii) restoration of natural resources, including native wild-
life habitat or ecosystems; 
(B) include a statement of purpose demonstrating how the 
agreement will— 
(i) enhance science-based natural resource stewardship at 
the System unit; and 
(ii) benefit the parties to the agreement; 
(C) specify any staff required and technical assistance to be pro-
vided by the Secretary or other parties to the agreement in sup-
port of activities inside and outside the System unit that will— 
(i) protect natural resources of the System unit; and 
(ii) benefit the parties to the agreement; 
(D) identify any materials, supplies, or equipment and any other 
resources that will be contributed by the parties to the agreement 
or by other Federal agencies; 
(E) describe any financial assistance to be provided by the Sec-
retary or the partners to implement the agreement; 
(F) ensure that any expenditure by the Secretary pursuant to 
the agreement is determined by the Secretary to support the pur-
poses of natural resource stewardship at a System unit; and 
(G) include such other terms and conditions as are agreed to 
by the Secretary and the other parties to the agreement. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary shall not use any funds associated 
with an agreement entered into under paragraph (1) for the purposes 
of land acquisition, regulatory activity, or the development, mainte-
nance, or operation of infrastructure, except for ancillary support facili-
ties that the Secretary determines to be necessary for the completion 
of projects or activities identified in the agreement. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this sub-
section. 
§ 101703. Reimbursable agreements 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out work under reimbursable agreements 
with any State, local, or tribal government, the Secretary, without regard 
to any provision of law or a regulation— 
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(1) may record obligations against accounts receivable from those 
governments; and 
(2) shall credit amounts received from those governments to the ap-
propriate account. 
(b) WHEN AMOUNTS SHALL BE CREDITED.—Amounts shall be credited 
within 90 days of the date of the original request by the Service for pay-
ment. 
CHAPTER 1019—CONCESSIONS 
Subchapter I—Authority of Secretary 
Sec. 
101901.
Authority of Secretary to carry out certain activities. 
Subchapter II—Concession Management 
101911.
Definitions. 
101912.
Findings and declaration of policy. 
101913.
Award of concession contracts. 
101914.
Terms of concession contracts. 
101915.
Protection of concessioner investment. 
101916.
Reasonableness of rates and charges. 
101917.
Franchise fees. 
101918.
Transfer or conveyance of concession contracts or leasehold surrender interests. 
101919.
National Park Service Concessions Management Advisory Board. 
101920.
Contracting for services. 
101921.
Multiple contracts within a System unit. 
101922.
Special rule for service contract to provide transportation services. 
101923.
Use of nonmonetary consideration in concession contracts. 
101924.
Recordkeeping requirements. 
101925.
Promotion of sale of Indian, Alaska Native, Native Samoan, and Native Hawaiian 
handicrafts. 
101926.
Commercial use authorizations. 
101927.
Regulations. 
Subchapter I—Authority of Secretary 
§ 101901. Authority of Secretary to carry out certain activi-
ties 
To facilitate the administration of the System, the Secretary, under such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary considers advisable, may carry out 
the following activities: 
(1) SALE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN THE CONDUCT 
OF LIVING EXHIBITS AND INTERPRETATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may— 
(i) sell at fair market value, without regard to the require-
ments of chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and subtitle III of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
(41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.), products and services produced in 
the conduct of living exhibits and interpretive demonstrations 
in System units; 
(ii) enter into contracts (including cooperative arrange-
ments) with respect to those living exhibits andinterpretive 
demonstrations; and 
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(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), credit the proceeds from 
those sales and contracts to the appropriation bearing the 
cost of the exhibits and demonstrations. 
(B) GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK.— 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this subparagraph— 
(I) CERTAIN
PERMITTEE.—The term ‘‘certain per-
mittee’’ means a permittee that provides overnight ac-
commodations for at least 500 passengers for an 
itinerary of at least 3 nights. 
(II) PERMITTEE.—The term ‘‘permittee’’ means a 
concessionaire providing visitor services within Glacier 
Bay. 
(ii) LIMITATION ON USE OF FEES.—Sixty percent of the 
fees paid by permittees for the privilege of entering into Gla-
cier Bay shall be deposited in a special account and shall be 
available— 
(I) to the extent determined to be necessary, to ac-
quire and pre-position necessary and adequate emergency 
response equipment to prevent harm or the threat of 
harm to aquatic park resources from permittees; and 
(II) to conduct investigations to quantify any effect of 
permittees’ activity on wildlife and other natural resource 
values of Glacier Bay National Park. 
(iii) PURPOSE
OF
INVESTIGATIONS.—The investigations 
provided for in this subparagraph shall be designed to provide 
information of value to the Secretary in determining any ap-
propriate limitations on permittees’ activity in Glacier Bay. 
(iv) NO ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS TO BE IMPOSED.—The 
Secretary may not impose any additional permittee operating 
conditions in the areas of air, water, and oil pollution beyond 
those determined and enforced by other appropriate agencies. 
(v) ACCOUNTING FOR IMPACT OF PERMITTEES ON PARK 
VALUES AND RESOURCES.—When competitively awarding per-
mits to enter Glacier Bay, the Secretary may take into ac-
count the relative impact particular permittees will have on 
park values and resources, provided that no operating condi-
tions or limitations relating to noise abatement shall be im-
posed unless the Secretary determines, based on the weight 
of the evidence from all available studies including verifiable 
scientific information from the investigations provided for in 
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this paragraph, that the limitations or conditions are nec-
essary to protect park values and resources. 
(vi) LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF FEE.—Fees paid by certain per-
mittees for the privilege of entering into Glacier Bay shall not 
exceed $5 per passenger. 
(vii) ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES OF PERMITS OR NUMBER OF 
PERMITS NOT AUTHORIZED.—This subparagraph does not au-
thorize the Secretary to require additional categories of per-
mits in, or otherwise increase the number of permits to enter, 
Glacier Bay National Park. 
(2) UTILITY SERVICES FOR CONCESSIONERS.—The Secretary may 
furnish, on a reimbursement of appropriation basis, all types of utility 
services to concessioners, contractors, permittees, or other users of the 
services, within the System. The reimbursements for cost of the serv-
ices may be credited to the appropriation current at the time reim-
bursements are received. 
Subchapter II—Concession Management 
§ 101911. Definitions 
In this subchapter: 
(1) ADVISORY BOARD.—The term ‘‘Advisory Board’’ means the Na-
tional Park Service Concessions Management Advisory Board estab-
lished under section 101919 of this title. 
(2) PREFERENTIAL RIGHT OF RENEWAL.—The term ‘‘preferential 
right of renewal’’ means the right of a concessioner, subject to a deter-
mination by the Secretary that the facilities or services authorized by 
a prior contract continue to be necessary and appropriate within the 
meaning of section 101912 of this title, to match the terms and condi-
tions of any competing proposal that the Secretary determines to be 
the best proposal for a proposed new concession contract that author-
izes the continuation of the facilities and services provided by the con-
cessioner under its prior contract. 
§ 101912. Findings and declaration of policy 
(a) FINDINGS.—In furtherance of section 100301(b), Congress finds that 
the preservation and conservation of System unit resources and values re-
quires that public accommodations, facilities, and services that have to be 
provided within those System units should be provided only under carefully 
controlled safeguards against unregulated and indiscriminate use, so that— 
(1) visitation will not unduly impair those resources and values; and 
(2) development of public accommodations, facilities, and services 
within System units can best be limited to locations that are consistent 
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