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Secretary shall develop, in consultation with others, criteria 
for public participation, which criteria shall constitute the basis 
for the certification by the chief executive official. The plan 
shall contain— 
(A) the name of the State agency that will have authority 
to represent and act for the State in dealing with the 
Secretary for purposes of this chapter; 
(B) an evaluation of the demand for and supply of outdoor 
recreation resources and facilities in the State; 
(C) a program for the implementation of the plan; and 
(D) other necessary information, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(2) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—The plan shall take into 
account relevant Federal resources and programs and shall 
be correlated so far as practicable with other State, regional, 
and local plans. Where there exists or is in preparation for 
any particular State a comprehensive plan financed in part 
with funds supplied by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, any statewide outdoor recreation plan prepared 
for purposes of this part shall be based on the same population, 
growth, and other pertinent factors as are used in formulating 
plans financed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. 
(3) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE WHEN PLAN NOT OTHERWISE 
AVAILABLE OR TO MAINTAIN PLAN.—The Secretary may provide 
financial assistance to any State for projects for the preparation 
of a comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan when 
the plan is not otherwise available or for the maintenance 
of the plan. 
(4) WETLANDS.—A comprehensive statewide outdoor recre-
ation plan shall specifically address wetlands within the State 
as an important outdoor recreation resource as a prerequisite 
to approval, except that a revised comprehensive statewide 
outdoor recreation plan shall not be required by the Secretary, 
if a State submits, and the Secretary, acting through the 
Director, approves, as a part of and as an addendum to the 
existing comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan, a 
wetlands priority plan developed in consultation with the State 
agency with responsibility for fish and wildlife resources and 
consistent with the national wetlands priority conservation plan 
developed under section 301 of the Emergency Wetlands 
Resources Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 3921) or, if the national 
plan has not been completed, consistent with the provisions 
of that section. 
(e) PROJECTS FOR LAND AND WATER ACQUISITION AND DEVELOP-
MENT OF BASIC OUTDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to assistance for planning 
projects, the Secretary may provide financial assistance to any 
State for the types of projects described in paragraphs (2) 
and (3), or combinations of those projects, if the projects are 
in accordance with the State comprehensive plan. 
(2) ACQUISITION OF LAND OR WATER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
may provide financial assistance for a project for the 
acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or water, 
or a wetland area or an interest in a wetland area, as 
identified in the wetlands provisions of the comprehensive
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plan (other than land, water, or an interest in land or 
water acquired from the United States for less than fair 
market value), but not including incidental costs relating 
to acquisition. 
(B) RETENTION OF RIGHT OF USE AND OCCUPANCY.—When 
a State provides that the owner of a single-family residence 
may, at the owner’s option, elect to retain a right of use 
and occupancy for not less than 6 months after the date 
of acquisition of the residence and the owner elects to 
retain such a right— 
(i) the owner shall be deemed to have waived any 
benefits under sections 203 to 206 of the Uniform 
Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 
Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4623 to 4626); and 
(ii) for the purposes of those sections the owner shall 
not be deemed to be a displaced person as defined 
in section 101 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4601). 
(3) DEVELOPMENT
OF
BASIC
OUTDOOR
RECREATION
FACILI-
TIES.—Under paragraph (1), the Secretary may provide finan-
cial assistance for a project for development of basic outdoor 
recreation facilities to serve the general public, including the 
development of Federal land under lease to States for terms 
of 25 years or more. No assistance shall be available under 
this chapter to enclose or shelter a facility normally used for 
an outdoor recreation activity, but the Secretary may permit 
local funding, not to exceed 10 percent of the total amount 
allocated to a State in any one year, to be used for construction 
of a sheltered facility for a swimming pool or ice skating rink 
in an area where the Secretary determines that the construction 
is justified by the severity of climatic conditions and the 
increased public use made possible by the construction. 
(f) PAYMENTS.— 
(1) CRITERIA
FOR
MAKING
PAYMENTS.—The Secretary may 
make a payment to a State only for a planning, acquisition, 
or development project that is approved by the Secretary. The 
Secretary shall not make a payment for or on account of any 
project with respect to which financial assistance has been 
given or promised under any other Federal program or activity, 
and no financial assistance shall be given under any other 
Federal program or activity for or on account of any project 
with respect to which the assistance has been given or promised 
under this chapter. The Secretary may make payments from 
time to time in keeping with the rate of progress toward the 
satisfactory completion of a project. The approval of all projects 
and all payments, or any commitments relating thereto, shall 
be withheld until the Secretary receives appropriate written 
assurance from the State that the State has the ability and 
intention to finance its share of the cost of all of the projects, 
and to operate and maintain by acceptable standards, at State 
expense, the properties or facilities acquired or developed for 
public outdoor recreation use. 
(2) PAYMENT
RECIPIENTS.—Payments for all projects shall 
be made by the Secretary to the chief executive official of 
the State or to a State official or agency designated by the 
chief executive official or by State law having authority and 
responsibility to accept and to administer funds paid under 
this section for approved projects. If consistent with an
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approved project, funds may be transferred by the State to 
a political subdivision or other appropriate public agency. 
(3) CONVERSION TO OTHER THAN PUBLIC OUTDOOR RECREATION 
USE.—No property acquired or developed with assistance under 
this section shall, without the approval of the Secretary, be 
converted to other than public outdoor recreation use. The 
Secretary shall approve a conversion only if the Secretary finds 
it to be in accordance with the then-existing comprehensive 
statewide outdoor recreation plan and only on such conditions 
as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure the substitution 
of other recreation properties of at least equal fair market 
value and of reasonably equivalent usefulness and location. 
Wetland areas and interests therein as identified in the wet-
lands provisions of the comprehensive plan and proposed to 
be acquired as suitable replacement property within the same 
State that is otherwise acceptable to the Secretary, acting 
through the Director, shall be deemed to be of reasonably 
equivalent usefulness with the property proposed for conver-
sion. 
(4) REPORTS
AND
ACCOUNTING
PROCEDURES.—No payment 
shall be made to any State until the State has agreed to— 
(A) provide such reports to the Secretary in such form 
and containing such information as may be reasonably 
necessary to enable the Secretary to perform the Secretary’s 
duties under this chapter; and 
(B) provide such fiscal control and fund accounting proce-
dures as may be necessary to ensure proper disbursement 
and accounting for Federal funds paid to the State under 
this chapter. 
(g) RECORDS.—A recipient of assistance under this chapter shall 
keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records 
that fully disclose— 
(1) the amount and the disposition by the recipient of the 
proceeds of the assistance; 
(2) the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection 
with which the assistance is given or used; and 
(3) the amount and nature of that portion of the cost of 
the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such 
other records as will facilitate an effective audit. 
(h) ACCESS TO RECORDS.—The Secretary, and the Comptroller 
General, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have 
access for the purpose of audit and examination to any records 
of the recipient that are pertinent to assistance received under 
this chapter. 
(i) PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION.—With respect to property 
acquired or developed with assistance from the Fund, discrimination 
on the basis of residence, including preferential reservation or mem-
bership systems, is prohibited except to the extent that reasonable 
differences in admission and other fees may be maintained on 
the basis of residence. 
(j) COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.—To ensure consist-
ency in policies and actions under this chapter with other related 
Federal programs and activities and to ensure coordination of the 
planning, acquisition, and development assistance to States under 
this section with other related Federal programs and activities— 
(1) the President may issue such regulations with respect 
thereto as the President considers desirable; and
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(2) the assistance may be provided only in accordance with 
the regulations. 
(k) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
AND OTHER PROJECTS TO REDUCE 
CRIME.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY
AND
PURPOSE
OF
FUNDS.—In addition to 
assistance for planning projects, and in addition to the projects 
identified in subsection (e), and from amounts appropriated 
out of the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, the Secretary 
may provide financial assistance to the States, not to exceed 
$15,000,000, for projects or combinations thereof for the purpose 
of making capital improvements and other measures to increase 
safety in urban parks and recreation areas, including funds 
to— 
(A) increase lighting within or adjacent to public parks 
and recreation areas; 
(B) provide emergency telephone lines to contact law 
enforcement or security personnel in areas within or adja-
cent to public parks and recreation areas; 
(C) increase security personnel within or adjacent to 
public parks and recreation areas; and 
(D) fund any other project intended to increase the secu-
rity and safety of public parks and recreation areas. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—In addition to the requirements for project 
approval imposed by this section, eligibility for assistance under 
this subsection shall depend on a showing of need. In providing 
funds under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority 
to projects proposed for urban parks and recreation areas with 
the highest rates of crime and, in particular, to urban parks 
and recreation areas with the highest rates of sexual assault. 
(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Sec-
retary may provide 70 percent improvement grants for projects 
undertaken by a State for the purposes described in this sub-
section. 
§ 200306. Allocation of Fund amounts for Federal purposes 
(a) ALLOWABLE PURPOSES AND SUBPURPOSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated from the Fund for 
Federal purposes shall, unless otherwise allotted in the appro-
priation Act making them available, be allotted by the President 
for the purposes and subpurposes stated in this subsection. 
(2) ACQUISITION OF LAND, WATER, OR AN INTEREST IN LAND 
OR WATER.— 
(A) SYSTEM UNITS AND RECREATION AREAS ADMINISTERED 
FOR RECREATION PURPOSES.—Amounts shall be allotted for 
the acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or 
water within the exterior boundary of— 
(i) a System unit authorized or established; and 
(ii) an area authorized to be administered by the 
Secretary for outdoor recreation purposes. 
(B) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Amounts shall be allotted for the 
acquisition of land, water, or an interest in land or 
water within inholdings within— 
(I) wilderness areas of the National Forest 
System; and 
(II) other areas of national forests as the bound-
aries of those forests existed on January 1, 1965,