(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Committee 
shall recommend that the Administrator award 
grants to qualified applicants to help to secure and 
improve the open space, public access, or ecological 
values of stewardship sites, through— 
(A) purchase of the property of the site; 
(B) purchase of relevant property rights of 
the site; or 
(C) entering into any other binding legal 
arrangement that ensures that the values of the 
site are sustained, including entering into an 
arrangement with a land manager or owner to 
develop or implement an approved management 
plan that is necessary for the conservation of 
natural resources. 
(2) EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION
OF
FUNDS.— 
The Advisory Committee shall exert due diligence to 
recommend an equitable distribution of funds be-
tween the States. 
(c) ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
receiving a report under subsection (a), the Adminis-
trator shall— 
(A) review the recommendations of the Ad-
visory Committee; and 
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(B) take actions consistent with the rec-
ommendations of the Advisory Committee, in-
cluding the approval of identification of stew-
ardship sites and the award of grants under 
this Act, unless the Administrator makes a 
finding that any recommendation is unwar-
ranted by the facts. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall develop and publish a report that— 
(A) assesses the current resources of and 
threats to Raritan Bay; 
(B) assesses the role of the Raritan Bay 
Stewardship Initiative in protecting Raritan 
Bay; 
(C) establishes guidelines, criteria, sched-
ules, and due dates for evaluating information 
to identify stewardship sites; 
(D) includes information about any grants 
that are available for the purchase of land or 
property rights to protect stewardship sites pur-
suant to this Act; 
(E) accounts for funds received and ex-
pended during the previous fiscal year pursuant 
to this Act; 
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(F) shall be made available to the public 
on the Internet and in printed form; and 
(G) shall be updated at least every other 
year, except that information on funding and 
any new stewardship sites identified shall be 
published more frequently. 
SEC. 10. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION. 
(a) ACCESS
TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.—Nothing in 
this Act— 
(1) requires any private property owner to allow 
public access (including Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment access) to the private property; or 
(2) modifies any provision of Federal, State, or 
local law with regard to public access to or use of 
private property, except as entered into by voluntary 
agreement of the owner or custodian of the property. 
(b) LIABILITY.—Establishment of the Raritan Bay 
Stewardship Initiative Region under this Act does not cre-
ate any liability, or have any effect on any liability under 
any other law, of any private property owner with respect 
to any person injured on the private property. 
(c) RECOGNITION OF AUTHORITY TO CONTROL LAND 
USE.—Nothing in this Act modifies the authority of Fed-
eral, State, or local governments to regulate land use. 
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