(b) NOTICE AND SERVICE OF PROCESS.—The Foun-
dation shall at all times maintain a designated agent in 
the District of Columbia authorized to accept service of 
process for the Foundation. The serving of notice to, or 
service of process upon, the agent required under this sub-
section, or mailed to the business address of such agent, 
shall be deemed as service upon or notice to the Founda-
tion. 
(c) SEAL.—The Foundation shall have an official seal 
selected by the Board which shall be judicially noticed. 
(d) POWERS.—In addition to powers otherwise au-
thorized under this Act, to carry out its purposes, the 
Foundation shall have the usual powers of a not-for-profit 
corporation in the District of Columbia, including the 
power to— 
(1) accept, receive, solicit, hold, administer, and 
use any gift, devise, or bequest, either absolutely or 
in trust, of real or personal property or any income 
therefrom or other interest therein; 
(2) acquire by donation, gift, devise, purchase 
or exchange, and dispose of any real or personal 
property or interest therein; 
(3) sell, donate, lease, invest, reinvest, retain or 
otherwise dispose of any property or income there-
from unless limited by the instrument of transfer; 
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(4) borrow money and issue bonds, debentures, 
or other debt instruments; 
(5) sue and be sued, and complain and defend 
itself in any court of competent jurisdiction, except 
that the Directors of the Board shall not be person-
ally liable, except for gross negligence; 
(6) enter into contracts or other arrangements 
with public agencies, private organizations, and per-
sons and to make such payments as may be nec-
essary to carry out the purposes thereof; and 
(7) do any and all acts necessary and proper to 
carry out the purposes of the Foundation. 
(e) REAL PROPERTY.— 
(1) TITLE AND INTEREST.—For the purposes 
of this Act, an interest in real property shall be 
treated as including mineral and water rights, rights 
of way, and easements, appurtenant or in gross. 
(2) ACCEPTANCE OF REAL PROPERTY.—A gift, 
devise, or bequest of real property may be accepted 
by the Foundation even though it is encumbered, re-
stricted, or subject to beneficial interests of private 
persons if any current or future interest therein is 
for the benefit of the Foundation. 
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(3) REFUSAL OF REAL PROPERTY.—The Foun-
dation may, in its discretion, decline any gift, devise, 
or bequest of real property. 
(4) CONDEMNATION PROHIBITED.—No lands or 
waters, or interests therein, that are owned by the 
Foundation shall be subject to condemnation by any 
State or political subdivision, or any agent of instru-
mentality thereof. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT SUPPORT.—For the purposes of 
assisting the Foundation in establishing an office and 
meeting initial administrative, project, and other expenses, 
the Secretary is authorized to provide to the Foundation 
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, $2,000,000 for fiscal 
years 2017, 2018, and 2019, and $1,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2020. Such funds shall remain available to the Foun-
dation until they are expended for authorized purposes. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—The Secretary 
may provide personnel, facilities, equipment, and other ad-
ministrative services to the Foundation with such limita-
tions and on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
shall establish. The Foundation may reimburse the Sec-
retary for any support provided under this subsection, in 
whole or in part, and any reimbursement received by the 
Secretary under this subsection shall be deposited into the 
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Treasury to the credit of the appropriations then current 
and chargeable for the cost of providing the services. 
SEC. 7. VOLUNTEERS. 
The Secretary may accept, without regard to the civil 
service classification laws, rules, and regulations, the serv-
ices of the Foundation, the Board, and the offices or em-
ployees or agents of the Foundation, without compensa-
tion from the Department of the Interior, as volunteers 
for the performance of the functions under section 307(d) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1737(d)). 
SEC. 8. AUDITS AND REPORTS REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) AUDITS.—For purposes of the Act entitled ‘‘An 
Act for audit of accounts of private corporations estab-
lished under Federal law’’, approved August 30, 1964 (36 
U.S.C. 1101 through 1103), the Foundation shall be 
treated as a private corporation established under Federal 
law. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Foundation shall trans-
mit at the end of each fiscal year a report to Congress 
of its proceedings and activities during that year, includ-
ing a full and complete statement of its receipts, expendi-
tures, and investments. 
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SEC. 9. UNITED STATES RELEASE FROM LIABILITY. 
The United States shall not be liable for any debts, 
defaults, acts, or omissions of the Foundation, nor shall 
the full faith and credit of the United States extend to 
any obligations of the Foundation. 
SEC. 10. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY. 
Nothing in this Act authorizes the Foundation to per-
form any function the authority for which is provided to 
the Bureau of Land Management under any other provi-
sion of law. 
SEC. 11. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
Amounts provided as a grant by the Foundation shall 
not be used for— 
(1) any expense related to litigation; or 
(2) any activity the purpose of which is to influ-
ence legislation pending before Congress. 
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