Subchapter I—General Provisions 
§ 101301. Maintenance management system 
The Service shall implement a maintenance management system in the 
maintenance and operations programs of the System. The system shall in-
clude the following elements: 
(1) A workload inventory of assets including detailed information that 
quantifies for all assets (including buildings, roads, utility systems, and 
grounds that must be maintained) the characteristics affecting the type 
of maintenance work performed. 
(2) A set of maintenance tasks that describe the maintenance work in 
each System unit. 
(3) A description of work standards including— 
(A) frequency of maintenance; 
(B) measurable quality standard to which assets should be main-
tained; 
(C) methods for accomplishing work; 
(D) required labor, equipment, and material resources; and 
(E) expected worker production for each maintenance task. 
(4) A work program and performance budget that develops an annual 
work plan identifying maintenance needs and financial resources to be 
devoted to each maintenance task. 
(5) A work schedule that identifies and prioritizes tasks to be done in 
a specific time period and specifies required labor resources. 
(6) Work orders specifying job authorizations and a record of work ac-
complished that can be used to record actual labor and material costs. 
(7) Reports and special analyses that compare planned versus actual 
accomplishments and costs and that can be used to evaluate maintenance 
operations. 
§ 101302. Authority of Secretary to carry out certain activi-
ties 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To facilitate the administration of the System, the Sec-
retary, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may consider advis-
able, may carry out the activities described in this section. 
(b) TRANSPORTATION.—The Secretary may provide transportation of em-
ployees located at an isolated area of the System and to members of their fam-
ilies, if— 
(1) the area is not adequately served by commercial transportation; 
and 
(2) the transportation is incidental to official transportation services. 
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(c) RECREATION FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES.—The Secretary 
may provide recreation facilities, equipment, and services for use by employ-
ees and their families located at an isolated area of the System. 
(d) FIELD AND SPECIAL PURPOSE EQUIPMENT.—The Secretary may pur-
chase field and special purpose equipment required by employees for the per-
formance of assigned functions. The purchased equipment shall be regarded 
and listed as System equipment. 
(e) MEALS AND LODGING.—The Secretary may provide meals and lodging, 
as the Secretary considers appropriate, for members of the United States Park 
Police and other employees of the Service, as the Secretary may designate, 
serving temporarily on extended special duty in System units. For this pur-
pose the Secretary may use funds appropriated for the expenses of the Depart-
ment of the Interior. 
§ 101303. Medical attention for employees 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the administration of the Service, the Secretary may 
contract for medical attention and service for employees and to make nec-
essary payroll deductions agreed to by the employees for that medical atten-
tion and service. 
(b) EMPLOYEES LOCATED AT ISOLATED SITUATIONS.—The Secretary may 
provide, out of amounts appropriated for the general expense of the System 
units, medical attention for employees of the Service located at isolated situa-
tions, including— 
(1) moving the employees to hospitals or other places where medical 
assistance is available; and 
(2) in case of death, to remove the bodies of deceased employees to the 
nearest place where they can be prepared for shipment or for burial. 
§ 101304. Personal equipment and property 
(a) PURCHASE OF PERSONAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.—The Secretary 
may purchase personal equipment and supplies for employees of the Service 
and make deductions for the equipment and supplies from amounts appro-
priated for salary payments or otherwise due the employees. 
(b) LOST, DAMAGED, OR DESTROYED PROPERTY.—The Secretary, in the 
administration of the Service, may reimburse employees and other owners of 
horses, vehicles, and other equipment lost, damaged, or destroyed while in the 
custody of the employee or the Department of the Interior, under authoriza-
tion, contract, or loan, for necessary firefighting, trail, or other official busi-
ness. Reimbursement shall be made from any available funds in the appro-
priation to which the hire of the equipment would be properly chargeable. 
(c) EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO BE FURNISHED BY FIELD EMPLOYEES.— 
The Secretary may— 
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(1) require field employees of the Service to furnish horses, motor and 
other vehicles, and miscellaneous equipment necessary for the perform-
ance of their official work; and 
(2) provide, at Federal Government expense, forage, care, and housing 
for animals, and housing or storage and fuel for vehicles and other 
equipment required to be furnished. 
(d) HIRE, RENTAL, AND PURCHASE OF PROPERTY.—The Secretary, under 
regulations the Secretary may prescribe, may authorize the hire, rental, or 
purchase of property from employees of the Service whenever it would promote 
the public interest to do so. 
§ 101305. Travel expenses of System employees and depend-
ents of deceased employees 
In the administration of the System, the Secretary may, under regulations 
the Secretary may prescribe, pay the travel expenses (including the costs of 
packing, crating, and transporting (including draying) personal property) 
of— 
(1) employees, on permanent change of station of the employees; and 
(2) dependents of deceased employees— 
(A) to the nearest housing reasonably available that is of a stand-
ard not less than that which is vacated, including compensation for 
not to exceed 60 days rental cost, in the case of an employee who 
occupied Federal Government housing and whose death requires the 
housing to be promptly vacated; and 
(B) to the nearest port of entry in the conterminous 48 States 
in the case of an employee whose last permanent station was outside 
the conterminous 48 States. 
Subchapter II—Service Career 
Development, Training, and Management 
§ 101321. Service employee training 
The Secretary shall develop a comprehensive training program for employ-
ees in all professional careers in the workforce of the Service for the purpose 
of ensuring that the workforce has available the best up-to-date knowledge, 
skills, and abilities with which to manage, interpret, and protect the resources 
of the System. 
§ 101322. Management development and training 
The Secretary shall maintain a clear plan for management training and 
development under which career professional Service employees from any ap-
propriate academic field may obtain sufficient training, experience, and ad-
vancement opportunity to enable those qualified to move into System unit 
management positions, including the position of superintendent of a System 
unit. 
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Subchapter III—Housing Improvement 
§ 101331. Definitions 
In this subchapter: 
(1) FIELD EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘field employee’’ means— 
(A) an employee of the Service who is exclusively assigned by the 
Service to perform duties at a field unit, and the members of the 
employee’s family; and 
(B) any other individual who is authorized to occupy Federal 
Government quarters under section 5911 of title 5, and for whom 
there is no feasible alternative to the provision of Federal Govern-
ment housing, and the members of the individual’s family. 
(2) PRIMARY RESOURCE VALUES.—The term ‘‘primary resource val-
ues’’ means resources that are specifically mentioned in the enabling leg-
islation for that field unit or other resource value recognized under Fed-
eral statute. 
(3) QUARTERS.—The term ‘‘quarters’’ means quarters owned or leased 
by the Federal Government. 
(4) SEASONAL QUARTERS.—The term ‘‘seasonal quarters’’ means quar-
ters typically occupied by field employees who are hired on assignments 
of 6 months or less. 
§ 101332. General authority of Secretary 
(a) RENTAL HOUSING.—To enhance the ability of the Secretary, acting 
through the Director, to effectively manage System units, the Secretary may 
where necessary and justified— 
(1) make available employee housing, on or off land under the admin-
istrative jurisdiction of the Service; and 
(2) rent that housing to field employees at rates based on the reason-
able value of the housing in accordance with requirements applicable 
under section 5911 of title 5. 
(b) JOINT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may use authorities 
granted by statute in combination with one another in the furtherance of pro-
viding where necessary and justified affordable field employee housing. 
(c) CONSTRUCTION LIMITATIONS ON FEDERAL LAND.—The Secretary may 
not utilize any land for the purposes of providing field employee housing 
under this subchapter that will affect a primary resource value of the area 
or adversely affect the mission of the Service. 
(d) RENTAL RATES.—To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall estab-
lish rental rates for all quarters occupied by field employees of the Service 
that are based on the reasonable value of the quarters in accordance with re-
quirements applicable under section 5911 of title 5. 
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