Title: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish, develop, improve, operate, and maintain the Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run in Fairfax County, Virginia, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to establish and operate the Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run in Fairfax County, Virginia, as a park to serve as a living history museum and for educational programs and recreational use.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5201 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5201

   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish, develop, 
improve, operate, and maintain the Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey 
        Run in Fairfax County, Virginia, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2018

Mrs. Comstock introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish, develop, 
improve, operate, and maintain the Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey 
        Run in Fairfax County, Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF CLAUDE MOORE COLONIAL FARM AT TURKEY RUN.

    For the purpose of establishing and continuing in the National 
Capital area a park as a living history museum and for educational 
programs, and recreational use in connection therewith, the Secretary 
is authorized to establish, develop, improve, operate, and maintain the 
Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run in Fairfax County, Virginia. 
The Park shall continue to encompass the property located at 6310 
Georgetown Pike, McLean, Virginia, and including the surrounding 
property owned by the National Park Service, George Washington Memorial 
Parkway, and shall encompass such additional lands or interests therein 
as the Secretary may acquire for purposes of the Park.

SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION.

    The Secretary shall administer the Park in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act and subtitle I of title 54, United States Code, 
except that any laws, rules, or regulations that are applicable solely 
to units of the National Park System that are designated as a 
``National Park'' shall not apply to the Park.

SEC. 3. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH FOUNDATION FOR PRESENTATION OF 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Terms and Conditions for Federal Assistance.--The Secretary--
            (1) shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the 
        Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm respecting the continued 
        operation of the Park and at such other area or areas as may be 
        agreed by the Secretary and the Friends of Claude Moore 
        Colonial Farm; and
            (2) may provide technical and financial assistance under 
        such a cooperative agreement for such purposes, pursuant to 
        such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate.
    (b) Prerequisite Conditions.--As a condition of entering into a 
cooperative agreement under this section, the Secretary shall require 
that the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm maintain--
            (1) public and employee liability insurance in such amounts 
        and containing such terms and conditions as are satisfactory to 
        the Secretary; and
            (2) its status as an organization described in section 
        501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
        taxation under section 501(a) of that code.
    (c) Required Terms and Conditions; Contractual Authority for 
Administration Through Nonconflicting Agreement With Other Organization 
or Entity.--A cooperative agreement under this section shall contain 
such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate and shall 
provide that--
            (1) the Secretary and the Comptroller General, or their 
        duly authorized representatives, shall have reasonable access, 
        until the expiration of five calendar years after the close of 
        the applicable business year, to any pertinent books, 
        documents, papers, and records of the Friends of Claude Moore 
        Colonial Farm to make audits, examinations, excerpts, and 
        transcripts;
            (2) the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm shall prepare 
        an annual report to the Secretary, which shall also be 
        submitted to the appropriate committees of the United States 
        House of Representatives and the United States Senate, 
        summarizing the activities of the previous year (together with 
        a comparison of goals and objectives with actual 
        accomplishments) and presenting a plan for the forthcoming 
        year;
            (3) such cooperative agreement may be terminated at the 
        convenience of the United States if the Secretary determines 
        that such termination is required in the public interest; and
            (4) the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm will maintain 
        accounts for its activities and programs outside of the Park 
        separate from the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm 
        accounts any activities and programs presented at the Park.
    (d) Additional Terms.--Until a cooperative agreement is entered 
into under this section, nothing in this section shall be construed to 
affect or impair the validity of the agreement between the National 
Park Service and the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm dated June 
5, 1981, as amended and supplemented. Such agreement shall remain in 
force and effect until terminated under the terms and conditions 
thereof or until a cooperative agreement is entered into under this 
section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the 
authority of the Secretary under any other provision of law to enter 
into a contract or an agreement, not conflicting with the cooperative 
agreement described in this section, with any other organization or 
entity with respect to the administration of the Park.
    (e) Vested Property of United States; Status of Foundation Friends 
of Claude Moore.--All right, title, and interest in the Park shall be 
vested in the United States. Nothing in this section shall be construed 
to provide that the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm shall be 
considered to be a Federal agency or instrumentality for purposes of 
applying any law or regulation of the United States or of any State.
    (f) Cooperation of Government Agencies.--The Secretary shall 
cooperate with, and seek cooperation from, other Federal, State, and 
local agencies (including the Federal Highway Administration and the 
Central Intelligence Agency) to--
            (1) protect the Park from undue noise intrusions, air 
        pollution, and visual degradation;
            (2) provide law enforcement and traffic control in the 
        Park, and undertake to enforce, as the Secretary deems 
        appropriate, all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to 
        the conduct of persons in the Park; and
            (3) protect the Park from any undue noise or physical 
        intrusions associated with Central Intelligence Agency 
        activities.
    (g) General Management Plan; Preparation and Revision; Submittal to 
Congressional Committees.--The Director of the National Park Service 
shall--
            (1) prepare and periodically revise a general management 
        plan for the Park in a timely manner in accordance with the 
        provisions of section 100502 of title 54, United States Code; 
        and
            (2) submit the plan and revisions prepared under paragraph 
        (a) to the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
        Natural Resources of the United States Senate in a timely 
        manner.
    (h) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
            (1) Friends of claude moore colonial farm.--The term 
        ``Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm'' means The Friends of 
        Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run, Inc.
            (2) Park.--The term ``Park'' means The Claude Moore 
        Colonial Farm at Turkey Run established under this Act.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
    (i) References.--
            (1) By federal employees.--The Secretary, any other Federal 
        employee, and any employee of the Friends of Claude Moore 
        Colonial Farm, with respect to any reference to the Park in any 
        map, publication, sign, notice, or other official document or 
        communication of the Federal Government or Foundation shall 
        refer to the Park as the ``Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey 
        Run''.
            (2) Other signs and notices.--Any directional or official 
        sign or notice pertaining to the park shall refer to the Park 
        as the ``Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run''.
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