A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to support facilities for National Historic Sites operated by the National Park Service, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1071
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-05-23
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property

Historic sites and heritage areas

Travel and tourism
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-93.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to make improvements to a support facility, including a visitor center, for a National Historic Site operated by the NPS if such project: (1) is conducted using amounts included in the budget of the NPS in effect on the date on which the project is authorized, (2) is subject to a 50% non-federal cost sharing requirement, and (3) is conducted in an area in which the NPS was authorized by law to establish such a facility. </p> <p>Allows the Secretary to operate and use all or part of a support facility, including a visitor center, for such a Site: (1) to carry out the duties associated with the operation and support of such Site, and (2) only in accordance with an agreement between the Secretary and the local government in which the facility is located.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1071 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 23, 2013 Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Bennet ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to support facilities for National Historic Sites operated by the National Park Service, and for other purposes.

1. Improvement, operation, and use of support facilities (a) Improvement The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (referred to in this Act as the Secretary ), may make improvements to a support facility, including a visitor center, for a National Historic Site operated by the National Park Service if the project— (1) is conducted using amounts included in the budget of the National Park Service in effect on the date on which the project is authorized; (2) is subject to a 50 percent non-Federal cost-sharing requirement; and (3) is conducted in an area in which the National Park Service was authorized by law in effect before the date of enactment of this Act to establish a support facility. (b) Operation and use The Secretary may operate and use all or part of a support facility, including a visitor center, for a National Historic Site operated by the National Park Service— (1) to carry out duties associated with operating and supporting the National Historic Site; and (2) only in accordance with an agreement between the Secretary and the unit of local government in which the support facility is located.