A bill to authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the National Park System in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-1956
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-10-05
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia

Intergovernmental relations

Parks, recreation areas, trails

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-504.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill authorizes the District of Columbia and the National Park Service (NPS) to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of National Park System units in DC, including the design and construction of improvements.</p> <p>Such agreements may include terms and conditions relating to the allocation of responsibility between DC and the NPS and the payment of funds by the NPS and DC in support of such agreement. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1956 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 5, 2017 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the National Park System in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

1. Authorizing cooperative management agreements between District of Columbia and National Park Service for operation, maintenance, and management of units of the National Park System in the District of Columbia (a) Authorization The Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of the National Park Service may enter into cooperative management agreements under section 101703 of title 54, United States Code, for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the National Park System located in the District of Columbia, including the design and construction of improvements to such units. (b) Terms and conditions A cooperative management agreement entered into under this section may include such terms and conditions as may be agreed to by the Mayor and Director, including terms and conditions relating to— (1) the allocation of responsibility for the operation, maintenance, and management of a unit of the National Park System between the District of Columbia and the National Park Service; and (2) the payment of funds by the National Park Service and the District of Columbia in support of the agreement. (c) Relation to other laws (1) Treatment of District of Columbia as a State for purposes of cooperative management agreements under title 54 Section 101703 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Definition of State For the purposes of this section, the term State means each of the several States and the District of Columbia. . (2) Anti-Deficiency Act Nothing in subchapter III of chapter 13 or subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the Anti-Deficiency Act ) may be construed to prohibit the payment or use of funds by the District of Columbia or the National Park Service to carry out a cooperative management agreement entered into under this Act, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement. (3) District of Columbia Home Rule Act Nothing in section 602(a)(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–206.03(a)(3), D.C. Official Code) may be construed to prohibit the District of Columbia from operating, maintaining, or managing a unit of the National Park System in accordance with the terms and conditions of a cooperative management agreement entered into under this Act.