To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with any of the management partners of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.

Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 relating to the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area to permit the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) consult with and enter into cooperative agreements concerning the Recreation Area under the Act with any member of the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership; and (2) through such cooperative agreements between the Secretary and any Partnership member, acquire from and provide to such eligible entities goods and services for the construction of recreation area facilities or for any other purpose that is consistent with the purposes of the Recreation Area.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 316 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 316

 To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to 
   authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative 
  agreements with any of the management partners of the Boston Harbor 
       Islands National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2009

  Mr. Delahunt (for himself and Mr. Capuano) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to 
   authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative 
  agreements with any of the management partners of the Boston Harbor 
       Islands National Recreation Area, 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. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS NATIONAL 
              RECREATION AREA.

    Paragraph (3) of section 1029(d) of the Omnibus Parks and Public 
Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 460kkk(d)(3)) is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(3) Cooperative agreements.--The Secretary may consult 
        and enter into one or more cooperative agreements with the 
        Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any political subdivision 
        thereof or with any partnership entity named in subsection 
        (e)(2), to acquire from and provide to the Commonwealth of 
        Massachusetts or its political subdivisions, or any such 
        partnership entity, goods and services to be used in the 
        cooperative management of lands within the recreation area, for 
        construction of park facilities, or any other purpose 
        consistent with the purposes of the recreation area as stated 
        in subsection (a), if the Secretary determines that 
        appropriations or other funds for that purpose are available 
        and that the cooperative agreement is in the best interests of 
        the United States.''.
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