16 USC § 230c - Cooperative agreements; specific provisions

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title: "16 USC § 230c - Cooperative agreements; specific provisions"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "230c"
section_name: "Cooperative agreements; specific provisions"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XXV"
subchapter_name: "JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND PRESERVE"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Generally"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–625, title IX, § 904, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3536; Pub. L. 96–87, title IV, § 401(q)(2), Oct. 12, 1979, 93 Stat. 666.)"
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# 1 Cooperative agreements; specific provisions

See References in Text note below.

section 230f of this title[^1]section 230 of this titlesection 230e of this title

In furtherance of the purposes of this part, and after consultation with the Commission created by , the Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the owners of properties of natural, historical, or cultural significance, including but not limited to the resources described in paragraphs (1) through (5)  of , pursuant to which the Secretary may mark, interpret, restore and/or provide technical assistance for the preservation and interpretation of such properties, and pursuant to which the Secretary may provide assistance including management services, program implementation, and incremental financial assistance in furtherance of the standards for administration of the park pursuant to . Such agreements shall contain, but need not be limited to, provisions that the Secretary, through the National Park Service, shall have the right of access at all reasonable times to all public portions of the property covered by such agreement for the purpose of conducting visitors through such properties and interpreting them to the public, and that no changes or alterations shall be made in such properties except by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the other parties to such agreements. The agreements may contain specific provisions which outline in detail the extent of the participation by the Secretary in the restoration, preservation, interpretation, and maintenance of such properties.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–625, title IX, § 904, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3536; Pub. L. 96–87, title IV, § 401(q)(2), Oct. 12, 1979, 93 Stat. 666.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Paragraphs (4) and (5) of , included within the reference in text to paragraphs (1) through (5) of , were redesignated paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively, of , and a new paragraph (4) was added, by , , .

### Amendments

1979— substituted reference to “” for reference to “” in the original. Since “” had already been translated as “” as the probable intent of Congress the substitution of “907” for “7” required no change in text as set out in this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see , set out as a note under .