54 USC § 100703 - Cooperative study units

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title: "54 USC § 100703 - Cooperative study units"
title_number: 54
title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
section_number: "100703"
section_name: "Cooperative study units"
chapter_number: 1007
chapter_name: "RESOURCE MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SYSTEM RESOURCE INVENTORY AND MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3105.)"
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# § 100703. Cooperative study units

The Secretary shall enter into cooperative agreements with colleges and universities, including land grant schools, in partnership with other Federal and State agencies, to establish cooperative study units to conduct multi-disciplinary research and develop integrated information products on the resources of the System, or the larger region of which System units are a part.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3105.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 100703 | 16 U.S.C. 5933(a). | Pub. L. 105–391, title II, § 203(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3500. |