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54 U.S.C. § 320102 — Powers and duties of Secretary

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54 U.S.C. § 320102 — Powers and duties of Secretary

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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary, acting through the Director, for the purpose of effectuating the policy expressed in [section 320101 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section320101&num=0&edition=prelim), has the powers and shall perform the duties set out in this section. **(b) Preservation of Data.—** The Secretary shall secure, collate, and preserve drawings, plans, photographs, and other data of historic and archeologic sites, buildings, and objects. **(c) Survey.—** The Secretary shall make a survey of historic and archeologic sites, buildings, and objects for the purpose of determining which possess exceptional value as commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States. **(d) Investigations and Researches.—** The Secretary shall make necessary investigations and researches in the United States relating to particular sites, buildings, and objects to obtain accurate historical and archeological facts and information concerning the sites, buildings, and objects. **(e) Acquisition of Property.—** The Secretary may, for the purpose of this chapter, acquire in the name of the United States by gift, purchase, or otherwise any property, personal or real, or any interest or estate in property, title to any real property to be satisfactory to the Secretary. Property that is owned by any religious or educational institution or that is owned or administered for the benefit of the public shall not be acquired without the consent of the owner. No property shall be acquired or contract or agreement for the acquisition of the property made that will obligate the general fund of the Treasury for the payment of the property, unless Congress has appropriated money that is available for that purpose. **(f) Contracts and Cooperative Agreements.—** The Secretary may contract and make cooperative agreements with States, municipal subdivisions, corporations, associations, or individuals, with proper bond where considered advisable, to protect, preserve, maintain, or operate any historic or archeologic building, site, or object, or property used in connection with the building, site, or object, for public use, regardless whether the title to the building, site, object, or property is in the United States. No contract or cooperative agreement shall be made or entered into that will obligate the general fund of the Treasury unless or until Congress has appropriated money for that purpose. **(g) Protection of Sites, Buildings, Objects, and Property.—** The Secretary shall restore, reconstruct, rehabilitate, preserve, and maintain historic or prehistoric sites, buildings, objects, and property of national historical or archeological significance and where considered desirable establish and maintain museums in connection with the sites, buildings, objects, and property. **(h) Tablets To Mark or Commemorate Places and Events.—** The Secretary shall erect and maintain tablets to mark or commemorate historic or prehistoric places and events of national historical or archeological significance. **(i) Operation for Benefit of Public.—** The Secretary may operate and manage historic and archeologic sites, buildings, and property acquired under this chapter together with land and subordinate buildings for the benefit of the public and may charge reasonable visitation fees and grant concessions, leases, or permits for the use of land, building space, roads, or trails when necessary or desirable either to accommodate the public or to facilitate administration. The Secretary may grant those concessions, leases, or permits and enter into contracts relating to the contracts, leases, or permits with responsible persons, firms, or corporations without advertising and without securing competitive bids. **(j) Corporation To Carry Out Duties.—** When the Secretary determines that it would be administratively burdensome to restore, reconstruct, operate, or maintain any particular historic or archeologic site, building, or property donated to the United States through the Service, the Secretary may cause the restoration, reconstruction, operation, or maintenance to be done by organizing a corporation for that purpose under the laws of the District of Columbia or any State. **(k) Educational Program and Service.—** The Secretary shall develop an educational program and service for the purpose of making available to the public information pertaining to American historic and archeologic sites, buildings, and properties of national significance. Reasonable charges may be made for the dissemination of any such information. **(l) Actions and Regulations Necessary To Carry Out Chapter.—** The Secretary shall perform any and all acts and make regulations not inconsistent with this chapter that may be necessary and proper to carry out this chapter.

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54 U.S.C. § 320101 — Declaration of national policy

It is declared that it is a national policy to preserve for public use historic sites, buildings, and objects of national significance for the inspiration and benefit of the people of the United States.

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16 U.S.C. § 410eee — Findings and purposes

**(a) Findings** Congress finds that— (1) in 1946, Secretary of the Interior J.A. Krug, by means of the authority granted the Secretary of the Interior under [section 1866(a) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1866/a&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 320102 of title 54](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section320102&num=0&edition=prelim), established the Adams Mansion National Historic Site, located in Quincy, Massachusetts; (2) in 1952, Acting Secretary of the Interior Vernon D. Northrup enlarged the site and renamed it the Adams National Historic Site, using the Secretary’s authority as provided in the Historic Sites Act; 11 See References in Text note below. (3) in 1972, Congress, through Public Law 92–272, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to add approximately 3.68 acres at Adams National Historic Site; (4) in 1978, Congress, through Public Law 95–625, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to accept by conveyance the birthplaces of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, both in Quincy, Massachusetts, to be managed as part of the Adams National Historic Site; (5) in 1980, Congress, through Public Law 96–435, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to accept the conveyance of the United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, the burial place of John Adams, Abigail Adams, and John Quincy Adams and his wife, to be administered as part of the Adams National Historic Site; (6) the actions taken by past Secretaries of the Interior and past Congresses to preserve for the benefit, education and inspiration of present and future generations of Americans the home, property, birthplaces and burial site of John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Abigail Adams, have resulted i

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16 U.S.C. § 410kkkk — Boundary Revision of Salem Maritime National Historic Site 11 See Redesignation of Salem Maritime National Historic Site note below.

**(a) Boundary revision** The Salem Maritime National Historic Site 1 (hereafter in this section referred to as the “national historic site”), designated on March 17, 1938, under section 2 of the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666), and located in Salem, Massachusetts, shall consist of lands and interests in lands as generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Salem, Massachusetts”, numbered 373–80,011, and dated April 1987. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. **(b) Acquisition of lands** (1) The Secretary of the Interior may acquire lands or interests therein within the boundary of the national historic site 1 by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. Any lands or interests in lands owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation. Lands and interests therein acquired pursuant to this section shall become part of the national historic site 1 and shall be subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the national historic site.1 (2) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary may acquire under this subsection property or an interest therein in the city of Salem for use as a visitor center or the national historic site.1 The Secretary shall conduct an economic analysis of the costs and benefits of acquiring such property or interest therein. Funds appropriated for the development and operation of the visitor center may be expended on property in which the Secretary has acquired less than a fee simple interest. (B) (i) Any acquisition under this paragraph shall provide that— (I) under any lease, the lea

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16 U.S.C. § 462 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272

### Statutory Notes Section, act Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 593, § 2, 49 Stat. 666; Pub. L. 89–249, § 8, Oct. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 971, related to administration by Secretary of the Interior. See [section 1866(a) of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1866/a&num=0&edition=prelim), Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and [section 320102 of Title 54](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section320102&num=0&edition=prelim), National Park Service and Related Programs.

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54 U.S.C. § 320106 — Limitation on obligation or expenditure of appropriated amounts

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary to carry out subsection (f) or (g) of [section 320102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section320102&num=0&edition=prelim) may be obligated or expended— (1) unless the appropriation of the funds has been specifically authorized by law enacted on or after October 30, 1992; or (2) in excess of the amount prescribed by law enacted on or after October 30, 1992.

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54 U.S.C. § 320102 — Powers and duties of Secretary

Page 169 TITLE 54—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS § 320102 WHEREAS this coral reef is considered to be one of the most beautiful formations of its kind in the world; and WHEREAS the reef is being subjected to commercial exploitation and is in danger of destruction; and WHEREAS it is in the public interest to preserve this formation of great scientific and esthetic importance for the benefit and enjoyment of the people; and WHEREAS a portion of this reef lies inside the three- mile limit in the area relinquished to the State of Flor- ida by the United States through the Submerged Lands Act, approved May 22, 1953 (67 Stat. 29; 43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), and the remainder lies on the sea bed of the outer Continental Shelf outside the seaward boundary of the State of Florida and appertains to the United States, as declared by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, ap- proved August 7, 1953 (67 Stat. 462; 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.); and WHEREAS the United States and the State of Flor- ida are desirous of cooperating for the purpose of pre- serving the scenic and scientific values of this area unimpaired for the benefit of future generations; and WHEREAS by the terms of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act the United States has jurisdiction over the lands of the outer Continental Shelf and has the ex- clusive right to dispose of the natural resources of the sea bed and subsoil thereof; and WHEREAS section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [subsec. (a) of section 1341 of Title 43, Public Lands] authorizes the President to withdraw from disposition any of the unleased lands of the outer Continental Shelf; and WHEREAS section 5 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [section 1334 of Title 43] authorizes the Sec- retary of the Inte

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