54 U.S.C. § 101901 — Utility services

Page 47 TITLE 54—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS § 101911 HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 101703 ......... 16 U.S.C. 1a–2 (mat- ter before (a)). Pub. L. 91–383, § 3 (matter before (a)), Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 826. 16 U.S.C. 1a–2(l). Pub. L. 91–383, § 3(l), as added Pub. L. 105–391, title VIII, § 802(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3523. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2025—Pub. L. 118–234 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to cooperative manage- ment agreements. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries AUTHORIZING COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE SEC- RETARY OF THE INTERIOR Pub. L. 116–9, title II, § 2403, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 747, provided that: ‘‘The Secretary [of the Interior] may enter into a cooperative management agreement with the District of Columbia in accordance with section 101703 of title 54, United States Code.’’ § 101704. Reimbursable agreements (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out work under reimbursable agreements with any State, local, or tribal government, the Secretary, without re- gard to any provision of law or a regulation— (1) may record obligations against accounts receivable from those governments; and (2) shall credit amounts received from those governments to the appropriate account. (b) WHEN AMOUNTS SHALL BE CREDITED.— Amounts shall be credited within 90 days of the date of the original request by the Service for payment. (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3137.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 101704 ......... 16 U.S.C. 1i. Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title I (proviso in last undesig- nated par. under heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVI- SIONS’’ under heading ‘‘NATIONAL PARK SERV- ICE’’), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 227. The words ‘‘Heretofore and hereafter’’ and ‘‘section 1341 of title 31 or’’ are omitted as unnecessary CHAPTER 1019—CONCESSIONS AND COMMERCIAL USE AUTHORIZATIONS SUBCHAPTER I—AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY Sec. 101901. Utility services. SUBCHAPTER II—COMMERCIAL VISITOR SERVICES 101911. Definitions. 101912. Findings and declaration of policy. 101913. Award of concession contracts. 101914. Term of concession contracts. 101915. Protection of concessioner investment. 101916. Reasonableness of rates and charges. 101917. Franchise fees. 101918. Transfer or conveyance of concession con- tracts or leasehold surrender interests. Sec. 101919. National Park Service Concessions Manage- ment Advisory Board. 101920. Contracting for services. 101921. Multiple contracts within a System unit. 101922. Use of nonmonetary consideration in conces- sion contracts. 101923. Recordkeeping requirements. 101924. Promotion of sale of Indian, Alaska Native, Native Samoan, and Native Hawaiian handicrafts. 101925. Commercial use authorizations. 101926. Regulations. Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Pub. L. 114–289, title VII, § 701, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1492, added subchapter III of this chapter without cor- responding amendment of chapter analysis. For anal- ysis of subchapter III, see table of sections set out pre- ceding section 101931 of this title. SUBCHAPTER I—AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY § 101901. Utility services To facilitate the administration of the Sys- tem, the Secretary, under such terms and condi- tions as the Secretary considers advisable, may furnish, on a reimbursement of appropriation basis, all types of utility services to conces- sioners, contractors, permittees, or other users of the services, within the System. The reim- bursements for cost of the services may be cred- ited to the appropriation current at the time re- imbursements are received. (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3137.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 101901 ......... 16 U.S.C. 1b (matter before (1)). Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 384, § 1 (mat- ter before (1)), (4), 67 Stat. 495; Pub. L. 91–383, § 2(a), Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 826. 16 U.S.C. 1b(4). The words ‘‘and he may use applicable appropriations for the aforesaid system for the following purposes’’ are omitted as unnecessary. SUBCHAPTER II—COMMERCIAL VISITOR SERVICES § 101911. Definitions In this subchapter: (1) ADVISORY BOARD.—The term ‘‘Advisory Board’’ means the National Park Service Con- cessions Management Advisory Board estab- lished under section 101919 of this title. (2) PREFERENTIAL RIGHT OF RENEWAL.—The term ‘‘preferential right of renewal’’ means the right of a concessioner, subject to a deter- mination by the Secretary that the facilities or services authorized by a prior contract con- tinue to be necessary and appropriate within the meaning of section 101912 of this title, to match the terms and conditions of any com- peting proposal that the Secretary determines to be the best proposal for a proposed new con- cession contract that authorizes the continu- ation of the facilities and services provided by the concessioner under its prior contract.