{"identifier":"/us/usc/t54/s101701","title":54,"num":"\u00a7\u202f101701.","heading":"Challenge cost-share agreement authority","text":"\u00a7\u202f101701.\nChallenge cost-share agreement authority\n(a)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section:\n(1)\nChallenge cost-share agreement.\u2014\nThe term \u201cchallenge cost-share agreement\u201d means any agreement entered into between the Secretary and any cooperator for the purpose of sharing costs or services in carrying out authorized functions and responsibilities of the Secretary with respect to any System unit or System program, any affiliated area, or any designated national scenic trail or national historic trail.\n(2)\nCooperator.\u2014\nThe term \u201ccooperator\u201d means any State or local government, public or private agency, organization, institution, corporation, individual, or other entity.\n(b)\nAuthority To Enter Into Challenge Cost-Share Agreements.\u2014\nThe Secretary may negotiate and enter into challenge cost-share agreements with cooperators.\n(c)\nSource of Federal Share.\u2014\nIn carrying out challenge cost-share agreements, the Secretary may provide the Federal funding share from any funds available to the Service.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t54/s101701.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101701","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f101701."},{"t":"heading","text":"Challenge cost-share agreement authority"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101701/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101701/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Challenge cost-share agreement.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cchallenge cost-share agreement\u201d means any agreement entered into between the Secretary and any cooperator for the purpose of sharing costs or services in carrying out authorized functions and responsibilities of the Secretary with respect to any System unit or System program, any affiliated area, or any designated national scenic trail or national historic trail.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101701/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Cooperator.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201ccooperator\u201d means any State or local government, public or private agency, organization, institution, corporation, individual, or other entity.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101701/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authority To Enter Into Challenge Cost-Share Agreements.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The Secretary may negotiate and enter into challenge cost-share agreements with cooperators.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101701/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Source of Federal Share.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"In carrying out challenge cost-share agreements, the Secretary may provide the Federal funding share from any funds available to the Service.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}