{"identifier":"/us/usc/t54/s101703","title":54,"num":"\u00a7\u202f101703.","heading":"Cooperative management agreements","text":"\u00a7\u202f101703.\nCooperative management agreements\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nTo facilitate the administration of the System, the Secretary, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers advisable, may enter into an agreement with an eligible entity managing lands and waters located near a System unit to provide for cooperative management of either a System unit or the lands and waters located near a System unit to promote more effective and efficient management of a System unit. The Secretary may not transfer administration responsibilities for any System unit under this paragraph.\n1\n1 So in original. Probably should be \u201cthis subsection\u201d.\n(b)\nProvision of Goods and Services.\u2014\n(1)\nIn general.\u2014\nUnder a cooperative management agreement, the Secretary may acquire by purchase, donation, or exchange from and provide to an eligible entity on a reimbursable basis goods and services to be used by the Secretary or the eligible entity in the cooperative management of land and waters.\n(2)\nRetention of funds.\u2014\nReimbursements received under this section may be credited to the appropriation current at the time reimbursements are received.\n(c)\nCo-location.\u2014\nUnder the cooperative management agreement, the Secretary and an eligible entity may co-locate in offices and facilities owned or leased by either party.\n(d)\nEmployees.\u2014\n(1)\nAssignment of employee.\u2014\nThe Secretary may arrange an assignment under\nsection 3372 of title 5\n(2)\nExtension of assignment.\u2014\nThe assignment provided in paragraph (1) may be extended for any period of time determined by the Secretary and the eligible entity to be mutually beneficial.\n(e)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section\u2014\n(1)\nEligible entity.\u2014\nThe term \u201celigible entity\u201d means a State or local entity or any political subdivision thereof, or an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization.\n(2)\nIndian tribe.\u2014\nThe term \u201cIndian Tribe\u201d has the meaning given the term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (\n25 U.S.C. 5304(e)\n(3)\nState.\u2014\nThe term \u201cState\u201d means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States.\n(4)\nTribal organization.\u2014\nThe term \u201cTribal organization\u201d has the meaning given the term in section 4(\nl\n25 U.S.C. 5304\n1","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t54/s101703.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f101703."},{"t":"heading","text":"Cooperative management agreements"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"To facilitate the administration of the System, the Secretary, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers advisable, may enter into an agreement with an eligible entity managing lands and waters located near a System unit to provide for cooperative management of either a System unit or the lands and waters located near a System unit to promote more effective and efficient management of a System unit. The Secretary may not transfer administration responsibilities for any System unit under this paragraph.","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201cthis subsection\u201d."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201cthis subsection\u201d."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Provision of Goods and Services.\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Under a cooperative management agreement, the Secretary may acquire by purchase, donation, or exchange from and provide to an eligible entity on a reimbursable basis goods and services to be used by the Secretary or the eligible entity in the cooperative management of land and waters.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Retention of funds.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Reimbursements received under this section may be credited to the appropriation current at the time reimbursements are received.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Co-location.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Under the cooperative management agreement, the Secretary and an eligible entity may co-locate in offices and facilities owned or leased by either party.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Employees.\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/d/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Assignment of employee.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The Secretary may arrange an assignment under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 3372 of title 5","href":"/us/usc/t5/s3372","tail":" of a Federal employee or an employee of an eligible entity as mutually agreed upon, for work on any Federal, State, local, or Tribal land."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/d/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Extension of assignment.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The assignment provided in paragraph (1) may be extended for any period of time determined by the Secretary and the eligible entity to be mutually beneficial.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/e/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Eligible entity.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201celigible entity\u201d means a State or local entity or any political subdivision thereof, or an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/e/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Indian tribe.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cIndian Tribe\u201d has the meaning given the term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"25 U.S.C. 5304(e)","href":"/us/usc/t25/s5304/e","tail":")."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/e/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"heading","text":"State.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cState\u201d means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t54/s101703/e/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Tribal organization.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cTribal organization\u201d has the meaning given the term in section 4(","children":[{"t":"text","text":"l","tail":") of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ("},{"t":"ref","text":"25 U.S.C. 5304","href":"/us/usc/t25/s5304","tail":"("},{"t":"text","text":"1","tail":"))."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}