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104 STAT. 1172 PUBLIC LAW 101-485—OCT. 31, 1990 both as generally depicted on a map entitled "Land Ownership Map, Weir Farm Historic Site", Figure 5, dated October 1989, as contained in the National Park Service Weir Farm Suitability/Feasibility Study, February, 1990. Such map shall be on file and avaQable for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. SEC. 5. ACQUISITION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND SERVICES. (a) REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.—The Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase with donated or appropriated funds, the lands and improvements within the boundaries of the historic site, except that any such lands and improvements owned by the State of Connecticut may be acquired only by donation. The Secretary may also acquire by the same methods personal property associated with, and appropriate for, the interpretation of the historic site: Provided, That the Secretary may acquire works of art associated with the Weir family, J. Alden Weir, and other artists who lived at or visited the site only by donation or purchase with donated funds. (b) OTHER PROPERTY, FUNDS, AND SERVICES.—The Secretary is authorized to accept and use donated funds, property, and services to carry out this Act. SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF HISTORIC SITE. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall administer the historic site in accordance with this Act and the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including the Act entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national historic significance, and for other purposes", approved August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.), except that the Secretary shall take no action with respect to the 60 acres owned by the State of Connecticut within the boundaries of the historic site until such time as the State has transferred all right, title, and interests therein to the Secretary. (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. — (1) The Secretary may consult and enter into cooperative agreements with the Weir Farm Heritage Trust, the State of Connecticut, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and other organizations and groups in the development, presentation and funding of art exhibits, resident artist programs, and other appropriate activities related to the preservation, development, and use of the historic site. (2) The Secretary may consult and enter into cooperative agree- , ments with the Nature Conservancy and the towns of Ridgefield and Wilton for the purpose of coordinating activities on the historic site with activities on the Nature Conservancy's Weir Preserve and lands adjoining the historic site owned by the towns. (c) ExHiBiTS.The Secretary may ^play, and accept for the purpose of display, works of art associated with J, Alden Weir, the Weir Farm, and the American Impressionist movement, as may be necessary for the interpretation of the historic site. (d) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— Within 2 complete fiscal years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate a gen-