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110 STAT. 2804 PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 (1) exchanged for land owned by the State of New Mexico within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park System in the State of New Mexico; (2) transferred to the jurisdiction of any other Federal agency without monetary consideration; or (3) administered as public land. Subtitle D—Other Matters SEC. 2861. AUTHORITY TO GRANT EASEMENTS FOR RIGHTS-OF-WAY. (a) EASEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC POLES AND LINES AND FOR COMMUNICATIONS LINES AND FACILITIES. — Section 2668(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (9); (2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (13); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraphs: "(10) poles and lines for the transmission or distribution of electric power; "(11) poles and lines for the transmission or distribution of communications signals (including telephone and telegraph signals); "(12) structures and facilities for the transmission, reception, and relay of such signals; and". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. —Such section is further amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking out ", telephone lines, and telegraph lines,"; and (2) in paragraph (13), as redesignated by subsection (a)(2), by striking out "or by the Act of March 4, 1911 (43 U.S.C. 961)". SEC. 2862. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. (a) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2683 the following new section:

    • ^ 2684. Cooperative agreements for management of cultural

resources "(a) AUTHORITY. —The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may enter into a cooperative agreement with a State or local government or other entity for the preservation, management, maintenance, and improvement of cultural resources on military installations and for the conduct of research regarding the cultural resources. Activities under the cooperative agreement shall be subject to the availability of funds to carry out the cooperative agreement. " (b) APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS. —Section 1535 and chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, shall not apply to a cooperative agreement entered into under this section. "(c) CULTURAL RESOURCE DEFINED. — In this section, the term 'cultural resource' means any of the following: "(1) A building, structure, site, district, or object eligible for or included in the National Register of Historic Places