..^=5S<" PUBLIC LAW 105-290—OCT. 27, 1998 112 STAT. 2783 (7) The National Historic Trails Foundation, Inc. has secured most of the $5,000,000 of non-Federal funding pledged by State and local governments and private interests pursuant to the cooperative agreement referred to in paragraph (4). (8) The Bureau of Land Management has completed the engineering and design phase of the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, and the National Historic Trails Foundation, Inc. is ready for Federal financial and technical assistance to construct the Center pursuant to the cooperative agreement referred to in paragraph (4). (b) PURPOSES.— The purposes of this Act are the following: (1) To recognize the importance of the historic trails that passed through the Casper, Wyoming, area as a distinctive aspect of American heritage worthy of interpretation.and preservation. (2) To assist the City of Casper, Wyoming, and the National Historic Trails Foundation, Inc. in establishing the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center to memorialize and interpret the significant role of those historic trails in the history of the United States. (3) To highlight and showcase the Bureau of Land Management's stews^rdship of public lands in Wyoming and the West. SEC. 2. NATIONAL mSTORIC TRAILS INTERPRETIVE CENTER. (a) ESTABLISHMENT. —The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (in this section referred to as the "Secretary"), shall establish in Casper, Wyoming, a center for the interpretation of the historic trails in the vicinity of Casper, including the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, the California Trail, and the Pony Express Trail, the Bridger Trail, the Bozeman Trail, and various Indian routes. The Center shall be known as the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (in this section referred to as the "Center"). (b) FACILITIES.— The Secretary, subject to the availability of appropriations, shall construct, operate, and maintain facilities for the Center— (1) on land provided by the City of Casper, Wyoming; (2) in cooperation with the City of Casper and the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Foundation, Inc. (a nonprofit corporation established under the laws of the State of Wyoming); and (3) in accordance with— (A) the Memorandum of Understanding entered into on March 4, 1993, by the city, the foundation, and the Wyoming State Director of the Bureau of Land Management; and (B) the cooperative agreement between th6 foundation and the Wyoming State Director of the Bureau of Land Management, numbered K910A97002(}. (c) DONATIONS.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may accept, retain, and expend donations of funds, property, or services from individuals, foundations, corporations, or public entities for the purpose of development and operation of the Center. (d) ENTRANCE FEE. —- Notwithstanding section 4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-6a), the Secretary may—
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