12 2 STA T .7 7 6PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 22 9—M A Y8, 2008 ‘ ‘ (b)AGRE E M E NTS.—Tocar r y o uts ubs e ct i o n (a) , ina dm in - isterin g t h e intermoda l trans p ortation center, the S ecretary may enter into interagency agreements w ith other F ederal agencies, and, notwithstanding chapter 63 o f title 3 1 , U nited States C ode, cooperati v e agreements, under appropriate terms and conditions, with State and local agencies, and nonprofit organi z ations— ‘‘(1) to provide e x hibits, interpretive services (including employing individuals to provide such services), and technical assistance
‘‘( 2 ) to conduct activities that facilitate the dissemination of information relating to the P ar k and the I sland E xplorer transit system or any successor transit system; ‘‘(3) to provide financial assistance for the construction of the intermodal transportation center in exchange for space in the center that is sufficient to interpret the Park; and ‘‘( 4 ) to assist with the operation and maintenance of the intermodal transportation center. ‘‘(c) A U T HO R IZA TION O F A P PROPRIATIONS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERA L .—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than 4 0 percent of the total cost necessary to carry out this section (including planning, design and construction of the intermodal transportation center). ‘‘(2) O PERATIONS AN D MAINTENAN C E.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than 85 percent of the total cost necessary to maintain and operate the inter- modal transportation center. ’ ’. Subti t leC— Stu d ie sSEC.321 . NATIO NA LP A RK S Y STE M SPECIAL RESO U RCE STU D Y , NE W TONIA CI V IL WAR B ATTLE F IELDS, MISSOURI. (a) SPECIAL R ESOURCE STUD Y .—The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a special resource study relating to the First B attle of N ewtonia in Newton County, M issouri, which occurred on Sep- tember 30, 1862, and the Second Battle of Newtonia, which occurred on October 28, 1864, during the Missouri Expedition of Confederate G eneral Sterling Price in September and October 1864. (b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) evaluate the national significance of the Newtonia battlefields and their related sites; (2) consider the findings and recommendations contained in the document entitled ‘‘ V ision Plan for Newtonia Battlefield Preservation’’ and dated J une 2004, which was prepared by the Newtonia Battlefields Protection Association; (3) evaluate the suitability and feasibility of adding the battlefields and related sites as part of W ilson’s Creek National Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related sites as a unit of the National Park System; (4) analyze the potential impact that the inclusion of the battlefields and related sites as part of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield or their designation as a unit of the National Park System is likely to have on land within or bordering the battle- fields and related sites that is privately owned at the time of the study is conducted;
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