§ 407s. — Administration and operation of properties; use of funds; contracts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC407s]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LI--INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 407s. Administration and operation of properties; use of
funds; contracts
Following the acquisition by the Federal Government of properties
pursuant to this subchapter and until such time as the buildings thereon
are demolished or the properties and buildings thereon are devoted to
purposes of the Independence National Historical Park as provided
herein, the Secretary is authorized, with respect to the said
properties, to administer, operate, manage, lease, and maintain such
properties, and lease, demolish, or remove buildings, or space in
buildings thereon, in such manner as he shall consider to be in the
public interest. Any funds received from leasing the said properties,
buildings thereon, or space in buildings thereon, shall be deposited to
the credit of a special receipt account and expended for purposes of
operating, maintaining, and managing the said properties and demolishing
or removing the buildings thereon. The Secretary, in his discretion and
notwithstanding other requirements of law, may exercise and carry out
the functions authorized herein by entering into agreements or contracts
with public or private agencies, corporations, or persons, upon such
terms and conditions as he deems to be appropriate in carrying out the
purposes of this subchapter.
(June 28, 1948, ch. 687, Sec. 7, as added Oct. 26, 1951, ch. 574, 65
Stat. 644.)
