,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #cbc  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#bhig  ,report ,no4 #aae-dcf1 ,parts ,i 
and ,,ii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of       
,,representatives  ,june #ac1 #bjag ,ms4
 ,norton introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,december #d1 #bjag ,reported from the  
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,december #e1 #bjag           
,additional sponsor3 ,mr4 ,bishop of    
,utah  ,december #e1 #bjag ,reported    
from the ,committee on ,natural         
,resources2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to authorize the ,mayor of the
 ,district of ,columbia and the         

,director of the ,national ,park        
,service to enter into cooperative      
management agreements for the operation1
 maintenance1 and management of units of
 the ,national ,park ,system in the     
,district of ,columbia1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,authorizing cooperative 
management agreements between ,district 
of ,columbia and ,national ,park        
,service for operation1 maintenance1 and
 management of units of the ,national   
,park ,system in the ,district of       
,columbia  7a7 ,authorization ,the      
,mayor of the ,district of ,columbia and
 the ,director of the ,national ,park   
,service may enter into cooperative     
management agreements under section     
#ajagjc of title #ed1 ,united ,states   
,code1 for the operation1 maintenance1  
and management of units of the ,national
 ,park ,system located in the ,district 
of ,columbia1 including the design and  
construction of improvements to such    
units4  7b7 ,terms and conditions ,a    
cooperative management agreement entered

 into under this section may include    
such terms and conditions as may be     
agreed to by the ,mayor and ,director1  
including terms and conditions relating 
to--  7#a7 the allocation of            
responsibility for the operation1       
maintenance1 and management of a unit of
 the ,national ,park ,system between the
 ,district of ,columbia and the         
,national ,park ,service2 and  7#b7 the 
payment of funds by the ,national ,park 
,service and the ,district of ,columbia 
in support of the agreement4  7c7       
,relation to other laws  7#a7 ,treatment
 of ,district of ,columbia as a ,state  
for purposes of cooperative management  
agreements under title #ed ,section     
#ajagjc of title #ed1 ,united ,states   
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7d7 ,definition of      
,state ,for the purposes of this        
section1 the term ,state means each of  
the several ,states and the ,district of
 ,columbia4  4  7#b7 ,anti-,deficiency  
,act ,nothing in subchapter ,,iii of    

chapter #ac or subchapter ,,ii of       
chapter #ae of title #ca1 ,united       
,states ,code 7commonly known as the    
,anti-,deficiency ,act7 may be construed
 to prohibit the payment or use of funds
 by the ,district of ,columbia or the   
,national ,park ,service to carry out a 
cooperative management agreement entered
 into under this ,act1 in accordance    
with the terms and conditions of the    
agreement4  7#c7 ,district of ,columbia 
,home ,rule ,act ,nothing in section    
#fjb7;a77#c7 of the ,district of        
,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 7sec4        
#a-bjf4jc7;a77#c71 ,d4,c4 ,official     
,code7 may be construed to prohibit the 
,district of ,columbia from operating1  
maintaining1 or managing a unit of the  
,national ,park ,system in accordance   
with the terms and conditions of a      
cooperative management agreement entered
 into under this ,act4  ,december #e1   
#bjag ,committed to the ,committee of   
the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the  
,union and ordered to be printed