16 U.S.C. § 284d — Cooperative agreement with Foundation for presentation of programs

(a) Terms and conditions. The Secretary must enter into a cooperative agreement with the Foundation covering performing-arts and related educational and cultural programs at the Center, and in other agreed-on parts of the park. Under this agreement, the Secretary can give the Foundation technical and financial help, on whatever terms the Secretary thinks are appropriate. (b) Prerequisite conditions. Before entering the agreement, the Secretary must require that: (1) the Foundation keep the insurance described in section 284c(c)(3); and (2) the Foundation keep its status as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization under title 26. (c) Required terms. The agreement must say that: (1) the Secretary and the Comptroller General (or their representatives) can access the Foundation's books, documents, and records to audit them; (2) the Foundation must send the Secretary — and Congress's relevant committees — an annual report comparing its goals to what it actually achieved, plus a plan for the coming year; (3) the United States can end the agreement whenever the Secretary decides that's in the public interest; and (4) the Foundation must keep its accounts for activities outside the Park separate from its accounts for performing-arts programs at the Center and other Park areas. The Secretary can add any other terms deemed appropriate. Until a new agreement under this section is signed, the existing September 16, 1980 agreement between the National Park Service and the Foundation stays valid and in force — it isn't affected by this section. That old agreement stays in effect until it's ended under its own terms or replaced by a new agreement under this section. This section also doesn't limit the Secretary's other legal authority to make separate agreements — as long as they don't conflict with the cooperative agreement — with other organizations about running the park.