16 U.S.C. § 410jj–4 — Administration

(a) Laws governing The Secretary must run the park following three sources of law: the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535, the law creating the National Park Service), the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666), and the provisions of this Act. (b) Emergency, temporary, and interim activities; cooperative agreements; expenditures; rehabilitation projects (1) If a property owner approves, the Secretary may do urgent or emergency work to stabilize utilities and historic buildings on that owner's non-federal property within the park. The Secretary may also set up and use temporary office space there, and may run short-term interpretive programs and visitor services on that property. (2) The Secretary must try to make — and is allowed to make — cooperative agreements with owners of property inside the park. Under these agreements, the Secretary can preserve, protect, maintain, build, rebuild, develop, improve, and interpret sites, facilities, and resources that matter historically, naturally, architecturally, or culturally. Every agreement must last at least twenty years, though the parties can extend or change it by mutual consent. Each agreement must give the Secretary the right to enter the public parts of the property at reasonable times, for interpretation and other purposes. No changes can be made to the property except by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the owner. Each agreement must also say what happens if the owner ends it early: the owner then owes the United States the fair market value of any capital improvements built or placed on the property (valued as of the termination date) — or, if the Secretary chooses instead, the Secretary can remove those improvements within a reasonable time after termination. When an agreement expires normally, any improvements become the owner's property — unless the United States decides instead to remove them and restore the property to its natural state within a reasonable time. (3) Outside of the emergency and temporary work described in paragraph (1), the Secretary cannot spend money appropriated under this Act on non-federal property unless a cooperative agreement with the owner covers it. (4) The Secretary may stabilize and fix up structures or properties used for religious purposes, but only under two conditions: the property must be a real, essential part of the Kalaupapa settlement's historical character, and the work must be no more than what's needed to properly explain the settlement's nationally significant history to the public.