16 U.S.C. § 410lll — Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, New Jersey

(a) Definitions This section defines eight terms. "City" means the City of Paterson, New Jersey. "Commission" means the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Advisory Commission, created in subsection (e)(1). "Historic District" means the Great Falls Historic District in New Jersey. "Management plan" means the plan for the Park developed under subsection (d). "Map" means the map titled "Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park-Proposed Boundary," numbered T03/80,001 and dated May 2008. "Park" means the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park established by subsection (b)(1)(A). "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. "State" means the State of New Jersey. (b) Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park (1) Establishment — This subsection creates a new unit of the National Park System in New Jersey, called the "Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park." But it doesn't exist yet just because this law says so — the Park can't actually be established until the Secretary determines that two separate conditions are both met. First, either the Secretary has already acquired enough land or land interests to make a workable unit, or the State or City has signed a written agreement to donate the Great Falls State Park (including its administration and visitor-service facilities) or an agreed-upon part of it. Second, the Secretary must have signed a written agreement with the State, City, or another public entity, guaranteeing that publicly owned land inside the Historic District will be managed consistent with this section, and that future uses of land in the Historic District will fit with the Park's designation. (2) Purpose — The Park exists to preserve and explain, for both today's and future generations, the historical, cultural, and natural resources tied to the Historic District. (3) Boundaries — The Park includes several sites shown on the Map: the upper, middle, and lower raceways; Mary Ellen Kramer (Great Falls) Park and the City land next to it; part of Upper Raceway Park, including the Ivanhoe Wheelhouse and the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures Gatehouse; Overlook Park and adjacent land, including the Society's Hydroelectric Plant and Administration Building; the Allied Textile Printing site, including the ruins of the Colt Gun Mill, Mallory Mill, Waverly Mill, and Todd Mill; the Rogers Locomotive Company Erecting Shop, including the Paterson Museum; and the Great Falls Visitor Center. Beyond that, the Park also includes about 6 acres containing Hinchliffe Stadium, shown as the "Boundary Modification Area" on a separate 2015 map. That stadium land is managed as part of the Park under subsection (c)(1) and section 3 of the Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act. (4) Availability of map — Both maps are kept on file at National Park Service offices for public viewing. (5) Publication of notice — Once both conditions in paragraph (1)(B) are satisfied, the Secretary has 60 days to publish notice in the Federal Register announcing the Park's establishment, including an official boundary map. (c) Administration (1) In general — The Secretary manages the Park under this section and under the laws generally applicable to National Park System units, including the National Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). (2) State and local jurisdiction — Nothing in this section adds to, takes away, or changes any authority the State or its political subdivisions (including the City) already have — either to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction, or to enforce state laws and rules on non-federal land inside the Park's boundary. (3) Cooperative agreements — The Secretary may make cooperative agreements with the owner of the Great Falls Visitor Center or of other nationally significant properties in the Park, to identify, interpret, restore, and technically assist in preserving those properties. Every such agreement must give the Secretary — acting through the Director of the National Park Service — the right to enter the public parts of the property at all reasonable times, to guide visitors through it and interpret it for the public. No changes can be made to a covered property unless the Secretary and the property owner both agree. Every payment the Secretary makes under such an agreement comes with a condition: if the property is later converted, used, or disposed of for purposes the Secretary determines go against this section, the United States can demand repayment. That repayment equals whichever is larger — the amount the United States originally provided, or the share of the property's increased value that came from that funding. As a further condition of getting funds under a cooperative agreement, every federal dollar must be matched by one non-federal dollar; with the Secretary's approval, that non-federal share can be donated property, goods, or services instead of cash. (4) Acquisition of land — Generally, the Secretary may acquire land or land interests within the Park's boundary by donation, by purchase from a willing seller (using donated or government money), or by exchange. Land owned by the State or one of its political subdivisions can only be acquired by donation. And Hinchliffe Stadium gets special treatment: the Secretary can never acquire full ownership of it, but may acquire a preservation easement there if doing so would help protect the stadium. (5) Technical assistance and public interpretation — The Secretary may also give technical assistance and public interpretation for other historic and cultural resources within the Historic District, even beyond the Park's own boundary. (d) Management plan (1) In general — Within 3 fiscal years after funding becomes available, the Secretary, working with the Commission, must finish a management plan for the Park. The plan must follow section 100502 of title 54 and any other applicable laws. (2) Cost share — The plan must spell out how the costs of necessary capital improvements, maintenance, and operations will be split among the federal government, the State, the City, and other public or private entities or individuals. (3) Submission to Congress — Once finished, the Secretary sends the plan to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources. (e) Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Advisory Commission This subsection creates the Commission and spells out how it works. Its job is to advise the Secretary on writing and carrying out the management plan. It has 9 members, all appointed by the Secretary: 4 chosen after considering the Governor's recommendations, 2 after considering the Paterson City Council's recommendations, 1 after considering the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders' recommendations, and 2 chosen for their experience with national parks and historic preservation. The Secretary must appoint the first members within 30 days of receiving all the recommendations, or within 30 days of the Park's establishment — whichever comes first. Each member serves a 3-year term and may be reappointed only once. Vacancies are filled the same way as the original appointment. The Commission meets when its Chairperson calls a meeting, or when a majority of members do. A majority of members makes a quorum. The Commission picks its own Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among its members; the Vice Chairperson fills in when the Chair is absent, and nobody can serve more than one year in either office at a time. Members aren't paid, but they can be reimbursed for travel expenses, including a daily allowance, using the standard federal rate for occasional government service. The Secretary must give the Commission whatever staff and technical help the Secretary — after talking with the Commission — thinks is appropriate, and may accept staff loaned from the State, its political subdivisions, or any entity represented on the Commission. One provision of a related open-meetings law does not apply to this Commission. The Commission automatically ends 10 years after March 30, 2009. (f) Study of Hinchliffe Stadium Within 3 fiscal years after funding becomes available, the Secretary must complete a study on preserving and interpreting Hinchliffe Stadium, which is already listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The study must look at whether the stadium could be listed as a National Historic Landmark, and at options for keeping its historic character intact. (g) Authorization of appropriations Congress authorizes whatever money is necessary to carry out this section.