16 U.S.C. § 424c — Moccasin Bend National Archeological District

(a) Short title. This section may be called the "Moccasin Bend National Archeological District Act." (b) Definitions. "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. "Archeological district" means the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District. "State" means Tennessee. "Map" means the map titled "Boundary Map Moccasin Bend National Archeological District," numbered 301/80098, dated September 2002. (c) Establishment. (1) To preserve, protect, and explain the historically important archeological and historic sites on the Moccasin Bend peninsula in Tennessee, this section creates the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District as a unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. (2) The district covers about 780 acres, generally shown on the Map. The Map is kept on file and open for public viewing at National Park Service offices. (3) The Secretary may get land and land interests inside the district's outer boundary by donation, by purchase from willing sellers using donated or appropriated money, or by exchange. But state-, county-, and city-owned land can only be gotten by donation. To connect parts of the district that, as of February 20, 2003, aren't touching each other, the Secretary may also get access easements by donation, purchase from willing owners with donated or appropriated money, or exchange. (d) Administration. (1) The Secretary runs the district under this section, under the laws that apply to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, and under the laws that generally apply to National Park System units. (2) The Secretary may consult and sign cooperative agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes with cultural ties to the area, government bodies, and interested people, to restore, preserve, develop, explain, and use the district. (3) The Secretary may set up and run a visitor center in the district to explain its historical themes and cultural resources. (4) Within 3 years after this section gets funding, the Secretary must write a general management plan. That plan must describe how to properly protect and preserve the district's natural, cultural, and scenic resources, plan for visitor use, and guide facility development — all while making sure private landowners can still reach their own property.