16 U.S.C. § 430f–10 — Park management and administration

(a) In general. The Secretary must run the Unit — the Corinth Unit of Shiloh National Military Park — following sections 430f–6 through 430f–12 of this title, and the general laws that apply to all National Park System units. That includes (1) the 1916 law that created the National Park Service, and (2) the 1935 law about preserving historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities. (b) Duties. Under section 430f–5, the Secretary must (1) explain to visitors and the public the Siege and Battle of Corinth and other Civil War fighting in and around Corinth, showing how the 1862 siege and battle fit into the wider Civil War and American history; and (2) find and preserve surviving features from the Civil War era in and around Corinth, covering both military and civilian history, including (A) how railroads were used in the war, (B) the story of the Corinth contraband camp, and (C) how armies built field fortifications as a war tactic. (c) Cooperative agreements. (1) To carry out sections 430f–6 through 430f–12, the Secretary may make cooperative agreements with public and private groups, including (A) colleges and universities, (B) historical societies, (C) state and local agencies, and (D) nonprofit organizations. (2) The Secretary may also give technical assistance to help develop shared land-use strategies and to help conserve the Unit's historic, cultural, natural, and scenic resources — but only to people or groups already working to protect, interpret, or commemorate historically important Civil War resources in the Corinth area. That assistance can go to (A) the State of Mississippi (and its local subdivisions), (B) the State of Tennessee (and its local subdivisions), (C) any governmental entity, (D) any nonprofit organization, and (E) private property owners. (d) Resources outside the Unit. Nothing in the technical-assistance power described in (c)(2) lets the Secretary own or manage any resource that is outside the Unit itself.