16 U.S.C. § 459h–4 — Administration of seashore; conservation and management of wildlife and natural resources; authority to designate areas as national historic sites; agreements

(a) Except where this group of sections says otherwise, the Secretary must run the Seashore under the general 1916 law that created the National Park Service. The Secretary can use any other legal power available for managing wildlife and natural resources, whenever that helps meet the Seashore's purposes. For several historic forts — Fort Redoubt, Fort San Carlos, and Fort Barrancas at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, Fort McRee on Perdido Key, and Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island — plus any nearby land the Secretary designates, the Secretary must manage them to recognize, preserve, and explain their historical importance, under the 1935 historic sites law, and may officially name them national historic sites. (b)(1) The Secretary may make agreements (A) with the State of Mississippi to manage resources, provide law enforcement help (if state law allows), and provide emergency services on Cat Island and in the buffer zone's water and submerged land; and (B) with the owners of the roughly 150-acre "Boddie Family Tract" on the Cat Island Map, about how that land is developed and used. (2) Nothing in this subsection lets the Secretary enforce federal rules outside the Seashore's official boundary.