16 U.S.C. § 460bbb–9 — State and local jurisdiction and assistance

(a) State and local jurisdiction: Nothing in this subchapter diminishes, enlarges, or modifies any right of California, or its political subdivisions, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction, carry out state fish and game laws, tax persons, franchises, or private property within the recreation area, or regulate the private lands within the recreation area. (b) Cooperative agreements: The Secretary is authorized and encouraged to enter into cooperative agreements with California or its political subdivisions for — (1) rendering, on a reimbursable basis, rescue, firefighting, and law enforcement services and cooperative assistance from nearby agencies; and (2) planning for the use, management, and development of non-federal land within the recreation area and elsewhere in the Smith River watershed, in furtherance of this subchapter's purposes. (c) Technical assistance: To help California and its political subdivisions develop and carry out programs compatible with this subchapter's purposes, the Secretary — in consultation with the Secretaries of the Interior, Commerce, and Housing and Urban Development — must consider providing technical assistance upon request, which may include payments or grants, within existing programs, for technical aid and program development. (d) Land information system: The Secretary of Agriculture must assist Del Norte County in developing a land information system compatible with Forest Service and National Park Service systems for federal land in the county, and with appropriate non-federal systems, making it available to federal and non-federal entities for coordinating planning for the recreation area and other land in the Smith River watershed.