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123 STAT. 709
16 USC 460l–10a note.
APPROPRIATIONS
PUBLIC LAW 111–8—MAR. 11, 2009
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND (RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2009 by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con- servation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, $65,190,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended, of which $20,000,000 is for the State assistance program and of which $4,000,000 is available for grants, subject to a match by at least an equal amount, to States, regional entities, local communities, and the private sector for cost-shared fee simple acquisition of land or permanent, protec- tive interests in land, to preserve, conserve, and enhance nationally significant Civil War Battlefields: Provided, That of the unobligated balances under this heading for State Assistance, $1,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND (RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $1,300,000 are rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, without further appro- priation, for use at any unit within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to the extent that the benefiting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefiting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at the benefiting unit, in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability.
For fiscal year 2009 and hereafter, a willing seller from whom the Service acquires title to real property may be considered a ‘‘displaced person’’ for purposes of the Uniform Relocation Assist- ance and Real Property Acquisition Policy Act and its implementing regulations, whether or not the Service has the authority to acquire such property by eminent domain.
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Con- servation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 432), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 percent of
123 STAT. 710
42 USC 4601 note.

