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123 STAT. 723
APPROPRIATIONS
PUBLIC LAW 111–8—MAR. 11, 2009
New York. New Jersey. Contracts.
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and maintaining facili- ties in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other agree- ments for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable.
SEC. 111. Title 43 U.S.C. 1473, as amended by Public Law 110–161, is further amended by deleting the phrase ‘‘in fiscal year 2008 only’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 only’’.
SEC. 112. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of the Interior may be used, in relation to any proposal to store water for the purpose of export, for approval of any right-of-way or similar authorization on the Mojave National Preserve or lands managed by the Needles Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, or for carrying out any activities associated with such right-of-way or similar approval.
SEC. 113. The Secretary of the Interior may enter into coopera- tive agreements with a State or political subdivision (including any agency thereof), or any not-for-profit organization if the agree- ment will: (1) serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs administered by the Department of the Interior; and (2) all parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of these objectives. At the discretion of the Secretary, such agreements shall not be subject to a competitive process.
SEC. 114. Funds provided in this Act for Federal land acquisi- tion by the National Park Service for Shenandoah Valley Battle- fields National Historic District and Ice Age National Scenic Trail may be used for a grant to a State, a local government, or any other land management entity for the acquisition of lands without regard to any restriction on the use of Federal land acquisition funds provided through the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 as amended.
SEC. 115. Sections 109 and 110 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (30 U.S.C. 1719 and 1720) shall apply to any lease authorizing exploration for or development of coal, any other solid mineral, or any geothermal resource on any Federal or Indian lands and any lease, easement, right of way, or other agreement, regardless of form, for use of the Outer Continental Shelf or any of its resources under sections 8(k) or 8(p) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(k) and 1337(p)) to the same extent as if such lease, easement, right of way, or other agreement, regardless of form, were an oil and gas lease, except that in such cases the term ‘‘royalty payment’’ shall include any payment required by such lease, easement, right of way or other agreement, regardless of form, or by applicable regulation.
SEC. 116. The Pittsford National Fish Hatchery in Chittenden, Vermont is hereby renamed the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Fish Hatchery.
123 STAT. 724 Applicability.
Federal buildings and grounds.
16 USC 760–4 note.