Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/254

 96 STAT. 1616

PUBLIC LAW 97-329—OCT. 15, 1982 Women's History at this site, the preservation of which is necessary for the continued interpretation of the history of black women in America. ESTABLISHMENT OF HISTORIC SITE

SEC. 2. In order to further the purpose of this Act and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461-7), the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House at 1318 Vermont Avenue Northwest, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, is hereby designated as a national historic site (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "historic site"). COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

SEC. 3. In furtherance of the purposes of this Act and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461-7), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to enter into cooperative agreements with the National Council of Negro Women. Such agreements may include provisions by which the Secretary will provide technical assistance to mark, restore, interpret, operate, and maintain the historic site and may also include provisions by which the Secretary will provide financial assistance to mark, interpret, and restore the historic site (including the making of preservation-related capital improvements and repairs but not including other routine operations). Such agreement may also contain provisions that— (1) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service, shall have right of access at all reasonable times to all public portions of the property covered by such agreement for the purpose of conducting visitors through such properties and interpreting them to the public; and (2) no changes or alterations shall be made in such properties except by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the other parties to such agreements. No limitation or control of any kind over the use of such properties customarily used for the purposes of the National Council of Negro Women shall be imposed by any such agreement. ANNUAL REPORT

Appropriation aut oriza ion.

SEC. 4. The National Council of Negro Women shall, as a condition of the receipt of any assistance under this Act, provide to the Secretary of the Interior and to the Congress of the United States an annual report documenting the activities and expenditures for which any such assistance was used during the preceding fiscal year. SEC. 5. Beginning after September 30, 1983, there is authorized to ^^ appropriated $100,000 to provide financial assistance under section 3 of this Act. There is also authorized to be appropriated for purposes of making grants to the National Council of Negro Women

�