Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 6.djvu/416

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110 STAT. 4238 PUBLIC LAW 104-333—NOV. 12, 1996 Mississippi. 16 USC 410OO-2. activities that promote the purposes of this section are supported. (g) BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS ADVISORY COUNCIL.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT. — The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall establish an advisory committee to be known as the Boston Harbor Islands Advisory Council. The purpose of the Advisory Council shall be to represent various groups with interests in the recreation area and make recommendations to the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership on issues related to the development and implementation of the integrated resource management plan developed under subsection (f). The Advisory Council is encouraged to establish committees relating to specific recreation area management issues, including (but not limited to) education, tourism, transportation, natural resources, cultural and historic resources, and revenue raising activities. Participation on any such committee shall not be limited to members of the Advisory Council. (2) MEMBERSHIP. —The Advisory Council shall consist of not fewer than 18 individuals, to be appointed by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service. The Secretary shall appoint no fewer than three individuals to represent each of the following categories of entities: municipalities; educational and cultural institutions; environmental organizations; business and commercial entities, including those related to transportation, tourism and the maritime industry; and Boston Harbor-related advocacy organizations; and organizations representing Native American interests. (3) PROCEDURES. —Each meeting of the Advisory Council and its committees shall be open to the public. (4) FACA.—The provisions of section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), are hereby waived with respect to the Advisory Council. (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section, provided that no funds may be appropriated for land acquisition. (2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— Amounts appropriated in any fiscsil year to carry out this section may only be expended on a matching basis in a ration of at least three non-Federal dollars to every Federal dollar. The non-Federal share of the match may be in the form of cash, services, or in-kind contributions, fairly valued. SEC. 1030. NATCHEZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. Section 3 of the Act of October 8, 1988, entitled "An Act to create a national park at Natchez, Mississippi" (16 U.S.C. 410oo et seq.), is amended— (1) by inserting "(a) IN GENERAL. —" after "SEC. 3."; and (2) by adding at the end the following: " (b) BUILDING FOR JOINT USE BY THE SECRETARY AND THE CITY OF NATCHEZ.— "(1) CONTRIBUTION TOWARD CONSTRUCTION. — The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the City of Natchez under which the Secretary agrees to pay not to exceed $3,000,000 toward the planning and construction by the City of Natchez