PUBLIC LAW 104-134—APR. 26, 1996 110 STAT. 1321-200
resource protection, interpretation, and historic preservation
at the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.
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(4) The National Park Service may enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions with any agency or
instrumentality of the United States, the several States, or the
District of Columbia or with any person, firm, association, or corporation as may be deemed necessary or appropriate for the conduct
of special events, festivals, concerts, or other art and cultural programs at the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site or may
establish a nonprofit foundation to solicit funds for such activities.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the responsibil- 40 USC 872 note,
ity for ensuring that development or redevelopment in the Pennsylvania Avenue area is carried out in accordance with the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Plan—1974, as amended, is transferred to the National Capital Planning Commission
or its successor commencing April 1, 1996.
(f) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
40 USC 872 note.
(1) REGULATIONS. —Any regulations prescribed by the Corporation in connection with the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 871-885) and the
Federal Triangle Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101-1109) shall
continue in effect until suspended by regulations prescribed
by the Administrator of the General Services Administration.
(2) EXISTING RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND OBLIGATIONS NOT
AFFECTED.— Subsection (a) shall not be construed as affecting
the validity of any right, duty, or obligation of the United
States or any other person arising under or pursuant to any
contract, loan, or other instrument or agreement which was
in effect on the day before the date of the transfers under
subsection (a).
(3) CONTINUATION OF SUITS.— No action or other proceeding
commenced by or against the Corporation in connection with
administration of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 871-885) and the Federal
Triangle Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101-1109) shall abate
by reason of enactment and implementation of this Act, except
that the General Services Administration shall be substituted
for the Corporation as a party to any such action or proceeding.
(g) Section 3(b) of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 872(b)) is amended as follows:
"(b) The Corporation shall be dissolved on or before April 1,
1996. Upon dissolution, assets, obligations, indebtedness, and all
unobligated and unexpended balances of the Corporation shall be
transferred in accordance with the Department of the Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996.".
SEC. 314. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be obligated or expended to implement regulations or requirements that regulate the use of, or actions occurring on, non-federal
lands as a result of the draft or final environmental impact statements or records of decision for the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project. Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project records of decision will not provide the legal authority
for any new formal rulemaking by any Federal regulatory agency
on the use of private property.
SEC. 315. RECREATIONAL FEE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. —(a) 16 USC 460/-6a
The Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Bureau of Land no^.
Management, the National Park Service and the United States
Termination.
Effective date.
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