Sec. 2. Findings
228 words·~1 min read·
/bill/113/s/2104/is/section-2A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Congress finds that— during the period in October 2013 in which there was a lapse in appropriations (referred to in this section as the Government shutdown ), the National Park Service entered into agreements with the States of Arizona, Colorado, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Utah to temporarily reopen iconic national treasures in the National Park System, such as the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, and the Statue of Liberty; pursuant to the agreements described in paragraph (1), the States listed in paragraph
(1)advanced approximately $2,000,000 to the National Park Service to pay for park operations during the Government shutdown; the units of the National Park System that were temporarily reopened using State funds also collected gate entry fees; the Government shutdown ended when Congress passed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–46), which retroactively funded Federal agencies and Federal employee salaries for the period of time during which the Government was shut down; by virtue of the retroactive appropriation made by Congress, the National Park Service retained an unintended shutdown windfall from the States listed in paragraph
(1)of approximately $2,000,000; and the States listed in paragraph
(1)that entered into agreements described in paragraph
(1)with the National Park Service should be fully reimbursed for advancing funds to maintain public access to iconic national treasures in the National Park System during the Government shutdown.
Connectionstraces to 1
Traces to 1 document
Citation graph
cites case law
Sec. 2
Findings
Cites 1Cited by 0 across 0 sources