Sec. 4. Establishment and boundaries of Chesapeake National Recreation Area
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To preserve, protect, interpret, and provide for the public enjoyment of the resources relating to the Bay and surrounding areas, there is established as a unit of the National Park System the Chesapeake National Recreation Area. The boundary of the Recreation Area shall be the boundary as depicted on the Map. As soon as practicable after the date of the establishment of the Recreation Area, the Secretary shall— seek to enter into a cooperative agreement for administrative, interpretive, and visitor service uses for the Recreation Area under section 8(a) or a partner site agreement under section 8(b) with the City of Annapolis, Maryland, for the use of the Burtis House; acquire, lease, or enter into a cooperative management agreement with respect to real property for an additional administrative, interpretive, and visitor services center for the Recreation Area, which shall be located within or in the environs of the historic downtown area of the City of Annapolis, Maryland; and acquire, lease, or enter into a cooperative management agreement with respect to real property for an additional interpretive and visitor services center for the Recreation Area, which shall be located within or in the environs of Fort Monroe.
The Map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. The boundary of Fort Monroe National Monument, established by Proclamation 8750, dated November 1, 2011 ( 54 U.S.C. 320301 note; 76 Fed. Reg. 68625), is revised to exclude all land and interests in land within the North Beach area of the Monument (as in existence on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) that are identified on the Map as part of the Recreation Area.
Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to the land or interests in land described in paragraph
(1)shall be considered to be a reference to the Recreation Area. Subject to subparagraph
(B)and until the date on which administrative jurisdiction over the land and interests in land are transferred to the Secretary, the Secretary of the Army shall continue to administer the land and interests in land described in paragraph
(1)that were under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act in accordance with— the memorandum of agreement between the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary dated December 9, 2016; and this Act. In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Army shall— consult with the Secretary; and administer the land and interests in land described in paragraph
(1)in a manner consistent with this Act.
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Establishment and boundaries of Chesapeake National Recreation Area
Fed. Reg.76 FR 68625
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