§ 11. Gifts to Park Service or Board and income therefrom exempt from Federal taxes

Gifts or bequests to or for the benefit of the National Park Service including those to the Board, and the income therefrom, shall be exempt from all Federal taxes.

§ 12. Annual report of Board

The Board shall submit to the Congress an annual report of the moneys or securities received and held by it and of its operations. § 13. Gifts for immediate distribution; acceptance by Secretary The authority and powers of the Board as set forth in sections 8-12 of this title shall not be construed as prohibiting or restricting the Secretary from accepting, in the name of the United States, gifts or bequests of money for immediate disbursement or of other property in the interest of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas as authorized in section 7 of this title.

§ 14. Roads and trails in National Park System; construction The Secretary, in his administration of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas, may construct, reconstruct, extend and improve roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in the said System and miscellaneous areas. Said road or trail extensions and improvements shall be made under and in harmony with the general plan of roads, trails, and other improvements approved by the Secretary.

§ 15. Appropriations for construction of roads and trails; administration

(a) Appropriations for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in national parks, monuments, and other areas administered by the National Park Service, including areas authorized to be established as national parks and monuments, and national park and monument approach roads authorized by sections 16, 17, and 18 shall be administered in conformity with regulations jointly approved by the Secretaries of Interior and Commerce.

(b) The Secretary, to facilitate the administration of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas administered in connection therewith, may use applicable appropriations for carrying out the provisions of sections 6, 30 (b), 37, 42 (b), 43, 44, 45, 46, and 242 of this title. § 16. Approach roads, designation

Whenever the Secretary determines it is in the public interest he may designate as National Park System and miscellaneous areas

approach roads and as supplementary parts of the highway system of any of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas roads whose primary value is to carry National Park System travel and which lead across lands wholly or to the extent of 90 per centum owned by the United States and which will connect the highways within the National Park System and miscellaneous areas with a convenient point on or leading to the Federal 7 per centum highway system. Such approach roads so designated shall be limited to not to exceed sixty miles in length between a National Park System or miscellaneous area gateway and such point on or leading to the nearest convenient 7 per centum system road; or, if such approach road is on the 7 per centum system, it shall be limited to not to exceed thirty miles. However, that not to exceed forty miles of any one approach road shall be designated in any one county.

§ 17. Construction or reconstruction of approach roads; appropriation

The Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of Agriculture under agreement with the Secretary of the Interior, may construct, reconstruct, and improve such National Park System and miscellaneous areas approach roads so designated, inclusive of necessary bridges, and may enter into agreements for the maintenance thereof by State or county authorities, or may maintain them when otherwise necessary, and may construct, reconstruct, and improve roads and trails within the National Park System and miscellaneous areas. Not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be allocated annually for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of such National Park System and miscellaneous areas approach roads. Nothing in sections 16 to 18 of this title shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to construct, reconstruct, improve, and maintain roads and trails within the National Park System and miscellaneous areas. § 18. Construction of approach roads across national forests Whenever any approach roads are proposed under the terms of section 16 of this title across or within any national forest the Secretary of the Interior shall secure the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture before construction shall begin.

§ 19. Conveyance of approach road to local agencies

The Secretary may, subject to such conditions as may seem to him proper, convey by proper quitclaim deed to any State, county, municipality, or proper agency thereof, in which the same is located, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any Govern

ment owned or controlled road or part thereof leading to any national historical park administered by the National Park Service. Prior to the delivery of any conveyance hereunder, the State, county, or municipality to which the conveyance herein authorized is to be made shall notify the Secretary in writing of its willingness to accept and maintain the road or roads or parts thereof included in such conveyance. Upon the execution and delivery of any conveyance hereunder, any jurisdiction theretofore ceded to the United States by a State over the roads conveyed shall thereby terminate and shall thereafter vest and be in the particular State in which such roads are located.

§ 20. Park, parkway and recreational-area program study; authorized scope

The Secretary shall cause the National Park Service to make a comprehensive study, other than on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture, of the public park, parkway, and recreational-area programs of the United States, and of the several States and political subdivisions thereof, and of the lands throughout the United States which are or may be chiefly valuable to such areas, but no such study shall be made in any State without the consent and approval of the State officials, boards, or departments having jurisdiction over such land and park areas. The said study shall be such as, in the judgment of the Secretary, will provide data helpful in developing a plan for coordinated and adequate public park, parkway, and recreational-area facilities for the people of the United States. In making the said study and in accomplishing any of the purposes of this section and sections 21 and 22 of this title, the Secretary shall, through the National Park Service, seek and accept the cooperation and assistance of Federal departments or agencies having jurisdiction of lands belonging to the United States, and may cooperate and make agreements with and seek and accept the assistance of other Federal agencies and instrumentalities, and of States and political subdivisions thereof and the agencies and instrumentalities of either of them.

§ 21. Development of coordinated park, parkway and recreational-area program with States

For the purpose of developing coordinated and adequate public park, parkway, and recreational-area facilities for the people of the United States, the Secretary may aid the several States and political subdivisions thereof in planning such areas therein, and in cooperating with one another to accomplish these ends. Such aid shall be

made available through the National Park Service acting in cooperation with such State agencies or agencies of political subdivisions of States as the Secretary deems best.

§ 22. State compacts relative to park, parkway and recreationalarea programs

The consent of Congress is given to any two or more States to negotiate and enter into compacts or agreements with one another with reference to planning, establishing, developing, improving, and maintaining any park, parkway, or recreational-area. No such compact or agreement shall be effective until approved by the legislatures of the several States which are parties thereto and by the Congress of the United States.

§ 23. Encouragement of travel

(a) The Secretary shall, through the National Park Service, encourage, promote, and develop travel within the United States, its Territories and possessions, providing such activities do not compete with the activities of private agencies; and shall administer all existing travel promotion functions of the Department of the Interior through such Service.

(b) The Secretary may cooperate with public and private tourist, travel, and other agencies in the display of exhibits, and in the collection, publication, and dissemination of information with respect to places of interest, routes, transportation facilities, accommodations, and such other matters as he deems advisable and advantageous for the purpose of encouraging, promoting, or developing such travel. Nothing herein shall prohibit the preparation of graphic materials in foreign languages, designed to call attention to the attractions and places of interest in the United States and to encourage the use of American registered ships and planes. The existing facilities of the United States in foreign countries may assist in the distribution of this material. The Secretary may enter into contracts with private publishers for such printing and binding as he may deem advisable in carrying out the purposes of this section. The Secretary may make charges for any publications made available to the public pursuant to this section and any proceeds from the sale of publications produced by the expenditure of contributed funds shall continue to be available for printing and binding as aforesaid.

(c) The Secretary may create an advisory committee to consist of a representative from each of the Departments of State, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Civil

Aeronautics Administration, and the United States Maritime Commission, as may be designated by such Departments or agencies, respectively, and such additional members, representatives of the various sections of the Nation, including transportation and accommodations agencies, not to exceed six members, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to serve at his pleasure. Meetings of the committee shall be held at the request of the Secretary for the purpose of making recommendations concerning the promotion of tourist travel under the provisions of this section. The members of the committee shall receive no compensation for their services as members, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for such necessary travel and other expenses in connection with their attendance at committee meetings as may be authorized or approved by the Secretary.

(d) In the performance of his functions and duties under the provisions of this section, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized:

(1) To prescribe, amend, and repeal such rules and regulations, as he may deem necessary, and to accept contributions for carrying out the purposes of this section, and,

(2) To employ one special assistant and not to exceed five artists and illustrators without regard to the civil service laws, but subject to laws providing plans for classification of positions and basic rates of compensation.

(e) There may be appropriated annually not to exceed the sum of $100,000 to carry out the provisions of this section.

§ 24. Arrest by employees of Park Service for violations of laws and regulations

All persons employed in the National Park Service of the United States shall have authority to make arrests for the violation of the laws and regulations relating to the National Park System and miscellaneous areas and any person so arrested shall be taken before the nearest United States commissioner, within whose jurisdiction the area is located, for trial; and upon sworn information by any competent person any United States commissioner in the proper jurisdiction shall issue process for the arrest of any person charged with the violation of said laws and regulations; but nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the arrest by any officer of the United States, without process, of any person taken in the act of violating said laws and regulations.