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16 USC SECTION 1a-7a
TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND
SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
(a) Availability of funds
There are authorized to be appropriated out of the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund, not to exceed $10,000,000, for the Secretary
of the Interior to take all necessary actions to seek to reduce the
incidence of violent crime in the National Park System.
(b) Recommendations for improvement
The Secretary shall direct the chief official responsible for law
enforcement within the National Park Service to -
(1) compile a list of areas within the National Park System
with the highest rates of violent crime;
(2) make recommendations concerning capital improvements, and
other measures, needed within the National Park System to reduce
the rates of violent crime, including the rate of sexual assault;
and
(3) publish the information required by paragraphs (1) and (2)
in the Federal Register.
(c) Distribution of funds
Based on the recommendations and list issued pursuant to
subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall distribute the
funds authorized by subsection (a) of this section throughout the
National Park System. Priority shall be given to those areas with
the highest rates of sexual assault.
(d) Use of funds
Funds provided under this section may be used -
(1) to increase lighting within or adjacent to National Park
System units;
(2) to provide emergency phone lines to contact law enforcement
or security personnel in areas within or adjacent to National
Park System units;
(3) to increase security or law enforcement personnel within or
adjacent to National Park System units; or
(4) for any other project intended to increase the security and
safety of National Park System units.
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