---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410iii–10"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410iii–10"
heading: "Cooperative agreements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410iii-10"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–GG — Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park"
---

# §410iii–10. Cooperative agreements

- (a) **In general—** In order to further the purposes of this subchapter, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410iii–2.md?p=4) is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with interested public and private entities and individuals (including the National [Trust](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=4) for Historic Preservation, Belle Grove, Inc., the Cedar Creek Battlefield [Foundation](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=1), the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields [Foundation](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=1), and the [Counties](/usc/16/544.md?p=d) of Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren), through technical and financial assistance, including encouraging the conservation of historic and natural resources of the [Park](/usc/16/410iii–2.md?p=3).
- (b) **Technical and financial assistance—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410iii–2.md?p=4) may provide to any [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b), organization, or governmental entity technical and financial assistance for the purposes of this subchapter, including the following:
  - (1) Preserving historic structures within the [Park](/usc/16/410iii–2.md?p=3).
  - (2) Maintaining the natural or cultural landscape of the [Park](/usc/16/410iii–2.md?p=3).
  - (3) Local preservation planning, interpretation, and management of public visitation for the [Park](/usc/16/410iii–2.md?p=3).
  - (4) Furthering the goals of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields [Foundation](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=1) related to the [Park](/usc/16/410iii–2.md?p=3).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–373, § 12, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3109.)