PRINCIPLES OF TRANSFER.

SEC. 2911. PRINCIPLES OF TRANSFER. (a) Land Use Plan.— The Congress ratifies in principle the proposals generally identified by the land use plan which was developed by the Joliet Arsenal Citizen Planning Commission and unanimously approved on May 30, 1995. (b) Transfer Without Reimbursement.— The area constituting the Midewin National Tailgrass Prairie shall be transferred, without reimbursement, to the Secretary of Agriculture. (c) Management of MNP.—Management by the Secretary of Agriculture of those portions of the Arsenal transferred to the Secretary under this title shall be in accordance with sections 2914 and 2915 regarding the Midewin National Tailgrass Prairie. (d) Security Measures.— The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each provide and maintain physical and other security measures on such portion of the Arsenal as is under the administrative jurisdiction of such Secretary, unless the Secretary of the Army and the Secretaiy of Agriculture agree otherwise. Such security measures (which may include fences and natural barriers) shall include measures to prevent members of the public from gaining unauthorized access to such portions of the Arsenal as are under the administrative jurisdiction of such Secretary and that may endanger health or safety. (e) Cooperative Agreements.— The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator are individually and collectively authorized to enter into cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding among each other and with other affected Federal agencies, State and local governments, private organizations, and corporations to carry out the purposes for which the Midewin National Tailgrass Prairie is established. (f) Interim Activities of the Secretary of Agriculture.— Prior to transfer and subject to such reasonable terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe, the Secretary 110 STAT. 596of Agriculture may enter upon the Arsenal property for purposes related to planning, resource inventory, fish and wildlife habitat manipulation (which may include prescribed burning), and other such activities consistent with the purposes for which the Midewin National Tailgrass Prairie is established.