((a)) ** Cooperative agreements for the Department of the Interior** The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out activities related to communications sites on lands managed by Federal land management agencies, including—
((1)) administering communications use authorizations;
((2)) preparing needs assessments or other programmatic analyses necessary to establish communications sites and authorize communications uses on or adjacent to Federal recreational lands and waters managed by a Federal land management agency;
((3)) developing management plans for communications sites on or adjacent to Federal recreational lands and waters managed by a Federal land management agency on a competitively neutral, technology neutral, nondiscriminatory basis;
((4)) training for management of communications sites on or adjacent to Federal recreational lands and waters managed by a Federal land management agency;
((5)) obtaining, improving access to, or establishing communications sites on or adjacent to Federal recreational lands and waters managed by a Federal land management agency; and
((6)) any combination of purposes described in subparagraphs (1) through (5).
((b)) ** Omitted**
((c)) ** Assessment of rental fee retention authority** Not later than 1 year after , the Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive assessment to evaluate the potential benefits of rental fee retention whereby any fee collected for the occupancy and use of Federal lands and waters authorized by a communications use authorization would be deposited into a special account and used solely for activities related to communications sites on lands and waters managed by the Secretary.January 4, 20252025-01-04