12. Great Sand Dunes An Act to designate certain lands within units of the National Park System as wilderness; to revise the boundaries of certain of those units; and for other purposes. (90 Stat. 2692) (P.L. 94-567) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in accordance with section 3(c) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1132(c)), the following lands are hereby designated as wilderness, and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act. * (d) Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado, wilderness comprising thirty-three thousand four hundred and fifty acres, and potential wilderness additions comprising six hundred and seventy acres, depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado", numbered 140-20,006-C and dated February 1976, to be known as the Great Sand Dunes Wilderness. SEC. 2. A map and description of the boundaries of the areas designated in this Act shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Director of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and in the office of the Superintendent of each area designated in the Act. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, maps of the wilderness areas and descriptions of their boundaries shall be filed with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, and such maps and descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such maps and descriptions may be made. SEC. 3. All lands which represent potential_wilderness additions, upon publication in the Federal Register of a notice by the Secretary of the Interior that all uses thereon prohibited by the Wilderness Act have ceased, shall thereby be designated wilderness. SEC. 6. The areas designated by this Act as wilderness shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness areas, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act, and, where appropriate, any reference to the Sec retary of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. An Act to authorize additional appropriations for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Idaho. (92 Stat. 3467) (P.L. 95–625) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE III-BOUNDARY CHANGES SEC. 301. The boundaries of the following units of the National Park System are revised as follows, and there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, but not exceed the amounts specified in the following paragraphs for acquisitions of lands and interests in lands within areas added by reason of such revisions: * * * * * (8) Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado: To add approximately one thousand one hundred and nine acres as generally depicted on the map entitled "Boundary Map, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado", numbered 140-80,001-A, and dated November 1974: $166,000. SEC. 302. Within twelve months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed map or other detailed description of the lands added or excluded from any area pursuant to section 301. SEC. 303. (a) Within the boundaries of the areas as revised in accordance with section 301, the Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer from any other Federal agency. Lands and interests therein so acquired shall become part of the area to which they are added, and shall be subjected to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable thereto. When acquiring any land pursuant to this title, the Secretary may acquire any such land subject to the retention of a right of use and occupancy for a term not to exceed twenty-five years or for the life of the owner or owners. Lands owned by a State or political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation. (b) (1) Lands and interests deleted from any area pursuant to section 301 may be exchanged for non-Federal lands within the revised boundaries of such area, or transferred to the jurisdiction of any other Federal agency or to a State or political subdivision thereof, without monetary consideration, or be administered as public lands by the Secretary, as the Secretary may deem appropriate. (2) In exercising the authority contained in this section with respect to lands and interests therein deleted from any such area which were acquired from a State, the Secretary may, on behalf of the United States, transfer to such State exclusive or concurrent legislative jurisdiction over such lands, subject to such terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate, to be effective upon acceptance thereof by the State. (c) It is the established policy of Congress that wilderness, wildlife conservation, and park and recreation values of real property owned by the United States be conserved, enhanced, and developed. It is further declared to be the policy of Congress that unutilized, underutilized, or excess Federal real property be timely studied as to suitability for wilderness, wildlife conservation, or park and recreation purposes. To implement this policy, the Secretary, the Administrator of General Services, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall establish a system with appropriate procedures to permit the Secretary full and early opportunity to make such studies and propose appropriate recommendations to disposing agencies for consideration in connection with determinations of further utilization or disposal of such property under existing law. Each affected executive agency is authorized and directed to provide to the Secretary such advice and information relating to such studies as the Secretary may request. SEC. 304. The authorities in this title are supplementary to any other authorities available to the Secretary with respect to the acquisition, development, and administration of the areas referred to in section 301. 13. Harpers Ferry An Act to amend the Act of June 30, 1944, an act "To provide for the establishment of the Harpers Ferry National Monument", and for other purposes. (88 Stat. 1420) (P.L. 93–466) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of June 30, 1944 (58 Stat. 645; 16 U.S.C. 450bb), an Act "To provide for the establishment of the Harpers Ferry National Monument", is amended as follows: (1) In section 1, the first sentence is amended to read: "That, in order to carry out the purposes of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands or interests in lands, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, within the boundaries as generally depicted on the drawing entitled 'Boundary Map, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park', numbered 385-40,000D and dated April 1974, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior: Provided, That after advising the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Congress of the United States, in writing, the Secretary may make minor revisions in the boundary, when necessary, by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary description in the Federal Register, but the total acreage shall not exceed two thousand acres: Provided further, That nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize the acquisition, without consent of the owner, of a fee simple interest in land within the boundaries in which a less than fee interest has previously been acquired by the Secretary of the Interior." (2) In section 3, delete the word "and" at the end of paragraph (1); change the period at the end of paragraph (2) to a semicolon and add "and"; and add the following new paragraph: "(3) Provide, directly or by contract, subject to the provisions of the Act of June 7, 1974 (88 Stat. 192; 16 U.S.C. 4601-6a) an interpretive shuttle transportation service within, between, and among lands acquired for the purpose of this Act for such times and upon such terms as in his judgment will best accomplish the purposes of this Act." (3) Revise section 4 to read as follows: "In addition to such sums as have heretofore been appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, but not more than $1,300,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands, and not more than $8,690,000 for development." Approved October 24, 1974. Legislative History: House Report No. 93-1358 accompanying H.R. 12972 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). Senate Report No. 93-874 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). Congressional Record, Vol. 120 (1974): May 28, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 7, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 12972. |