tablishment of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, is amended by changing the period in the last sentence to a comma and inserting the following thereafter: "except that this provision shall not apply to the development, hereby authorized, of improvements to federally owned land that will facilitate or enhance the pedestrian and vehicular access to the memorial: Provided, however, That in no event shall Federal expenditures for such development exceed $1,000,000." Approved December 20, 1975. Legislative History: House Report No. 94-684 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). Dec. 1, considered and passed House. 9. Montgomery County An Act to provide for increases in appropriation ceilings and boundary changes in certain units of the National Park System, and for other purposes. (90 Stat. 2732) (P.L. 94-578) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 304. (a) In order to facilitate the administration of certain areas of the National Park System located in Montgomery County, Maryland, the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") may transfer, without monetary reimbursement, to the jurisdiction of the Director of the National Park Service in Montgomery County, Maryland, as set forth in the drawing entitled "Transfer of Land for Washington Aqueduct Shops and Storehouse Projects", numbered 40.1-103.3-1, and dated January 30, 1970 (a copy of which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior), and which the Secretary of the Army has had use of under a permit dated March 5, 1965, issued by the Director of the National Park Service. (b) The Secretary of the Army may transfer, without monetary reimbursement, to the jurisdiction of the Secretary the land located in Montgomery County, Maryland, administered by the Secretary of the Army as part of the Washington Aqueduct at the Dalecarlia Shops area, as set forth in the drawing of January 30, 1970, specified in subsection (a). 10. National Visitor Center An Act to amend the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968, and for other purposes. (87 Stat. 146) (P.L. 93–62) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 43), is amended by inserting after subsection (b) in section 102 the following new subsection: "(c) In addition to the alterations and construction by the company pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary is authorized to undertake, directly by competitive bidding or, if he deems it to be in the best interest of the United States, by negotiated contract with the company, its successors, agents, and assigns, such alterations and construction, with regard to the Union Station Building and the adjacent parking facility, as he deems necessary to supplement the activities of the company in providing adequate facilities for visitors under the agreements and leases referred to in subsection (a). The Secretary may exercise the authority under this subsection without regard to whether or not title to the Union Station Building or the airspace adjacent thereto is in the United States: Provided, That he shall have entered into an agreement for a lease (but such lease need not have commenced) with the company incorporating the provisions of paragraph (5) of subsection (a) prior to the exercise of the authority under this subsection: And provided further, That not to exceed $8,680,000 of the funds authorized to be appropriated in section 109 shall be available for the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this subsection." SEC. 2. The National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 43) is amended by revising section 104 to read as follows: "SEC. 104. The Secretary is directed to utilize the authority under the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), to provide interpretive transportation services between or in Federal areas within the District of Columbia and environs, including, but not limited to, transportation of visitors on, among, and between the Mall, the Ellipse, the National Visitor Center, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and East and West Potomac Park, and such other visitor facilities as may be established pursuant to this Act, and, with the concurrence of the Architect of the Capitol, to provide such services on, among, and between such areas and the United States Capitol Grounds. The Secretary shall determine that such services are desirable to facilitate visitation and to insure proper management and protection of such areas. Such interpretive transportation services shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, be deemed transportation by the United States and shall be under the sole and exclusive charge and control of the Secretary." Approved July 6, 1973. Legislative History: House Report No. 93-209 (Comm. on Public Works). May 30, considered and passed House. An Act to amend the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968. (88 Stat. 1449) (P.L. 93-478) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 102(a)(2) of the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 43), as amended, is further amended by deleting the phrase, "contingent when such facilities are available for public use.". SEC. 2. The National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968, as amended, is further amended by revising section 102(a)(3) to read as follows: "(3) The Company, in consultation with the Secretary, shall construct all or part of a parking facility, including necessary approaches and ramps for adequate circulation, to accommodate automobiles, charter buses, and other transportation, as appropriate, in the airspace northerly of and adjacent to the existing Union Station Building, and such structure shall be leased to the United States for a term not to exceed twenty-five years commencing upon a date to be mutually agreed upon.". SEC. 3. Section 102(c) of the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 is amended by striking out "$8,680,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$21,580,000". Approved October 26, 1974. Legislative History: House Report No. 93-1426 (Comm. on Public Works). Oct. 10, considered and passed House. Oct. 11, considered and passed Senate. An Act to authorize certain flagpoles to be located on the Capitol Grounds, and to improve the flow of traffic to and from the United States Capitol Grounds and the National Visitor Center. (90 Stat. 711) (P.L. 94-320) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, subject to the approval of the Architect of the Capitol and to such conditions as he may prescribe, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make such use of that portion of the United States Capitol Grounds adjacent or in close proximity to the sidewalks abutting the circular perimeter of the Union Station Plaza in front of Columbus Plaza and the National Visitor Center as may be necessary to enable the Secretary of the Interior to erect and maintain flagpoles to fly the flags of each of the States of the United States and its territories and possessions, generally as shown on NCPC Map File Numbered 1.11 (38.00)-27861. SEC. 2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Architect of the Capitol is authorized, subject to the provisions of this Act and to such conditions as the Architect of the Capitol may prescribe, to enter into an agreement with the appropriate officials of the government of the District of Columbia pursuant to which the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to permit the government of the District of Columbia to utilize certain areas of the United States Capitol Grounds for the purpose of making certain street changes in order to coordinate and improve the flow of traffic to and from the United States Capitol Grounds and the National Visitor Center (formerly Union Station), and the flow of traffic within Union Station Plaza. (b) Pursuant to such agreement, the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to make available to the government of the District of Columbia, for the purposes referred to in subsection (a), certain portions of the United States Capitol Grounds as follows: (1) approximately two thousand one hundred square feet of land in Square 680, at the east end thereof, located within the United States Capitol Grounds adjacent to the Union Station Plaza, Massachusetts Avenue, and E Street Northeast, in order to enable the government of the District of Columbia to carry out the purposes referred to in subsection (a) of this section, and to change the curbline, and relocate existing sidewalks and curbs, to conform to such street change; (2) approximately three thousand five hundred square feet of land in Square 723, at the northwest end thereof, located within the United States Capitol Grounds adjacent to the Union Station Plaza, First Street, and Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, in order to enable the government of the District of Columbia to carry out the purposes referred to in subsection (a) of this section, and to change the curbline, and relocate existing sidewalks and curbs, to conform to such street change; and (3) approximately four hundred square feet of land in Square 721, at the southwest end thereof, located within the United States Capitol Grounds adjacent to the Union Station Plaza and Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, in order to enable the government of the District of Columbia to carry out the purposes referred to in subsection (a) of this section, and to change the curbline, and relocate existing sidewalks and curbs, to conform to such street change. SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to grant to the Secretary of the Interior or to the government of the District of Columbia any right, title, or interest in or to any part of the United States Capitol Grounds and such area affected by this Act or any agreement pursuant |