sirability of enacting as a part of the United States Code those provisions concerning the powers, duties, functions, salaries, and benefits of officers and members of the United States Park Police force which presently are contained in several statutes and are compiled in the District of Columbia Code EFFECTIVE DATE SEC. 4. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1976. Approved October 17, 1976. Legislative History: House Report No. 94-1473 (Comm. on the District of Columbia). Sept. 13, considered and passed House. 15. William Jennings Bryan Statue An Act to authorize the conveyance to the city of Salem, Illinois, of a statute of William Jennings Bryan. (88 Stat. 1186) (P.L. 93-432) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to donate, by appropriate cooperative agreement, and without monetary consideration, to the city of Salem, Illinois, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the statue of William Jennings Bryan authorized by the Act of June 18, 1930 (46 Stat. 783). Such donation shall be on condition that the city of Salem, Illinois, shall suitably display and maintain within such city such statue as a memorial to William Jennings Bryan, onetime Member of the House of Representatives of the United States, Secretary of State of the United States, and three times nominated by his party for President of the United States. Approved October 4, 1974. Legislative History: House Report No. 93-1253 (Comm. on House Administration). Aug. 19, considered and passed House. XIV. NATIONAL PRESERVES 1. Big Cypress An Act to establish the Big Cypress National Preserve in the State of Florida, and for other purposes. (88 Stat. 1255) (P.L. 93-440) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) in order to assure the preservation, conservation, and protection of the natural, scenic, hydrologic, floral and faunal, and recreational values of the Big Cypress Watershed in the State of Florida and to provide for the enhancement and public enjoyment thereof, the Big Cypress National Preserve is hereby established. (b) The Big Cypress National Preserve (hereafter referred to as the "preserve") shall comprise the area generally depicted on the map entitled "Big Cypress National Preserve", dated November 1971 and numbered BC-91,001, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, District of Columbia, and shall be filed with appropriate offices of Collier, Monroe, and Dade Counties in the State of Florida. The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall, as soon as practicable, publish a detailed description of the boundaries of the preserve in the Federal Register which shall include not more than five hundred and seventy thousand acres of land and water. (c) The Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, transfer from any other Federal agency, or exchange, any lands, waters, or interests therein which are located within the boundaries of the preserve: Provided, That any lands owned or acquired by the State of Florida, or any of its subdivisions, may be acquired by donation only: Provided further, That no Federal funds shall be appropriated until the Governor of Florida executes an agreement on behalf of the Sate which (i) provides for the transfer to the United States of all lands within the preserve previously owned or acquired by the State and (ii) provides for the donation to the United States of all lands acquired by the State within the preserve pursuant to the provision of "the Big Cypress Conservation Act of 1973" (Chapter 73-131 of the Florida Statutes) or provides for the donation to the United States of any remaining moneys appropriated pursuant to such Act for the purchase of lands within the preserve. No improved property, as defined by this Act, nor oil and gas rights, shall be acquired without the consent of the owner unless the Secretary, in his judgment, determines that such property is subject to, or threatened with, uses which are, or would be, detrimental to the purposes of the preserve. The Secretary may, if he determines that the acquisition of any other subsurface estate is not needed for the purposes of the preserve, exclude such interest in acquiring any lands within the preserve. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301 of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1894, 1904) the Secretary (i) may evaluate any offer to sell land within the preserve by any landowner and may, in his discretion, accept any offer not in excess of $10,000 without an appraisal and (ii) may direct an appraisal to be made of any unimproved property within the preserve without notice to the owner or owners thereof. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and federally owned lands within the preserve shall, with the concurrence of the head of the administering agency, be transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for the purposes of this Act, without transfer of funds. SEC. 2. (a) In recognition of the efforts of the State of Florida in the preservation of the area, through the enactment of chapter 73-131 of the Florida statutes, "The Big Cypress Conservation Act of 1973", the Secretary is directed to proceed as expeditiously as possible to acquire the lands and interests in lands necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act. (b) Within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit, in writing, to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and to the Committees on Appropriations of the United States Congress a detailed plan which shall indicate: (i) the lands and areas which he deems essential to the protection and public enjoyment of this preserve. (ii) the lands which he has previously acquired by purchase, donation, exchange or transfer for administration for the purpose of this preserve, and (iii) the annual acquisition program (including the level of funding) which he recommends for the ensuing five fiscal years. (c) It is the express intent of the Congress that the Secretary should substantially complete the land acquisition program contemplated by this Act within six years after the date of its enactment. SEC. 3. (a) The owner of an improved property on the date of its acquisition by the Secretary may, as a condition of such acquisition, retain for himself and his heirs and assigns a right of use and occupancy of the improved property for a definite term of not more than twenty-five years or, in lieu thereof, for a term ending at the death |