16 USC 66800. Guidelines. 16 USC 668pp. section 6 of this Act. Such area shall consist of the lands, waters, (1) those portions of the Lower Minnesota River floodplain (2) any additional areas which are adjacent to such floodplain and which are located between the city of Jordan, Minnesota, and Fort Snelling State Park, excluding the industrialized component thereof located in the municipalities of Savage, Chaska, Shakopee, and Burnsville, Minnesota. (b) ACQUISITION AND ADMINISTRATION.-Lands, waters, and interests therein, which are within the boundaries of the wildlife recreation area, shall, with the agreement of the State, be acquired, developed, and administered by the State (in cooperation with the Secretary) in accordance with the provisions of the comprehensive plan developed under section 6 of this Act. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SEC. 6. (a) GENERAL.-Within 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, in cooperation with the State and political subdivisions thereof, develop a comprehensive plan for the conservation, protection, preservation, and interpretation of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and the adjacent wildlife recreation area. (b) MANAGEMEnt Categories.-The plan required by subsection (a) of this section shall delineate and provide appropriate management guidelines for the following two categories of property: (1) Category I.-The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, to be acquired and managed by the Secretary pursuant to section 4(b) of this Act. (2) Category II.—Public nature-recreation areas, to be acquired (in fee or by lease, easement, donation, or other agreement) and managed by the State (in cooperation with the Secretary) pursuant to section 5(b) of this Act. (c) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.-The plan required by subsection (a) of this section shall (1) provide for the Minnesota Valley Trail Corridor, authorized by Minnesota Statute, 1969, section 85.198, as an integral part of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and the adjacent wildlife recreation area; and (2) contain such other provisions relating to public use, law enforcement, wildlife conservation, environmental education and interpretation, and other matters as the Secretary and the State deem necessary to preserve, protect, and enhance the refugerecreation area and to carry out the purposes of this Act. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SEC. 7. (a) GRANTS.-The Secretary shall provide sufficient financial assistance to the State to enable it to acquire and develop lands, waters, and interests therein in the wildlife recreation area. A grant made under this section shall only be used with respect to lands, waters, and interests therein which are acquired by the State after the establish ment of the wildlife recreation area. The Secretary may reimburse the Reimbursement. State for lands, waters, and interests therein which are acquired prior to the establishment of the wildlife recreation area if such lands, waters, and interests therein are contained within the area at the time of its establishment. Such grants shall be subject to such other terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary. Any grants made from the Land and Water Conservation Fund shall be subject to the provisions of section 6 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601-8). (b) LIMITATIONS.-Any payment made by the Secretary under this section shall be subject to the following condition: The conversion, use, or disposal of any lands, waters, and interests therein which are required by the State, directly or indirectly, with Federal financial assistance provided under this section, for purposes contrary to the purposes of this Act (as determined by the Secretary), shall create in the United States a right to compensation from the State in an amount equal to the fair market value of the land at the time of conversion, use or disposal, or an amount equal to the Federal payment for acquisition and development of the land, whichever is greater. SPOIL SITES Terms and conditions. Alternative sites, acquisition. SEC. 8. The Secretary and the United States Corps of Engineers 16 USC 668qq. shall assist appropriate local authorities in the disposal of dredge material and in the designation of sites for deposit of dredge material, so as to minimize the disruption of wildlife and the reduction of scenic and recreational values and so as to assure the continuation of navigation on the riverway. The Secretary may acquire such alternative sites, outside the boundary of the refuge-recreation area, as may be necessary, in exchange for sites existing in the area on the date of enactment of this Act. The value of any properties so exchanged shall be approximately equal as determined by the Secretary or, if not, such value shall be equalized by the payment of cash, to the owners of the property within the refuge-recreation area or to the Secretary, as the circumstances require. The Secretary is authorized to expend not more than 20 per centum of the funds appropriated for acquisition of the refuge under section 10(a) of this Act to assist in the disposal of dredge material and to purchase alternative sites for deposit of dredge material as may be necessary outside the boundaries of the refuge and recreation area. CONTINUED PUBLIC SERVICES SEC. 9. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as prohibit- 16 USC 668rr. ing or preventing the provision of vital public services, including (1) the continuation of commercial navigation in the main navigation channel of the Minnesota River which lies within the refuge-recreation area; (2) the construction, improvement, and replacement of highways and bridges, whether or not the highway is a Federal-aid highway; or (3) any other activity which the Secretary determines to be necessary; if the provision of such services is otherwise in accordance with law. Any activity referred to in this section shall be carried out so as to minimize the disruption of the wildlife and the reduction of recreational and scenic values of the area, consistent with economic feasibility. 16 USC 66888. AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 10. (a) ACQUISITION.-There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary for acquisition of lands, waters, and interests therein in the refuge-recreation area, pursuant to sections 4(b) (1) and (7) (a) of this Act, except that such sums shall not exceed a total of $14,500,000 for the period beginning October 1, 1977, and ending September 30, 1983. (b) DEVELOPMENT.-There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary for the development of the refuge-recreation area, except that such sums shall not exceed $6,000,000 for the period beginning October 1, 1977, and ending September 30, 1986. Not more than $500,000 of such sums shall be used for the development of the comprehensive plan pursuant to section 6 of this Act. Approved October 8, 1976. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94–1470 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). Sept. 20, considered and passed House. Note.-A change has been made in the slip law format to provide for one-time preparation of copy to be used for publication of both slip laws and the United States Statutes at Large volumes. Comments from users are invited by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. Oct. 11, 1976 [H.R. 11407] Coast Guard Academy. Foreign nationals, admission. 14 USC 182. To amend title 14, United States Code, to authorize the admission of additional foreign nationals to the Coast Guard Academy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 195 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 195. Admission of foreign nationals for instruction; restrictions; conditions "(a) A foreign national may not receive instruction at the Academy except as authorized by this section. (b) The President may designate not more than 36 foreign nationals whom the Secretary may permit to receive instruction at the Academy. "(c) A person receiving instruction under this section is entitled to the same pay and allowances, to be paid from the same appropriations, as a cadet appointed pursuant to section 182 of this title. A person may receive instruction under this section only if his country agrees in advance to reimburse the United States, at a rate determined by the Secretary, for the cost of providing such instruction, including pay and allowances, unless a waiver there from has been granted to that country by the Secretary. Funds received by the Secretary for this purpose shall be credited to the appropriations bearing the cost thereof, and may be apportioned between fiscal years. "(d) A person receiving instruction under this section is "(1) not entitled to any appointment in the Coast Guard by reason of his graduation from the Academy; and "(2) subject to those regulations applicable to the Academy governing admission, attendance, discipline, resignation, discharge, dismissal, and graduation, except as may otherwise be prescribed by the Secretary.". Approved October 11, 1976. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1110 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). May 18, considered and passed House. Sept. 7, considered and passed Senate, amended. Note.—A change has been made in the slip law format to provide for one-time preparation of copy to be used for publication of both slip laws and the United States Statutes at Large volumes. Comments from users are invited by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. 20408. To authorize the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to lease housing facilities for Coast Guard personnel in a foreign country on a multi-year basis. Oct. 11, 1976 (S. 3050] Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 475 (a) Coast Guard. of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting, immediately Housing after the first sentence, a new sentence to read as follows: "When any facilities. such lease involves housing facilities in a foreign country, the lease may be made on a multi-year basis, for a period not to exceed five years.". Approved October 11, 1976. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1575 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). June 25, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 20, considered and passed House, amended. Note.-A change has been made in the slip law format to provide for one-time preparation of copy to be used for publication of both slip laws and the United States Statutes at Large volumes. Comments from users are invited by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. 20408. |