Legislative History House Report No. 1779 (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs). Aug. 3: Considered and passed Senate. 9. Craters of the Moon An Act to designate certain lands as wilderness. (84 Stat. 1104) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * * DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS WITHIN NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS SEC. 2. 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: (a) certain lands in the Craters of the Moon National Monument, which comprise about forty-three thousand two hundred and forty-three acres and which are depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho", numbered 131-91,000 and dated March 1970, which shall be known as the "Craters of the Moon National Wilderness Area"; SEC. 4. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, a map and a legal description of each wilderness area shall be filed with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, and such description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, however, That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and map may be made. SEC. 5. Wilderness areas designated by or pursuant to this Act shall be administered in accordance with the 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 any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary who has administrative jurisdiction over the area. Approved October 23, 1970. 294 10. Effigy Mounds An Act to provide for increases in appropriation ceilings and boundary changes in certain units of the national park system, and for other purposes. (86 Stat. 120) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I-ACQUISITION CEILING INCREASES SEC. 101. The limitation on appropriations for the acquisition of lands and interests therein within units of the national park system contained in the following Acts are amended as follows: * * * (4) Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa: section 5 of the Act of May 27, 1961 (75 Stat. 88), is amended by changing "$2,000" to "$14,000"; Approved April 11, 1972. 295 11. Fossil Butte An Act to establish the Fossil Butte National Monument in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes. (86 Stat. 1069) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to preserve for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations outstanding paleontological sites and related geological phenomena, and to provide for the display and interpretation of scientific specimens, the Fossil Butte National Monument (hereinafter referred to as the "monument") is hereby established, to consist of lands, waters, and interests therein within the boundaries as generally depicted on the drawing entitled "A Proposed Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming," Numbered FBNM-7200, dated April 1963, revised July 1964, and totaling approximately eight thousand one hundred and eighty acres. The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") may revise the boundaries of the monument from time to time by publication of a notice to that effect in the Federal Register, except that at no time shall the boundaries encompass more than eight thousand two hundred acres. SEC. 2. The Secretary shall administer the monument pursuant to the Act approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2-4), as amended and supplemented. SEC. 3. Within the boundaries of the monument the Secretary may acquire lands and interests in lands by donation, purchase, or exchange, except that lands or interests therein owned by the State of Wyoming or a political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation or exchange. SEC. 4. (a) For a period of ten years, and for not more than ten years thereafter if extended by the Secretary, the continuation of existing uses of Federal lands and waters within the monument for grazing and stock watering may be permitted if the Secretary finds that such uses will not conflict with public use, interpretation, or administration of the monument: Provided, That the use of lands within the monument for stock driveways shall continue in perpetuity at such places where this use will not conflict with administration of the monument. (b) Upon termination of the uses set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to provide for the disposition and use of water surplus to the needs of the monument, to a point or points outside the boundaries of the monument. SEC. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $378,000 for land acquisition and not ot exceed $4,469,000 (June 1971 prices) for development, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of construction involved herein. Approved October 23, 1972. Legislative History House Reports: No. 92-1219 accompanying H.R. 1553 (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs) and No. 92-1588 (Comm. of Conference). Senate Report No. 92-711 (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs). Congressional Record, Vol. 118 (1972): Mar. 24, considered and passed Senate. Aug. 14, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 1533. Oct. 13, House agreed to conference report. Oct. 14, Senate agreed to conference report. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Vol. 8, No. 44: Oct. 28, Presidential statement. 496-156-73- -20 |