I. GENERAL LEGISLATION Page Acquisition of non-Federal land in national parks facilitated. areas ---Act of August 31, 1954 Civil War Centennial Commission established.. 29 30 30 31 31 31 34 36 38 39 1 Page Excerpts from Act of August 2, 1946 39 46 47 Federal Tort Claims Act_ Joint Resolution of October 18, 1962 Act of August 8, 1958 Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission established. Amended. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States established. Act of October 26, 1949 Property of Trust in District of Columbia exempted from taxation.. Act of July 3, 1957 New York City National Shrines Advisory Board authorized... Amendment to authorizing Act... Paleontological investigations, cooperation by -Act of June 27, 1960 other public purposesAct of June 4, 1954 Amended to establish acreage limitations...Act of September 21, 1959 Amended to permit any state to acquire certain public lands for recreational use. -Act of September 13, 1960 Recreational demonstration project lands, exchanges by grantees authorized.___ -Act of August 3, 1950 Reimbursement authorized for moving expenses incurred by owners and tenants or lands acquired by the Secretary of the Interior Act of May 29, 1958 Rights-of-way for electrical transmission, telephone, and telegraph lines, amending Act of March 4, 1911.Act of May 27, 1952 Saint Augustine Quadricentennial Commission established.. .....Joint Resolution of August 14, 1962 Surplus real property, transfer of to Service-administered areas. Act of April 24, 1948 Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission established... ...Joint Resolution of July 28, 1955 Increase in amount available for. - Excerpt from Act of July 31, 1956 Establishment act amended to increase authorized appropriation forAct of August 6, 1956 President requested to issue a proclamation for observance of centennial -Joint Resolution of September 4, 1957 Recreation Act of June 14, 1926, amended to include Woodrow Wilson Centennial Celebration Commission established. Joint Resolution of August 30, 1954 Amended to authorize increased appropriation. of centennial_. Joint Resolution of March 29, 1956 Page 84 86 86 86 I. GENERAL LEGISLATION An Act To facilitate the acquisition of non-Federal land within the existing boundaries of any National Park, and for other purposes, approved August 31, 1954 (68 Stat. 1037) National parks. Donated funds for land ac quisition. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to consolidate Federal land ownership within the existing boundaries of any National Park and to encourage the donation of funds for that purpose, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept and to use in his discretion funds which may be donated subject to the condition that such donated funds are to be expended for purposes of this Act by the Secretary only if Federal funds in an amount equal to the amount of such donated funds are appropriated for the purposes of this Act. There are authorized to be ap- Appropriation. propriated such funds as may be necessary to match funds that may be donated for such purposes: Provided, That the amount which may be appropriated annually for purposes of this Act shall be limited to $500,000. (16 U.S.C. § 452 a.) An Act To amend the Act of August 31, 1954 (68 Stat. 1037), relating to the acquisition of non-Federal land within the existing boundaries of any national park, and for other purposes, approved August 6, 1956 (70 Stat. 1066) Cape Hatteras National Sea ational Area. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of August 31, 1954 (68 Stat. 1037), is hereby amended to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, contained therein, to the Cape Hatteras Funds. National Seashore Recreational Area. 16 U.S.C. § 459a-6.) SEC. 2. Any funds appropriated to the Department of the Interior for the acquisition of non-Federal lands within areas of the National Park System shall hereafter be available for the acquisition of non-Federal lands within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, and the appropriation of funds for the acquisition of such lands is hereby authorized. (16 U.S.C. § 459a-7.) SEC. 3. The total amount which may be expended for Limitation. the land acquisition program at Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, pursuant to the authorizations contained in this Act, is hereby expressly limited to $250,000. (16 U.S.C. § 459a-8.) Б |