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I. GENERAL LEGISLATION

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Acquisition of non-Federal land in national parks facilitated.

areas

---Act of August 31, 1954
Amended to include Cape Hatteras National Seashore----
...Act of August 6, 1956
Administrative expenses in the Government service, certain types author-
ized..
Act of August 2, 1946
Airports, authorized in or near national parks, monuments and recreation
- Act of March 18, 1950
Alaska, authorization for Secretary of the Interior to construct public rec-
reational facilities in___.
Act of May 4, 1956
Approach roads to historical areas, conveyance to States authorized..
Act of June 3, 1948
Appropriations authorized for performance of certain functions and activ-
ities...
-Act of August 7, 1946
Atomic Energy Act of 1946, amended..
Excerpts from Act of August 30, 1954
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, amended..
Excerpts from Act of August 19, 1958
Battle of Lake Erie Sesquicentennial Celebration Commission established.
Joint Resolution of October 24, 1962
Boston National Historic Sites Commission established_____
...Joint Resolution of June 16, 1955
Extension of time for completion of work.. Acts of February 19, 1957
-July 3, 1958
-and August 4, 1959
Joint Resolution of September 7, 1957
Establishment act amended....Joint Resolution of September 2, 1958
Commissioner, appointment of a national park commissioner as a United
States Commissioner
Act of December 28, 1945
Commissioners for Isle Royale, Hawaii, Mammoth Cave, and Olympic
National Parks to be appointed solely by the United States District
Courts___.
-Act of April 21, 1948
Concession leases and contracts, reports on by Secretary of the Interior.-
...Excerpt from Act of July 31, 1953
Amended to relieve Secretary of certain reporting requirements..
Act of July 14, 1956
Concessioner leases extended from twenty to thirty years, amendment to
Act of August 25, 1916-----
Act of May 29, 1958
Dams or reservoirs, construction of in any national park or monument
prohibited under authorization for Colorado River Storage Project.
Excerpt from Act of April 11, 1956
Disasters, Federal assistance to States and local governments authorized
in..
Act of September 30, 1950
Easements, authority of executive agencies to grant upon real property
under their control..
Act of October 23, 1962
Facilitating the management of the National Park System..
-Act of August 8, 1953
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, amended to
effect transfer to National Archives of Federal records in existence more
than fifty years... - -
Act of June 13, 1957
Federal property, conveyance to States, municipalities, etc., for highway
purposes, amendment to Act of August 26, 1935...Act of July 7, 1960

Civil War Centennial Commission established..

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Excerpts from Act of August 2, 1946
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Federal Tort Claims Act_
Amended.
Federal Tort Claims, amendment to title 28 of U.S. Code, providing
additional time for bringing suit_ _ _ _
-Act of April 25, 1949
Field employees' expenses, in attendance at meetings authorized by the
Secretary, to be paid from park and monument appropriations..
...Excerpt from Act of June 18, 1940
Fire protection, reciprocal agreements between Government agencies and
public or private organizations authorized... Act of May 27, 1955
First World Conference on National Parks, Secretary of the Interior
authorized to cooperate with...
Act of June 28, 1962
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission authorized to consider
changes in design of proposed memorial or select new design_

Joint Resolution of October 18, 1962
Golden eagle protected..
Joint Resolution of October 24, 1962
Hudson-Champlain Celebration Commission established__---

Act of August 8, 1958
Joint Resolution of September 2, 1957
Amended to extend time for filing final report...Act of May 13, 1960
Maintenance and repair of Government improvements authorized under
concession contracts.--
Act of August 24, 1962
Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, amended, exempting national
parks and monuments... Excerpt from Act of August 8, 1946
Museums, facilitating management of..
Act of July 1, 1955
National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission, established
.Act of June 28, 1958
Act of March 25, 1959

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
Act of August 11, 1955
Act of August 14, 1958
Smithsonian Institution...
Act of August 15, 1949
Payment for lands conveyed to the United States as a basis for lieu selec-
tions from the public domain__
Act of July 6, 1960
Preservation of historical and archeological data provided for in connection
with dam construction____

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

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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
Amended to request President to issue a proclamation for observance
Joint Resolution of April 27, 1956
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Commission established...
-Joint Resolution of October 4, 1961

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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
shore Recre
16 U.S.C. 452a.

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.)

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