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An Act To revise the boundaries and to change the name of Fort Vancouver National Monument, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes, approved June 30, 1961 (75 Stat. 196) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asFort Vancouver sembled, That, for the purpose of preserving certain historic properties associated with the Fort Vancouver National Monument, established pursuant to the Act of June 19, 1948, chapter 546 (62 Stat. 532; 16 U.S.C. 450ff450ff-2), the Secretary of the Interior may revise the boundaries of the monument to include therein not more than one hundred and thirty additional acres of land adjacent to, contiguous to, or in the vicinity of the existing monument. (16 U.S.C. § 450ff−3.)

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acquisition.

Transfer authority.

Redesignation.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior may acquire in such manner as he may consider to be in the public interest the non-Federal lands and interests in lands within the revised boundaries. (16 U.S.C. § 450ff-4.)

SEC. 3. The heads of executive departments may transfer to the Secretary of the Interior, without exchange of funds, administrative jurisdiction over such federally owned lands and other property under their administrative jurisdictions within the revised boundary as may become excess to the needs of their respective agencies for inclusion in the Fort Vancouver National Monument. (16 U.S.C. § 450ff-5.)

SEC. 4. Fort Vancouver National Monument is redesignated Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. (16 U.S.C. § 450ff–6.)

11. Hopewell Village National Historic Site

Elimination of certain lands authorized....

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An Act To authorize revisions in the boundary of the Hopewell Village National Historic Site, Pennsylvania, and for other purposes, approved July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 655)

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 hereby authorized to withdraw from the Hopewell Village National Historic Site, Pennsylvania, all or any part of the lands added to the Hopewell Village National Historic Site by the Act approved June 6, 1942, entitled "An Act to authorize the disposition of recreational demonstration projects, and for other purposes", which in his opinion are not required for historic-site purposes. Any lands so withdrawn shall revert to the status of a recreational demonstration area. (16 U.S.C. § 459s note.)

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12. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National
Historic Site

Construction of site provided for in accordance with plan approved by the
United States Territorial Expansion Memorial Commission____
--Act of May 17, 1954
Amendment to Act of May 17, 1954-
Act of September 6, 1958

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An Act To provide for the construction of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial at the site of old Saint Louis, Missouri, in general accordance with the plan approved by the United States Territorial Expansion Memorial Commission, and for other purposes, approved May 17, 1954 (68 Stat. 98)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be slon Memorial, constructed by the Secretary of the Interior upon the

Jefferson Na

tional Expan

Mo.

Contracts, employment, etc.

63 Stat. 954.
5 U.S.C. 1101
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41 U.S.C. 5.

Easements, etc.

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site, Saint Louis, Missouri, an appropriate national memorial to those persons who made possible the territorial expansion of the United States, including President Thomas Jefferson and his aides, Livingston and Monroe, who negotiated the Louisiana Purchase, the great explorers, Lewis and Clark, and the hardy hunters, trappers, frontiersmen, pioneers, and others who contributed to such expansion. (16 Ú.S.C. § 450 jj.)

SEC. 2. (a) The memorial authorized herein shall be constructed in general, in accordance with the plan approved by the United States Territorial Expansion Memorial Commission on May 25, 1948. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into such contracts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. The Secretary is also authorized to employ, in his discretion, by contract or otherwise, landscape architects, architects, engineers, sculptors, artists, other expert consultants, or firms, partnerships, or associations thereof, and to include in any such contract provision for the utilization of the services and facilities, and the payment of the travel and other expenses, of their respective organizations, in accordance with the usual customs of the several professions and at the prevailing rates for such services and facilities, without regard to the civilservice laws or regulations, the Classification Act of 1949, section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, or any other law or regulation relating to either employment or compensation.

(b) The Secretary of the Interior, in connection with the construction and operation of the memorial, is authorized to grant such easements as are in the public interest, and, in his discretion, to convey to the city of Saint Louis for above-ground parking structures, under such terms and conditions as he may consider to be com

patible with maintaining the integrity, appearance, and purposes of said memorial, such portion of the historic site as may in his judgment be excluded therefrom without detriment thereto, subject, however, to reversion of such portion of the historic site to the United States if such excluded area ceases to be used for parking purposes by said city.

(c) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to grant easements for the purpose of erecting underground structures suitable for public protection under such terms and conditions as he may consider to be compatible with maintaining the integrity, appearance, and purposes of said memorial. (16 U.S.C. § 450 jj-1.)

railroad tracks.

SEC. 3. The memorial project authorized herein shall Relocation of not be undertaken until there shall have been reached an agreement satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior providing for the relocation of the railroad tracks and structures now situated on lands adjacent to the Jefferson National Expansion, Memorial National Historic Site, between the boundary of the site and the river. Such agreement shall contain such terms as may be deemed desirable by the Secretary but shall contain a provision limiting the Federal expenditure of funds in connection with such relocation of the tracks and structures to work undertaken within the historic site area. (16 U.S.C. § 450jj-2.)

SEC. 4. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropri- Appropriation. ated not to exceed $5,000,000 to complete certain elements of the memorial as authorized by this Act. These elements are specifically described as (1) railroad relocation, $1,875,000; (2) grading and filling, $1,125,000; (3) landscaping, $500,000; (4) paved areas, utilities, and so forth, $900,000; and (5) restoration of Old Courthouse, $600,000. Funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act shall be expended by the United States for construction of the memorial in the ratio of $3 of Federal funds for each $1 of money contributed hereafter by the city of Saint Louis or other non-Federal source for purposes of the memorial, and for such purposes the Secretary is authorized to accept from the said city or other nonFederal sources, and to utilize for purposes of this Act, any money so contributed: Provided, That the value of any land hereafter contributed by the city of Saint Louis shall be excluded from the computation of the city's share.

(b) The authorization for an appropriation contained Restrictions. in subsection (a) shall not be effective until such time

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(1) the receipts of the Government for the preceding fiscal year have exceeded the expenditures of the Government for such year, as determined by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget; or

42 Stat. 20.

31 U.S.C. 1.

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Jefferson
National
Expansion
Memorial.
16 U.S.C. 98.

Appropriation.

(2) the budget submitted to the Congress by the President under the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, reveals that the estimated receipts of the Government for the fiscal year for which such budget is submitted are in excess of the estimated expenditures of the Government for such fiscal year. (16 U.S.C. § 450jj note, as amended.)

SEC. 5. The authorization for an appropriation contained in this Act shall not be deemed to authorize the appropriation of any funds to be available for expenditure in any manner for the planning or construction of the stainless steel arch provided for in the so-called "Saarinen Plan", approved May 25, 1948, by the United States Territorial Expansion Memorial Commission, or any modification of such arch, and the Secretary of the Interior is directed not to expend any Government funds in planning for or constructing such arch or any modification thereof.

An Act To amend the Act of May 17, 1954 (68 Stat. 98), providing for the construction of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial at the site of old Saint Louis, Missouri, and for other purposes, approved September 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 1794)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of May 17, 1954 (68 Stat. 98), entitled "An Act to provide for the construction of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial at the site of old Saint Louis, Missouri, in general accordance with the plan approved by the United States Territorial Expansion Memorial Commission, and for other purposes" is hereby amended by striking sections 4 and 5 therefrom and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $17,250,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act: Provided, That funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act shall be expended by the United States for construction of the memorial in the ratio of $3 of Federal funds for each $1 of money contributed hereafter by the city of Saint Louis or other non-Federal source for purposes of the memorial, and for such purposes the Secretary is authorized to accept from the said city or other non-Federal sources, and to utilize for purposes of this Act, any money so contributed: Provided further, That the value of any land hereafter contributed by the city of Saint Louis shall be excluded from the computation of the city's share." (16 U.S.C. § 450jj note.)

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