UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROGERS C. B. MORTON, Secretary

Gen Lib.
Depos USA
6-4-74

FOREWORD

This is the third supplement to the publication Laws Relating to the National Park Service, first printed in 1933 and supplemented in 1944 and 1963.

This volume contains laws relating to the National Park Service enacted by the Congress between February, 1963, and December, 1972. Unlike Supplements I and II, laws relating to the National Capital Parks are included in this compilation.

Special thanks are due to Mrs. Jo Ann West, whose long hours of research in the library of the Department of the Interior made this supplement possible.

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CONTENTS

I. General:

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAWS 1963-1972

1. Administration of National Park System..

2. Airports in or in close proximity to national parks, etc.

3. Excerpts from Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970

4. Excerpts from Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act...

5. Concession policies of the National Park Service..

6. Excerpt from Department of Transportation Act..

7. Excerpt from Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1966..

8. Environmental Education Act___

9. Excerpt from Economic Opportunity Act of 1964..

10. Estuarine Protection...

11. Federal Water Project Recreation Act.

12. Excerpt from Geothermal Steam Act of 1970_.

13. Historic Monuments conveyance....

14. Historic Preservation.......

15. Land and Water Conservation Fund Act.

16. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969-

17. National Parks Centennial_

18. National Park Foundation_

19. National Trails System Act..

20. Outdoor Recreation Programs..

21. Research Contracts__.

22. Travel Promotion in the United States..

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7. Glacier (including excerpt from omnibus bill).

11. Isle Royale (excerpt from omnibus bill).

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12. Kings Canyon...

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13. Lassen Volcanic (wilderness and excerpt from omnibus bill)-