2. American Memorial Park

An Act to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes. (92 Stat. 487) (P.L. 95-348)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

AMERICAN MEMORIAL PARK

SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, is authorized and directed to develop, maintain, and administer the existing American Memorial Park (hereinafter in this section. referred to as the "park"), located at Tanapag Harbor Reservation, Saipan. The park shall be administered for the primary purpose of honoring the dead in the World War II Mariana Islands campaign.

(b) The Secretary is authorized and directed to the maximum extent feasible to employ and train residents of the Mariana Islands to develop, maintain, and administer the park.

(c) Other points in the Northern Mariana Islands relevant to the park may be identified, established, and marked by the Secretary in agreement with the Governor of the Northern Marianas.

(d) The Secretary shall provide for interpretative activities at the park, for which he is authorized to seek the assistance of appropriate historians to interpret the historical aspects of the park. To the greatest extent possible, interpretative activities shall be conducted in the following four languages: English, Chamorro, Carolinian, and Japanese.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no fee or charge may be imposed for entrance or admission into the American Memorial Park.

(f) The Secretary shall transfer administration of the park to the government of the Northern Mariana Islands at such time as the Governor, acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with sections 5 and 7 or article II of the Constitution on the Northern Mariana Islands, requests such a transfer. All improvements, including real and personal property, shall thereupon be transferred without cost to the government of the Northern Mariana Islands and thereafter the full cost of development, administration, and maintenance for the park shall be borne by the government of the Northern Mariana Islands, except as provided in subsection (g) of this section.

(g) For the development, maintenance, and operation of the park (but not for any acquisition of land or interests in lands), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated

not to exceed $3,000,000 effective October 1, 1978. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended.

(h) Nothing contained in this Act is intended to alter or diminish the authority to exercise the five year option contained in article VIII of Public Law 94-241.

AUTHORIZATIONS TO REMAIN AVAILABLE

SEC. 8. Any amount authorized by this Act or by the Act entitled "An Act to authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes" (Public Law 95-134; 91 Stat. 1159) but not appropriated for a fiscal year is authorized to be available for appropriation in succeeding fiscal years.

TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS

SEC. 9. Section 501 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes" (Public Law 95-134; 91 Stat. 1159) is amended

(1) by inserting ", notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary," after "it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress"; and

(2) in subsection (a) by striking out "Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any" and inserting in lieu thereof "Any".

SEC. 10. Authorizations of moneys to be appropriated under this Act shall be effective on October 1, 1978.

3. Arkansas Post

An Act to provide for increases in appropriation ceilings and boundary changes in certain units of the National Park System, and for other purposes. (90 Stat. 2732) (P.L. 94-578)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE II-DEVELOPMENT CEILING INCREASES

SEC. 201. The limitations on appropriations for development of units of the National Park System contained in the following Acts are amended as follows:

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(2) Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas: section 3 of the Act of July 6, 1960 (74 Stat. 334), as amended (80 Stat. 339), is further amended by changing "$550,000" to "$2,750,000”.

Approved October 21, 1976.

4. Chamizal

An Act to provide for increases in appropriation ceilings and boundary changes in certain units of the National Park System, and for other purposes. (90 Stat. 2732) (P.L. 94-578)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE II-DEVELOPMENT CEILING INCREASES

SEC. 201. The limitations on appropriations for development of units of the National Park System contained in the following Acts are amended as follows:

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(3) Chamizal National Memorial, Texas: section 5 of the Act of June 30, 1966 (80 Stat. 232), is amended by changing"$2,060,000" to "5,063,000".

Approved October 21, 1976.

5. Coronado

An Act to authorize additional appropriations for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Idaho. (92 Stat. 3467) (P.L. 95-625)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE III-BOUNDARY CHANGES

SEC. 301. The boundaries of the following units of the National Park Systems are revised as follows, and there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, but not exceed the amounts specified in the following paragraphs for acquisitions of lands and interests in lands within areas added by reason of such revisions:

(4) Coronado National Memorial, Arizona: To add approximately three thousand and forty acres and delete approximately twelve hundred acres as generally depicted on the map entitled "Land Status Map 01, Coronado National Memorial, Cochise County, Arizona", numbered 8630/80,001, and dated October 1977; $1,410,000.

SEC. 302. Within twelve months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed map or other detailed description of the lands added or excluded from any area pursuant to section 301.

SEC. 303. (a) Within the boundaries of the areas as revised in accordance with section 301, the Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer from any other Federal agency. Lands and interests therein so acquired shall become part of the area to which they are added, and shall be subjected to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable thereto. When acquiring any land pursuant to this title, the Secretary may acquire any such land subject to the retention of a right of use and occupancy for a term not to exceed twenty-five years or for the life of the owner or owners. Lands owned by a State or political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation.

(b) (1) Lands and interests therein deleted from any area pursuant to section 301 may be exchanged for nonFederal lands within the revised boundaries of such area, or transferred to the jurisdiction of any other Federal agency or to a State or political subdivision thereof, without monetary consideration, or be administered as public lands by the Secretary, as the Secretary may deem appropriate.