An Administrative History
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GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS
An Administrative History |
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APPENDIX A: LEGISLATION
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GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS
PUBLIC LAW 89-667; 80 STAT. 920 An Act to provide for the establishment of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in the State of Texas, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That: In order to preserve in public ownership an area in the State of Texas possessing outstanding geological values together with scenic and other natural values of great significance, the Secretary of the Interior shall establish the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, consisting of the land and interests in land within the area shown on the drawing entitled "Proposed Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas", numbered SA—GM—7100C and dated February 1965, which is on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Secretary shall omit from the park sections 7 and 17, P.S.L. Block 121, in Hudspeth County, and revise the boundaries of the park accordingly if the owner of said sections agrees, on behalf of himself, his heirs and assigns that there will not be erected thereon any structure which, in the judgment of the Secretary, adversely affects the public use and enjoyment of the park. Sec. 2. (a) Within the boundaries of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire land or interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or in such other manner as he deems to be in the public interest. Any property or interest therein, owned by the State of Texas, or any political subdivision thereof, may be acquired only with the concurrence of such owner. (b) In order to facilitate the acquisition of privately owned lands in the park by exchange and avoid the payment of severance costs, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire approximately 4.667 acres of land or interests in land which lie adjacent to or in the vicinity of the park. Land so acquired outside the park boundary may be exchanged by the Secretary on an equal-value basis, subject to such terms, conditions, and reservations as he may deem necessary, for privately owned land located within the park. The Secretary may accept cash from or pay cash to the grantor in such exchange in order to equalize the values of the properties exchanged. Sec. 3. (a) When title to all privately owned land within the boundary of the park, subject to such outstanding interests, rights, and easements as the Secretary determines are not objectionable, with the exception of approximately 4,574 acres which are planned to be acquired by exchange, is vested in the United States and after the State of Texas has donated or agreed to donate to the United States whatever rights and interests in minerals underlying the lands within the boundaries of the park it may have and other owners of such rights and interests have donated or agreed to donate the same to the United States, notice thereof and notice of the establishment of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park shall be published in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the Secretary may continue to acquire the remaining land and interests in land within the boundaries of the park. The Secretary is authorized, pending establishment of the park, to negotiate and acquire options for the purchase of lands and interests in land within the boundaries of the park. He is further authorized to execute contracts for the purchase of such lands and interests, but the liability of the United States under any such contract shall be contingent on the availability of appropriated or donated funds to fulfill the same. (b) In the event said lands or any part thereof cease to be used for national park purposes, the persons (including the State of Texas) who donated to the United States rights and interests in minerals in the lands within the park shall be given notice, in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary, of their preferential right to a reconveyance, without consideration, of the respective rights and interests in minerals which they donated to the United States. Such notice shall be in a form reasonably calculated to give actual notice to those entitled to such preferential right, and shall provide for a period of not less than one hundred and eighty days within which to exercise such preferential right. The preferential right to such reconveyance shall inure to the benefit of the successors, heirs, devisees, or assigns of such persons having such preferential right to a reconveyance, and such successors, heirs, devisees, or assigns shall be given the notice provided for in this subsection. (c) Such rights and interests in minerals, including all minerals of whatever nature, in and underlying the lands within the boundaries of the park and which are acquired by the United States under the provisions of this Act are hereby withdrawn from leasing and are hereby excluded from the application of the present or future provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (Aug. 7, 1947, c. 513, 61 Stat. 913) or other Act in lieu thereof having the same purpose, and the same are hereby also excluded from the provisions of all present and future laws affecting the sale of surplus property or of said mineral interests acquired pursuant to this Act by the United States or any department or agency thereof, except that, if such person having such preferential right to a reconveyance fails or refuses to exercise such preferential right to a reconveyance as provided in subparagraph (b) next above, then this subsection (c) shall not be applicable to the rights and interests in such minerals in the identical lands of such person so failing or refusing to exercise such preferential right to a reconveyance from and after the one hundred and eighty-day period referred to in subparagraph (b) next above. (d) If at any time in the future an Act of Congress provides that the national welfare or an emergency requires the development and production of the minerals underlying the lands within the boundaries of the national park, or any portion thereof, and such Act of Congress, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section or any other Act, authorizes the Secretary to lease said land for the purpose of drilling, mining, developing, and producing said minerals, the Secretary shall give the persons (including the State of Texas) who donated such minerals to the United States notice of their preferential right to lease, without consideration, all or any part of the respective rights and interests in minerals which they donated to the United States, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. Such preferential right shall inure to the benefit of the successors or assigns, and of the heirs or devisees of such persons having such preferential right in the premises. The persons entitled to a preferential right under this subsection shall be given the same notice thereof as persons entitled to preferential rights under subsection (b) of this section. If such person having such preferential right fails or refuses to exercise such right within the time specified in the above notice, the Secretary may thereafter lease the minerals involved to any other person under such terms and conditions as he may prescribe. (e) If at any time oil, gas, or other minerals should be discovered and produced in commercial quantities from lands outside of the boundaries of the park, thereby causing drainage of oil, gas, or other minerals from lands within the boundaries of the park, and if the Secretary participates in a communitization agreement or takes other action to protect the rights of the United States, the proceeds, if any, derived from such agreement or action shall inure to the benefit of the donors of the oil, gas, or other minerals, or their successors, heirs, devisees, or assigns. Sec. 4. The Guadalupe Mountains National Park shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1—4), as amended and supplemented. Sec. 5. Any funds available for the purpose of administering the five thousand six hundred and thirty-two acres of lands previously donated to the United States in Culberson County, Texas, shall upon establishment of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park pursuant to this Act be available to the Secretary for purposes of such park. Sec. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not more than $1,800,000 in all, as may be necessary for the acquisition of lands and interest in lands, and not more than $10,362,000, as may be necessary for the development of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Approved October 15, 1966. |
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PUBLIC LAW 94—174 [S. 313]; Dec. 23, 1975
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK— An Act to authorize an exchange of lands for an entrance road at Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, and for other purposes. |
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of section 2 of the Act approved October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 920), providing for the establishment of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in the State of Texas, is amended by a adding the following after the third sentence: "In order to provide for an adequate entrance road into the M McKittrick Canyon area of the park, the Secretary may accept title to and interests interests in lands comprising a right-of-way for a road or roads outside of the boundary of the park from United States Highway numbered 62 and 180 to the park boundary, and in exchange therefor he may convey title to and interests in lands comprising a right-of-way from said highway to the boundary which have been donated to the United States. The Secretary may accept cash from or pay cash to the grantor in such exchange in order to equalize the values of the properties exchanged. Lands and interest in lands comprising the right-of-way acquired pursuant to this subsection shall be administered as part of the park." Approved December 23, 1975. |
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94—683 accompanying H. R. 1747 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 94-164 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): June 4, considered and passed Senate. Dec. 1, considered and passed House, amended in lieu of H. R. 1747. Dec. 17, Senate concurred in House amendment. | |
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PUBLIC LAW 95—625—NOV. 10, 1978 |
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An Act To authorize additional appropriations for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Idaho. |
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SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978". |
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Sec. 1. Short title and title of contents. TITLE I—DEVELOPMENT CEILING INCREASES
Sec. 101. Specific increases. TITLE II—ACQUISITION CEILING INCREASES
Sec. 201. Acquisition ceilings. .
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PUBLIC LAW 95—625—NOV. 10, 1978 92 STAT. 3470 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued TITLE VII—WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT AMENDMENTS—Continued
Sec. 761. Technical amendments. TITLE VIII—RECOGNITION OF THE HONORABLE
Sec. 801. Recognition of the Honorable William M. Ketchum. TITLE IX—JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK TITLE X—URBAN PARK AND RECREATION RECOVERY PROGRAM TITLE XI—NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL RIVER TITLE XII—FORT SCOTT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE TITLE XIII—REPORT AND BOUNDARY REVISION
Sec. 1301. Beaverhead or Gallatin National Forests. DEFINITION Sec. 2. As used in this Act, except as otherwise specifically provided, the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.
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AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS Sec. 3. Authorizations of moneys to be appropriated under this Act shall be effective on October 1, 1978. Not withstanding any other provision of this Act, authority to enter into contracts, to incur obligations, or to make payments under this Act shall be effective only to the extent, and in such amounts, as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. TITLE I—DEVELOPMENT CEILING INCREASES
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SPECIFIC INCREASES Sec. 101. The limitations on funds for development within certain units of the National Park System and affiliated areas are amended as follows:
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(1) Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska: Section 4 of the Act of June 5, 1965 (79 Stat. 123), is amended by changing "$1,842,000" to "$2,012,000". (2) Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia: Section 4 of the Act of October 10, 1970 (84 Stat. 989), is amended by changing "$1,605,000" to "$2,205,000 for development.", and by deleting "(March 1969 prices), for development plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuation in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the types of construction involved herein.". (3) Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, Tennessee: Section 3 of the Act of December 11, 1963 (77 Stat. 350) is amended by changing "$266,000" to "$286,000".
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(4) Biscayne National Monument, Florida: Section 5
of the Act of October 18, 1968 (82 Stat. 1188), is amended by changing
"$2,900,000" to "$6,565,000".
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PUBLIC LAW 95—625—NOV. 10, 1978 92 STAT. 3471 |
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(5) Capitol Reef National Park, Utah: Section 7 of the Act of December 18, 1971 (85 Stat. 739), is amended by changing "$1,052,700 (April 1970 prices)" to "$1,373,000 for development.", and by deleting "for development, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved herein." (6) Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, North Carolina: Section 3 of the Act of October 17, 1968 (82 Stat. 1154), is amended by changing "$952,000" to "$1,662,000". (7) Cowpens National Battlefield Site, South Carolina: Section 402 of the Act of April 11, 1972 (86 Stat. 120), is amended by changing "$3,108,000" to "$5,108,000".
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(8) De Soto National Memorial, Florida: Section 3 of the Act of March 11, 1948 (62 Stat. 78), as amended, is further amended changing "$3,108,000" to "$5,108,000". (9) Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Arizona: Section 4 of the Act of August 30, 1964 (78 Stat. 681), is amended by deleting "$550,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act,", and inserting in lieu thereof: "$85,000 for land acquisition and $1,043,000 for development". (10) Frederick Douglass Home, District of Columbia: Section 4 of the Act of September 5, 1962 (76 Stat. 435), is amended by changing "$413,000" to "$1,350,000". (11)Grant Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Montana: Section 4 of the Act of August 25, 1972 (86 Stat. 632), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provision of this Act, but not to exceed $752,000 for land acquisition and not to exceed $2,075,000 for development."; the additional sums herein authorized for land acquisition may be used to acquire the fee simple title to lands over which the United States has acquired easements or other less than fee interests.
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(12) Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas: Section 6 of the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 920), is amended by changing "$10,362,000" to "$24,715,000", and by adding the following new sentence at the end of the section: "No funds appropriated for development purposes pursuant to this Act may be expended for improvements incompatible with wilderness management within the corridor of the park leading to the summit of Guadalupe Peak".
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(13) Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida-Mississippi: Section 11 of the Act of January 8, 1971 (84 Stat. 1967), is amended by changing "$17,774,000" to "$14,224,000", and by deleting the phrase, "(June 1970 prices) for development, plus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering costs indices applicable to the types of construction involved herein.", and inserting lieu thereof "for development.".
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(14) Harper's Ferry National Historical Park, Maryland-West Virginia: Section 4 of the Act of June 30, 1944 (58 Stat. 645), is amended further by changing "$8,690,000" to "$12,385,000".
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(15) Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Arizona: Section 3 of the Act of August 28, 1965 (79 Stat. 584), is amended by changing "$952,000" to "$977,000". .
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PUBLIC LAW 95—625—NOV. 10, 1978 92 STAT. 3489 |
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shore and, in addition, the waters surrounding said area to distances of some thousand feet in the Atlantic Ocean and up to four thousand feet in Great South Bay and Moriches Bay and, in addition, mainland terminal and headquarters sites, not to exceed a total of twelve acres, on the Patchogue River within Suffolk County, New York, all as deliniated on the map identified as "Fire Island National Seashore", numbered OGP-0004, dated May 1978. The Secretary shall publish in the offices of the Department of the Interior."
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Map, publication
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(b) Section 2 of such Act is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(g) The authority of the Secretary to condemn undeveloped tracts within the Dune District as depicted on map entitled "Fire Island National Seashore" numbered OGP-00004 dated May 1978, is suspended so long as the owner or owners of the undeveloped property maintain the property in its natural state. Undeveloped property within the Dune District that is acquired by the Secretary shall remain in its natural state.".
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(c) Section 7(b) of such Act is amended by striking the phrase "Brookhaven town park at", and inserting in lieu thereof: "Ocean Ridge portion of".
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(d) Section 10 of such Act is amended by striking "$18,000,000", and inserting in lieu thereof "$23,000,000".
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Sec. 323. Section 1 of the Act of October 23, 1972 (86 Stat. 1066), is amended by changing the phrase "numbered CUIS 40,000B, and dated June 1971,", to read "numbered CUIS 4,000D, and dated January 1978,".
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Sec. 401. The following lands are hereby designated as wilderness in accordance with section 3(c) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1132(c)), and shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act:
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PUBLIC LAW 95—625—NOV. 10, 1978 92 STAT. 3490 |
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(3) Everglades National Park, Florida, wilderness comprising approximately one million two hundred and ninety-six thousand five hundred acres and potential wilderness additions comprising approximately eighty-one thousand nine hundred acres, depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Everglades National Park, Florida", numbered 160-20,011 and dated June 1971, to be known as the Everglades Wilderness. (4) Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, wilderness comprising approximately forty-six thousand eight hundred and fifty acres, depicted on the map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas," numbered 166-20,006-B and dated July 1972, to be known as the Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness. (5) Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida, and Mississippi, wilderness comprising approximately one thousand eight hundred acres and potential wilderness additions comprising approximately two thousand eight hundred acres, depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi, Florida", numbered 635-20,018-A and dated March 1977, to be known as the Gulf Islands Wilderness. (6) Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, wilderness comprising approximately one hundred and twenty-three thousand one hundred acres and potential wilderness additions comprising approximately seven thousand eight hundred and fifty acres, depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Hawaii Volcanoes National park, Hawaii", numbered 124-20,020 and dated April 1974, to be known as the Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness. (7) Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, wilderness comprising approximately three hundred and twelve thousand six hundred acres and potential wilderness additions comprising approximately one thousand two hundred and forty acres, depicted on the map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona", numbered 157-20,001-B and dated October 1978, to be known as the Organ Pipe Cactus Wilderness. (8) Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, North Dakota, wilderness comprising approximately twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and twenty acres, depicted on maps entitled "Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, North Dakota" (North Unit and South Unit) numbered 387-20,007-E and dated January 1978, to be known as the Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness.
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MAP AND DESCRIPTION Sec. 402. A map and description of the boundaries of the areas designated in this title shall be on file and available for public inspection in of office of the Director of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and in the Office of the Superintendent of each area designated in this title. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, maps of the wilderness areas and descriptions of their boundaries shall be filed with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate, and such maps and descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such maps and descriptions may be made.
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CESSATION OF CERTAIN USES Sec. 403. Any lands which represent potential wilderness additions in this title, upon publication inn the Federal Register of a notice by the Secretary that at all uses thereon prohibited by the Wilderness Act have ceased, shall thereby be designated wilderness Lands designated as potential wilderness additions shall be managed by the Secretary insofar as practicable as wilderness until such time as said lands are designated as wilderness. ADMINISTRATION SEC. 404. The areas designated by this Act as wilderness shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act, and, where appropriate, any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. SAVINGS PROVISIONS Sec. 405. Nothing in this tithe shall be construed to diminish the authority of the Coast Guard, pursuant to sections 2 and 81 of title 14, United States Code, and title 1 of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1221), or the Federal Aviation Administration to use the areas designated wilderness by this Act within the Everglades National Park, Florida ; and the Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida and Mississippi, for navigational and maritime safety purposes.
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TITLE V—ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW AREAS AND ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM Subtitle A—Parks, Seashores, Etc. GUAM NATIONAL SEASHORE Sec. 501. (a) The Secretary through the Director of the National Park Service, shall revise and update the National Park Service study of the Guam National Seashore and, after consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Defense and the Governor of Guam, shall transmit tine revised study within two years to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives including his recommendations and a series of options for congressional consideration each of which—
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(b) The Secretary, and the Secretary of tine Department of Defense, shall take such actions as they may deem appropriate within their existing authorities to protect the resource values of the submerged lands within the area of the study referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
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