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[86 STAT. 620]
PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1972
[86 STAT. 620]

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Notice and boundary revisions, publication in Federal Register.

Land acquisition.

Administration.

Hunting and fishing regulations.

Appropriation.

PUBLIC LAW 92-404-AUG. 25, 1972

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consist of those lands and interests in lands, in Teton County, Wyoming, as generally depicted on a drawing entitled "Boundary Map, John D. Rockefeller, Junior, Memorial Parkway, Wyoming", numbered PKY-JDRM-20,000, and dated August 1971, a copy of which shall be on file and available for inspection in the Offices of the National P a r k Service, Department of the Interior. The Secretary shall establish the parkway by publication of a notice to that effect in the Federal Register, at such times as he deems advisable. The Secretary may make minor revisions in the boundary of the parkway from time to time, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture where national forest lands are involved, by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary description in the Federal Register. (b) The Secretary shall also take such action as he may deem necessary and appropriate to designate and identify as "Rockefeller Parkway-' the existing and future connecting roadways within the parkway, and between West Thumb in Yellowstone National Park, and the south entrance of Grand Teton National P a r k: Provided, That any sections of the parkway located within Yellowstone National Park or Grand Teton National Park shall be administered and managed in the same manner and in accordance with the same regulations and policies as the other portions of such parks. SEC. 2. Within the boundaries of the parkway, the Secretary may acquire lands and interests in lands by donation, purchase, exchange, or transfer from another Federal agency. Lands and interests in lands owned by the State of Wyoming or a political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation. Lands under the jurisdiction of another Federal agency shall, upon request of the Secretary, be transferred without consideration to the jurisdiction of the Secretary for the purposes of the parkway. SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary shall administer the parkway as a unit of the national park system in accordance with the authority contained in the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2-4), as amended and supplemented. (b) The Secretary shall permit hunting and iishing within the area described by section 1(a) of this Act in accordance with applicable laws of the United States and the State of Wyoming, except that the Secretary may designate zones where, and periods when, no hunting or fishing shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regulations of the Secretary pursuant to this section shall be put into effect only after consultation with the apjjvopriate State fish and game department. (c) The lands within the parkway, subject to Aalid existing rights. are hereby withdrawn from location, entry and joatent under the United States mining laws. SEC. 4. For the purposes of this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated not more than $25,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands and not more than $3,092,000 for development. Approved August 25, 1972.