ties, structures, or buildings for each unit of the National Park System consistent with the general management plans required in subsection (b) of this section.
“(b)General management plans, transmittal to congressional committees. General management plans for the development of each unit of the National Park System, including the areas within the national capital region, shall be prepared by the Director of the National Park Service and transmitted to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs. Such plans shall include:
- “(1) the facilities which the Director finds necessary to accommodate the health, safety, and recreation needs of the visiting public, including such facilities as he may deem appropriate to provide in accordance with the provisions of the Act of October 9, 1965 (79 Stat. 969);
- “(2) the location and estimated cost of all such facilities; and
- “(3) the projected need for any additional facilities required for such unit.
“(c)Concession leases and contracts, proposed awards, transmittal to congressional committees. The Secretary of the Interior shall hereafter transmit to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs all proposed awards of concession leases and contracts involving a gross annual business of $100,000 or more, or exceeding five years in duration (including renewals thereof), and all proposed rules and regulations relating thereto, sixty days before such awards are made or such rules and regulations are promulgated. The Act of July 14, 1956 (70 Stat. 543) is hereby repealed.Repeal.
16 USC 17b-1.”.
Approved October 7, 1976.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
| HOUSE REPORT | No. 94-1569 accompanying H.R. 11887 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). |
SENATE REPORT No. 94-1190 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976):
- Sept. 17, considered and passed Senate.
- Sept. 21, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 11887.
- Sept. 23, Senate agreed to House amendment.
