92 STAT. 1610
PUBLIC LAW 95-484—OCT. 19, 1978
Public Law 95-484 95th Congress An Act Oct. 19, 1978 [H.R. 13797]
Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kans. Establishment.
Publication in Federal Register. 16 USC 461 note.
Administration.
43 USC 1457.
16 USC 461. Repeal.
Appropriation authorization.
To authorize establishment of the Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas, 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 commemorate the significant role played by Fort Scott in the opening of the West, as well as the Civil War and the strife in the State of Kansas that preceded it, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire by donation the land and interests in land, together with buildings and improvements thereon, known as Fort Scott, located in the city of Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas: Provided, that the buildings so acquired shall not include the structure known as "Lunette Blair". SEC. 2. When the site of Fort Scott has been acquired by the United States as provided in section 1 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall establish such area as the Fort Scott National Historic Site, by publication of notice and boundary map thereof in the Federal Register, SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior shall administer, protect, develop, and maintain the Fort Scott National Historic Site subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented, and the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the preservation of historic America sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes", approved August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666). SEC. 4. Sections 3 and 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the commemoration of certain historical events in the State of Kansas, and for other purposes", approved August 31, 1965 (79 Stat. 588), as amended, are hereby repealed: Provided, That all obligations pursuant to contracts for the development and construction of Fort Scott heretofore entered into by the city of Fort Scott to be paid with funds under the authority of section 3 of the aforesaid Act, shall be assumed by the Secretary: Provided further, That any remaining balance of funds appropriated pursuant to section 4 of the Act of August 31, 1965, as amended, shall be available for the purposes of carrying out this Act. SEC. 5. In addition to such sums as might be made available to the historic site by the preceding section, effective October 1, 1979, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the development of the Fort Scott National Historic Site, as provided in this Act. Approved October 19, 1978.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1644 (Gomm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): Sept. 29, considered and passed House. Oct. 4, considered and passed Senate.
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