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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-629—NOV. 10, 1978

92 STAT. 3637

and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and in the offices of the Superintendent of the park. After advising the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, in writing, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") may make minor revisions of the boundaries of the park when necessary by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary description in the Federal Register. (b) For the purposes of this section, the Secretary is authorized— (1) to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, lands and interests therein constituting the following generally described areas in the historic missions district of the city of San Antonio, Texas— (A) Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo; (B) Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna; (C) Mission San Francisco de la Espada; (D) Espada Acequia, the section of approximately five miles along the west side of and parallel to the San Antonio River; (E) Espada Dam and Aqueduct; (F) Mission San Juan Capistrano; (G) San Juan Acequia, on the east side of the San Antonio River; and (H) such lands and interests therein which the Secretary determines are necessary or desirable to provide for public access to, and interpretation and protection of, the foregoing; and (2) to enter cooperative agreements with the owners of any historic properties, including properties referred to in paragraph (1), in furtherance of the purposes of this section. Each agreement under paragraph (2) shall provide among other things that the owner will hold and preserve the historic property in perpetuity and will not undertake or permit the alteration or removal of historic features or the erection of markers, structures, or buildings without the prior concurrence of the Secretary, and that the public shall have reasonable access to those portions of the property to which access is necessary in the judgment of the Secretary for the proper appreciation and interpretation of its historical and architectural value. Pursuant to such cooperative agreements and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary the Secretary may, directly or by contract, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, or develop such buildings, structures, and related facilities including roads, trails, and other interpretive facilities on real property not in Federal ownership and may maintain and operate programs in connection therewith as he deems appropriate. Any lands or interest therein owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio, the State of Texas, or any political subdivision of such State, including the San Antonio River Authority, may be acquired by donation only: Provided, That the Secretary shall submit all proposed cooperative agreements to the Department of Justice for a determination that the proposed agreements do not violate the constitutional provisions regarding the separation of church and state. (c)(1) With the exception of any property deemed necessary by the Secretary for visitor facilities or administration of the park, any owner or owners of improved property on the date of its acquisition

Boundary revisions, notice to congressional committees and publication in Federal Register. Lands, acquisitions.

Cooperative agreements.

Submittal to Justice Department.

Use and occupancy right, retention.