Public Law 96-199
96th Congress
[H.R. 3757]
An Act
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978, amendment.
TITLE I
Sec. 101. The National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978, approved November 10, 1978 (92 Stat. 3467),16 USC 1 note
Point Reyes National Seashore, area description.
16 USC 459c-1. is amended as follows:
(a) Section 318, re: Point Reyes National Seashore is amended by:
- (1) in subsection (a), change the period following “May 1978” to a comma and insert “plus those areas depicted on the map entitled ‘Point Reyes and GGNRA Amendments, dated October 25, 1979’.”;
- (2) in subsection (b), changing the word “The” at the beginning of section 5(a) to “Except for property which the Secretary specifically determines is needed for interpretive or resources management purposes of the seashore, the”;
- (3) in subsection (c), after “May 1, 1978”, inserting “or, in the case of areas added by action of the Ninety-sixth Congress, May 1, 1979”, and at the end of the subsection, following the word “property”, inserting “that were in existence or under construction as of May 1, 1978”;
- (4) in subsection (d), changing the phrase “subsection (c)” to read “subsections (c), (d), and (e)” and adding the following at the end thereof:
“(d)Lands and improvements, acceptance and management. The Secretary is authorized to accept and manage in accordance with this Act, any lands and improvements within or adjacent to the seashore which are donated by the State of California or its political subdivisions. He is directed to accept any such lands offered for donation which comprise the Tomales Bay State Park, or lie between said park and Fish Hatchery Creek. The boundaries of the seashore shall be changed to include any such donated lands.
“(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fee or admission charge may be levied for admission of the general public to the seashore.”;
- (5) adding a new subsection (f) as follows:
“(f)Appropriation authorization.
16 USC 459c-7. Section 9 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof: ‘In addition to the sums heretofore authorized by this section, there is further authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the acquisition of lands or interests therein.’.”.
(b) Section 551,North Country National Scenic Trail.
16 USC 1244. re: the National Trails System Act is amended by:
- (1) in paragraph (9), add the following at the end thereof:
