PUBLIC LAW 96-442—OCT. 13, 1980
94 STAT. 1885
Public Law 96-442 96th Congress An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to preserve within Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia, the most important historic properties relating to the battle of Manassas, and for other purposes", approved April 17, 1954 (68 Stat. 56; 16 U.S.C. 429b).
Oct. 13, 1980 [H.R. 5048]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be Manassas cited as the "Manassas National Battlefield Park Amendments of National Park Battlefield 1980". Amendments of SEC. 2. The Act entitled "An Act to preserve within the Manassas 1980. 16 u National Battlefield Park, Virginia, the most important historic note.s e 429b properties relating to the battle of Mcinassas, and for other purposes", 16 USC 429b. approved April 17, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 429b), is amended to read as follows: "That there is established as a unit of the national park system in the Commonwealth of Virginia the Manassas National Battlefield Park, which shall contain within its boundaries the important historical lands relating to the two battles of Meinassas. The total area of the park shall not be greater than four thousand five Description. hundred and twenty-five acres. The boundaries of the park shall be the boundaries depicted on the map entilied 'Boundary Map, Manassas National Battlefield Park', dated October 1980, and numbered 379/80,009, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, as soon Publication in Federal as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, but no later Register. than one year from the effective date of this section, a detailed description and map of the boundaries. Notwithstanding section 7(c) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (91 Stat. 211), as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601), the Secretary may not make any changes 16 USC 460Z-9. in the boundaries of the park. The Secretary shall administer the park in accordance with laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national park system. "SEC. 2. (a) In order to effectuate the purposes of this Act, the Funding. Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase with 16 USC 429b-l. donated or appropriated funds or exchsmge, any property or interests therein which are located within the boundaries of the park, except that property owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia or by any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation. "(b) With respect to areas within the 1954 boundaries of the park, as identified on the map referred to in the first section of this Act, the Secretary may not acquire fee simple title to such areas without the consent of the owner so long as the lands continue to be devoted to a use which is the same as that in effect on September 1, 1980. Further, if the Secretary proposes to acquire fee simple title to such property because of a change in use, the owner of such property may seek a review of the proposed acquisition of his or her property and is entitled to a hearing on the record in accordance with section 554 of title 5 of the United States Code.
�
