Pub. L. 93-477, tit. III, sec. 301

Pub. L. 93-477, tit. III, sec. 301

EnactedYear: 1974Length: 450 wordsOfficial source
Sec. 301. The Secretary of Interior shall revise the boundaries of the following units of the National Park System: (1) Biscayne National Monument, Florida: To add approximately 8,738 acres of land and water, including all of Swan Key and Gold Key; (2) Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Kentucky and Tennessee: Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of June 11, 1940 ( 54 Stat. 262), as amended (16 U.S.C. 261–265), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange not to exceed 60 acres of land or interests in land located in Bell County, Kentucky, and Claiborne County, Tennessee, for addition to and inclusion in the said national historical park which, upon acquisition, shall become a part of the Cumberland National Historical Park subject to the laws, rules, and regulations governing such park; (3) Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Pennsylvania: To add approximately 411 acres; (4) Independence National Historical Park. Pennsylvania: To add approximately 4.67 acres, which shall include the area bounded by Chestnut Street, Front Street, Walnut Street, and Second Street, to be known as Project F: Provided, That the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to acquire property by condemnation under this Act shall be suspended with respect to all property within the boundaries of the area known as Project F during the time the city of Philadelphia shall have in force and applicable to such property a duly adopted, valid zoning ordinance approved by the Secretary: And provided further, That no zoning ordinance or amendment of a zoning ordinance shall be approved by the Secretary which (1) contains any provision which he may consider adverse to the preservation and develop-88 Stat. 1447ment of the Independence National Historical Park, or (2) fails to have the effect of providing that the Secretary shall receive notice of any variance granted under and any exception made to the application of such ordinance or amendment; (5) Lava Beds National Monument, California: To add approximately 321.58 acres and to delete approximately 60.12 acres, which additions and deletions shall comprise only federally owned lands, and lands deleted from the monument shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws; (6) Morristown National Historical Park, New Jersey: The Act of September 18, 1964 (78 Stat. 957) is amended changing “two hundred and eighty-one acres” in both places in which it appears in the first section to “465 acres” and change the period to a colon and insert “Provided, That title to the property known as the Cross estate may not be accepted until the property is vacant.” and (7) Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: To add approximately 1,556.21 acres.
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