110 STAT. 4174 PUBLIC LAW 104-333—NOV. 12, 1996 contract, or other generally adopted means of providing financial assistance. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 annually to carry out this section, to remain available until expended. (e) REPEAL. — (1) IN GENERAL. —This section is repealed as of the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this section. (2) No EFFECT ON GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may continue to conduct battlefield studies in accordance with other authorities available to the Secretary. (3) UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Any funds made available under this section that remain unobligated shall be credited to the general fund of the Treasury. SEC. 605. CmCKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS. Section 1(c) of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize and direct the National Park Service to assist the State of Georgia in relocating a highway affecting the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Nationd Military Park in Greorgia", approved December 24, 1987 (101 Stat. 1442), is amended by striking "$30,000,000" and inserting " $51,900,000". Shenandoah SEC. 606. SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS. Valley Battlefields (^) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the "Shenandoah National Historic Valley Battlefields National Historic District and Commission Act District and of 1996". ^S%^^^°° ^^ ^^^ CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.— The Congress finds that— 16 USC 461 note. (1) there are situated in the Shenandoah Valley in the Commonwealth of Virginia the sites of several key Civil War battles; (2) certain sites, battlefields, structures, and districts in the Shenandoah Valley are collectively of national significance in the history of the Civil War; (3) in 1992, the Secretary of the Interior issued a comprehensive study of significant sites and structures associated with Civil War batties in the Shenandoah Valley, and found that many of the sites within the Shenandoah Valley possess national significance and retain a high degree of historical integrity; (4) the preservation and interpretation of these sites will make a vital contribution to the understanding of the heritage of the United States; (5) the preservation of Civil War sites within a regional framework requires cooperation among local property owners and Federal, State, and local government entities; and (6) partnerships between Federal, State, and local governments, the regional entities of such governments, and the private sector offer the most effective opportunities for the enhsincement and management of the Civil War battlefields and related sites in the ShenandoEih Valley. (c) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.— The purposes of this section are to^ (1) preserve, conserve, and interpret the legacy of the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley; (2) recognize and interpret important events and geographic locations representing key Civil War battles in the
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