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[86 STAT. 121]
PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1972
[86 STAT. 121]

86

STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 92-272-APR. 11, 1972

8EC. '202. The additional sums authorized to be appropriated for development in the Acts as amended in section 201 are based on March 1971 prices and may be increased or decreased in appropriation Acts by such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the types of constniction invoh ed for each area.

121 Cost fluctuation, ceiling adjustment.

TITLE III — B O l ^ X D A R Y C H A N G E S SP:C. 801. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to revise the boundaries of the following units of the national park system: (1) Adams National Historic Site, Massachusetts: to add approximately 3.68 acres; (2) Cowpens National Battleground Site, South Carolina: to add approximately 845 acres; (3) Fort Caroline National Memorial, Florida: to add approximately 12.5 acres; (4) George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia: to add approximately 62.3 acres; (5) Glacier National Park, Montana: to add approximately 267.90 acres and to exclude approximately 68.47 acres; (6) Isle Royale National Park, Michigan: to add approximately 0.52 acre; (7) Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Pennsylvania: to add approximately 53.6 acres; (8) Lassen Volcanic National Park, California: to exclude approximately 482 acres; (9) Muir Woods National Monument, California: to add approximately 49.7 acres; (10) Ozark National Scenic Eiverways, Missouri: to add approximately 1,670acres; and (11) Petersburg National Battlefield, Virginia: to exclude approximately 257.53 acres. SEC. 302. The boundary revisions authorized in section 301 shall become effective upon publication in the Federal Register of a map or other description of the lands added or excluded by the Secretary of the Interior. Snt'. 303. Within the boundaries of the areas as revised in accordance with section 301, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands and interest therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer from any other Federal agency. Lands and interests therein so acquired shall become part of the area to A\hich they are added, and shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable thereto. When acquiring any land pursuant to this Act, the Secretary (i) may tender, to the owner or owners of record on the date of enactment of this Act, a revocable permit for the continued use and occupancy of such land or any portion thereof subject to such terms and conditions as he deems necessary or (ii) may acquire anj- land pursuant to this Act subject to the retention of a right of use and occupancy for a term not to exceed 25 years or for the life of the owner or owners. Lands and interests therein excluded from the areas pursuant to section 301 may be exchanged for non-Federal lands within the boiuidaries as revised, or they may be transferred to the jurisdiction of any ()ther Federal agency or to a State or political subdivision thereof, without monetary consideration, as the Secretary of the Interior may deem appropriate. In exercising the authority in this section with respect to lantls and interests therein excluded from the areas, the Secretary of the Interior may, on behalf of the United States, retrocede to the appropriate State exclusive or concurrent legislative jnris<lictioji subject to such terms and conditions as he may deem

Publication in Rederal Register.

Land acquisition.

State jurisdiction, retrocession,