for other purposes”, as amended (16 U.S.C. 469h), is further amended by changing “$425,000” to “$2,500,000”.
Sec. 110.Appropriation authorization.
16 USC 251m. Section 320 of the Act of October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2732), is amended in subsection (j) by changing “$13,000,000” to “$23,700,000”.
Sec. 111. Pargraph (13) of section 101 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for increases in appropriation ceilings and boundary changes in certain units of the National Park System, and for other purposes”, approved October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2732, 2733),16 USC 459d-7. is amended by changing the period to a semicolon and inserting the following thereafter:16 USC 459d-1 note. “the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to revise the boundary of the seashore to add approximately two hundred and seventy-four acres and to delete approximately two thousand acres, and sections 302 and 303 of the Act of April 11, 1972 (86 Stat. 120, 121), shall apply to the boundary revision authorized herein.”.
Sec. 112.Fort Saint Jean Baptiste de Natchitoches, La. (a) In order to commemorate the first European settlement in Louisiana, Fort Saint Jean Baptiste de Natchitoches (hereinafter called the “fort”), the Secretary is authorized to render the State of Louisiana such assistance, in the form of technical advice, grants of funds for land acquisition and development, and other help necessary to reconstruct the fort: Provided, that no funds shall be expended for reconstruction unless the Secretary determines that such reconstruction can be based on historical documentation.
(b)Agreement with the State of Louisiana. The Secretary is authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with the State of Louisiana and affected local governmental authorities which agreement shall include but not limited to—
- (1) assurances that the State of Louisiana shall operate and maintain the fort as a public area;
- (2) assurances that the State of Louisiana shall incur all operation and maintenance costs;
- (3) assurances by the State of Louisiana that they will manage the fort consistent with its historic character; and
- (4) authority for the Secretary to obtain reimbursement from or offset against the State of Louisiana of all Federal funds previously granted under this section, including subsequent violation of paragraph (3) of this subsection.
(c)Appropriation authorization. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $2,813,000 for the purposes of this section: Provided, That the Secretary may expend not to exceed 75 per centum of the total cost incurred in the reconstruction of the fort.
Sec. 113.Memorial in Washington D.C. for USN men and women.
16 USC 431 note. (a) The United States Navy Memorial Foundation is authorized to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia in honor and in commemoration of the men and women of the United States Navy who have served their country in war and peace.
(b)(1) The Secretary is authorized and directed to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds of the United States, in the District of Columbia or on such grounds principally serving as a site for national monuments along the Potomac River in Northern Virginia, upon which may be erected the memorial authorized in subsection (a).
(2) The design and plans for such memorial shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission.
(3) Other than as to the land authorized for the erection of the memorial in paragraph (1) of this subsection, neither the United States nor the District of Columbia shall be put to any expense in the erection of this memorial.
