Volume 86 · 563
Public Law 92–388
To provide for the establishment of the Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site, in the State of Hawaii, and for other purposes.
Approved August 17, 1972
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide for the establishment of the Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site, in the State of Hawaii, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That in order to restore and preserve in public ownership the historically significant temple associated with Kamehameha the Great, who founded the historic Kingdom of Hawaii, and the property of John Young who fought for Kamehameha the Great during the period of his ascendancy to power, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, by donation or purchase with donated funds, such lands and interests in lands, together with structures and improvements thereon, not to exceed one hundred acres, in the vicinity of Kawaihae, Hawaii, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Boundary Map, Proposed Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site,” numbered NHS–PK 20.002, dated February 1970, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Washington,
Limitation.
District of Columbia. The Secretary of the Interior may from time to time revise the boundaries of the proposed historic site, but the total acreage of the site shall not exceed one hundred acres.
Sec. 2.
The Secretary of the Interior shall establish the area as the “Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site” at such time as he deems sufficient interests in lands have been acquired to constitute an administrable unit. Pending and after establishment, the Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site shall be administered, developed, preserved, and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes”, approved August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
Sec. 3.
Notwithstanding the acreage limitation contained in section 1 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase, or exchange, such additional lands and interests therein outside the boundary of the site as he deems necessary to relocate portions of State and county roads which are currently within the boundary of the site, and he may construct roadways on the lands so acquired and convey the same, subject to such terms and conditions as he deems necessary, to the State of Hawaii or its appropriate political subdivision. Any relocation of State and county roads shall be undertaken in accordance with an agreement between the Secretary and the State or county concerned, which shall provide, among other things, for the continued maintenance of the relocated portions of road by such State or county.
Sec. 4.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may
Appropriation.
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act not to exceed, however, $1,040,600 (May 1971 prices) for development, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved herein.
Approved August 17, 1972.