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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 271g. Authorization of appropriations

Statutory text

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, not to exceed, however, $104,500 for the acquisition of lands and not to exceed $5,102,000 (April 1970 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. The sums authorized in this section shall be available for acquisition and development in the areas added by this subchapter.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 88–590 § 8 · 78 Stat. 934

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 271g

    Pub. L. 88–590, § 8, as added Pub. L. 92–154, § 1(d), Nov. 12, 1971, 85 Stat. 421

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 88–590, § 8, as added Pub. L. 92–154, § 1(d), Nov. 12, 1971, 85 Stat. 421

  2. Pub. L. 94–578 title I § 101(12) · 90 Stat. 2732

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 271g

    Pub. L. 94–578 substituted “$104,500” for “$16,000”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 94–578 substituted “$104,500” for “$16,000”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (12) Canyon lands National Park, Utah: section 8 of the Act of September 12, 1964 (78 Stat. 934) as amended (85 Stat. 421) is further amended by changing “$16,000” to “$104,500”; and

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–578 substituted “$104,500” for “$16,000”.

Credits

1971–1976 · 2 acts
  1. 1971Pub. L. 88–590, § 8, as added Pub. L. 92–154, § 1(d), , 85 Stat. 421
  2. 1976amended Pub. L. 94–578, title I, § 101(12), , 90 Stat. 2732.
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(Pub. L. 88–590, § 8, as added Pub. L. 92–154, § 1(d), , 85 Stat. 421; amended Pub. L. 94–578, title I, § 101(12), , 90 Stat. 2732.)

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