An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the best and most feasible means of protecting and preserving the Great Dismal Swamp and the Dismal Swamp Canal
PL 92-478 (S.2441), enacted 10/09/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-478-OCT. 9,1972 
793 
Public Law 92-477 
AN ACT 
October 9, 1972 
To amend chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, to authorize at Govern- 
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ment expense, the transportation of house trailers or mobile dwellings, in 
place of household and personal effects, of members in a missing status, and 
the additional movement of dependents and effects, or trailers, of those 
members in such a status for more than one year. 
Uniformed serv-
ices 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 10 of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
' Members in mis s 
(1) The catchline of section 554 and the corresponding item in the '"(frtauon^o/"^^"^' 
analysis for that section are each amended by inserting "trailers; mobile dwellings 
additional movements;" after "household and personal effects;". 
and dependents. 
(2) Section 554(a) is amended by adding the following at the 
end: "Under regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, and 
in place of the transportation of household and personal effects, a 
dependent, who would otherwise be entitled to transportation of 
household and personal effects under this section, may transport a 
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house trailer or mobile dwelling within and between the areas 
specified in section 409 of this title for use as a residence by one of „J^ stat, 475; 
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the tollowmg means— 
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" (1) transport it and be reimbursed by the United States; 
" (2) deliver it to an agent of the United States for transporta-
tion by the United States or by commercial means; or 
"(3) have it transported by commercial means and be reim- 
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bursed by the United States. 
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If a trailer or dwelling is transported under clause (2) or (3) of this 
subsection, that transportation may include one privately owned 
motor vehicle which may be shipped at United States expense. Trans-
portation, and incidental costs, authorized by this section shall be 
at United States expense without any cost limitation, and any pay-
ment authorized may be made in advance of the transportation con-
cerned." 
(3) Section 554(b) is amended by adding the following at the g2®^^stat^.^764; 
end: "In addition, he may authorize additional movements of, and 
prescribe transportation for, the dependents and household and per-
sonal effects, or the dependents and house trailer or mobile dwelling, 
of a member who is officially reported as absent for a period of more 
than one year in a missing status." 
Approved October 9, 1972. 
Public Law 92-478 
AN ACT 
October 9, 1972 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the 
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feasibility and desirability of protecting and preserving the Great Dismal 
- Swamp and the Dismal Swamp Canal. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
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of the Interior is authorized to conduct an investigation and study to m^f sw^mp canai, 
determine the feasibility and desirability of protecting and preserving N.c.-va. 
the Great Dismal Swamp and the Dismal Swamp Canal, in the States preservation.^" 
of North Carolina and Virginia. The Secretary shall consult with other feasibility study. 
interested Federal agencies, and the State and local bodies and officials 
involved, and shall coordinate the study with applicable outdoor recre-
ation plans, highway plans, and other planning activities relating to the 
region. Such investigation and study shall be carried out for the pur-
poses of determining (1) the desirability and feasibility of protecting 
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Report to Con-
gress. 
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and preserving the ecological, scenic, recreational, historical, and other 
resource values of the Great Dismal Swamp and the Dismal Swamp 
Canal, with particular emphasis on the development of the Dismal 
Swamp Canal for recreational boating purposes, (2) the potential 
alternative beneficial uses of the water and related land resources 
involved, taking into consideration appropriate uses of the land for 
residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and transportation 
purposes, and for public services; and (3) the type of Federal, State, 
or local program, if any, that is feasible and desirable in the public 
interest to preserve, develop, and make accessible for public use the 
values set forth in (1) including alternative means of achieving these 
values, together with a comparison of the costs and effectiveness of 
these alternative means. 
SEC. 2. Upon the completion of the investigation and study author-
ized by this Act, but in no event later than two years following the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
report to the Congress the results of such investigation and study, 
together with his recommendations with respect thereto. 
SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $50,000 
to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved October 9, 1972. 
October 9,1972 
[H. R.14891] 
Public Law 92-479 
AN ACT 
To amend title i'±, united States Code, to authorize involuntary active duty for 
Coast Guard reservists for emergency augmentation of regular forces. 
Coast Guard 
reservists. 
Emergency aug-
mentation. 
70A Stat. 624; 
76 Stat. 632. 
14 u s e 751a. 
Active duty 
benefits. 
72 Stat. 1438; 
85 Stat. 425. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejyresentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding the following new section to 
chapter 21 thereof: 
"§ 764. Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces 
"(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law and for the 
emergency augmentation of regular Coast Guard forces at times of 
serious natural or manmade disaster, accident, or catastrophe the 
Secretary may, subject to approval by the President and without 
the consent of persons affected, order to active duty of not more than 
fourteen days in any four-month period and not more than thirty 
days in any one-year period from the Coast Guard Ready Reserve 
any organized training unit: any member or members thereof; or any 
member not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit. 
"(b) A reasonable time, under the circumstances of the domestic 
emergency involved, shall be allowed between the date when a Reserve 
ordered to active duty under this section is alerted for that duty and 
the date when he is required to enter upon that duty. Unless the Sec-
retary determines that the nature of the domestic emergency does not 
allow it, this period shall be at least two days. 
''(c) Active duty served under this section— 
"(1) shall satisfy on a day-for-day basis all or a part of the 
annual active duty for training requirement of section 270 of 
title 10, United States Code; 
"(2) does not satisfy any part of the active duty obligation of 
a member whose statutory Reserve obligation is not already ter-
minated; and 
"(3) entitles a member while engaged therein, or while