An Act to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes.
PL 95-348 (S.2821), enacted 08/18/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-348—AUG. 18, 1978 
92 STAT. 487 
Public Law 95-348 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhted, 
GUAM 
Aug. 18, 1978 
[S. 2821] 
United States 
insular areas. 
Appropriation 
authorizations. 
SECTION 1. (a) (1) For grants to the ^vernment of Guam for the 
rehabilitation, upgrading, and construction of public facilities, there 
is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior 
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") $13,868,000 
for fiscal year 1979, and $20,000,000 thereafter, plus or minus such 
amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations 
in construction costs from October 1978 price levels as indicated by 
engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction 
involved. 
(2) The Secretary may place such stipulations as he deems appro-
priate on the use of funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) (1) 
hereof. 
(3) Grants provided pursuant to this Act and not obligated or 
expended by the government of Guam during any fiscal year will 
remain available for obligation or expenditure by such government in 
subsequent fiscal years for the purposes for which the funds were 
appropriated. 
(4) Funds provided under paragraph (a) (1) may be used by Guam 
as the matching share for Federal programs and services. 
(5) Authorizations of moneys to be appropriated under this sub- Effective date 
section shall be effective on October 1,1978. 
(6) The Secretary is directed to prepare and transmit to the Con-
gress no later than July 1, 1979, an analysis of the capital infrastruc-
ture needs of Guam for the 1985-1990 timeframe. The analysis shall 
detail the nature and type of infrastructure needed, the adequacy of 
the existing infrastructure, the estimated costs of improvement, exten-
sion, rehabilitation, or replacement of the existing infrastructure to 
meet the projected demands, the capability of local government to 
fund such costs and the options available, and shall provide a series of 
alternatives for Federal support for that portion of the infrastructure 
which cannot be financed by local government. 
(b) The government of Guam in carrying out the purposes of this 
Act or Public Law 95-134, may utilize, to the extent practicable, the 
available services and facilities of agencies and instrumentalities of the 
Federal Government on a reimbursable basis. Such amounts may be 
credited to the appropriation or fund which provided the services and 
facilities. Agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Government 
may, when practicable, make available to the government of Guam 
upon request of the Secretary such services and facilities as they are 
equipped to render or furnish, and they may do so without reimburse-
ment if otherwise authorized by law. 
Report to 
Congress. 
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91 Stat. 1159. 
92 STAT. 488 
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Duties and taxes. 
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91 Stat. 1162. 
89 Stat. 212. 
Report to 
Congress. 
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(c) Section 30 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384), as 
amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing : "Beginning as soon as the government of Guam enacts legislation 
establishing a fiscal year commencing on October 1 and ending on 
September 30, the Secretary of the Treasury, prior to the commence^ 
ment of any fiscal year, shall remit to the government of Guam the 
amount of duties, taxes, and fees which the governor of Guam, with 
the concurrence of the government comptroller of Guam, has estimated 
will be collected in or derived from Guam under this section during 
the next fiscal year, except for those sums covered directly upon col-
lection into the treasury of Guam. The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall deduct from or add to the amounts so remitted the difference 
between the amount of duties, taxes, and fees actually collected during 
the prior fiscal year and the amount of such duties, taxes, and fees as 
estimated and remitted at the beginning of that prior fiscal year, 
including any deductions which may be required as a result of the 
operation of Public Law 94-395 (90 Stat. 1199) or Public Law 88-170, 
as amended (82 Stat. 863).". 
(d) Section 205 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize certain 
appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend cer-
tain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes" (Public Law 
95-134) is amended by striking out "$25,000,000: Provided'^ and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$35,000,000: Provided, That $10,000,000 of 
such sums is not authorized to be appropriated prior to October 1, 
1978. Health care needs shall include goods and services provided to 
maintain and operate the Medical Center of the Marianas: Provided 
further''''. 
TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 
SEC. 2. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 
for the Bikini people evacuated from Bikini Atoll, Trust Territory 
of the Pacific Islands, as a result of United States nuclear tests com-
mencing in 1946, and their descendants. Of this $15,000,000: 
(1) $12,000,000 is authorized for the relocation and resettle-
ment of the Bikini people within the Marshall Islands; and 
(2) to compensate the Bikini people for any radiological dam-
age to their atoll an additional $3,000,000 shall be held in trust 
pursuant to the trust agreement established by Public Law 94-34, 
with the proceeds to be distributed in accordance with the pro-
visions thereof. 
(b) None of the funds authorized pursuant to subsection (a) (2) 
above shall be available for payment of any attorneys fees or asso-
ciated expenses. 
(c) The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and submit to Con-
gress by July 1, 1979, a progress report on his efforts to establish a 
permanent location for the displaced people of Bikini Island. Such 
report shall review: alternative actions taken to provide the people of 
Bikini with temporary homes; political and social consequences of 
the relocation of these people on Kili Island; and the Secretary's 
attempt to locate, acquire, and develop a permanent location for the 
settlement of these people. Such report shall also suggest probable 
economic, social, political, and cultural consequences which may result 
from the permanent settlement of these people in various alternative 
locations and inform the Congress of additional plans adopted by the 
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92 STAT. 489 
Secretary, together with any recommendations he may have for legis-
lation necessary to implement those plans, to provide further assistance 
to the people of Bikini. 
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 
SEC. 3. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
expenditure after October 1, 1978, not more than $12,000,000 plus or 
minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary 
fluctuations in construction costs from October 1978 price levels as 
indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of con-
struction involved, to assist in the acquisition and construction of a 
powerplant for the Northern Mariana Islands together with upgrad-
ing, rehabilitation, or replacement of distribution facilities. 
(b) (1) The government of the Northern Marianas in carrying out 
the purposes of this Act, Public Law 95-134, or Public Law 94-241, 
may utilize, to the extent practicable, the available services and facili-
ties of agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Government on 
a reimbursable basis. Such amounts may be credited to the appropria-
tion or fund which provided the services and facilities. Agencies and 
instrumentalities of the Federal Government may, when practicable, 
make available to the government of the Northern Marianas, upon 
request of the Secretary, such services and facilities as they are 
equipped to render or furnish, and they may do so without reimburse-
ment if otherwise authorized by law. 
(2) Any funds made available to the Northern Mariana Islands 
under grant-in-aid programs by section 502 of the Covenant To Estab-
lish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political 
Union With the United States of America (Public Law 94-241), or 
pursuant to any other Act of Congress enacted after March 24, 1976, 
are hereby authorized to remain available until expended. 
(3) Any amount authorized by the Covenant described in para-
graph (2) or by any other Act of Congress enacted after March 24, 
1976, which authorizes appropriations for the Northern Mariana 
Islands, but not appropriated for a fiscal year is authorized to be 
available for appropriation in succeeding fiscal years. 
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 
1977, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, upon the request 
of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, acting pursuant 
to legislation enacted in accordance with sections 5 and 7 of article II 
of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for the 
period during which such legislation is effective, (1) to implement 
a food stamp program in part or all of the Northern Mariana Islands 
with such income and household standards of eligibility, deductions, 
and allotment values as the Secretary determines, after consultation 
with the Governor, to be suited to the economic and social circum-
stances of such islands: Provided^ That in no event shall such income 
standards of eligibility exceed those in the forty-eight contiguous 
States, and (2) to distribute or permit a distribution of federally 
donated foods in any part of the Northern Mariana Islands for which 
the Governor has not requested that the food stamp program be 
implemented. This authority shall remain in effect through Septem-
ber 30, 1981, and shall not apply to section 403 of Public Law 95-135. 
(d) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, 
upon the request of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
91 Stat. 1159. 
90 Stat. 263. 
Funds, 
availability. 
90 Stat. 268. 
Food stamp 
program. 
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note. 
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acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with sections 5 
and 7 of article I I of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
without reimbursement or other cost to the government of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, to administer and enforce the provisions of section 
601, 603, or 604 of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States 
of A.merica (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 263, 269) and in order to 
administer and enforce the collection of any payroll tax or other tax 
measured by income which may be in force in the Northern Mariana 
Islands pursuant to section 602 of such Covenant. This authority 
shall continue until such time as the Governor of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance 
with sections 5 and 7 of article I I of the Constitution of the Northern 
Mai'iana Islands, requests the Secretary of the Treasury to discontinue 
the administration and enforcement of such taxes. The administration 
and enforcement of such taxes by the government of the Northern 
Mariana Islands shall begin on January 1 of the year following the 
year in which such Northern Mariana Islands law is enacted. 
Effective date. 
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Duties and taxes. 
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VIRGIN ISLANDS 
SEC. 4. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary not to exceed $5,000,000 of which not more than $1,000,000 may 
be appropriated for fiscal year 1979 to be paid to the government of 
the Virgin Islands for the purpose of promoting economic develop-
ment in the Virgin Islands. The Secretary shall prescribe the types of 
programs for which such sums may be used. 
(b) (1) There is authorized to be appropriated for construction of 
hospital facilities in the Virgin Islands not more than $52,000,000 plus 
or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary 
fluctuations 
in construction costs from October 1978 price levels as 
indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of con-
struction involved. 
(2) Grants provided pursuant to this section an,d not obligated or 
expended by the government of the Virgin Islands during any fiscal 
year will remain available for obligation or expenditure by such gov-
ernment in subsequent fiscal years for the purposes for which the 
funds were appropriated. 
(3) Funds provided under paragraph (b) (1) may be used by the 
Virgin Islands as the matching share for Federal programs and 
services. 
(4) Authorizations of moneys to be appropriated under this subsec-
tion shall be eft'ective on October 1,1978. 
(c)(1) Section 9(c) of the Eevised Organic Act of the Virgin 
Islands (68 Stat. 497) is amended by deleting the period at the end 
thereof and inserting "or such other date as the Legislature of the 
Virgin Islands may determine.". 
(2) Beginning as soon as the government of the Virgin Islands 
enacts legislation establishing a fiscal year commencing on October 1 
and ending on September 30, the Secretary of the Treasury, prior to 
the commencement of any fiscal year, shall remit to the government 
of the Virgin Islands the amount of duties, taxes, and fees which the 
Governor of the Virgin Islands, with the concurrence of the govern-
ment comptroller of the Virgin Islands, has estimated will be collected 
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92 STAT. 491 
in or derived from the Virgin Islands under the Revised Organic Act 
of the Virgin Islands during the next fiscal year, except for those sums 
covered directly upon collection into the treasury of the Virgin Islands. 
There shall be deducted from or added to the amounts so remitted, 
as may be appropriate, at the beginning of the fiscal year, the differ-
ence between the amount of duties, taxes, and fees actually collected 
during the prior fiscal year and the amount of such duties, taxes, and 
fees as estimated and remitted at the beginning of that prior fiscal year, 
including any deductions which may be required as a result of the 
operation of Public Law 94-392 (90 Stat. 1195). 
(3) Subsection 28(a) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin 
Islands is amended by deleting the phrase "less the cost of collecting 
all of said duties, taxes, and fees,". 
(d) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secre-
tary such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $20,000,000 per 
annum, for fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981 for grants to the govern-
ment of the Virgin Islands to offset any anticipated deficit during 
such fiscal years. The Secretary is authorized and directed, after con-
sultation with the Governor of the Virgin Islands, to impose such 
conditions and requirements, on these grants as he deems advisable. 
Not later than July 1,1979, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress 
a report on the financial condition of the Virgin Islands. The report 
shall: 
(1) identify, the specific sources of revenues, both Federal and 
local, available to the government of the Virgin Islands; 
(2) chart the revenues derived from each source and what, if 
any, increases could be occasioned in the amount of such revenues 
by actions of the Virgin Islands Government; 
(3) describe the extent to which changes in actual revenues 
were occasioned by actions of the Federal Government or by cir-
cumstances beyond the control of the Virgin Islands Government; 
(4) analyze expenditures to determine what economies, if any, 
could be obtained and identify the actions which could be taken 
by the Virgin Islands Government to obtain such economies; 
(5) review the long term debt structure of the Virgin Islands 
Government, including, but not limited to, whether such debt was 
incurred for purposes authorized by law, the total amount of such 
debt, the relation of the total debt ceiling, and the impact retire-
ment of the debt will have on the future economic situation of 
the Virgin Islands; 
(6) detail and discuss various alternatives available to the 
government of the Virgin Islands and the Federal Government 
to revise and improve the process of supporting the necessary 
expenditures of the Virgin Islands Government; and 
(7) include his recommendations for any changes he deems 
advisable in the present Federal-territorial economic relationship. 
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Report to 
Congress. 
AMERICAN MEMORIAL PARK 
SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
National Park Service, is authorized and directed to develop, main-
tain, and administer the existing American Memorial Park (herein-
after in this section referred to as the "park"), located at Tanapag 
Harbor Reservation, Saipan. The park shall be administered for the 
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90 Stat. 273. 
primary purpose of honoring the dead in the World War II Mariana 
Islands campaign. 
(b) The Secretary is authorized and directed to the maximum 
extent feasible to employ and train residents of the Mariana Islands 
to develop, maintain, and administer the park. 
(c) Other points in the Northern Mariana Islands relevant to the 
park may be identified, established, and marked by the Secretary in 
agreement with the Governor of the Northern Marianas. 
(d) The Secretary shall provide for interpretative activities at the 
park, for which he is authorized to seek the assistance of appropriate 
historians to interpret the historical aspects of the park. To the 
greatest extent possible, interpretative activities shall be conducted 
in the following four languages: English, Chamorro, Carolinian, and 
Japanese. 
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no fee or 
charge may be imposed for entrance or admission into the American 
Memorial Park. 
(f) The Secretary shall transfer administration of the park to the 
government of the Northern Mariana Islands at such time as the Gov-
ernor, acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with sec-
tions 5 and 7 or article II of the Constitution on the Northern Mariana 
Islands, requests such a transfer. All improvements, including real and 
personal property, shall thereupon be transferred without cost to the 
government of the Northern Mariana Islands and thereafter the full 
cost of development, administration, and maintenance for the park 
shall be borne by the government of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
except as provided in subsection (g) of this section. 
(g) For the development, maintenance, and operation of the park 
(but not for any acquisition of land or interests in lands), there is 
hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $3,000,000 effec-
tive October 1, 1978. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this sub-
section shall remain available until expended. 
(h) Nothing contained in this xVct is intended to alter or diminish 
the authority to exercise the five year option contained in article VIII 
of Public Law 94-241. 
WAR IN THE PACIFIC NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK 
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SEC. 6. (a) In order to commemorate the bravery and sacrifice of 
those participating in the campaigns of the Pacific theater of World 
War II and to conserve and interpret outstanding natural, scenic, 
and historic values and objects on the island of Guam for the benefit 
and enjoyment of present and future generations, the War in the 
Pacific National Historical Park (hereinafter in this section referred 
to as the "park") is hereby established. 
(b) The boundaries of the park shall be as generally depicted on 
the drawing entitled "Boundary Map, War in the Pacific National 
Historical Park, Guam" numbered P-24-80,000-B and dated March 
1978, which shall be on file and available for inspection in the offices 
Publication in 
of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Following 
Federal Register, ninety days notice to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate, the Secretary may make minor 
revisions of the boundary of the park by publication of a revised map 
in the Federal Register. 
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92 STAT. 493 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Study. 
(c) Within the boundaries of the park, the Secretary may acquire Land acquisition, 
lands and interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or 
appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer. 
(d) Other points on the island of Guam relevant to the park may 
be identified, established, and marked by the Secretary in agreement 
with the Governor of Guam. 
(e) The Secretary shall administer property acquired in accord- 
s 
aiice with the laws generally applicable to the management of units 
of the National Park System. 
(f) The Secretary is authorized to seek the assistance of appropriate 
historians to interpret the historical aspects of the park. To the great-
est extent possible, interpretative activities will be conducted in the 
following three languages: English, Chamorro, and Japanese. 
(g) The Secretary is authorized to enter into negotiations with the 
Secretary of Defense for the berthing and interpretation of a naval 
vessel of World War IT vintage which shall be accessible to the public 
on the island of Guam. 
(h) Within two years from the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall develop and transmit to the committees named in sub-
section (b) a general management plan for the national historical 
park consistent with the purposes of this section. Within five years 
from the date of enactment, the Secretary, through the Director of the 
National Park Service, shall conduct and transmit to the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 
on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives a 
study of additional areas and sites associated with the Pacific campaign 
of World War II. The study shall contain a description and evalua-
tion of each area or site, and an estimated cost of acquisition, develop-
ment, and maintenance of the area or site, if appropriate, together 
with such additional authority as may be needed to enable him to 
implement his recommendations. The Secretary shall concentrate his 
study within Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, but shall also 
investigate additional areas and sites Avithin the Trust Territory of 
the Pacific Islands to the extent possible, and may include other areas 
and sites in the Pacific area if practicable. 
(i) The Secretary is authorized and directed, to the maximum extent 
feasible, to employ and train residents of Guam or of the Northern 
Mariana Islands to develop, maintain, and administer the park. 
(j) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no fee 
or charge shall be imposed for entrance or admission into the War 
in the Pacific National Historical Park. 
(k) For the purposes of the park established under this section, 
effective October 1.1978, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $16,000,000 for the acquisi-
tion of lands or interests in lands and $500,000 for development. 
VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL TARK 
SEC. 7. (a) (1) The first paragraph of section 1 of the Act of Octo-
ber 5, 1962 (76 Stat. 746; 16 U.S.C. B98c), is amended by adding a 
comma after the words "adjoining lands, submerged lands, and waters'* 
and inserting "and Hassel Island located in Saint Thomas Harbor and 
adjoining lands, submerged lands, and waters,". 
(2) Such section 1 is further amended by inserting immediately 
before the last paragraph, the following: 
Land acquisition. 
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HASSEL ISLAND 
"The area known as Hassel Island in Saint Thomas Harbor consist-
ing of approximately 135 acres, together with such adjoining lands, 
submerged lands, and waters as the Secretary of the Interior deems 
appropriate, but the boundaries shall not, in any event, extend beyond 
100 yards from the mean high water mark of the island.". 
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(b) Section 2 of such Act is amended by— 
(1) inserting "(a)" after "SEC. 2."; 
(2) adding at the end of the first sentence the following: "In 
acquiring such lands, up to 6.6 acres, the Secretary may, when 
agreed upon by the landowner involved, defer payment or sched-
ule payments over a period of ten years and pay interest on the 
unpaid balance at a rate not exceeding the current prevailing 
commercial rate.", and 
(3) adding the following at the end thereof: 
"(b) The Secretary is authorized and directed to the maximum 
extent feasible to employ and train residents of the Virgin Islands to 
develop, maintain, and administer the Virgin Islands National Park. 
"(c) Subject to continued protection and use of Hassel Island for 
park and recreation purposes, and such other conditions as the Secre-
tary may deem appropriate, the Territory of the Virgin Islands may, 
within, but not after, five years after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection, by duly enacted legislation acquire all interests of the 
United States in Hassel Island by reimbursing the United States in an 
amount equal to the amount actually expended by the United States 
for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands and for the costs of 
construction of permanent improvements, if any. 
"(d) (1) Except for property deemed necessary by the Secretary of 
the Interior for visitor facilities or administration of the park, any 
owner or owners of improved property on Hassel Island on the date 
of its acquisition, may retain for themselves a right of use and occu-
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pancy of the property for noncommercial residential purposes for 
twenty-five years or, in lieu thereof, for a term ending at the death of 
the owner or the owner's spouse, whichever is later. The owner shall 
elect the term to be reserved. The Secretary shall pay to the owner the 
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fair market value of the property on the date of such acquisition, less 
the fair market value on such date of the right retained by the owner. 
The authority of the Secretary to acquire the property commonly 
known as the Royal Mail (hotel) by condemnation shall be suspended 
for ten years from the date of enactment if such owner or owners 
agree, in writing, within ninety days after the enactment of this sub-
section to grant to the United States the right to purchase such prop-
erty at a purchase price, mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and 
the landowner, which does not exceed the fixed value of said property 
on July 1,1978. 
"Improved 
"(2) As used in subsection (d)(1), 'improved property' means a 
property." 
single-family dwelling, the construction of which began before Janu-
ary 1, 1977, together with such lands as are in the same ownership 
and appurtenant buildings located thereon. 
"(3) The Secretary may terminate a right of use and occupancy 
retained pursuant to subsection (d) (1) upon his determination that 
such use and occupancy is being, or may be, exercised in a manner 
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inconsistent with the purposes for which they were included within 
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92 STAT. 495 
the park and upon tender to the holder of such ri^ht of the amount 
equal to the value of that portion of the right which remains unex-
pired on the date of termination.". 
(4) Section 3 is amended by inserting "(a)" immediately after 16 USC 398e. 
"SEC. 3." and by adding the following new subsection at the end 
thereof: 
"(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no fee 
or charge shall be imposed for entrance or admission into the Virgin 
Islands National Park.". 
(5) Section 4 is amended to read as follows: 
Land acquisition. 
"SEC. 4. Effective October 1, 1978, there are authorized to be appro- 16 USC 398f. 
priated such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of lands and 
interests in lands within the Virgin Islands National Park. For pur-
poses of this section, acquisitions of land on Hassel Island shall be 
deemed to be acquisitions qualifying for payment under the provi-
sions of paragraph (2) of the Act of June 10,1977 (Public Law 95-42; 
91 Stat. 210). In addition to such sums as may have heretofore been 
appropriated for development of public facilities within the Virgin 
Islands National Park, effective October 1, 1978, there are authorized 
to be appropriated not more than $1,000,000 for restoration and reha-
bilitation of historic structures and for development of public facil-
ities on Hassel Island, and not more than $500,000 as a grant to the 
Territory of the Virgin Islands for its use in furthering projects 
undertaken pursuant to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, 
the Historic Preservation Act, or other comparable programs upon 
the transfer of title to the United States of all properties held by the 
territory on Hassel Island.". 
(6) Section 2(c) of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the 
establishment of the Virgin Islands National Park, and for other 
purposes" (70 Stat. 940; 16 U.S.C. 398) is amended by adding the 16 USC 398a. 
following sentence at the end thereof: "Notwithstanding the acreage 
limitations and boundary designations contained in this section, the 
Secretary is authorized to accept through donation, or purchase from 
a willing seller, the real and personal property located on Lots 251-252 
Estate Contant Enighed, Parcels 86B and 86AA Cruz Bay Quarter.". 
AUTHORIZATIONS TO REMAIN AVAILABLE 
SEC. 8. Any amount authorized by this Act or by the Act entitled 
"An Act to authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the 
United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other 
purposes" (Public Law 95-134; 91 Stat. 1159) but not appropriated 
for a fiscal year is authorized to be available for appropriation in ^ 
succeeding fiscal years. 
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 9. Section 501 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize certain 
appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend 
certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes" (Public Law 
95-134; 91 Stat. 1159) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ", notwithstanding any provision of law to 
the contrary," after "it is hereby declared to be the policy of the 
Congress"; and 
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(2) in subsection (a) by striking out "Notwithstanding any 
provision of law to the contrary, any" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Any". 
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EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 10. Authorizations of moneys to be appropriated under this 
Act shall be effective on October 1,1978. 
Approved August 18, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
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HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1112 accompanying H.R. 12481 (Comm. on Interior and 
Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-784 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
May 8, H.R. 12481 considered in House. 
May 10, considered and passed Senate. 
June 5, H.R. 12481 considered and passed House; proceedings vacated and 
S. 2821, amended, passed in lieu. 
June 7, proceedings vacated, S. 2821 reconsidered and passed House, amended. 
Aug. 3, Senate concurred in House amendment with an amendment. 
Aug. 4, House concurred in Senate amendment.