An Act to amend the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972; to provide for the establishment of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park; and for other purposes.
PL 95-629 (S.1829), enacted 11/10/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-629—NOV. 10, 1978 
92 STAT. 3635 
Public Law 95-629 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972; to 
provide for the establishment of the San Antonio Missions National Historical 
Park; and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I 
SEC. 101. The Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act 
of 1972 (Public Law 92-578; 86 Stat. 1266), as amended, is further 
amended as follows: 
(1) By striking— 
(a) in paragraph (c) of section 3: "(6) The Commissioner 
of the District of Columbia;" and by substituting in lieu 
thereof "(6) The Mayor of the District of Columbia;"; and 
by inserting "The Mayor" in lieu of "The Commissioner" of 
the District of Columbia, wherever it occurs in this Act; 
(b) in paragraph (c) of section 3: "(7) The Chairman, 
District of Columbia Council;" and by inserting in lieu 
thereof 
"The Chairman, Council of the District of 
Columbia"; 
(c) in paragraph (g) of section 3: "(8) The Chairman of 
the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency." and 
by inserting in lieu thereof "(8) The Director of the District 
of Columbia Department of Housing and Community 
Development."; 
(d) in paragraph (a) of section 4: "subchapter 53" and by 
inserting in lieu thereof "subchapter III of Chapter 53"; 
(e) in paragraph (f) of section 5: "The District of Colum-
bia government, and the District of Columbia Redevelopment 
Land Agency." and by inserting in lieu thereof "and the 
District of Columbia government."; 
(f) in paragraph (b) of section 8: "Redevelopment Land 
Agency" wherever it occurs and by inserting in lieu thereof 
"government." 
(2) by striking in paragraph (10) of section 6 of the figure 
"$50,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$100,000,000" and by 
striking in that paragraph the following sentence: "The authority 
of the Corporation to issue obligations hereunder shall expire 
June 3, 1980, except that obligations may be issued at any time 
after the expiration of said period to provide funds necessary for 
the performance of any contract entered into by the Corporation, 
prior to the expiration of said period." and inserting in lieu 
thereof "The authority of the Corporation to issue obligations 
hereunder shall remain available without fiscal year limitation.". 
(3) By redesignating paragraphs "(19)" through "(22)" in 
section 6 as paragraphs "(21)" through "(24)" and by inserting 
the following new paragraphs: 
"(19) shall request the Council of the District of Columbia, 
when required for implementation of the development plan, to 
close any street, road, highway, alley, or any part thereon in the 
development area. If the title to the street, road, highway, or 
Nov. 10, 1978 
[S. 1829] 
Pennsylvania 
Avenue 
Development 
Corporation Act 
of 1972, 
amendment. 
40 u s e 871 note. 
Board of 
Directors. 
40 u s e 872. 
40 u s e 87^?. 
40 u s e 874. 
40 u s e 877. 
Powers of 
Corporation. 
40 u s e 875. 
92 STAT. 3636 
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Real property, 
title transfers. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
40 use 885. 
alley so closed is in the United States, the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia shall convey the title to the land on behalf of the 
United States to the Corporation, without cost, except that the 
Corporation shall reimburse the District of Columbia for the 
administrative expenses of the action. If the title to the street, 
road, highway, or alley so closed is not in the United States, the 
Mayor shall convey title to the land on behalf of the District of 
Columbia to the Corporation, without cost, except that the Cor-
poration shall reimburse the District of Columbia for the adminis-
trative costs of the action: Provided, That if the land would have 
reverted to a private abutting property owner under otherwise 
applicable law of the District of Columbia, the Corporation shall 
pay such owner the fair market value of the land that would have 
reverted to him. 
"(20) may transfer title to, interests in, or jurisdiction over 
real property which has been acquired by the Corporation and is 
to be devoted to public uses under the development plan, to any 
agency of the United States or the District of Columbia. Agencies 
of the United States or the District of Columbia may accept such 
transfers under this paragraph, and shall thereafter administer 
and maintain the property in accordance with the development 
plan and the terms of any transfer agreement. The Director of the 
National Park Service may transfer title to or interest in public 
reservations, roadways, spaces, or parks under his jurisdiction 
within the development area to the Corporation to facilitate 
implementation of the development plan; and, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Corporation may utilize such 
transferred property for any public or private development con-
sistent with the plan.". 
(4) By striking in subsection 17(a) all after the word "Cor-
poration" and inserting in lieu thereof "$3,000,000 for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1979; $3,200,000 for the fiscal years 
ending September 30, 1980, and September 30, 1981; and 
$3,500,000 for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1982, and 
September 30, 1983."; and, by adding to subsection 17(b) after 
the amount "$38,800,000," the following: "for fiscal year 1979, 
$15,000,000, for fiscal year 1980, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, 
$25,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, $30,000,000, and, for fiscal 1983, 
$35,000,000."; and by striking the following, "to remain available 
without fiscal year limitation through September 30, 1990:" and, 
by inserting in lieu thereof: "For the authorizations made in this 
subsection, any amounts authorized but not appropriated in any 
fiscal year shall remain available for appropriation in succeeding 
years. Any amounts appropriated under this subsection shall 
remain available without fiscal year limitation.". 
San Antonio 
Missions 
National 
Historical Park. 
Establishment. 
16 u s e 410ee. 
TITLE II 
SEC. 201. (a) In order to provide for the preservation, restoration, 
and interpretation of the Spanish Missions of San Antonio, Texas, 
for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations of 
Americans, there is hereby established the San Antonio Missions 
National Historical Park (hereafter in this section referred to as 
the "park") consisting of Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan, and 
Espada Missions, together with areas and features historically asso-
ciated therewith, as generally depicted on the drawing entitled 
"Boundary Map, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park", 
numbered 9S0-80,022-C and dated May 1978, which shall be on file 
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92 STAT. 3637 
and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior, and in the offices of the Superin-
tendent of the park. After advising the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee 
on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Repre-
sentatives, in writing, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter 
referred to as the "Secretary") may make minor revisions of the 
boundaries of the park when necessary by publication of a revised 
drawing or other boundary description in the Federal Register. 
(b) For the purposes of this section, the Secretary is authorized— 
(1) to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropri-
ated funds, or exchange, lands and interests therein constituting 
the following generally described areas in the historic missions 
district of the city of San Antonio, Texas— 
(A) Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo; 
(B) Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de 
Acuna; 
(C) Mission San Francisco de la Espada; 
(D) Espada Acequia, the section of approximately five 
miles along the west side of and parallel to the San Antonio 
River; 
(E) Espada Dam and Aqueduct; 
(F) Mission San Juan Capistrano; 
(G) San Juan Acequia, on the east side of the San Antonio 
River; and 
(H) such lands and interests therein which the Secretary 
determines are necessary or desirable to provide for public 
access to, and interpretation and protection of, the foregoing; 
and 
(2) to enter cooperative agreements with the owners of any 
historic properties, including properties referred to in paragraph 
(1), in furtherance of the purposes of this section. 
Each agreement under paragraph (2) shall provide among other 
things that the owner will hold and preserve the historic property in 
perpetuity and will not undertake or permit the alteration or removal 
of historic features or the erection of markers, structures, or build-
ings without the prior concurrence of the Secretary, and that the 
public shall have reasonable access to those portions of the property to 
which access is necessary in the judgment of the Secretary for the 
proper appreciation and interpretation of its historical and archi-
tectural value. Pursuant to such cooperative agreements and notwith-
standing any other provision of law to the contrary the Secretary may, 
directly or by contract, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, or develop 
such buildings, structures, and related facilities including roads, trails, 
and other interpretive facilities on real property not in Federal owner-
ship and may maintain and operate programs in connection therewith 
as he deems appropriate. Any lands or interest therein owned by the 
Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio, the State of Texas, or any 
political subdivision of such State, including the San Antonio River 
Authority, may be acquired by donation only: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall submit all proposed cooperative agreements to the 
Department of Justice for a determination that the proposed agree-
ments do not violate the constitutional provisions regarding the 
separation of church and state. 
(c) (1) With the exception of any property deemed necessary by 
the Secretary for visitor facilities or administration of the park, any 
owner or owners of improved property on the date of its acquisition 
Boundary 
revisions, notice 
to congressional 
committees and 
publication in 
Federal Register. 
Lands, 
acquisitions. 
Cooperative 
agreements. 
Submittal to 
Justice 
Department. 
Use and 
occupancy right, 
retention. 
92 STAT. 3638 
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"Improved 
property." 
Administration. 
San Antonio 
Missions 
Advisory 
Commission. 
Establishment. 
Membership. 
Chairman. 
Compensation 
and expenses. 
by the Secretary may, as a condition of such acquisition, retain for 
themselves and their successors or assigns a right of use and occupancy 
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 his spouse, whichever is later. The owner shall elect the term 
to be reserved. The Secretary shall pay to the owner the 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. 
(2) A right of use and occupancy retained or enjoyed pursuant to 
this subsection may be terminated with respect to the entire property 
by the Secretary upon his determination that the property or any 
portion thereof had ceased to be used for noncommercial residential 
purposes and upon tender to the holder of a right an amount equal 
to the fair market value, as of the date of tender, of that portion of 
the right which remains unexpired on the date of termination. 
(3) The term "improved property", as used in this subsection, shall 
mean a detached, noncommercial residential dwelling, the construc-
tion of which was begun before January 1, 1978 (hereinafter refer-
red to as a "dwelling"), together with so much of the land on which 
the dwelling is situated, the said land being in the same ownership as 
the dwelling, as the Secretary shall designate to be reasonably neces-
sary for the enjoyment or the dwelling for the sole purpose of non-
commercial residential use, together with any structures accessory 
to the dwelling which are situated on the land so designated. 
(d) The Secretarj7 is authorized and directed to take prompt and 
appropriate action m accordance with the provisions of this section 
and any cooperative agreement hereunder to assure the protection and 
preservation of the historical and architectural values of the missions 
and the areas and features historically associated therewith within the 
boundaries of the park. The park shall be administered by the Secre-
tary in accordance with this section and provisions of law generally 
applicable to imits of the National Park System, including the Act 
of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) and the Act 
of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467). 
(e) (1) There is hereby authorized to be established by the Secre-
tary, a San Antonio Missions Advisory Commission. The Commis-
sion shall be composed of seven members, each appointed for a 
term of two years by the Secretary, as follows: 
(A) one member to be appointed from recommendations 
made by the Governor of the State of Texas; 
(B) one member to be appointed from recommendations made 
by the County Commissioners of Bexar County, Texas; 
(C) one member to be appointed from recommendations made 
by the City Council of the City of San Antonio, Texas; 
(D) one member to be appointed to represent non-Federal prop-
erty owners whose property is operated and maintained in accord-
ance with cooperative agreements with the Secretary pursuant to 
subsection (b) (2) ; 
(E) one member from the membership of a local conservation 
or historical organization; and 
(F) two members representing the general piiblic. 
The Secretary shall designate one member to be Chairman of the 
Commission and may fill any vacancy in the same manner in which 
the original appointment was made. 
(2) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation 
as such, but the Secretary may pay expenses reasonably incurred by 
the Commission and may reimburse members for reasonable expenses 
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92 STAT. 3639 
incurred in carrying out their responsibilities under this section on 
vouchers signed by the Chairman. 
(3) All appointments to the Commission shall be made by the 
Secretary within six months after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and the Secretary, or his designee, shall from time to time, but at least 
semiannually, meet and consult with the Advisory Commission in 
matters relating to the park and with respect to carrying out the pro-
visions of this section. 
(4) Unless extended by Act of Congress, this Commission shall 
terminate ten years after the date of its first meeting with the Secre-
tary or his designee. 
(f) (1) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, but not 
more than $10,000,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in 
lands. 
(2) For the development of essential public facilities there are 
authorized to be appropriated not more than $500,000. Within one 
year from the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
develop and transmit to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 
of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate a final 
master plan for the development of the park consistent with the 
objectives of this section, indicating (A) the facilities needed to accom-
modate the health, safety, and interpretive needs of the visiting pub-
lic; (B) the location and estimated cost of all facilities; and (C) the 
projected need for any additional facilities within the park. 
Consultation. 
Termination. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Master plan, 
transmittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
TITLE III 
SEC. 301. The Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to make compensation for damages arising out of the 
failure of the Teton Dam a feature of the Teton Basin Federal recla-
mation project in Idaho, and for other purposes", approved September 
7, 1976 (Public Law 94—400) is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new section: 
"SEC. 13. (a) Any funds authorized to be appropriated by section 
12 of this Act, which are determined under subsection (b) to be excess 
funds, sliall be made available by the Secretary for the purpose of 
carrying out projects under the Adjustment Program for the Teton 
Disaster Area (including related administrative costs), and such 
funds shall remain available until expended. 
"(b) For purposes of this section, the term 'excess funds' means 
those funds authorized to be appropriated under section 12, and 
appropriated under the Act approved Julv 12, 1976 (Public Law 
94-355) or the Act approved September 30,1976 (Public Law 94-438), 
in excess of the total of— 
"(1) the amount expended under this Act (including related 
administrative costs) prior to September 30, 1978 (or the date 
of the enactment of this section, if later), 
"(2) the amount of outstanding claims timely filed under this 
Act which have not been paid as of September 30, 1978 (or the 
date of the enactment of this section, if later), and 
" (3) the amount of the future administrative costs (as estimated 
by the Secretary) which will be incurred in carrying out the 
provisions of this Act (without regard to this section) after 
September 30, 1978 (or the date of the enactment of this section, 
if later), 
90 Stat. 1211. 
Appropriations, 
availability. 
90 Stat. 1214. 
"Excess funds. 
90 Stat. 889. 
90 Stat. 1415. 
92 STAT. 3640 
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Definition. 
Funds 
distribution, 
consultation. 
but the amount of excess funds as so determined shall not exceed the 
amount of funds required to complete the projects under the Adjust-
ment Program for the Teton Disaster Area (including related 
administrative costs). 
"(c) For purposes of this section, the term 'projects under the 
Adjustment Program for the Teton Disaster Area' means only the 
Federal share of those projects described in the study funded by the 
Economic Development Agency and specified in the document 
entitled 'Adjustment Program for the Teton Disaster Area, Sum-
mary of Remaining Economic Adjustment Measures', May, 1978, 
which have not been otherwise funded prior to September 30, 1978 
(or the date of the enactment of this section, if later). 
"(d) If the amount of excess funds as determined under this section 
is less than the amount required to complete the projects under the 
Adjustment Program for the Teton Disaster Area, the Secretary 
shall distribute such funds among such projects in such manner as 
he determines, after consultation with any localities involved in the 
projects, will best carry out the purposes of restoration and redevelop-
ment of the Teton disaster area. 
"(e) If, at such time as all claims filed under the provisions of 
this Act (without regard to this section) have been finally settled, 
the amount actually expended under this Act (without regard to this 
section) is less than the total of the amounts described in paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b), then such lesser amount shall be 
deemed to be the total of the amounts described in such paragraphs.". 
Study, 
transmittal to 
President and 
congressional 
committees. 
16 u s e la-5 
note. 
TITLE IV 
SEC. 401. The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and transmit 
to the President of the United States, the Committee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Commit-
tee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a study of His-
torical Camden, consisting of approximately ninety acres of land in 
Camden, South Carolina, to determine the feasibility and desir-
ability of establishing such area as a unit of the National Park System. 
The study shall be transmitted not later than two years following 
the date on which funds are appropriated for the study and shall 
include cost estimates for any necessary acquisition, development, 
operation and maintenance, as well as any alternatives for the admin-
istration and protection of the area. 
Approved November 10, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1544 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-743 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Apr. 24, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 14, considered and passed House, amended. 
Oct. 15, Senate concurred in House amendments with amendments; House 
concurred in Senate amendments. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 14, No. 45: 
Nov. 10, Presidential statement.