An Act to amend the act of October 4, 1961, to facilitate the efficient preservation and protection of certain lands in Prince Georges and Charles Counties, Md., and for other purposes
PL 89-513 (H.R.13417), enacted 07/19/1966

Preservation of 
certain lands. 
80 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-513-JULY 19, 1966 
319 
Public Law 89-513 
AN ACT 
July 19, 1966 
To amend the Act of October 4, 1961, to facilitate the efficient preservation and 
[H- R. 13417] 
protection of certain lands in Prince Georges and Charles Counties, Maryland, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) in order and"chari°s coun-
to achieve more efficiently the purposes of the Act of October 4, 1961 ties, M
d 
(75 Stat. 780), the first sentence of section 2 (b) of said Act is amended 
to read as follows: "When the Secretary of the Interior receives a 
commitment, subject to such conditions as shall be agreeable to him and 
the potential donor or donors, in accordance with which commitment 
the property referred to in subsection (a) will be donated to the United 
States for purposes of this Act, he is authorized to acquire by such 
means as he finds are in the public interest other land and interests in 
land lying generally within the area identified as 'Fee Acquisition 
Area' on the drawing entitled 'Piscataway Park', numbered NCR 
69.714-18, and dated January 25, 1966, which is on file and available 
for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior." 
(b) Section 2(b) of said Act is further amended by inserting at the 
end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"With respect to any property acquired within the 'Fee Acquisition 
Area' except property donated to the United States, the Secretary may 
convey a freehold or leasehold interest therein, subject to such terms 
and conditions as assure the Secretary control over the property and its 
use solely in accordance with the purposes of this Act. When the Sec-
retary exercises his discretion to convey such interest, he shall do so to 
the highest bidder, in accordance with such regulations as he may pre-
scribe, but such conveyance shall be at not less than the fair market 
value of the property, as determined by the Secretary. Within the 
'Fee Acquisition Area', the Secretary may accept title to any non-
Federal property or interest therein and in exchange therefor he may 
convey to the grantor of such property any federally owned property 
or interest therein within such area. The values of the properties so 
exchan^d either shall be approximately equal, or if they are not 
approximately equal the values shall be ecjualized by the payment of 
cash to the grantor from moneys appropriated to carry out the pro-
visions of this Act or to the Secretary as the circumstances require. 
The proceeds received from any conveyance under this subsection shall 
be credited to the Land and Water Conservation Fund in the Treasury 
of the United States." 
(c) The first sentence of section 2(c) of said Act is amended to read 
as follows: "To further the preservation objective of this Act the Sec-
retary may accept donations of scenic easements in the land within the 
described area now leased and operated by the Marshall Hall Park, 
Incorporated, as more specifically described in a deed, recorded in the 
land records of Charles County, Maryland, in folio 126, liber 131, 
and the area designated as 'Scenic Protection Area' on the drawing 
referred to in sub^ction (b) of this section." 
SEC. 2. Section 4 of said Act is amended by striking "$937,600" and 
substituting "$4,132,000". 
Approved July 19, 1966.