Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act
PL 100-524 (S.2018), enacted 10/24/1988

102 STAT. 2606 
PUBLIC LAW 100-524—OCT. 24, 1988 
Public Law 100-524 
100th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 24, 1988 
[S. 2018] 
Congaree 
Swamp 
National 
Monument 
Expansion and 
Wilderness Act. 
National 
Wilderness 
Preservation 
System. 
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Public 
information. 
To expand the boundaries of the Congaree Swamp National Monument, to designate 
wilderness therein, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Congaree Swamp National Monu-
ment Expansion and Wilderness Act". 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL MONUMENT WILDERNESS. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.—Certain lands comprising 
approximately 15,010 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled 
"Congaree Swamp National Monument Wilderness—Proposed", and 
dated July 1988, are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore 
as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
Such lands shall be known as the Congaree Swamp National Monu-
ment Wilderness. 
(b) POTENTIAL WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—Certain lands comprising 
approximately 6,840 acres as depicted on the map referenced in 
subsection (a) are hereby designated as potential wilderness addi-
tions. Such lands shall be managed by the Secretary of the Interior 
(hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") insofar as practicable as 
wilderness until such time as said lands are designated as wilder-
ness. Any lands designated as potential wilderness additions shall, 
upon acquisition of any non-Federal interests in land and publica-
tion in the Federal Register of a notice by the Secretary that all uses 
thereon prohibited by the Wilderness Act have ceased, thereby be 
designated wilderness, shall be part of the Congaree Swamp 
National Monument Wilderness, and shall be managed in accord-
ance with the Wilderness Act. 
SEC. 3. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. 
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
map referenced in section 2 and a legal description of the boundaries 
of the wilderness and potential wilderness addition designated by 
this Act shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
Office of the Director of the National Park Service, Department of 
the Interior, in the Office of the Superintendent of the Congaree 
Swamp National Monument and with 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. Each such map and legal description shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that correc-
tion of clerical and typographical errors in such map and legal 
description may be made. 
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SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 
Subject to valid existing rights, the lands designated as wilderness 
pursuant to this Act shall be administered by the Secretary in 
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act 
governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness, except that 
any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilder-
ness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of 
this Act, and where appropriate, any reference to the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary. 
SEC. 5. ADDITION TO CONGAREE SWAMP NATIONAL MONUMENT. 
16 USC 431 note. 
The first section of the Act approved October 18, 1976 (90 Stat. 
2517), is amended by— 
(1) inserting '^(a)" after "That"; 
(2) striking all after "Federal Register" and inserting in lieu 
thereof a period; and 
(3) adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(b) In addition to the lands described in subsection (a), the Public 
monument shall consist of the additional lands within the boundary 
information, 
as generally depicted on the map entitled 'Citizens Boundary Pro-
posal for Congaree Swamp National Monument', numbered 178-
80,009A, dated July 1988, which shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Depart-
ment of the Interior. The map may be revised as provided in 
subsection (a). The total acreage of the monument including lands 
described in subsection (a) and this subsection shall not exceed 
22,200 acres.". 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
16 USC 431 note. 
(a) LAND ACQUISITION FUNDS.—Section 5(a) of the Act approved 
October 18, 1976 (90 Stat. 2518), is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following: "The Secretary may expend such additional 
sums as are necessary from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
for acquisition of lands described in subsection (b) of the first 
section.". 
(b) DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.—Section 5 of the Act approved October 
18, 1976 (90 Stat. 2518), is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following: 
"(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), there are hereby authorized 
to be appropriated $3,000,000 for construction and development 
within the monument.". 
SEC. 7. LATE PAYMENT CHARGES UNDER FEDERAL MINERAL LEASES. 
30 USC 191a. 
(a) DISTRIBUTION OF LATE PAYMENT CHARGES.—Any interest or 
other charges paid to the United States by reason of the late 
payment of any royalty, rent, bonus, or other amount due to the 
United States under any lease issued by the United States for the 
extraction of oil, gas, coal, or any other mineral, or for geothermal 
steam, shall be deposited in the same account and distributed to the 
same recipients, in the same manner, as such royalty, rent, bonus, 
or other amount. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
any interest, or other charge referred to in subsection (a), which is 
paid to the United States on or after July 1,1988. 
(c) PROHIBITION AGAINST RECOUPMENT.—Any interest, or other 
charge referred to in subsection (a), which was paid to the United 
States before July 1, 1988, and distributed to any State or other 
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recipient is hereby deemed to be authorized and approved as of the 
date of payment or distribution, and no part of any such payment or 
distribution shall be recouped from the State or other recipient. This 
subsection shall not apply to interest or other charges paid in 
connection with any royalty, rent, bonus, or other amount deter-
mined not to be owing to the United States. 
Approved October 24, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2018: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-977 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-449 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): 
Aug. 9, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 26, considered and passed House, amended. 
Oct. 7, Senate concurred in House amendment.