An Act to establish the National Park Foundation
PL 90-209 (S.814), enacted 12/18/1967

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PUBLIC LAW 90-209-DEC. 18, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
December 18, 1967 
[S. 814] 
Public Law 90-209 
AN ACT 
To establish the National Park Foniulatiou. 
National Park 
Foundation. 
Establishment. 
Membership. 
Travel expenses, 
re imburs e ment. 
Repeal. 
Gifts, bequests, 
etc., acceptance. 
Restriction. 
Property or in-
come; sale, in-
vestment, etc. 
Be it enacted hy the Semite and Houae of RepretientativeH of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in order to 
encourage private gifts of real and personal property or any income 
tlierefrom or other interest therein for the benefit of, or in connection 
with, the National Park Service, its activities, or its services, and 
thereby to further the conservation of natural, scenic, historic, scien-
tific, educational, inspirational, or recreational resources for future 
generations of Americans,^there is hereby established a charitable and 
nonprofit corporation to be known as the National Park Foundation to 
accept and administer such gifts. 
SEC. 2. The National Park Foundation shall consist of a Board 
having as members the Secretary of the Interior, the Director of the 
National Park Service, ex officio, and no less than six private citizens 
of the United States appointed by the Secretary of the Interior whose 
initial terms shall be staggered to assure continuity of administration. 
Thereafter, the term shall be six years, unless a successor is chosen to 
fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which 
his predecessor was chosen, in which event the successor shall be chosen 
only for the remainder of that term. The Secretary of the Interior 
shall be the Chairman of the Board and the Director of the National 
Park Service shall be the Secretary of the Board. Membership on the 
Board shall not be deemed to be an office within the meaning of the 
statutes of the United States. A majority of the members of the Board 
serving at any one time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 
of business, and the Foundation shall have an official seal, which shall 
be judicially noticed. The Board shall meet at the call of the Chairman 
and there shall be at least one meeting each year. 
No compensation shall be paid to the members of the Board for 
their services as members, but they shall be reimbursed for actual and 
necessary traveling and subsistence expenses incurred by them in the 
performance of their duties as such members out of National Park 
Foundation funds available to the Board for such purposes. The Foun-
dation shall succeed to all right, title, and interest of the National 
Park Trust Fund Board established in any property or funds, includ-
ing the National Park Trust Fund, subject to the terms and conditions 
thereof. The National Park Trust Fund is hereby abolished, and the 
Act of July 10,1935 (49 Stat. 477; 16 U.S.C. 19 et seq.), as amended, 
is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. Tne Foundation is authorized to accept, receive, solicit, hold, 
administer, and use any gifts, devises, or bequests, either absolutely or 
in trust of real or personal property or any income therefrom or 
other interest therein for the benefit of or in connection with, the 
National Park Service, its activities, or its services: Provided^ That the 
Foundation may not accept any such gift, devise, or bequest which 
entails any expenditure other than from the resources of the Founda-
tion. An interest in the real property includes, among other things, 
easements or other rights for preservation, conservation, protection, 
or enhancement by and for the public of natural, scenic, historic, 
scientific, educational, inspirational, or recreational resources. A gift, 
devise, or bequest may be accepted by the Foundation even though it 
is encumbered, restricted, or subject to beneficial interests of private 
persons if any current or future interest therein is for the benefit of 
the National Park Service, its activities, or its services. 
SEC. 4. Except as otherwise required by the instrument of transfer, 
the Foundation may sell, lease, invest, reinvest, retain, or otherwise 
Contract author-
ity. 
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dispose of or deal with any property or income thereof as the Board 
may from time to time determine. The Foundation shall not engage in 
any business, nor shall the Foundation make any investment that may 
not lawfully be made by a trust company in the District of Columbia, 
except that the Foundation may make any investment authorized by 
the instrument of transfer, and may retain any property accepted by 
the Foundation. The Foundation may utilize the services and facilities 
of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice, 
and such services and facilities may be made available on request to 
the extent practicable without reimbursement therefor. 
SEC. 5. The Foundation shall have perpetual succession, with 
all the usual powers and obligations of a corporation acting as a 
trustee, including the power to sue and to be sued in its own name, 
but the members of the Board shall not be personally liable, except for 
malfeasance. 
SEC. 6. The Foundation shall have the power to enter into contracts, 
to execute instruments, and generally to do any and all lawful acts 
necessary or appropriate to its purposes. 
SEC. 7. In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Board may 
adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations necessary for the administration 
of its functions and contract for any necessary services. 
SEC. 8. The Foundation and any income or property received or 
'^^'^ exemptions 
owned by it, and all transactions relating to such income or property, 
shall be exempt from all Federal, State, and local taxation with respect 
thereto. The Foundation may, however, in the discretion of its direc-
tors, contribute toward the costs of local government in amounts not in 
excess of those which it would be obligated to pay such government if it 
were not exempt from taxation by virtue of the foregoing or by virtue 
of its being a charitable and nonprofit corporation and may agree so to 
contribute with respect to property transferred to it and the income 
derived therefrom if such agreement is a condition of the transfer. 
Contributions, gifts, and other transfers made to or for the use of the 
Foundation shall be regarded as contributions, gifts, or transfers to 
or for the use of the United States. 
SEC. 9. The United States shall not be liable for any debts, defaults, 
acts, or omissions of the Foundation. 
SEC. 10. The Foundation shall, as soon as practicable after the end „,f„^f °'"' *° ^°" 
of each fiscal year, transmit to Congress an annual report of its pro-
ceedings and activities, including a full and complete statement of its 
receipts, expenditures, and investments. 
Approved December 18, 1967. 
Public Law 90-210 
AN ACT 
December 18, 1967 
To amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965. 
^_J£ili£^j 
gress. 
Food and Agri-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,^ That section 602(a) 
of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the igesTamend!^ 
end thereof the following new sentence: "The foregoing provision ment! 
shall not prevent a producer from placing a farm in the program if 
y^us'c^isa's.^* 
the farm was acquired by the producer to replace an eligible farm 
from which he was displaced because of its acquisition by any Federal, 
State, or other agency having the right of eminent domain." 
Approved December 18, 1967.