An Act to provide for the establishment of the Ninety Six National Historical Site in the State of South Carolina, and for other purposes.
PL 94-393 (S.2642), enacted 08/19/1976

90 STAT. 1196 
PUBLIC LAW 94-393—AUG. 19, 1976 
Aug. 19, 1976 
[S. 2642] 
Ninety Six 
National Historic 
Site, S.C. 
Establishment. 
16 u s e 461 note. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Administration. 
16 u s e 461 note. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
16 u s e 461 note. 
Public Law 94-393 
94th Congress 
An Act 
To provide for the establishment of the Ninety Six National Historic Site in the 
State of South Carolina, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in order to 
preserve and commemorate for the benefit and enjoyment of present 
and future generations an area of unique historical significance associ-
ated with the settlement and development of the English Colonies in 
America and with the southern campaign of the American Revolu-
tionary War, including the Star Fort, the Secretary of the Interior 
(hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to acquire 
lands and interests therein by donation, purchase, or exchange, not to 
exceed one thousand one hundred and twenty acres, in the vicinity of 
the Old Ninety Six and Star Fort National Historic Landmark in the 
State of South Carolina, for establishment as the Ninety Six National 
Historic Site, as generally depicted on the map entitled "96 New Area 
Study Alternative 2, Ninety Six Site, Ninety Six, South Carolina, 
Sheet 8 of 17", and dated May 1976, which shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Wash-
ington, District of Columbia: Provided, That lands and interests 
therein owned by the State of South Carolina or any political sub-
division thereof may be acquired only by donation. The Secretary 
shall establish the historic site by publication of a notice to that effect 
in the Federal Register at such time as he determines that sufficient 
property to constitute an administrable unit has been acquired. After 
advising the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United 
States Senate and House of Representatives in writing, the Secretary 
may from time to time revise the boundaries of the historic site, but 
the total acreage of the site shall not exceed one thousand one hundred 
and twenty acres. 
SEC. 2. Pending establishment of the site and thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall administer property acquired pursuant to this Act in 
accordance with the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 
2-4), as amended and supplemented, and the Act of August 21, 1935 
(49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467), as amended. 
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, but not more 
than $320,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-393—AUG. 19, 1976 
90 STAT. 1197 
(b) For the development of essential public facilities there are 
authorized to be appropriated not more than $2,463,000. Within two Management 
years from the date of establishment of the historic site pursuant to pla^' transmittal 
this Act, the Secretary shall, after consulting with the Governor of 
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the State of South Carolina, develop and transmit to the Committees committees, 
on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress a gen-
eral management plan for the development of the historic site con-
sistent with the objectives of this Act, indicating: 
(1) the facilities needed to acconmiodate the health, safety, and 
interpretive needs of the visiting public; 
(2) the location and estimated cost of all facilities; and 
(3) the projected need for any additional facilities within the 
Ninety Six National Historic Site. 
Approved August 19, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1143 accompanying H.R. 9549 (Comm. on Interior and 
Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-810 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): 
May 13, considered and passed Senate. 
June 8, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 9549. 
June 30, Senate concurred in House amendments with amendments. 
Aug. 10, House concurred in Senate amendments.