A bill to authorize the acquisition and development of a mainland tour boat facility for the Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, and for other purposes.
PL 99-637 (S.2534), enacted 11/07/1986

100 STAT. 3532 
PUBLIC LAW 99-637—NOV. 7, 1986 
Public Law 99-687 
99th Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 7, 1986 
[S. 2534] 
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To authorize the acquisition and development of a mainland tour boat facility for the 
Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to 
provide for needed faciUties for visitors to Fort Sumter National 
Monument, including a tour boat dock and associated facilities, and 
an interpretive and museum facility in cooperation with the State of 
South Carolina and the city of Charleston, the Secretary of the 
Interior (in this Act referred to as the "Secretary"), is authorized to 
acquire by purchase with donated or appropriated funds, donation, 
or exchange, not to exceed 8.91 acres of lands, including submerged 
lands, and interests in lands, within the area generally depicted on 
the map entitled "Dockside II, Proposed Site, Tourboat Facility," 
which map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
office of the National Park Service. When acquired, lands, including 
submerged lands and interests in lands, depicted on such map shall 
be administered by the Secretary as a part of Fort Sumter National 
Monument, subject to the laws and regulations applicable to such 
monument, and subject to the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 2. (a) With respect to the lands, including submerged lands, 
and interests in lands acquired pursuant to the first section of this 
Act, the Secretary is authorized— 
(1) to convey, notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of 
Public Law 90-400 (82 Stat. 356) and subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b), a leasehold interest in not to exceed one and a 
half acres to the State of South Carolina or the city of Charles-
ton or either of them for development by either of them or their 
agents or lessees of a marine museum and associated adminis-
trative facilities; 
(2) to grant covenants or easements for ingress, and egress to 
the State of South Carolina, the city of Charleston, and to other 
parties as the Secretary may deem necessary to facilitate public 
use; and 
(3) to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of 
South Carolina, the city of Charleston, and other parties as the 
Secretary may deem necessary, pursuant to which construction, 
maintenance, and use of buildings, utilities, parking facilities, 
and other improvements may be shared among the parties to 
the agreement. 
(b) Any conveyance made pursuant to subsection (aXl) and any 
renewal thereof may be for a period of up to 50 years, and may 
include the option to purchase the property in fee by the lessee 
within the first 10 years, upon payment by the lessee of the cost of 
the property to the United States plus interest based on the average 
yield of United States Treasury notes with maturities of one year. 
The Secretary may convey title to the property in fee in the event 
such option to purchase is exercised, subject to the condition that 
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the property is used for a public marine museum and associated 
administrative facilities. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any leasehold interest conveyed pursuant to subsection (aXD 
shall be conveyed without monetary consideration. The proceeds 
from any conveyance of property in fee pursuant to subsection (aXD 
shall be deposited in the Land and Water Conservation Fund in the 
Treasury of the United States. 
SEC. 3. Section 117 of Public Law 96-199 (94 Stat. 71) is hereby 
repealed. 
SEC. 4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sums 
heretofore appropriated but not, on the date of enactment of this 
Act, obligated for construction of a tourboat facility at the Broad 
Street site, and for the acquisition and construction of the Fleet 
landing site for Fort Sumter National Monument, which was au-
thorized by section 117 of Public Law 96-199 (94 Stat. 71) are hereby 
made available for obligation for the acquisition of the lands includ-
ing submerged lands, and interests in lands identified in the first 
section of this Act and for construction of necessary facilities 
thereon, and to the extent that sums heretofore appropriated for 
land acquisition of the Fleet landing site are not sufficient to cover 
the cost of acquisition of the properties identified in the first section 
of this Act, sums heretofore appropriated for construction of facili-
ties at the Broad Street site and the Fleet landing site may be 
obligated for the purposes of acquisition as authorized in the first 
section of this Act. 
(b) In addition to the sums made available under subsection (a), 
there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior shall transfer administrative 
jurisdiction over the Federal property, consisting of approximately 1 
acre, known as the Broad Street site, to the Secretary of the 
Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, who shall 
transfer to the Secretary of the Interior, subject to such reserva-
tions, terms, and conditions as may be necessary for Coast Guard 
purposes, administrative jurisdiction over the Federal property, 
consisting of approximately 1 acre located near Fort Moultrie on 
Sullivan's Island for purposes of maintenance workshop, storage, 
and seasonal housing in connection with the administration and 
protection of the Fort Sumter National Monument. 
SEC. 6. (a) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall receive, consider, and act 
on the application of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wells of Wajniesboro, 
Mississippi, for a patent for the land described in subsection (c) of 
this section under the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Sec-
retary of the Interior to issue patents for lands held under color of 
title" approved December 22, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 1068 et seq.), notwith-
standing the requirement of that Act that a tract of public land be 
held in good faith and in peaceful, adverse, possession by a claimant, 
his ancestors or grantors, under claim or color of title for the period 
commencing not later than January 1, 1901, to the date of applica-
tion during which time they have paid taxes levied on the land by 
State and local governmental units. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Uniformed 
services. 
Patents and 
trademarks. 
Public lands. 
Claims. 
Taxes. 
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Minerals and 
(b) Any patent issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall be without 
mining. 
any mineral reservation to the United States, and all mineral 
interests of the United States in and to the land described in 
subsection (c) shall be transferred to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wells 
without consideration. 
(c) The land referred to in this section, comprising approximately 
160 acres, is the NWy4 of Section 21, T. 10 N., R. 8 W., St. Stephens 
Meridian. 
Approved November 7, 1986. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2534: 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 99-476 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): 
Oct. 10, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 15, considered and passed House, amended. 
Oct. 17, Senate concurred in House amendment.