An Act to amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, to provide for the construction of a civic center in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes
PL 92-520 (S.3943), enacted 10/21/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-520-OCT. 21, 1972 
1019 
Public Law 92-520 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, to provide for the 
construction of a civic center in the District of Columbia, and for other 
purposes. 
October 21, 1972 
[S.3943] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of ATnerica in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic 
Center Act." 
SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares that— 
(1) it is essential to the social and economic development of 
the District of Columbia to establish major centers of commercial 
and economic activity within the city; 
(2) such a center of activity would result from the development 
of a civic center located in the downtown area of the District of 
Columbia; 
(3) a civic center would (A) attract large numbers of visitors 
to the downtown area and result in increased business activity in 
the area surrounding the center; (B) enable national organiza-
tions to hold their conventions and other meetings in the District 
of Columbia and thereby encourage citizens from the entire Nation 
to visit their Capital City; (C) provide a new source of revenue 
for the District of Columbia as a consequence of its operations 
and the expanded commercial activities resulting therefrom; and 
(D) provide expanded employment opportunities for residents of 
the District of Columbia; 
(4) it is fitting that said civic center be established as a memo-
rial to the late President, Dwight D. Eisenhower; 
(5) the prompt provision of major convention facilities in the 
District of Columbia will significantly contribute to the com-
memoration of the Nation's bicentennial year; and 
(6) the powers conferred by this Act are for public uses and 
purposes for which public powers may be employed, public funds 
may be expended, and the power of eminent domain and the police 
power may be exercised, and the granting of such powers is neces-
sarv in the public interest. 
SEC. 3. The Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), as amended 
(40 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new section: 
"SEC. 18. (a) In order to provide for the District of Columbia facili-
ties for the holding of conventions, exhibitions, meetings, and other 
social, cultural, and business activities, the Commissioner of the Dis-
trict of Columbia (hereinafter, 'Commissioner') is authorized to pro-
vide for the development, construction, operation, and maintenance of 
the civic center to be designated as the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center on a site in the Northwest section 
of the District of Columbia within an area bounded by Eighth Street, 
H Street, Tenth Street, New York Avenue, and K Street. 
"(b)'(l) Such civic center shall be in accordance with a plan, indi-
cating the design and estimated costs, approved by the Commissioner 
and the District of Columbia Council, and approved by the National 
Capital Planning Commission pursuant to section 5 of the National 
Capital Planning Act of 1952 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1005) and section 16 
of the Act approved June 20, 1938 (D.C. Code, sec. 5-428), and 
reviewed by the Commissioner of Fine Arts to the extent required by 
section 1 of the Act approved May 16, 1930 (D.C. Code, sec. 5-410). 
Dwight D. Eisen-
hower Memorial 
Bicentennial Civic 
Center Act. 
Ante, 
p. 216. 
66 Stat. 787. 
52 Stat. 802. 
46 Stat. 366; 
53 Stat. 1144. 
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Urban renewal 
plan. 
60 Stat. 798; 
72 Stat. 1104. 
Land acquisi-
tion. 
Contract 
authority. 
84 Stat. 1894. 
42 u s e 4601 
note. 
Interest rate. 
"(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12 of the District 
of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, as amended (D.C. Code, 
sec. 5-711), the urban renewal plan, approved pursuant to section 
6(b)(2) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 5-705 (b) (2)), for an urban 
renewal area in which the civic center is located shall be deemed to 
be modified by the plan approved pursuant to this subsection and the 
National Capital Planning Commission shall certify such urban 
renewal plan, as modified, to the District of Columbia Redevelopment 
Land Agency. 
"(3) In the development of the civic center in accordance with the 
plan approved pursuant to this subsection, the Commissioner, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, may open, extend, widen, 
or close any street, road, highway, or alley, or part thereof, by the 
filing of a plat or plats in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of 
Columbia showing such opening, extension, widening, or closing. 
"(c) The Commissioner shall acquire hj purchase, gift, condemna-
tion, or otherwise, all real property necessary to provide for the civic 
center. 
"(d)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to enter into purchase 
contracts, including negotiated contracts, for the financing, design, 
construction, and maintenance of the civic center. The Commissioner 
is further authorized to lease the site described in subsection (a) at a 
nominal rental for a period of not more than thirty-five years. The 
payment term of said purchase contracts shall not be more than thirty 
years from the date of acceptance of the civic center and such pur-
chase contracts shall provide that title to the civic center shall vest 
in the District of Columbia at or before the expiration of the contract 
term and upon fulfillment of the terms and conditions stipulated in 
the purchase contracts. Such terms and conditions shall include pro-
vision for the application to the purchase price agreed upon therein 
of installment payments made thereunder. 
"(2) Such purchase contracts shall include such provisions as the 
Commissioner, in his discretion, shall deem to be in the best interest 
of the District of Columbia and appropriate to secure the performance 
of the obligations imposed upon the party or parties that shall enter 
into such agreement with the Commissioner. The purchase contracts 
shall provide for payments to be made to— 
"(A) amortize the cost of site acquisition, including relocation 
payments required by the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real 
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, and such other moneys 
as may be advanced by the contractors to the District of 
ColumtDia; 
"(B) amortize the cost of construction of improvements to be 
constructed; 
"(C) provide a reasonable rate of interest on the outstanding 
principal as determined under subparagraphs (A) and (B) above; 
and 
"(D) reimburse the contractors for the cost of any other obli-
gations required of them under the contract, including (but not 
limited to) payment of taxes, costs of carrying appropriate insur-
ance, and costs of repair and maintenance if so required of the 
contractors. 
"(3) For the purpose of the purchase contracts provided by this 
subsection for the erection of the civic center, the Commissioner is 
authorized to enter into agreements with any person, copartnership, 
corporation, or other public or private entity to effectuate any of the 
purposes of this subsection. 
iX-Pi 
:»;-' -f-i 
H|M.J..; 
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"(4) No purchase contract for the construction of such civic center 
shall be entered into, pursuant to the authority of tliis section, until 
thirty legislative days following submittal to and approval by the 
Senate and House Committees for the District of Columbia, and the 
Senate and House Committees on Appropriations, of the design, plans, 
and specifications, including detailed cost estimates, of such civic 
center. 
"(e) The full faith and credit of the Government of the District 
of Columbia is hereby committed to guarantee, upon such terms and 
conditions as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, the fulfillment 
of all obligations imposed by the proA'ision of this section. 
"(f) (1) The Commissioner is authorized to accept and administer 
gifts, personal services, securities, or other property of whatever char-
acter to aid in carrying out the purposes of this section. 
"(2) The Commissioner is further authorized to provide for the 
operation of any or all aspects of the civic center by any department 
or agency of the Government of the District of Columbia, or may 
provide for the performance of such operations, including the use or 
rental of the civic center or its equipment, motor vehicle parking facili-
ties, concessions, and other activities, by contract entered into with any 
person, copartnership, corporation, or other public or private entity, 
upon such terms and conditions as may be stipulated in the agreements, 
and for such purposes may utilize or employ the services of personnel 
of any agency or instrumentality of the United States or the District 
of Columbia, with the consent of such agency or instrumentality, upon 
a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, and may utilize voluntary or 
uncompensated personnel." 
SEC. 4. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated out of the revenues 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out the purposes of this Act. Such sums shall remain available for obli-
gation until expended. 
(b) There is authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limi-
tation and out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise aopro-
priated, not to exceed $14 million for a contribution to the District 
of Columbia as the Federal share of carrying out the purposes of 
this Act. 
SEC. 5. The Federal office building and ITnited States courthouse 
to be constructed in the southwest portion of that block bounded by 
Mitchell Street, Pryor Street, Central Avenue, and Trinitv Avenue, 
in Atlanta, Georgia, is hereby designated as the "Richard B. Russell 
Federal Building", in memory of the late Richard Brevard Russell, a 
distinguished Member of the United States Senate from 1933 to 1971, 
and any reference to such building in any law, regulation, document, 
map, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed a reference 
to such building as the "Richard B. Russell Federal Building". 
SEC. 6. The Federal building to be constructed in the block bounded 
by the west side of New Orleans Avenue, north of Main Street, and the 
east of Jackson Street, in Hattiesburg, JNIississippi, shall hereafter be 
known and designated as the "William M. Colmer Federal Building". 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other 
paper of the United States to such Federal building shall be held 
to be a reference to the "William M. Colmer Federal Building". 
SEC. 7. The Federal building to be constructed in the block of West 
Commerce Street bounded on the west side by Columbus Street and 
on the east side by James Street, in Aberdeen, Mississippi, shall here-
after be known and designated as the "Thomas G. Abernethy Fed-
eral Building". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
Gifts, services 
and property, 
acceptance. 
Operation. 
Appropriation. 
Federal build-
ings, designa-
tions. 
Richard B. 
Russell Federal 
Building. 
William M. 
Colmer Federal 
Building. 
Thomas G. 
Abernethy Fed-
eral Building. 
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J. Edgar Hoover 
F.B.I. Building. 
John C. Watts 
Building. 
Frank T. Bow 
Federal Building. 
H. Allen Smith 
Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory. 
George P. Miller 
Federal Building. 
Durward G. Hall 
Federal Building. 
Emanuel Celler 
Federal Building. 
Charles R. Jonas 
Federal Building. 
Alton Lennon 
Federal Building. 
record, or other paper of tlie United States to such Federal building 
shall be held to be a reference to the "Thomas G. Abernethy Federal 
Building". 
SEC. 8. The Federal building being constructed in the block bounded 
by Ninth Street Northwest, Tenth Street Northwest, E Street North-
west, and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, in the District of Colum-
bia, shall hereafter be known and designated as the "J. Edgar Hoover 
F.B.I. Building". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
record, or other paper of the United States to such Federal building 
shall be held to be a reference to the "J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Build-
ing". 
SEC. 9. The Federal office building now under construction in the 
Capital Plaza area of Frankfort, Kentucky, is hereby designated 
as the "John C. Watts Building". Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to 
such building shall be held to be a reference to the "John C. Watts 
Building". 
SEC. 10. The Federal building in the block bounded by Second 
Street Southwest, Third Street Southwest, Cleveland Avenue South, 
and Dewalt Avenue South, in Canton, Ohio, shall hereafter be known 
and designated as the "Frank T. Bow Federal Building". Any ref-
erence in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper 
of the United States to such Federal building shall be held to be a 
reference to the "Frank T. Bow Federal Building". 
SEC. 11. The jet propulsion laboratory at 4800 Oak Grove Drive, 
Pasadena, California, shall hereafter be known and designated as the 
"H. Allen Smith Jet Propulsion Laboratory". Any reference in a law, 
map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States 
to such jet propulsion laboratory shall be held to be a reference to the 
"H. Allen Smith Jet Propulsion Laboratory". 
SEC. 12. The Federal building at 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, Cali-
fornia, shall hereafter be known and designated as the "George P. 
Miller Federal Building". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States to such building 
shall be held to be a reference to the "George P. Miller Federal 
Building". 
SEC. 13. The United States courthouse and Federal building at 
302 Joplin Street, Joplin, Missouri, shall hereafter be known and 
designated as the "Durward G. Hall Federal Building". Any refer-
ence in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the 
TTnited States to such buildin.or shall be held to be a reference to the 
"Durward G. Hall Federal Building". 
SEC. 14. The United States courthouse and Federal building at 225 
Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, shall hereafter be known and 
designated as the "Emanuel Celler Federal Building". Any reference 
in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the 
United States to such buildinfr shall be held to be a reference to the 
"Emanuel Celler Federal Building". 
SEC. 15. The post office, United States courthouse and Federal 
building at 401 West Trade Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, shall 
hereafter be known and designated as the "Charles R. Jonas Federal 
Building". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, 
or other paper of the United States to such building shall be held to be 
a reference to the "Charles R, Jonas Federal Building". 
SEC. 16. The United States courthouse and Federal building at the 
corner of Princess Street and Water Street, Wilmington, North Caro-
lina, shall hereafter be known and designated as the "Alton Lennon 
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Federal Building"'. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu-
ment, record, or other paper of the United States to such building shall 
be held to be a reference to the "Alton Lennon Federal Building". 
SEC. 17. The post office and Federal building now under construction 
in the block bounded on the north by East Sixth Street, west by 
North Diamond Street, south by East Fifth Street, and east by North 
Adams Street, Mansfield, Ohio, shall hereafter be known and desig-
nated as the "Jackson E. Betts Federal Building". Any reference m 
a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States to such building shall be held to be a reference to the "Jackson 
E. Betts Federal Building". 
SEC. 18. The Federal building in the block bounded on the north by 
Edmond Street, south by Charles Street, west by Eighth Street, and 
east by Ninth Street, St. Joseph, Missouri, shall hereafter be known 
and designated as the "William R. Hull Federal Building". Any 
reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper 
of the United States to such building shall be held to be a reference 
to the "William R. Hull Federal Building". 
SEC. 19. The United States courthouse and Federal building to be 
constructed in the block bounded on the north side by Lombard Street, 
east by Hanover Street, south by Pratt Street, and west by Hopkins 
Place, Baltimore, Maryland, shall hereafter be known and designated 
as the "Edward A, Garmatz Federal Building". Any reference in a 
law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States to such building shall be held to be a reference to the "Edward 
A. Garmatz Federal Building". 
SEC. 20. The post office and Federal building to be constructed in 
New Bedford, Massachusetts, under authority of the Public Buildings 
Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-313, shall hereafter be known 
and designated as the "Hastings Keith Federal Building". Any ref-
erence in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of 
the United States to such building shall be held to be a reference to 
the "Hastings Keith Federal Building". 
SEC. 21. The post office and Federal building at 333 West Fourth 
Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, shall hereafter be known and designated as 
the "Page Belcher Federal Building". Any reference in a law, map, 
regulatioUj document, record, or other paper of the United States to 
such buildmg shall be held to be a reference to the "Page Belcher Fed-
eral Building". 
SEC. 22. The Federal building at the corner of Main Street and High 
Street, Farmville, Virginia, shall hereafter be known and designated 
as the "Watkins M. Abbitt FederaLBuilding". Any reference in a law, 
map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States 
to such building shall be held to be a reference to the "Watkins M. 
Abbitt Federal Building". 
SEC. 23. The Federal building to be constructed in Roanoke, Vir-
ginia, under authority of the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972, 
Public Law 92-313, shall hereafter be known and designated as the 
"Richard H. Poff Federal Building". Any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to 
such building shall be held to be a reference to the "Richard H. Potf 
Federal Building". 
SEC. 24. The post office and Federal office building at the corner of 
Lincoln and Central Streets, Essex Junction, Vermont, shall hereafter 
be known and designated as the "Winston Prouty Federal Building". 
Jackson E. 
Betts Federal 
Building. 
William R. Hull 
Federal Building. 
Edward A. Gar-
matz Federal 
Building. 
Hastings Keith 
Federal Building. 
Ante, p. 216, 
Page Belcher 
Federal Building. 
Watkins M. 
Abbitt Federal 
Building. 
Richard H. Poff 
Federal Building. 
Winston Prouty 
Federal Building. 
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Karl. E. Mundt 
Federal Building. 
Mary Switzer 
Memorial Build-
ing. 
Philip J. 
Philbin Federal 
Office Building. 
Allen J. 
EUender Post 
Office and Fed-
eral Office Build-
ing. 
L. Mendel Riv-
ers Federal Build-
ing. 
George W. 
Andrews Federal 
Building. 
John L. 
McMillan Federal 
Building. 
Wayne N. 
Aspinall Federal 
Building. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other 
paper of the United States to such building shall be held to be a 
reference to the "Winston Prouty Federal Building". 
SEC. 25. The Earth Resources Observation System Facilities Devel-
opment Foundation at 101 West Ninth Street, Sioux Falls, South 
Dakota, shall hereafter be known and designated as the "Karl E. 
Mundt Federal Building". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States to such building 
shall he held to be a reference to the "Karl E. Mundt Federal 
Building". 
SEC. 26. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare South 
Building located at 330 C Street Southwest, Washington, District of 
Columbia, is hereby designated, and shall be known as, the "Mary 
Switzer Memorial Building". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States to such building 
shall be held to be a reference to the "Mary Switzer Memorial 
Building". 
SEC. 27. The Federal office building to be constructed in Fitchburg, 
Massachusetts, on the site bounded by Maine and Academy Streets on 
the Marrman Parkway, is hereby designated and shall be known as 
the "Philip J. Philbin Federal Office Building". Any reference in a 
law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States to such building shall be held to be a reference to the "Philip J. 
Philbin Federal Office Building". 
SEC. 28. The post office and Federal office building to be constructed 
in the block bounded by Grinage Street, Verret Street, Lafayette 
Street, and High Street in Houma, Louisiana, is hereby designated as 
the "Allen J. EUender Post Office and Federal Office Building", in 
memory of the late Allen J. EUender. Any reference to such building 
in any law, regulation, document, map, or other paper of the United 
States shall be deemed a reference to such building as the "Allen J. 
EUender Post Office and Federal Office Building". 
SEC. 29. The Federal building at 334 Meeting Street, Charleston, 
South Carolina, shall hereafter be known and designated as the "L. 
Mendel Rivers Federal Building". Any reference in a law, map, regu-
lation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to such 
building shall be held to be a reference to the "L. Mendel Rivers Fed-
eral Building". 
SEC. 30. The United States courthouse and Federal building at the 
corner of Avenue A and Seventh Street, Opelika, Alabama, shall 
hereafter be known and designated as the "George W. Andrews Fed-
eral Building". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
record, or other paper of the United States to such building shall be 
held to be a reference to the "George W. Andrews Federal Building". 
SEC. 31. The Federal building to be constructed in Florence, South 
Carolina, on the site bounded east by Sanborn Street, west of North 
McQueen Street, and north by West Evans Street, shall hereafter be 
known and designated as the "John L. McMillan Federal Building". 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other 
paper of the United States to such building shall be held to be a refer-
ence to the "John L. McMillan Federal Building". 
SEC. 32. The United States courthouse and Federal building located 
at 400 Rood Avenue, Grand Junction, Colorado, shall hereafter be 
known and designated as the "Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building". 
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Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other 
paper of the United States to such building shall be held to be a 
reference to the "Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building". 
SEC. 33. The post office. United States courthouse and Federal build-
ing at 207 West Main Street, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, shall here-
after be known and designated as the "Johnson J. Hayes Building". 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other 
paper of the United States to such building shall be held to be a 
reference to the "Johnson J. Hayes Building". 
SEC. 34. The effective period for each provision relating to the 
Speaker of the House of Kepresentatives in the Ninety-first Congress 
which is contained in H. Res. 1238 Ninety-first Congress, as enacted 
into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 1971 (84 Stat. 1989), is hereby extended for an additional 
two years from the date on which (but for this section) such provision 
would expire. 
SEC. 35. The United States courthouse and Federal building to be 
constructed in the block bounded by the proposed Makai Street, 
Halekauwila Street, Kakaako Street, and Ala Moana Boulevard, in 
Honolulu, Hawaii, shall hereafter be known and designated as the 
"Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Building". Any reference in a law, 
map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States 
to such building shall be held to be a reference to the "Prince Jonah 
Kuhio Kalanianaole Building". 
SEC. 36. The Federal office building to be constructed in the city 
of Albany, New York, is hereby designated as the "Leo W. O'Brien 
Federal Building", in honor of Leo W. O'Brien, a distinguished 
Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1952 
to 1967, and any reference to such building in any law, regulation, 
document, map, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed 
a reference to such building as the "Leo W. O'Brien Federal Building". 
SEC. 37. The United States Federal office building to be constructed 
in the block bounded on the south side by Market Street, north by 
Art Street, east by Sixth Street, and west by Seventh Street, Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, shall hereafter be known and designated as 
the "William J. Green Jr. Federal Building". Any reference in a law, 
map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States to such building shall be held to be a reference to the "William 
J. Green Jr. Federal Building". 
SEC. 38. The LTnited States courthouse to be constructed in the 
block bounded on the south side by Market Street, north by Art Street, 
east by Sixth Street, and west by Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania, shall hereafter be known and designated as the "James A. 
Byrne Federal Courthouse". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States to such building 
shall be held to be a reference to the "James A. Byrne Federal 
Courthouse". 
SEC. 39. The Federal building at East Ninth Street and Lakeside 
Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, shall hereafter be known and designated 
as the "Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building". Any reference in 
a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the 
United States to such building shall be held to be a reference to the 
"Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building". 
Johnson J. 
Hayes Building. 
Prince Jonah 
Kuhio Kalanian-
aole Building. 
Leo W. O'Brien 
Federal Building. 
William J. 
Green Jr. 
Federal Building. 
James A. Byrne 
Federal Court-
house. 
Anthony J. 
Celebrezze 
Federal Building. 
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John W. Byrnes 
Post Office and 
Federal Building. 
Effective 
dates. 
SEC, 40. The post office and Federal building at Jefferson and 
Walnut Streets, Green Bay, Wisconsin, shall hereafter be known and 
designated as the "John W. Byrnes Post Office and Federal Building". 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other 
paper of the United States to such building shall be held to be a 
reference to the "John W. Byrnes Post Office and Federal Building". 
SEC. 41. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act shall 
take effect on the date of its enactment. 
(b) Sections 6 and 7, sections 10 through 23, inclusive, sections 25, 
31, 32, 38, and 40 shall take effect January 4, 1973. 
Approved October 21, 1972. 
October 21, 1972 
[S. 493] 
Public Law 92-521 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to classify as a wilderness 
area the national forest lands adjacent to the Eagle Cap Wilderness Area, 
known as the Minani River Canyon and adjoining area, in Oregon, and for 
other purposes. 
Eagle Cap 
Wilderness, Oreg. 
Additional ' 
lands. 
Map and des-
cription, filing 
with congres-
sional commit-
tees. 
Ad min is tra t i on. 
78 Stat. 890 
16 u s e 1131 
note. 
Lower Minam, 
review, report to 
President. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ Tha,t the areas pro-
posed for addition to the Eagle Cap Wilderness as generally depicted 
on a map entitled "Proposed additions to the Eagle Cap Wilderness", 
dated August 1, 1972, which is on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agricul-
ture, are hereby designated for addition to and a part of the Eagle 
Cap Wilderness, Wallowa and Whitman National Forests, Oregon, 
which addition comprises an area of approximately 72,420 acres. 
SEC. 2. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the Secre-
tary of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description of the 
Eagle Cap Wilderness as revised by this Act with the Interior and 
Insular Affairs Committees of the United States Senate and House of 
Representatives, and such description shall have the same force and 
effect as if included in this Act: Provided^ however^ That correction 
of clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and map 
may be made. 
SEC. 3. The additions to the Eagle Cap Wilderness provided by this 
Act shall be administered as a part of the Eagle Cap Wilderness by 
the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the 
Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness 
areas, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date 
of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective 
date of this Act. 
SEC. 4. Within five years from the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall review those lands depicted on the map referenced 
in section 1 of this Act as the "Wilderness Study Area" comprising 
about 32,000 acres, commonlj^ referred to as the Lower Minam, and 
shall report to the President, in accordance with subsections 3(b) and 
3(d) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1132 (b) and 
(d)), his recommendation as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any 
area within the above area for preservation as a wilderness, and any 
designation of any such area as a wilderness shall be accomplished 
in accordance with said subsections of the Wilderness Act. 
Approved October 21, 1972.