An Act to provide for the establishment of the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes
PL 89-33 (S.339), enacted 06/05/1965

79 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-33-JUNE 5, 1965 
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the reactor during the term, of the cooperative arrangement without 
regard to the provisions of section 56 of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended. 
SEC. 108. KESCISSIONS.—(a) Public Law 87-701, as amended, is 
further amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for a proj-
ect, except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows: 
Project 63-b-4, emergency duty personnel shelters, various 
sites, $4,000,000. 
(b) Public Law 88-72, as amended, is further amended by rescind-
ing therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heretofore 
obligated, as follows: 
Project 64-e-8, modifications to CANEL facilities. Middle-
town, Connecticut, $1,455,000. 
(c) Section 111 of Public Law 87-701, as amended, is rescinded. 
(d) Section 105 of Public Law 88-72, as amended, is rescinded. 
(e) Section 106 of Public Law 88-72, as amended, is rescinded. 
Approved June 2, 1965. 
78 Stat. 605. 
42 u s e 2076. 
76 Stat. 599. 
77 Stat, 85., 
76 Stat. 603. 
77 Stat. 86. 
Public Law 89-33 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument 
in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes. 
June 5, 1965 
[S. 339] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to 
preserve for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future genera-
tions the outstanding paleontological sites known as the Agate Springs 
Fossil Quarries, and nearby related geological phenomena, to provide 
a center for continuing paleontological research and for the display 
and interpretation of tlie scientific specimens uncovered at such sites, 
and to facilitate the protection and exhibition of a valuable collection 
of Lidian artifacts and relics that are representative of an important 
phase of Indian history, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
acquire by donation, or by purchase with donated or appropriated 
funds, or otherwise, title or a lesser interest in not more than three 
tliousand one hundred and fifty acres of land in township 28 north, 
range 55 west, sixth principal meridian, Sioux County, Nebraska, for 
inclusion in the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in accordance 
with the boundary designation made pursuant to section 2 hereof, 
which boundary may include such right-of-way as is needed for a 
road between the Stenomylus Quarry site and the monument lands 
lying in section 3 or 10 of the said township and range. 
SEC. 2. Within the acreage limitation of section 1, the Secretary 
may designate and adjust the boundaries of Agate Fossil Beds 
National Monument. When the Secretary finds that lands constitut-
ing an initially administrable unit are in Federal ownership, he shall 
establish such national monument by publication of notice thereof 
in the Federal Register, and any subsequent adjustment of its bound-
aries shall be effectuated in the same manner. 
SEC. 3. The Agate Fossil Beds National Monument shall be admin-
istered by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Act entitled 
"An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", 
approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), as 
amended and supplemented. 
SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated the sums 
of not more than $301,150 for acquisition of lands and interests in 
land and not more than $1,842,000 for development in connection with 
the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument under this Act. 
Approved June 5, 1965. 
Agate Fossil 
Beds National 
Monument, Nebr. 
Establishment. 
Acquisition of 
lands. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Administration. 
Appropriation.