A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the commemoration of the efforts of Goodloe Byron to protect the Appalachian Trail, and for other purposes.
PL 96-87 (H.R.5419), enacted 10/12/1979

93 STAT. 664 
PUBLIC LAW 96-87—OCT. 12, 1979 
Public Law 96-87 
96th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 12, 1979 
[H.R. 5419] 
National parks 
and recreational 
lands. 
Goodloe Byron. 
Commemoration 
of conservation 
efforts. 
Frederick Law 
Olmsted 
National 
Historic Site. 
Establishment. 
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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the commemoration of 
the efforts of Goodloe Byron to protect the Appalachian Trail, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of 
America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I 
SEC. 101. Goodloe Bj^on, late a United States Representative from 
the State of Maryland, should be afforded appropriate recognition for 
his long and continuing interest in conservation, outdoor recreation, 
physical fitness, and the protection of the Nation's natural and scenic 
resources. Goodloe Byron took an early and leading interest in the 
protection of the Maryland segment of the Appalachian Trail as a 
member of the Senate of Maryland and continued his efforts to 
provide for the protection of the entire Appalachian Trail for public 
use and enjoyment during his service in the Congress of the United 
States. As a member of the National Scenic Trails Advisory Council, 
he encouraged recognition of the value of scenic trails as outdoor 
recreation resources attractive to all segments of the public. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in cooperation 
with the Appalachian Trail Conference and the State of Maryland, to 
design and erect at a suitable location along the Maryland segment of 
the Appalachian Trail an appropriate marker in commemoration of 
the outstanding contributions of Goodloe Byron toward the protec-
tion of the Appalachian Trail for the use and enjo5nment of the 
American people in perpetuity. 
TITLE II 
SEC. 201. (a) In order to preserve and interpret for the benefit, 
inspiration, and education of present and future generations the 
home and office of Frederick Law Olmsted, the great American 
landscape architect and designer, there is hereby established the 
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (hereinafter referred 
to as the "Site"). 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to in this Act 
as the "Secretary ) is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase 
with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, the property 
comprising the former home and office of Frederick Law Olmsted at 
99-101 Warren Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, together with such 
adjacent lands and interests therein as the Secretary deems neces-
sary, for establishment of 
the Site. The Secretary may also acquire for 
the purposes of the Site aU or any portion of the documents, equip-
ment, drawings, and other materials comprising the Olmsted archi-
val collection. 
(c) It is the express intent of the Congress that the Secretary should 
substantially complete the acquisition program authorized by this 
Act within two years after the date of its enactment. 
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SEC. 202. (a) The Secretary shall administer the property, Site, 
including personal property comprising the archival collection, ac-
quired for the purposes of this Act in accordance with the Act of 
August 25,1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented, and the 
Act of 
August 21,1935 (49 Stat. 666), as amended. 
(b) The Secretary is authorized to enter into a cooperative agree-
ment with an appropriate entity for the management of the archival 
collection acquired for the purposes of this Act. 
(c) Within three years of the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular 
Aiffairs of the United States House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States 
Senate, a general management plan for the Site pursuant to the 
provisions of section 12(b) of the Act of August 18,1970 (84 Stat. 825), 
as amended. Within six months of the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit a written report to the same committees 
relating the state of progress of his acquisition and provisions for 
management and permanent protection of the archival collection. He 
shall submit a similar report within one year of the date of enactment 
of this Act to the same committees indicating the final management 
and protection arrangements he has concluded for such collection. 
SEC. 203. (a) Effective October 1, 1979, there are authorized to be 
appropriated from the Land and Water Conservation Fund such 
sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of lands and interests 
therein. 
(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, effective October 
1,1979, an amoimt not to exceed $514,000 for the acquisition of the 
archival collection; an amoimt not to exceed $200,000 for develop-
ment; and an amount not to exceed $1,230,000 for the preservation of 
the archival collection. 
TITLEm 
SEC. 301. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secre-
tary shall permit the late Chief Turkey Tayac to be buried in the 
ossuary at Piscataway Park in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The Secretary 
shall select the site in such ossuary at which Chief Tayac may be 
buried. No Federal funds may be used for the burial of Chief Tayac 
except such funds as may be necessary for the maintenance of the 
burial site by the Department of the Interior. 
TITLE IV 
SEC. 401. The National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978, approved 
November 10,1978 (92 Stat. 3467), is amended as follows: 
(a) Section 101(8), re: DeSoto National Memoried, is amended 
by changing the phrase "changing '$3,108,000' to '$5,108,000'." to 
read "by changing '$175,000' to '$292,000'." 
(b) Section 101(20), re: Pecos National Monument, is amended 
by changing "$2,375,000" to "$2,575,000". 
(c) Section 301, re: revision of boimdaries, is amended by 
changing the words "but not exceed" in the first sentence to "but 
not to exceed". 
(d) Section 301(8), re: Great Sand Dunes National Monument, 
is amended by (1) changing "one thousand one hundred and nine 
acres" to "one thousand nine hundred acres" and by changing 
"$166,000" to "$265,000"; and (2) by adding the following at the 
end thereof: "The Secretary shall designate the lands described 
by this paragraph for management in accordance with the 
Administration. 
16 u s e 461. 
General 
management 
plan, submittal 
to congressional 
committees. 
16 u s e la-7. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
ehief Turkey 
Tayac, burial in 
Oxon Hill, Md. 
National Park 
System. 
16 u s e 1 note. 
92 Stat. 3471. 
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note. 
92 Stat. 3472. 
92 Stat. 3473. 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
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Stat. 3477. 
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note. 
92 Stat. 3535. 
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92 Stat. 3536. 
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92 Stat. 3537. 
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adjacent lands within the monument by publication of a notice in 
the Federal Register.". 
(e) Section 302 is amended at the end thereof by changing 
"section 301" to "title III of this Act". 
(f) Section 309(b), re: Fort Union Trading Post National 
Historic Site, is amended by changing "this Act in the proviso to 
"the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978". 
(g) Section 315(a), re: Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation 
Area, is amended by changing ^'90,001-A" to "655-90,001-A". 
(h) Section 501(a), re: Guam National Seashore, is amended in 
clause (1) by changing "Anac" to "Anae". 
(i) Section 505(f)(1), re: Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic 
Park, is amended by striking "Kaloko-Honokohau" the first time 
it appears in the subsection. 
0') Section 507(f), re: Santa Monica Mountains National Recrea-
tion Area, is amended by changing "January 1,1976" to "Janu-
ary 1,1978". 
(k) Section 508(d), re: Ebey's Landing National Historical 
Reserve, is amended by changing "with donated funds" in the 
first sentence to "with donated or appropriated funds". 
(1) Section 511(b), re: Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, 
is amended by changing "at 113 East Leigh Street" to "at 110 A 
East Leigh Street". 
(m) Section 551, re: the National Trails System Act, is amended 
b y -
(1) in paragraph (13), change "(20)" to "(23)"; 
(2) in paragraph (18), insert quotation marks at the begin-
ning and end of the second sentence; and 
(3) in paragraph (21), insert quotation marks at the begin-
ning and end of the second sentence. 
(n) Section 601(a), re: Yellowstone National Park, is amended 
by changing "State of Wyoming" to "States of Wyoming and 
Montana". 
(o) Section 612, re: Albert Einstein Memorial, is amended by 
changing "access" in the second sentence to "purposes of such 
memorial". 
(p) Section 704, re: Upper Delaware River, is amended (1) in 
subsection (a) by changing "705(c)" to "704(c)"; and (2) in subsec-
tion (fKD by inserting the following sentence at the end thereof: 
"The Advisory Council shall terminate ten years after the date 
on which it is established.". 
(q) Title IX, re: Jean Lafitte National Historical Park, is 
amended— 
(1) in section 902(a) bv changing "eight thousand acres" in 
the first sentence to eight thousand six hundred acres"; 
(2) in section 904 by changing "section 7" in the first 
sentence to "section 907"; 
(3) in section 907(a) by striking the word "and" at the end 
of the clause numbered (6), changing the period at the end of 
the clause numbered (7) to "; and , and adding at the end 
thereof the following: 
"(8) two members appointed by the Secretary from recom-
mendations submitted by the Police Jury of Saint Bernard 
Parish."; and 
(4) in section 907(e) by inserting the following sentence at 
the end thereof: "The Commission shall terminate ten years 
from the date of approval of this Act.". 
SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secre-
tary shall not charge any entrance or admission fee in excess of the 
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amounts which were in effect as of January 1,1979, or charge said 
fees at any unit of the National Park System where such fees were 
not in effect as of such date, nor shall the Secretary charge after the 
date of 
enactment of this section, user fees for transportation services 
and faciUties in Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska. 
SEC. 403. Section 3 of the Act of December 2,1969 (83 Stat. 279), is 83 stat. 274. 
amended by changing "180,000" to "680,000". 
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SEC. 404. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 906), as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1271), is further amended as follows: 
(a) In section 5(b), in paragraph numbered (3), change "(72)" to 1
6 use 1276. 
"(75)"; 
(b) ID. section 501)), in paragraph numbered (4), change "(74)" to 
"(75)". 
Approved October 12, 1979. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 125 (1979): 
Vi^ 
Sept. 27, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 9, House concurred in certain Senate amendments and in another with an 
amendment. 
Oct. 11, Senate concurred in House amendment.