An Act to amend title I of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat, 897), and for other purposes
PL 91-485 (S.1708), enacted 10/22/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-485-OCT. 22, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
76 Stat. 477. 
"(A) proficiency pay to which he would be entitled had 
he not been appointed as an officer; and 
"(B) clothing allowance, except when such member is 
eligible for payment of a uniform allowance as provided in 
section 415 of this title; or 
"(2) the pay and allowances to which he thereafter becomes 
entitled as an officer. 
However, proficiency pay, incentive pa^ for hazardous duty, special 
pay for diving duty, and sea and foreign duty pay may be used in 
calculating the amount of his former pay and allowances only for so 
lon^ as the member continues to perform the duty and would be 
eligible to receive payment had he remained in his former status"; 
and 
(2) by adding the following new item to the analysis: 
"907. Enlisted memibers appointed as oflScers: pay and allowances stabilized." 
Approved October 21, 1970. 
Public Law 91-485 
October 22, 1970 
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[S.1708] 
To amend the T^nd and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, and 
for other purposes. 
Federal lands 
for parks and 
recreation. 
82 Stat. 355. 
16 u s e 460/-5. 
Disposals by 
Secretary of In-
terior. 
63 Stat. 387. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assetnbled, That subsection 2(c) 
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.G. 
4601-5 (c)) is amended as follows: 
(a) In clause (1), strike out "five fiscal years beginning July 1, 
1968, and ending June 30, 1973" and insert "fiscal years 1968, 1969, 
and 1970, and not less than $300,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter 
through June 30,1989." 
(b) In clause (2), after "$200,000,000" insert "or $300,000,000" and 
after "for each of such fiscal years," insert "as provided in clause (1),". 
SEC. 2. Section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 484), is further amended 
by redesignating section 203(k) (2) as section 203(k) (3), and by add-
ing a new section 203 (k) (2) as follows : 
"(k) (2) Under such regulations as he may prescribe, the Adminis-
trator is authorized, in his discretion, to assign to the Secretary of the 
Interior for disposal, such surplus real property, including buildings, 
fixtures, and equipment situated thereon, as is recommended by the 
Secretary of the Interior as needed for use as a public park or recrea-
tion area. 
"(A) Subject to the disapproval of the Administrator within thirty 
days after notice to him by the Secretary of the Interior of a proposed 
transfer of property for public park or public recreational use, the 
Secretary of the Interior, through such officers or employees of the 
Department of the Interior as he may designate, may sell or lease such 
real property, including buildings, fixtures, and equipment situated 
thereon, for public park or public recreational purposes to any State, 
political subdivision, instrumentalities thereof, or municipality. 
"(B) In fixing the sale or lease value of property to be disposed 
of under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall take into consideration any benefit which has accrued 
or may accrue to the United States from the use of such property by 
any such State, political subdivision, instrumentality, or muncipality. 
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"(C) The deed of conveyance of any surplus real property disposed veyance°/''°"" 
of under the provisions of this subsection— 
"(i) shall provide that all such property shall be used and 
Title, reversion. 
maintained for the purpose for which it was conveyed in perpe-
tuity, and that in the event that such property ceases to be used 
or maintained for such purpose during such period, all or any 
portion of such property shall in its then existing condition, at the 
option of the United States, revert to the Unitea States; and 
"(ii) may contain such additional terms, reservations, restric-
tions, and conditions as may be determined by the Secretary of 
the Interior to be necessary to safeguard the interests of the United 
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States. 
"(D) 'States' as used in this subsection includes the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and 
possessions of the United States." 
SEC. 3. The first sentence of subsection (n) of section 203 of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended (40 US.C. 484(n)), is amended by striking " ( k ) " and sub-
stituting " (k) (1)" in lieu thereof. 
SEC. 4. Subsection (o) of section 203 of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 484(o)), 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(o) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, with 
Reports to 
respect to personal property donated under subsection (j) of this ^°"^''*^^' 
section, and the head of each executive agency disposing of real prop-
erty under subsection (k) of this section shall submit during the 
calendar quarter following the close of each fiscal year a report to 
the Senate (or to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is not in 
session) and to the House of Representatives (or to the Clerk of the 
House if the House is not in session) showing the acquisition cost of 
all personal property so donated and of all real property so disposed 
of during the preceding fiscal year." 
SEC. 5. Section 13(h) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (50 
U.S.C. App. 1622(h)) is amended by— 
(1) striking out the phrase "public park, public recreational 
area, or" in paragraph (1) thereof; and 
(2) striking out the first full sentence of paragraph 
(2) 
thereof. 
Approved October 22, 1970. 
"States." 
Surplus prop-
erty. State use. 
70 Stat. 494. 
69 Stat. 84, 
430; 79 Stat.1312. 
62 Stat. 350. 
Public Law 91-486 
AN ACT 
To amend stn-tion 4()5 of title 87, I'nited States Code, relating to cost-of-living 
allowances for members of the uniformed services on duty outside the I'nited 
States or in Hawaii or Alaska. 
October 22, 1970 
[H.R. 14322] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asseinbled, That the text of 
section 405 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding the 
following additional language at the end thereof: 
"A station housing allowance may be prescribed under this section 
w^ithout regard to costs other than housing costs and may consist of the 
difference between basic allowance for quarters and applicable housing 
cost. Housing cost and allowance may be disregarded in prescribing a 
station cost of living allowance under this section." 
Approved October 22, 1970. 
Uniformed serv-
ices. 
Station housing 
allowance. 
76 Stat. 473.