Public Lands and National Parks Act of 1983
PL 98-141 (H.R.1213), enacted 10/31/1983

PUBLIC LAW 98-141—OCT. 31, 1983 
97 STAT. 909 
Public Law 98-141 
98th Congress 
An Act 
To amend certain provisions of law relating to units of the national park system and 
other public lands, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Public Lands and National Parks Act of 1983". 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept a 
conveyance of approximately four acres of land adjacent to the 
Effigy Mounds National Monument in the State of Iowa, and in 
exchange therefor to convey the grantor, without monetary consid-
eration, approximately three acres of land within the monument, all 
as described in subsection (b) of this section. Effective upon consum-
mation of the exchange, the land accepted by the Secretary shall 
become part of Effigy Mounds National Monument, subject to the 
laws and regulations applicable thereto, and the land conveyed by 
the Secretary shall cease to be part of the monument and the 
boundary of the monument is revised accordingly. 
(b) The land referred to in subsection (a) which may be accepted by 
the Secretary is more particularly described as that portion of the 
southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 28 lying south 
and east of County Road Numbered 561, and the land referred to in 
subsection (a) which may be conveyed by the Secretary is more 
particularly described as that portion of the northeast quarter of the 
northeast quarter of section 33 lying north and west of County Road 
Numbered 561, all in township 96 north, range 3 west, fourth 
principal meridian, Allamakee County, Iowa. 
SEC. 3. Section 9 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the 
establishment of Cape Cod National Seashore", approved August 7, 
1961 (16 U.S.C. 459b-8), is amended by striking out "$33,500,000" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$42,917,575". 
SEC. 4. Section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the 
establishment of the Cape Lookout National Seashore in the State of 
North Carolina, and for other purposes", approved March 10, 1966 
(16 U.S.C. 459g-7), is amended by striking out "$7,903,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$13,903,000". 
SEC. 5. Section 15 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish in the 
State of Michigan the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and 
for other purposes", approved October 21, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 460x-14), 
is amended by striking out "$66,153,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$82,149,558". 
SEC. 6. Section 5(a) of the Act of October 18,1976, entitled "An Act 
to authorize the establishment of the Congaree Swamp National 
Monument in the State of South Carolina, and for other purposes" 
(Public Law 94-545; 90 Stat. 2517; 16 U.S.C. 431 note) is amended by 
striking out "$35,500,000" and substituting "$60,500,000"; and by 
striking out "$500,000" and inserting in lieu there of "$2,000,000". 
Oct. 31, 1983 
[H.R. 1213] 
Public Lands 
and National 
Parks Act of 
1983. 
16 u s e 1 note. 
Effigy Mounds 
National 
Monument, 
Iowa. 
Land 
conveyance. 
Description. 
97 STAT. 910 
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Repeal. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
40 u s e 875. 
40 u s e 885. 
40 u s e 874. 
Effective date. 
Notification to 
congressional 
committees. 
40 u s e 872. 
40 u s e 880. 
Estimate of 
additional funds, 
transmittal to 
Congress. 
SEC. 7. (a) Section 4 of the Act of October 26,1972 (86 Stat. 1181; 16 
U.S.C. 433c note) is amended by striking the phrase "$9,327,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$9,825,000". 
(b) Section 5 of the Act of June 2, 1936 (49 Stat. 1393; 16 U.S.C. 
433e), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 8. (a) The Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation 
Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 1266, 40 U.S.C. 871) is amended as follows: 
(1) by striking out in paragraph (10) of section 6, the figure 
"100,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "120,000,000"; and 
(2) by adding at the end of section 17(a) the following: "There 
are further authorized to be appropriated for operating and 
administrative expenses of the Corporation sums not to exceed 
$3,250,000, each, for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1984, 
September 30, 1985, September 30, 1986, September 30, 1987, 
and September 30,1988.^'. 
(b) Section 5(e) of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corpora-
tion Act of 1972 is amended by— 
(1) inserting "(1)" after "(e)"; 
(2) striking out "The Corporation" in the second sentence 
thereof and substituting: 
"(2) The Corporation"; and 
(3) adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof: 
"(3) Any alteration, revision, or amendment of the plan and any 
other action taken by the Corporation which is not a substantial 
change in the plan within the meaning of paragraph (2) but— 
"(A) which is a significant change in the plan, or which is. 
another significant action taken by the Corporation, and 
"(B) which relates to housing, any major structure, historic 
preservation, parks, office space, or retail uses, within the 
development area 
shall not take effect until thirty days after notice of such change or 
other action has been submitted to the Committee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and to 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United 
States Senate, unless prior to the expiration of such thirty-day 
period each of such committees notifies the Corporation in writing 
that the committee does not object to such change or other action. 
Such notice to the committees shall include an explanation of the 
reasons why the change or other action is proposed and a summary 
of any recommendations received by the Corporation from the 
Secretary of the Interior, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, or 
from any other interested agency, organization, or individual.". 
(cXD Section 3(c) of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corpo-
ration Act of 1972 is amended by inserting "(7)" at the beginning of 
the unnumbered paragraph following paragraph (6). 
(2) Section 5(aX10) of such Act is amended by inserting "a" before 
"whole". 
(3) Section 5(b) of such Act is amended by striking out "Coopera-
tion" and substituting "cooperation". 
(d) Section 11 of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corpora-
tion Act of 1972 is amended by inserting "(a)" after "SEC. 11." and by 
adding the following new subsections at the end thereof: 
"(b) Within six months after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection, the Corporation shall transmit to the Congress an esti-
mate, for each fiscal year, of the additional funds which will be 
necessary for the Corporation to carry out the development plan 
through the fiscal year 1990. Such estimate shall include a detailed 
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97 STAT. 911 
statement of the projects and other expenditures for which such 
funds are proposed to be used, together with an estimate of the 
projected costs thereof. 
"(c) The report submitted under subsection (a) shall include a 
Detailed report 
detailed discussion of the actions the Corporation has taken within 
the reporting period to protect and enhance the significant historic 
and architectural values of structures within the boundaries of the 
Corporation's jurisdiction, and indicating similar actions it plans to 
take and issues it anticipates dealing with during the upcoming 
fiscal year related to historic and architectural preservation. Such 
report shall indicate the degree to which public concern has been 
considered and incorporated into decisions made by the Corporation 
relative to historic and architectural preservation. . 
SEC. 9. (a) With respect to the land described in subsection (c), the 
Land 
right of reverter and the reserved mineral interests held by the 
conveyance. 
United States in such land are hereby conveyed, without warranty, 
to the State of Florida for the purpose of allowing the State of 
Florida to exchange such lands for privately owned lands, such 
conveyance to the State of Florida to be contingent and effective 
upon the conveyance to the United States of marketable title to the 
land described in subsection (d), in fee simple absolute, free and 
clear of all liens and encumbrances, except those acceptable to the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) Immediately upon receipt by the United States of title to the 
land described in subsection (d), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey, without warranty, the land described in subsection (d) to the 
State of Florida. The document of conveyance shall— 
(1) reserve to the United States all mineral deposits found at 
any time in the land and the right to prospect for, mine, and 
remove the same; and 
(2) provide that the land shall revert to the United States 
upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that for a period 
of five consecutive years such land has not been used by the 
State of Florida for park or recreational purposes, or that such 
land or any part thereof is being devoted to other uses. 
(c) The land referred to in subsection (a) is approximately 0.69 of 
an acre of land, presently encroached upon by the adjoining land-
owners or occupants, within an area generally described as lot 2, 
southwest quarter southwest quarter section 15, township 4 south, 
range 15 west, Tallahassee meridian, Florida. Part of the tract was 
included in the land conveyed by the United States to the State of 
Florida on May 10,1954, by patent numbered 1144377, and part was 
included in the land conveyed by the United States to the Florida 
Board of Forestry and Parks (presently named the Florida Depart-
ment of Natural Resources) on July 26, 1948, by patent numbered 
1123723. 
(d) The land to be received in exchange for the land described in 
Land exchange. 
subsection (c) consists of approximately 1.10 acres of land located in 
a tract generally described as section 16, township 4 south, range 15 
west, Tallahassee meridian, Florida, and more particularly de-
scribed as follows: Begin at the intersection of the south right-of-way 
line of Thomas Drive (State Road Numbered 392) and the east line of 
section 16, township 4 south, range 15 west, Bay County, Florida. 
Thence south 0 degree 31 minutes 37 seconds west along the east 
line of said section 16 for 468.20 feet to the south line of said section 
16; thence north 89 degrees 28 minutes 23 seconds west along said 
south line of section 16 for 205 feet; thence north 24 degrees 10 
Document of 
conveyance. 
Land reversion 
to U.S. 
Land 
descriptions. 
97 STAT. 912 
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Payment of U.S. 
costs. 
Patent claim 
provisions. 
Land 
conveyances, 
written 
application. 
Descriptions. 
minutes 23 seconds east for 511.11 feet to the point of beginning, 
containing 1.10 acres more or less. 
(e) The State of Florida shall pay promptly to the Secretary of the 
Interior, any and all costs, including administrative overhead, that 
may be incurred by the United States in connection with the 
transactions authorized under subsection (a). 
SEC. 10. (a) For the purposes of this section only, the limitation 
provision of section 1 of the Act of December 22,1928 (45 Stat. 1069; 
43 U.S.C. 1068), popularly known as the Color-of-Title Act, that 
limits conveyances under that Act to not more than one hundred 
and sixty acres, shall not apply to any claim for a patent that may 
be filed under the Color-of-Title Act for a parcel of land described as 
section 39, township 5 south, range 4 east, Saint Helena Meridian, 
Louisiana. 
(b) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, all provi-
sions of the Color-of-Title Act shall apply to any claim for a patent 
under the Color-of-Title Act for the parcel of land described in 
subsection (a) of this section. 
SEC. 11. (a) All right, title, and interest of the United States in 
certain lands within the boundaries of the Sequoia National Forest 
in Tulare County, California, and described in subsection (b) is 
hereby conveyed to those persons who submit a written application 
to the Secretary of Agriculture within five years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, with such proof of title as the Secretary may 
consider appropriate. 
(b) The lands to be conveyed under subsection (a) are described as 
follows: 
PARCEL B—MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN, CALIFORNIA 
Land 
consolidation 
and 
administration. 
Maps and legal 
description. 
Public 
availability. 
Township 14 South, Range 27 East 
Section 14: 
West half southwest quarter southwest quarter northwest 
quarter southwest quarter southeast quarter, 
Northwest quarter northwest quarter northwest quarter 
southwest quarter southwest quarter southeast quarter. 
SEC. 12. (a) To provide for consolidation of lands in the San Juan 
and San Isabel National Forests, lands administered by the Bureau 
of Land Management, Montrose District, and lands acquired by the 
Bureau of Reclamation as a part of the McPhee Dam and Reservoir, 
all in Colorado, and to provide for more efficient administration of 
those lands, the exterior boundaries of the San Juan and San Isabel 
National Forests in the State of Colorado are hereby modified as 
shown on United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service 
maps entitled "Boundary Modification, San Juan National Forest", 
and "Boundary Modification, San Isabel National Forest", dated 
August 1981. The maps and legal description of the boundaries of 
such lands shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
offices of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; 
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Commis-
sioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; 
and appropriate field offices of those agencies. 
O
t
)
) All Bureau of Lsind Management-administered lands that, by 
reason of the boundary modification described in subsection (a), fall 
within the boundaries of the San Juan or San Isabel National 
Forests, comprising about twenty-five thousand five hundred and 
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97 STAT. 913 
fifty-nine acres and depicted as areas 1-8 on the maps referred to in 
subsection (a), are hereby added to the respective national forests 
and shall be administered in accordance with the laws, rules, and 
regulations applicable to the national forest system. 
(c) All national forest system lands that, by reason of the bound-
ary modification described in subsection (a), no longer fall within the 
boundaries of the San Juan National Forest, comprising about 
thirty-one thousand six hundred and seven acres and depicted as 
areas 9-11 on the maps referred to in such section, are hereby 
removed from the national forest system and transferred to the 
Secretary of the Interior to be administered in accordance with the 
laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the public lands as defined 
in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (90 Stat. 2746; 43 U.S.C. 1702(e)). 
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other law, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall retain jurisdiction over all lands administered 
by the Bureau of Reclamation that, by reason of the boundary 
modification described in the first section of this Act, fall within the 
boundary of the San Juan National Forest, until such time as the 
Secretary of the Interior, by agreement with the Secretary of Agri-
culture, transfers such jurisdiction to the Secretary of Agriculture. 
Upon such transfer, the land involved shall be added to the San 
Juan National Forest and shall be administered in accordance with 
the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national forest 
system. 
(e) For the purpose of section 7 of the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 903, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 4601-9) 
the boundaries of the San Juan and San Isabel National Forests, as 
modified by subsection (a), shall be treated as if they were the 
boundaries of those forests on January 1,1965. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall affect valid existing rights, or 
interests in existing land use authorization, except that any such 
right or authorization shall be administered by the agency having 
jurisdiction over the land after the enactment of this Act in accord-
ance with subsections (b) and (c) and other applicable law. Reis-
suance of any such authorization shall be in accordance with 
applicable law and the regulations of the agency having jurisdiction, 
except that the change of administrative jurisdiction shall not in 
itself constitute a ground to deny the renewal or reissuance of any 
such authorization. 
(g) Those parts of the areas which on December 15, 1981, were 
designated as Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study Areas 
(Needle Creek, CO-030-229B; West Needles contiguous, CO-030-
229A; Whitehead Gulch, CO-030-230B; and Weminuche contiguous, 
CO-030-238B) contained within area 3 and that are made a part of 
the national forest system by this section shall be studied in con-
junction with the West Needles Wilderness Study Area in accord-
ance with the provisions of section 105 of the Colorado Wilderness 
Act of 1980, including the requirement that the Secretary of Agri-
culture review the suitability or unsuitability of such lands for 
inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System and 
report to Congress by December 31, 1983. All portions of such areas 
which are not included within the national forest system by this 
section shall be reviewed as to their suitability or nonsuitability for 
preservation as wilderness, and recommendations thereon shall be 
submitted to the Congress, in the same manner as with respect to 
those areas required to be reviewed pursuant to section 603 of the 
Jurisdiction. 
16 u s e 460Z-9. 
Right or 
authorization. 
Reissuance. 
Report to 
Congress. 
94 Stat. 3268. 
Review. 
Recommendations 
to Congress. 
97 STAT. 914 
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43 use 1782. 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and during the 
period of review and until Congress has determined otherwise, such 
portions shall be managed pursuant to section 603(c) of such Act. 
Effective date. 
(h) The provisions of this section shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 13. Any provision of this Act (or any amendment made by 
this Act) which, directly or indirectly, authorizes the enactment of 
new budget authority described in section 402(a) of the Congres-
2 use 652. 
sional Budget Act of 1974 shall be effective only for fiscal years 
beginning after September 30,1983. 
Approved October 31, 1983. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1213: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 98-15 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-141 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
Mar. 8, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 6, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 20, House concurred in Senate amendments.