An Act to increase the public benefits from the national fish and wildlife conservation areas through their incidental or secondary use for public recreation, and for other purposes
PL 87-714 (H.R.1171), enacted 09/28/1962

76 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-714-SEPT. 28, 1962 
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Public Law 87-714 
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September 28, 1962 
To assure continued fish and wildlife benefits from the national fish and wildlife 
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conservation areas by authorizing their appropriate incidental or secondary 
use for public recreation to the extent that such use is compatible with the 
primary purposes of such areas, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That in recognition 
interior Dept. 
of mounting public demands for recreational opportunities on national and^"i°^ff "^^ 
wildlife refuges, game ranges, national fish hatcheries, and other ^e^, public 
conservation areas administered by the Secretary of the Interior for recreational use. 
fish and wildlife purposes; and in recognition also of the resulting 
imperative need, if such recreational opportunities are provided^ to 
assure that any present or future recreational use will be compatible 
with, and will not prevent accomplishment of, the primary purposes 
for which the said conservation areas were acquired or established, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized, as an appropriate incidental 
or secondary use, to administer such areas or parts thereof for public 
recreation when in his judgment public recreation can be an appro-
priate incidental or secondary use: Provided^ That such public recre-
ation use shall be permitted only to the extent that is practicable and 
not inconsistent with other previously authorized Federal operations 
or with the primary objectives for which each particular area is 
established: Provided further^ That in order to insure accomplishment 
of such primary objectives, the Secretary, after consideration of all 
authorized uses, purposes, and other pertinent factors relating to indi-
vidual areas, shall curtail public recreation use generally or certain 
types of public recreation use within individual areas or in portions 
thereof w'henever he considers such action to be necessary: And 
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vided further^ That none of the aforesaid refuges, hatcheries, game 
ranges, and other conservation areas shall be used during any fiscal 
year for those forms of recreation that are not directly related to the 
primary purposes and functions of the individual areas until the Sec-
retary shall have determined— 
(a) that such recreational use will not interfere w^th the 
primary purposes for which the areas were established, and 
(b) that funds are available for the development, operation, 
and maintenance of these permitted forms of recreation. 
This 
section shall not be construed to repeal or amend previous enact-
ments relating to particular areas. 
SEC. 2. In order to avoid adverse effects upon fish and wildlife 
Land ac qui si-
populations and management operations of the said areas that might "°"' 
otherwise result from public recreation or visitation to such areas, 
the Secretary is authorized to acquire limited areas of land for recrea-
tional development adjacent to the said conservation areas in exist-
ence or approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission 
as of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided^ That the acquisi-
tion of any land or interest therein pursuant to this section shall be 
accomplished only with such funds as may be appropriated therefor 
by the Congress or donated for such purposes, but such property 
shall not be acquired with funds obtained from the sale of Federal 
migratory bird hunting stamps. Lands acquired pursuant to this sec-
tion shall become a part of the particular conservation area to which 
they are adjacent. 
SEC. 3. In furtherance of the purposes of this Act, the Secretary is 
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authorized to cooperate with public and private agencies, organiza- ^""^8, etc. 
ti'^ns, and individuals, and he may accept and use, without further 
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Regvilations. 
Penalties. 
62 Stat. 684. 
^propri ation. 
authorization, donations of funds and real and personal property. 
Such acceptance may be accomplished under the terms and conditions 
of restrictive covenants imposed by donors when such covenants are 
deemed by the Secretary to be compatible with the purposes of the 
wildlife refuges, games ranges, fish hatcheries, and other fish and 
wildlife conservation areas. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary may establish reasonable charges and fees 
and issue permits for public use of national wildlife refuges, game 
ranges, national fish hatcheries, and other conservation areas adminis-
tered by the Department of the Interior for fish and wildlife pur-
poses. The Secretary may issue regulations to carry out the purposes 
of this Act. A violation of such reflations shall be a petty offense 
(18 U.S.C. 1) with maximum penalties of imprisonment for not more 
than six months, or a fine of not more than $500, or both. 
SEC. 5. There is authorized to be appropriated such funds as may 
be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, including the con-
struction and maintenance of public recreational facilities. 
Approved September 28, 1962. 
September 28,1962 
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Public Law 87-715 
AN ACT 
To provide for the production and distribution of educational and training films 
for use by deaf i)ersons, and for other ijurposes. 
Deaf persons. 
Educational 
films, produc-
tion and distri-
bution. . 
42 u s e 2491. 
42 u s e 2493. 
42 u s e 2494. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That (a) the first 
section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide in the Department of 
Health, Education, and Welfare for a loan service of captioned films 
for the deaf", approved September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1742), is amended 
to read as follows: 
"That the objectives of this Act are— 
"(a) to promote the general welfare of deaf persons by (1) 
bringing to such persons understanding and appreciation of those 
films which play such an important part in the general and 
cultural advancement of hearing persons, (2) providing, through 
these films, enriched educational and cultural experiences through 
which deaf persons can be brought into better touch with the 
realities of their environment, and (3) providing a wholesome 
and rewarding experience which deaf persons may share together; 
and 
"(b) to promote the educational advancement of deaf persons 
by (1) carrying on research in the use of educational and training 
films for the deaf, (2) producing and distributing educational 
and training films for the deaf, and (3) training persons in the 
use of films for the deaf." 
(b) Paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of section 3(b) of such Act are 
redesignated as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively, and there 
is inserted after paragraph (3) the following: 
"(4) provide for the conduct of research in the use of educa-
tional and training films for the deaf, for the production and 
distribution of training films for the deaf, and for the training 
of persons in the use of films for the deaf." 
(c) Section 4 of such Act is amended by striking out "$250,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$1,500,000". 
Approved September 28, 1962.