An Act to provide for the establishment of the Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland; John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon; Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, North Dakota; Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Massachusetts; Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, Alabama; Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, New York; and Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site, Washington, District of Columbia; and for other purposes.
PL 93-486 (H.R.13157), enacted 10/26/1974

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Public Law 93-486 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of the Clara Barton National Historic Site, 
Maryland; John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon; Knife River 
Indian Villages National Historic Site, North Dakota; Springfield Armory 
National Historic Site, Massachusetts; Tuskegee Institute National Historic 
Site, Alabama; Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, New York; and 
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site, Washington, District of 
Columbia ; and for other purposes. 
October 26, 1974 
[H. R.13157] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I 
Historic sites 
and national mon-
ument. 
Establishment. 
SEC. 101. (a) Unless otherwise provided hereafter, the Secretary 
of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is author-
ized to acquire by purchase with donated or appropriated funds, dona-
tion, exchange, or by transfer from another Federal agency such lands 
and interests in lands as hereafter provided for establishment as units 
of the national park system, as follows: 
(1) for establishment as the Clara Barton National Historic 
Site, INfaryland, those lands depicted on the map entitled "Bound-
ary Map, Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland", 
mimbered NHS-CLBA 90,001 and dated February 1974, which 
shall include the land and improvements occupied by Clara Bar-
ton, founder of the American Red Cross, located at 5801 Oxford 
Road, Glen Echo, Maryland: Provided, That the above-mentioned 
land and improvements may be acquired only by donation: And 
provided, further. That the donation of any privately owned lands 
within the historic site may not be accepted unless and until the 
property is vacant; 
(2) for establishment as the John Da}' Fossil Beds National 
Monument, Oregon, those lands depicted on the map entitled 
"Boundary Map, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument", 
numbered NM-JDFB-20,014-A and dated June 1971: Provided, 
That the national monument shall not be established unless and 
until the State of Oregon donates or agrees to donate the Thomas 
Condon-John Day Fossil Beds, Clarno, and Painted Hills State 
Parks: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not acquire a 
fee title interest to more than one thousand acres of privately 
owned lands except by donation or exchange: Provided 
further. 
That the Secretary shall designate the principal visitor center as 
the "Thomas Condon Visitor Center"; 
(3) for establishment as the Knife River Indian Villages 
National Historic Site, North Dakota, those lands depicted on the 
map entitled "Boundary Map, Knife River Indian Villages 
National Historic Site, North Dakota", numbered 468-20,012 and 
dated July 1970; 
(4) for establishment as the Springfield Armory National 
Historic Site, Massachusetts, those lands depicted on the map 
entitled "Boundary Map, Springfield Armory National Historic 
Site, Massachusetts", numbered NHS-SPAR-91,003 and dated 
January 1974, the oldest manufacturing arsenal in the United 
States: Provided, That the historic site shall not be established 
unless an agreement is executed which will assure the historical 
integrity of the site and until such lands as are needed for the 
historic site are donated for this purpose; 
Land acquisi-
tion. 
Clara Barton 
National Historic 
Site, Md. 
16 u s e 461 
note. 
John Day Fossil 
Beds National 
Monument, Greg. 
16 u s e 431 
note. 
Thomas Condon 
Visitor Center, 
designation. 
Knife River 
Indian Villages 
National Historic 
Site, N. Dak. 
16 u s e 461 
note. 
Springfield 
Armory National 
Historic Site, 
.Mass. 
16 u s e 461 
note. 
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Tuskegee Insti-
tute National 
Historic Site, 
Ala. 
16 u s e 461 
note. 
Martin Van 
Buren National 
Historic Site, 
N.Y. 
16 u s e 461 
note. 
Personal prop-
erty, acquisition. 
Notice to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Administration. 
16 use 1. 
16 u s e 461. 
Tuskegee In-
stitute National 
Historic Site, 
road construction. 
Appropriation. 
(5) for establishment as the Tuskegee Institute National His-
toric Site, Alabamba, those lands depicted on the map entitled 
"Boundary Map, Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, Ala-
bama", numbered NHS-TI 20,000-C and dated September 1973, 
which shall include the home of Booker T. Washington, the Car-
ver Museum, and an antebellum property adjacent to the campus 
of Tuskegee Institute, known as Grey Columns; and 
(6) for establishment as the Martin Van Buren National His-
toric Site, New York, those lands depicted on the map entitled 
"Boundary Map, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, New 
York", numbered NHS-MAVA-91,001 and dated January 1974, 
which shall include the home of Martin Van Buren, eighth Presi-
dent of the United States. 
(b) The Secretary may also acquire personal property associated 
with the areas referred to in subsection (a) of this section. Lands and 
interests therein ow^ned by a State or any political subdivision thereof 
which are acquired for the purposes of subsection (a) of this section 
may be acquired only by donation. 
SEC. 102. (a) When the Secretary determines that an adequate inter-
est in lands has been acquired to constitute an administrable unit for 
each of the areas described in section 1 of this Act, he may, after noti-
fying the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United 
States Congress of his intention to do so at least fourteen days in 
advance, declare the establishment of such unit by publication of a 
notice to that effect in the Federal Register. Such notice shall contain 
a map or other description of the boundaries of the unit, together with 
an explanation of the interests acquired and the costs incident thereto. 
The Secretary may refrain from acquiring property for establishment 
of any unit authorized by this Act where, in his judgment, satisfactory 
ogreements or donations with respect to properties which are needed 
for the protection and administration of a particular unit have not 
been consummated with the owners of such properties. 
(b) Pending the establishment of each unit and, thereafter, the 
Secretary shall administer the property acquired pursuant to this Act 
in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 
Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented, and, to the extent applica-
ble, the provisions of the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666), as 
amended. 
SEC. 103. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
is authorized to construct roads on real property in non-Federal own-
ership within the boundaries of the Tuskegee Institute National His-
toric Site. Any roads so constructed shall be controlled and maintained 
by the owners of the real property. 
SEC. 104. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, not to exceed, 
however, the following: 
(a) Clara Barton National Historic Site, $812,000 for acquisi-
tion of lands and interests in lands and for development; 
(b) John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, $400,000 for the 
acquisition of lands and interests in lands and $4,435,200 for 
development; 
(c) Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, 
$600,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands and 
$2,268,000 for development: 
(d) Springfield Armory National Historic Site, $5,300,000 for 
development; 
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(e) Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, $185,000 for the 
acquisition of lands and interests in lands and $2,722,000 for 
development; and 
(f) Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, $213,000 for 
acquisition of lands and interests in lands and $2,737,000 for 
development. 
TITLE I I 
Sewall-Belmorit 
House National 
SEC. 201. In order to preserve for the benefit and inspiration of the 
people of the United States as a national historic site, the Sewall- Historic sue 
Belmont House within the District of Cohimbia, the Secretary of the ^c-
Interior is authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement to assist 
in the preservation and interpretation of such house. 
SEC. 202. The property subject to cooperative agreement pursuant ^J^^ u^^ 46i 
to section 101 of this Act is hereby designated as the "Sewall-Belmont 
House National Historic Site". 
SEC. 203. The cooperative agreement shall contain, but shall not be 
cooperative 
limited to, provisions that the Secretary, through the National Park ^e-'^ement. 
Service, shall have right of access at all reasonable times to all public 
portions of the property covered by such agreement for the purpose 
of conducting visitors through such property and interpreting it to 
the public, that no changes or alterations shall be made in such prop-
erty except by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the other 
parties to such agreement. The agreement may contain specific provi-
sions which outline in detail the extent of the participation by the 
Secretary in the restoration, preservation, and maintenance of the 
historic site. 
SEC. 204. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
Appropriation. 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, but not to 
exceed $500,000. 
Approved October 26, 1974. 
Public Law 93-487 
AN A C T 
October 26, 1974 
To amend the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933. 
[H. R. 13561] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the 
intercoastai 
Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933, as amended (46 U.S.C. 845b), is 
T^ztHenLent. 
amended by changing the period to a comma at the end and adding 
the words: "and shall apply to the carriage, storage or handling oi 
property for the United States, State or municipal governments, or for 
charitable purposes.". 
SEC. 2. Section 6 of the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933, as amended 
' 
(46 U.S.C. 846), is deleted. 
Approved October 26, 1974.