A bill to amend the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968.
PL 93-478 (H.R.17027), enacted 10/26/1974

88 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-478-OCT. 26, 1974 
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(4) Section 7 is amended to read as follows: 
Report to 
"SEC. 7. On or before January 1,1978, the Secretary shall review the 
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area within the seashore and shall report to the President, in accord-
ance with section 3 (c) and (d) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 891; 
16 U.S.C. 1132 (c) and (d)), his recommendations as to the suitability 
or nonsuitability of any area within the seashore for preservation as 
wilderness, and any designation of any such areas as a wilderness shall 
be accomplished in accordance with said subsections of the Wilderness 
Act." 
(5) Add a new section 8 to read as follows: 
Appropriation. 
"SEC. 8. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
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as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, not to exceed 
$7,903,000 for acquisition of lands and interests therein, of which no 
more than $1,000,000 may be expended for acquisition of lands owned 
by Core Banks Club Properties, Incorporated. For development of 
essential public facilities there are authorized to be appropriated not 
more than $2,935,000. On or before January 1, 1978, the Secretary j^'^^/'^^'j/^^"' 
shall develop and transmit to the Committees on Interior and Insular c'c^ng^r'^ssLnai com-
Affairs of the United States Congress a final master plan for the full mittees. 
development of the seashore consistent with the preservation objectives 
of this Act, indicating— 
"(1) the facilities needed to accommodate the health, safety 
and recreation needs of the visiting public; 
"(2) the location and estimated cost of all facilities; and 
"(3) the projected need for any additional facilities within the 
seashore." 
Approved October 26, 1974. 
Public Law 93-478 
A N A C T 
October 26. 1974 
To amend the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968. 
[H. R. I7027] 
National Vis-
itor Center Facil-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 102(a) _ 
(2) of the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 43), laes^Act of'iTes, 
as amended, is further amended by deleting the phrase, "contingent ^"^^o^l^c" 802 
when such facilities are available for public use,". 
SEC. 2. The National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968, as 
amended, is further amended by revising section 102(a)(3) to read 
as follows: 
"(3) The Company, in consultation with the Secretary, shall con- 14^^^'"'"'"^ ^^''"" 
struct all or part of a parking facility, including necessary approaches 
and ramps for adequate circulation, to accommodate automobiles, 
charter buses, and other transportation, as appropriate, in the airspace 
northerly of and adjacent to the existing Union Station Building, and 
such structure shall be leased to the United States for a term not to 
exceed twenty-five years commencing upon a date to be mutually 
agreed upon.". 
SEC. 3. Section 102(c) of the National Visitor Center Facilities Act 
Appropriation. 
of 1968 is amended by striking out "$8,680,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$21,580,000". 
Approved October 26, 1974.