An Act to change the names of the Edison Home National Historic Site and the Edison Laboratory National Monument, to authorize the acceptance of donations, and for other purposes.
PL 87-628 (S.2916), enacted 09/05/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-627-SEPT. 5, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
September 5, 1962 
[S. 1208] 
Public Law 87-627 
AN ACT 
To amend Public Law 86-506, Eighty-sixth Congress (74 Stat. 199), approved 
June 11, 1960. 
Indians. 
Colorado River 
Reservation, 
Ariz.-Calif. 
Leasing of 
lands. 
Be it enacted l)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That Public Law 
86-506, Eighty-sixth Congress (74 Stat. 199), approved June 11,1960, 
is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"Until a determination has been made of the beneficial ownership 
of the lands on the Colorado River Reservation, Arizona and Cali-
fornia, that were set apart by the United States for the Indians of 
the Colorado River and its tributaries, the Secretary of the Interior 
is authorized to •lease any unassigned lands on the reservation and 
to approve leases made by the holders of assignments heretofore 
made, for such uses and terms as are authorized by the Act of May 
11,1938 (52 Stat. 347; 25 U.S.C. 396a et seq.), and the Act of August 
9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539), as amended (25 U.S.C. 415 et seq.), including 
the same uses and terms as are permitted thereby on the Agua Caliente 
(Palm Springs), Dania, and Navajo Reservations: Provided^ however^ 
That the authorization herein granted to the Secretary of the Interior 
shall not extend to any lands Tying west of the present course of the 
Colorado River and south of section 25 of township 2 south, range 
23 east, San Bernardino base and meridian, California, and shall not 
be construed to affect the resolution of any controversy over the loca-
tion of the boundary of the Colorado River Reservation. 
Income 
received from any leases of unassigned lands may be expended or 
advanced by the Secretary for the benefit of the Colorado River 
Indian tribes and their members. Income received from any leases 
of assigned lands may be expended or advanced by the Secretary 
for the benefit of the assignee." 
Approved September 5, 1962. 
September 5, 1962 
[S. 2916] 
Edison National 
Historic Site. 
Designation. 
Public Law 87-628 
AN ACT 
To change the names of the Edison Home National Historic Site and the Edison 
Laboratory National Monument, to authorize the acceptance of donations, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Edison 
Home National Historic Site and the Edison Laboratory National 
Monument, together with adjacent parcels aggregating approximately 
seventy-one one-hundredths of an acre which have been donated to the 
United States for addition to the monument, are designated the Edison 
National Historic Site. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior may accept the donation of 
such lands and interests in lands, for addition to the site, as he deter-
mines will further the preservation of the Edison National Historic 
Site and its enjoyment by the public. 
SEC. 3. The Edison National Historic Site shall be administered by 
the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to 
establish a National Park Service and for other purposes," approved 
August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3), as amended and 
supplemented. 
Approved September 6, 1962.