An Act to establish the Golden Gate National Urban Recreation Area in San Francisco and Marin Counties, Calif
PL 92-589 (H.R.16444), enacted 10/27/1972

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Public Law 92-589 
AN ACT 
To establish the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the State of 
California, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
ESTABLISHMENT 
SECTION 1. In order to preserve for public use and enjoyment certain 
areas of Marin and San Francisco Counties, California, possessing 
outstanding natural, historic, scenic, and recreational values, and in 
order to provide for the maintenance of needed recreational open 
space necessary to urban environment and planning, the Grolden Gate 
National Recreation Area (hereinafter referred to as the "recreation 
area") is hereby established. In the management of the recreation 
area, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the 
"Secretary") shall utilize the resources in a maimer which will provide 
for recreation and educational opportunities consistent with sound 
principles of land use planning and management. In carrying out the 
provisions of this Act, the Secretary shall preserve the recreation area, 
as far as possible, in its natural setting, and protect it from develop-
ment and uses which would destroy the scenic beauty and natural 
character of the area. 
October 2 7, 1972 
[H. R. 16444] 
Golden Gate 
National Recrea* 
tion Area, Calif. 
COMPOSITION AND BOUNDARIES 
SEC. 2. (a) The recreation area shall comprise the lands, waters, 
and submerged lands generally depicted on the map entitled 
"Boundary Map, Golden Gate National Recreation Area", numbered 
NRA-GG-80,003A, sheets 1 through 3, and dated July, 1972. 
(b) The map referred to in this section shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the Offices of the National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior, Washington, District of Columbia. After ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
advising the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United o£°ro^ngre8*sionai' 
States House of Representatives and the United States Senate (here- committees. 
inafter referred to as the "committees") in writing, the Secretary may 
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make minor revisions of the boundaries of the recreation area when ^'^^'^^ Register. 
necessary by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary 
description in the Federal Register. 
ACQUISITION POI/ICT 
SEC. 3. (a) Within the boundaries of the recreation area, the Secre-
tary may acquire lands, improvements, waters, or interests therein, by 
donation, purchase, exchange or transfer. Any lands, or interests 
therein, owned by the State of California or any political subdivision 
thereof, may be acquired only by donation. When any tract of land is 
only partly within such boundaries, the Secretary may acquire all 
or any portion of the land outside of such boundaries in order to 
minimize the payment of severance costs. Land so acquired outside of 
the boundaries may be exchanged by the Secretary for non-Federal 
lands within the boundaries. Any portion of land acquired outside 
the boundaries and not utilized for exchange shall be reported to 
the General Services A(toiinistration for disposal under the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 377), 
as amended: Provided^ That no disposal shall be for less than fair 
market value. Except as hereinafter provided. Federal property within 
•Ante, p. 503. 
40 u s e 471 
note. 
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the boundaries of the recreation area is hereby transferred without 
consideration to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for 
the purposes of this Act, subject to the continuation of such existing 
uses as may be agreed upon between the Secretary and the head of 
Facilities and 
the ageucy formerly having jurisdiction over the property. Notwith-
improvements. 
standing auv othcr provision of law, the Secretary may develop and 
administer for the purposes of this Act structures or other improve-
ments and facilities on lands for which he receives a permit of use 
and occupancy from the Secretary of the Army. 
Forts cronkhite, 
(b) Fort Croukhlte, Fort Barry, and the westerly one-half of Foit 
Sansf'er o1 S^u-"^' Bakcr, iu Marin County, California, as depicted on the map entitled 
diction. 
"Golden Gate Military Properties" numbered NRAGG-20,002 and 
dated January 1972, which shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, are hereby trans-
ferred to the jurisdiction of the Secretary for purposes of this Act, 
subject to continued use and occupancy by the Secretary of the Army 
of those lands needed for existing air defense missions, reserve activi-
ties and family housing, until he determines that such requirements 
no longer exist. The Coast Guard Radio Receiver Station, shall remain 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating. When this station is determined to be excess 
to the needs of the Coast Guard, it shall be transferred to the juris-
diction of the Secretary for purposes of this Act. 
Horseshoe Bay, 
(Q) Thc easterly one-half of Fort Baker in Marin County, Cali-
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fomia, shall remain under the jurisdiction of the Department of the 
Army. When this property is determined by the Department of 
Defense to be excess to its needs, it shall be transferred to the juris-
diction of the Secretary for purposes of this Act. The Secretary of 
the Army shall grant to the Secretary reasonable public access through 
such property to Horseshoe Bay, together with the right to construct 
and maintain such public service facilities as are necessary for the 
purposes of this Act. The precise facilities and location thereof shall 
be determined between the Secretary and the Secretary of the Army. 
rig^^^'o/occupancy. 
(^) Upou euactmeut, the Secretary of the Army shall grant to the 
Secretary the irrevocable use and occupancy of one hundred acres of 
the Baker Beach area of the Presidio of San Francisco, as depicted on 
the map referred to in subsection (b). 
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Secretary of the Army shall grant to the Secretary within 
occupancy.^ ° 
3, rcasouable time, the irrevocable use and occupancy of forty-five 
acres of the Crissy Army Airfield of the Presidio, as depicted on the 
map referred to in subsection (b). 
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^^) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^11 01" ^^y substantial portion of the remainder of the 
cont'inued-u°s"' 
Prcsidio is determined by the Department of Defense to be excess to 
permit. 
its needs, such lands shall be transferred to the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary for purposes of this Act. The Secretary shall grant a permit 
for continued use and occupancy for that portion of said Fort Point 
Coast Guard Station necessary for activities of the Coast Guard. 
Po^int"Diab"o'^and 
(s) Polnt Boulta, Polut Diablo, and Lime Point shall remain 
Lime Point, trans- uuder the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Department in which 
fer o
f jurisdiction, ^hc Coast Guard is operating. When this property is determined to 
be excess to the needs of the Coast Guard, it shall be transferred to the 
aids^aTJtt" 
iurisdiction of the Secretary for purposes of this Act. The Coast 
Guard may continue to maintain and operate existing navigational 
aids: Provided, That access to such navigational aids and the mstalla-
tion of necessary new navigational aids within the recreation area 
shall be undertaken in accordance with plans which are mutually 
acceptable to the Secretary and the Secretary of the Department 
, . 
in which the Coast Guard is operating and which are consistent 
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with both the purposes of this Act and the purpose of existing 
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statutes dealing with establishment, maintenance, and operation of 
navigational aids. 
(h) That portion of Fort Miley comprising approximately one and 
seven-tenths acres of land presently used and required by the Secre-
tary of the Navy for its inshore, underseas warfare installations shall 
remain under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of 
the Navy until such time as all or any portion thereof is determined 
by the Department of Defense to be excess to its needs, at which time 
such excess portion shall be transferred to the administrative juris-
diction of the Secretary for purposes of this Act. 
(i) New construction and development within the recreation area 
on property remaining under the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Department of the Army and not subject to the provisions of subsec-
tion (d) or (e) hereof shall be limited to that which is required to 
accommodate facilities being relocated from property being trans-
ferred under this Act to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secre-
tary or which is directly related to the essential missions of the Sixth 
United States Army: Provided^ however^ That any construction on 
presently undeveloped open space mav be undertaken only after prior 
consultation with the Secretary. The foregoing limitation on construc-
tion and development shall not apply to expansion of those facilities 
known as Letterman General Hospital or the Western Medical Insti-
tute of Research. 
(j) The owner of improved property on the date of its acquisition 
by the Secretary under this Act may, as a condition of such acquisition, 
retain for himself and his heirs and assigns a right of use and occu-
pancy of the improved property for noncommercial residential pur-
poses for a definite term of not more than twenty-five years, or, in 
lieu thereof, for a term ending at the death of the owner or the death 
of his spouse, whichever is later. The owner shall elect the term to be 
reserved. Unless the property is wholly or partially donated to the 
United States, the Secretary shall pay to the owner the fair market 
value of the propertv on the date of acquisition minus the fair market 
value on that date of the right retained by the owner. A right retained 
pursuant to this section shall be subject to termination by the Secre-
tary upon his determination that it is being exercised in a manner 
inconsistent with the purpose of this Act, and it shall terminate by 
operation of law upon the Secretary's notifying the holder of the 
right of such determination and tendering to him an amount equal 
to the fair market value of that portion of the right which remains 
unexpired. 
(k) The term "improved property", as used in subsection (j), means 
a detached, noncommercial residential dwelling, the construction of 
which was begun before June 1, 1971, together with so much of the 
land on which the dwelling is situated, the said land being in the 
same ownership as the dwelling, as the Secretary shall designate to be 
reasonably necessary for the enjoyment of the dwelling for the sole 
purpose of noncommercial residential use, together with any structures 
accessorv to the dwelling which are situated on the land so designated. 
(1) Whenever an owner of property elects to retain a right of use 
and occupancy as provided for in the Act, such owner shall be deemed 
to liave Avaived any benefits or rights accruing under sections 203, 204, 
205, and 206 of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property 
Acouisition Policies Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1894), and for the purposes 
of those sections such owner shall not be considered a displaced person 
as defined in section 101 (6) of that Act. 
(m) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
sliall have the same authority with respect to contracts for the acquisi-
tion of land and interests in land for the j^urposes of this Act as was 
Fort Miley, 
transfer of juris-
diction. 
New construc-
tion, limitation. 
Exceptions. 
Property owners, 
retention rights. 
"Improved 
property." 
42 u s e 4623-
4626. 
42 u s e 4601. 
Contract author-
ity. 
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40 u s e 261. 
Installment pay-
ments; interest 
rate. 
70 Stat. 694; 
84 Stat. 782. 
31 u s e 724a. 
75 Stat. 415; 
62 Stat. 979. 
Police and fire 
protection, coop-
erative agree-
ments. 
Water resource 
developments. 
Transportation 
system, study. 
Establishment; 
membership. 
given the Secretary of the Treasury for other land acquisitions by sec-
tion 34 of ^he Act of May 30, 1908, relating to purchase of sites for 
public buildings (35 Stat. 545), and the Secretary and the owner of 
land to be acquired under this Act may agree that the purchase price 
will be paid in periodic installments over a period that does not exceed 
ten years, with interest on the unpaid balance thereof at a rate which 
is not in excess of the current average market yield on outstanding 
marketable obligations of the United States with remaining periods to 
maturity comparable to the average maturities on the installments. 
Judgments against the United States for amounts in excess of the 
deposit in court made in condemnation actions shall be subject to the 
provisions of the Act of July 27,1956 (70 Stat. 624) and sections 2414 
and 2517 of title 28, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary shall administer the lands, waters and 
interests therein acquired for the recreation area in accordance with 
the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 
1, 2-4), as amended and supplemented, and the Secretary may utilize 
such statutory authority available to him for the conservation and 
management of wildlife and natural resources as he deems appro-
priate to carry out the purposes of this Act. Notwithstanding their 
inclusion within the boundaries of the recreation area, the Muir Woods 
National Monument and Fort Point National Historic Site shall con-
tinue to be administered as distinct and identifiable units of the 
national park system in accordance with the laws applicable to such 
monument and historic site. 
(b) The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with any 
Federal agency, the State of California, or any political subdivision 
thereof, for the rendering, on a reimbursable basis, of rescue, firefight-
ing, and law enforcement and fire preventive assistance. 
(c) The authority of the Army to undertake or contribute to water 
resource developments, including shore erosion control, beach protec-
tion, and navigation improvements on land and/or waters within the 
recreation area shall be exercised in accordance with plans which are 
mutually acceptable to the Secretary and the Secretary of the Army 
and which are consistent with both the purpose of this Act and the 
purpose of existing statutes dealing with water and related resource 
development. 
(d) The Secretary, in cooperation with the State of California and 
affected political subdivisions thereof, local and regional transit 
agencies, and the Secretaries of Transportation and of the Army, 
shall make a study for a coordinated public and private transportation 
system to and within the recreation area and other units of the national 
park system in Marin and San Francisco Counties. 
ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SEC. 5. (a) There is hereby established the Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area Advisory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the 
"Commission"). 
(b) The Commission shall be composed of fifteen members appointed 
by the Secretary for terms of three years each. 
(c) Any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same 
manner in which the original appointment was made. 
(d) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, 
as such, but the Secretary may pay, upon vouchers signed by the 
Chairman, the expenses reasonably incurred by the Commission and 
its members in carrying out their responsibilities under this Act. 
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(e) The Secretary, or his designee, shall from time to time, but at 
least annually, meet and consult with the Commission on general 
policies and specific matters related to planning, administration and 
development affecting the recreation area and other units of the 
national park system in Marin and San Francisco Counties. 
(f) The Commission shall act and advise by affirmative vote of a 
majority of the members thereof. 
(g) The Commission shall cease to exist ten years after the 
enactment of this Act. 
Termination 
date. 
APPROPRIATION 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, but not 
more than $61,610,000 shall be appropriated for the acquisition of 
lands and interests in lands. There are authorized to be appropriated 
not more than $58,000,000 (May 1971 prices) for the development of 
the recreation area, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be 
justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as 
indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of con-
struction involved herein. 
Approved October 27, 1972. 
October 27, 1972 
[S, 3524] 
Commercial 
Public Law 92-590 
AN ACT 
To extend the provisions of the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development 
Act of 1964, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4(a) 
of the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 fiarch'and^De-
(16 U.S.C. 779b(a)), as amended, is further amended by changing veiopment Act of 
the words "for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1969, and for the ^^7^8'strt^'i'97^"* 
three" to "for the fiscal year beginning July 1,1973, and for the four". 82 stat^ 957. 
SEC. 2. Section 4(c) of the Commercial Fisheries Research and 
Development Act of 1964, as amended, is further amended by chang-
ing the words "for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1969," to "for 
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the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973,". 
SEC. 3. Section 4(b) of the Commercial Fisheries Research and 
Development Act of 1964, as amended, is further amended by changing 
the words "for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1969, and for the 
three succeeding fiscal years, $650,000 in each year," to "for the fiscal 
year beginning July 1, 1973, and for the four succeeding fiscal years, 
$1,500,000 in each such year,". 
SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall be effective July 1, 1973. 
Effective date. 
Approved October 27, 1972. 
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