An Act to provide for the establishment of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, in the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, for the recognition of certain historic values at Fort San Carlos, Fort Redoubt, Fort Barrancas, and Fort Pickens in Florida, and Fort Massachusetts in Mississippi, and for other purposes
PL 91-660 (H.R.10874), enacted 01/08/1971

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SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS OF SECTION 5232. 
(a) The first sentence of section 52S2(a) (relating to transfer of 
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imported distilled spirits) is amended to read as follows: "Distilled 
spirits imported or brought into the United States in bulk containers 
may, under such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe, be with-
drawn from customs custody and transferred in such bulk containers 
or by pipeline to the bonded premises of a distilled spirits plant with-
out payment of the internal revenue tax imposed on such distilled 
spirits." 
(b) Section 5232(b) (relating to withdrawals) is amended by strik-
ing out "Imported distilled spirits" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Distilled spirits". 
Approved January 8, 1971. 
Public Law 91-660 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, in 
[H. R. 10874] 
the States of Florida and Mississippi, for the recognition of certain historic 
values at Fort San Carlos, Fort Redoubt, Fort Barrancas, and Fort Pickens 
in Florida, and Fort Massachusetts in Mississippi, and for other purposes. 
Gulf Islands 
National 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to 
preserve for public use and enjoyment certain areas possessing out- seashore. 
standing natural, historic, and recreational values, the Secretary of 
Establishment. 
the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") may estab-
lish and administer the Gulf Islands National Seashore (hereinafter 
referred to as the "seashore"). The seashore shall comprise the follow-
ing gulf coast islands and mainland areas, together with adjacent 
water areas as generally depicted on the drawing entitled "Proposed 
Boundary Plan, Proposed Gulf Islands National Seashore," num-
bered N S - G I - T I O O J , and dated December 1970: 
(1) Ship, Petit Bois, and Horn Islands in Mississippi; 
(2) the eastern portion of Perdido Key in Florida; 
(3) Santa Rosa Island in Florida; 
(4) the Naval Live Oaks Reservation in Florida; 
(5) Fort Pickens and the Fort Pickens State Park in Florida; 
and 
(6) a tract of land in the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Flor-
ida that includes the Coast Guard Station and Lighthouse, Fort 
San Carlos, Fort Barrancas, and Fort Redoubt and sufficient sur-
rounding land for proper administration and protection of the 
historic resources. 
SEC. 2, (a) Within the boundaries of the seashore, the Secretary 
Lands, waters, 
may acquire lands, waters, and interests therein by donation, purchase acquisition. 
with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, except that prop-
erty owned by a State or any political subdivision thereof may be 
acquired only with the consent of the owner. The Secretary may 
acquire by any of the above methods not more than one hundred 
thirty-five acres of land or interests therein outside of the seashore 
boundaries on the mainland in the vicinity of Biloxi-Gulfport, Missis-
sippi, for an administrative site and related facilities for access to the 
seashore. With the concurrence of the agency having custody thereof, 
any Federal property within the seashore and mainland site may be 
transferred without consideration to the administrative jurisdiction 
of the Secretary for the purposes of the seashore. 
1968 
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Residential 
property, right 
of use and 
occupancy. 
"Improved 
residential 
property," 
Termination. 
Hunting and 
fishing. 
Oil and gas 
rights-of-way. 
Administration. 
39 Stat. 535. 
(b) With respect to improved residential property acquired for the 
purposes of this Act, which is beneficially owned by a natural person 
and which the Secretary of the Interior determines can be continued 
in that use for a limited period of time without undue interference 
with the administration, development, or public use of the seashore, 
the owner thereof may on the date of its acquisition by the Secretary 
retain a right of use and occupancy of the property for noncommer-
cial residential purposes for a term, as the owner may elect, ending 
either (1) at the death of the owner or his spouse, whichever occurs 
later, or (2) not more than tw^enty-five years from the date of acquisi-
tion. Any right so retained may during its existence be transferred or 
assigned. The Secretary shall pay to the owner the fair market value 
of the property on the date of such acquisition, less their fair market 
value on such date of the right retained by the owner. 
(c) As used in this Act, "improved residential property" means a 
single-family year-round dwelling, the construction of which began 
before January 1, 1967, and which serves as the owner's permanent 
place of abode at the time of its acquisition by the United States, 
together with not more than three acres of land on which the dwelling 
and appurtenant buildings are located that the Secretary finds is 
reasonably necessary for the owner's continued use and occupancy 
of the dw^elling: Provided^ That the Secretary may exclude from 
improved residential property any marsh, beach, or waters and 
adjoining land that the Secretary deems is necessary for public access 
to such marsh, beach, or waters. 
(d) The Secretary may terminate a right of use and occupancy 
retained pursuant to this section upon his determination that such 
use and occupancy is being exercised in a manner not consistent with 
the purposes of this Act, and upon tender to the holder of the right 
an amount equal to the fair market value of that portion of the 
right which remains unexpired on the date of termination. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary shall permit hunting and fishing on lands and 
waters within the seashore in accordance with applicable Federal 
and States laws: Provided^ That he may designate zones where, and 
establish periods when, no hunting or fishing will be permitted for 
reasons of public safety, administration, fish or wildlife management, 
or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regulations 
issued by the Secretary pursuant to this section shall be put into effect 
only after consultation with the appropriate State agencies responsible 
for hunting and fishing activities. 
SEC, 4. Any acquisition of lands, waters, or interests therein shall 
not diminish any existing rights-of-way or easements which are nec-
essary for the transportation of oil and gas minerals through the 
seashore which oil and gas minerals are removed from outside the 
boundaries thereof; and, the Secretary^ subject to appropriate regula-
tions for the protection of the natural and recreational values for 
which the seashore is established, shall permit such additional rights-
of-way or easements as he deems necessary and proper. 
SEC, 5, Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary shall 
administer the seashore in accordance with the Act of August 25,1916 
(30 Stat, 535), as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C, 1 et seq,). 
In the administration of the seashore the Secretary may utilize such 
statutory authorities available to him for the conservation and man-
agement of wildlife and natural resources as he deems appropriate to 
carry out the purposes of this Act, With respect to Fort Eedoubt, Fort 
San Carlos, Fort Barrancas at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fort 
Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, and Fort McRee on Perdido Key, Flor-
ida, and Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island, Mississippi, together with 
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Beach erosion 
control, study. 
Land transfer. 
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such adjacent lands as the Secretary may designate, the Secretary shall 
administer such lands so as to recognize, preserve, and interpret their 
national historical significance in accordance with the Act of August 
21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467), and he may designate 
them as national historic sites. The Act of July 2,1948 (62 Stat. 1220), f epeai 
which provided for the establishment of the Pensacola National Mon-
ument, is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army 
may cooperate in the study and formulation of plans for beach erosion 
control and hurricane protection of the seashore. Any such protective 
works or spoil deposit activities undertaken by the Chief of Engineers, 
Department of the Army, shall be carried out within the seashore in 
accordance with a plan that is acceptable to the Secretrtty of the 
Interior and that is consistent with the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 7. There are hereby transferred from the National Wildlife 
Refuge System to the seashore the Horn Island and Petit Bois 
National Wildlife Eefuges to be administered in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 8. Within four years from the date of the enactment of this 
Review. 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall review the area within the 
Gulf Islands National Seashore and shall report to the President, in p^esidelt'" 
accordance with subsections 3 (c) and 3 (d) of the Wilderness Act 
(78 Stat 890; 16 U.S.C. 1132 (c) and (d)), and recommend as to the 
suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the seashore for preser-
vation as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as a wilder-
ness shall be accomplished in accordance with said subsections of the 
Wilderness Act. 
SEC. 9. No provision of this Act, or of any other Act made applicable 
thereby, shall be construed to affect, supersede, or modify any author-
ity of the Department of the Army or the Chief of Engineers, with 
respect to navigation or related matters except as specifically provided 
in section 6 of this Act. 
SEC. 10. There is hereby established a Gulf Islands National Sea- j^^^^J^^f^^""^^ 
shore Advisory Commission. The Commission shall terminate ten se^ash"re 
years after the date the seashore is established pursuant to this Act. Advisory 
The Commission shall be composed of three members from each e^t'^b'iTshment, 
county in which the seashore is located, each appointed for a term of membership. 
two years by the Secretary as follows: 
(1) one member to be appointed from recommendations made 
by the county commissioners in the respective counties; 
(2) one member to be appointed from recommendations made 
by the Governor of the State from each county; and 
(3) one member to be designated by the Secretary from each 
county. 
Provided^ That two members shall be appointed to the Advisory Com-
mission in each instance in counties whose population exceeds one 
hundred thousand. 
The Secretary shall designate one member to be Chairman. Any 
vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which 
the original appointment was made. 
Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation as 
such. The Secretary is authorized to pay the expenses reasonably 
incurred by the Commission in carrying out its responsibilities under 
this Act on vouchers signed by the Chairman. 
The Secretary or his designee shall, from time to time, consult with 
the Commission with respect to the matters relating to the develop-
ment of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. 
1970 
Appropriation. 
PUBLIC LAW 91^61-JAN. 8, 1971 
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SEC. 11. There are authorized to be apj>ropriated not more than 
$3,120,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands and not 
more than $14,779,000 (1970 prices) for development, {)lus or minus 
such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctua-
tions in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices 
applicable to the types of construction involved herein. 
Approved January 8, 1971. 
January 8, 1971 
[H. R, 10482] 
Voyageurs 
National 
Park, Minn. 
Public Law 91-661 
AN ACT 
To authorize the establishment of the Voyageurs National Park in the State of 
Minnesota, 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 purpose of 
this Act is to preserve, for the inspiration and enjoyment of present 
and future generations, the outstanding scenery, geological conditions, 
and waterway system which constituted a part of the historic route 
of the Voyageurs who contributed significantly to the opening of the 
Northwestern United States. 
Publication 
in Federal 
Register. 
Notification to 
congressional 
committees. 
Boundaries. 
Boundary 
revision; 
publication in 
Federal Register, 
ESTABLISHMENT 
SEC. 101. In furtherance of the purpose of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is author-
ized to establish the Voyageurs National Park (hereinafter referred 
to as the "park") in the State of Minnesota, by publication of notice 
to that effect in the Federal Register at such time as the Secretary 
deems sufficient interests in lands or waters have been acquired for 
administration in accordance with the purposes of this Act: Provided^ 
That the Secretary shall not establish the pai-k until the lands owned 
by the State of Minnesota and any of its political subdivisions within 
the boundaries shall have been donated to the Secretary for the pur-
poses of the park: Provided 
further^ That the Secretary shall not 
acquire other lands by purchase for the park prior to such donation 
unless he finds that acquisition is necessary to prevent irreparable 
changes in their uses or character of such a nature as to make them 
unsuitable for park purposes and notifies the Committees on Interior 
and Insular Affairs of both the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives of such findings at least thirty days prior to such acquisition. 
SEC. 102. The park shall include the lands and waters within the 
boundaries as generally depicted on the drawing entitled "A Proposed 
Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota," numbered LNPMW-VOYA-
1001, dated February 1969, which shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Depart-
ment of the Interior. Within one year after acqjLiisition of the lands 
owned by the State of Minnesota and its political subdivisions within 
the boundaries of the park the Secretary shall affix to such drawing 
an exact legal description of said boundaries. The Secretary may 
revise the boundaries of the park from time to time by publishing in 
the Federal Register a revised drawing or other boundary description, 
but such revisions shall not increase the land acreage within the park 
by more than one thousand acres. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
SEC. 201. (a) The Secretary may acquire lands or interests therein 
within the boundaries of the park by donation, purchase with donated 
or appropriated funds, or exchange. When any tract of land is only