An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide water and sewage disposal facilities to the Medora area adjoining the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, N. Dak., and for other purposes.
PL 87-193 (S.98), enacted 08/31/1961

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ment of this Act, shall continue to be applicable with respect to any 
case of adjudication (as defined in the Administrative Procedure 
Act) designated by the Federal Communications Commission for 
hearing by a notice of hearing issued prior to the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
Approved August 31, 1961. 
Public Law 87-193 
AN ACT 
August 31, 1961 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide water and sewage disposal 
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facilities to the Medora area adjoining the Theodore Roosevelt National 
Memorial Park, North Dakota, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in order to \^,J/'^°a°"i^°n a*i 
afford adequate facilities to persons visiting Theodore Roosevelt Memorial park, 
National Memorial Park, and to enhance the setting of the park en- ^- '°^^-
trance and further the interpretive program of the park through en-
couraging the preservation and restoration of the pioneer cattle town 
of Medora, North Dakota, and its associations with Theodore Roose-
velt, by non-Federal endeavors in accordance with house concurrent 
resolutions "T" and "U" of the 1959 Session Laws of the State of 
North Dakota, pages 878 and 879, the Secretar^r of the Interior is 
authorized to modernize the water and sewage facilities of the village 
,of Medora adjoining the park, in the manner hereinafter provided. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, 
Medora, N. Dak. 
operate, and maintain, on rights-of-way donated for the purpose and in ^c'liitiTs*! ^*^^^* 
such manner as he shall consider to be in the public interest, water 
supply and sewage disposal systems to serve Federal and non-Federal 
properties in the said Medora area, and he may make existing Federal 
systems available to serve such properties: Provided, 
That non-
Federal users of the systems shall comply with standards of use pre-
scribed by the Secretary and shall be charged rates sufficient to recover 
a pro rata share of depreciation and costs of operation and main-
tenance of the systems plus interest on the Federal investment in the 
systems. 
Funds obtained from such non-Federal users of the systems 
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscella-
neous receipts, with the exception that the Secretary may consider as 
appropriation reimbursements, to be credited in the appropriation 
current at the time received, such amount of the aforesaid collections 
as may be necessary to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, appropriated 
operating funds expended for maintenance and operation costs of the 
systems. 
SEC. 3. Construction of the facilities authorized herein shall not 
conditions for 
be undertaken or use of existing Federal systems authorized until at 
least 80 per centum of the potential non-Federal users, as defined by 
the Secretary of the Interior, are committed to connecting to said w^ater 
and sewage systems and until there shall have been reached an agree-
ment with the duly authorized officials of the village of Medora, by 
which the village is obligated to adopt and enforce a zoning ordinance 
which complies with standards prescribed by the Secretary for the 
purpose of preserving the historic character of Medora and affording 
a park-like setting in the vicinity of the park and the entrance thereto. 
SEC. 4. There are authorized to be appropriated for the construction 
Appropriation, 
of these facilities such sums as may be required therefor, not to exceed 
$100,000. 
Approved Augu.st 31, 1961.