An Act to provide for the conveyance of a portion of the Henry G Shirley Memorial Highway and other highways on the Pentagon road network to the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes
PL 87-307 (H.R.8678), enacted 09/26/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-307-SEPT. 26, 1961 
[75 S T A T . 
Public Law 87-307 
September 26, 1961 
A N A C T 
[H. R. 8678] 
TQ provide for the conveyance of a portion of the Henry G. Shirley Memorial 
Highway and other highways on the Pentagon road network to the Common-
wealth of Virginia, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
MiJiTr'iauiighwiy! United States of America in, Congress assembled^ That (a) the Sec-
va. 
' retary of Commerce may convey to the Commonwealth of Virginia 
Conveyance. 
.^jj ^j^^ ^.-g.]^^^ ^-^.j^^ ^^^ interest of the United States in and to that 
portion of the Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highw^ay in Arlington 
County, Virginia, as described in subsection (b) of this section, if the 
Commonwealth of Virginia agrees to promptly undertake the neces-
sary project or projects to brmg such highway up to the standards 
of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. The 
Federal share payable on account of such project on the Interstate 
System shall be 95 per centum of the total cost of such project. 
(b) That portion of the Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway in 
Arlington County, Virginia, authorized to be conveyed to the Com-
mon 
w^ealth of Virginia by subsection (a) of this section shall be 
deemed to include the following roads, together with such pertinent 
bridges, interchanges, approaches, connections, and other facilities 
as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of Commerce and the Secre-
tary of the Army: 
(1) United States Route 1 from the boundary line between the 
District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia estab-
lished by section 101 of the Act approved October 21, 1945 (59 
Stat. 552; sec. 1-101 note, D.C. Code, 1951 ed.), to the present 
northerly limit of State maintenance on such route in the vicinity 
of Army and Navy Drive (G road), approximately one mile 
(NS road) ; 
(2) The Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway (State Route 
350) from United States Route 1 to State Route 7, approxi-
mately four miles (CD road) ; and 
(3) Connecting road, between the Henry G. Shirley Memorial 
Highway and Arlington Ridge Road, approximately two-tenths 
mile (JK road). 
rout'eT^tc^."''^ °^ 
^^^- ^- (^) '^^^ Secretary of Commerce may convey to the Com-
monwealth of Virginia, together with interchanges, frontage roads, 
structures, and other facilities appurtenant thereto, the following 
routes: 
(1) Jefferson Davis Highway from United States Route 1 to 
the intersection with Arlington Ridge Road near Wilson Boule-
vard, approximately two and three-tenths miles (H road); 
(2) Connecting road, from the Henry G. Shirley Memorial 
Highway along the south boundary of Fort Myer, to a point near 
Arlington Boulevard, approximately one and three-tenths miles 
(AB road) ; 
(3) Connecting road, from the Henry G. Shirley Memorial 
Highway to Columbia Island, approximately one mile (AB 
road) ; and 
(4) Columbia Pike Extension, from old Arlington Ridge 
Road to connecting road between Henry G. Shirley Memorial 
Highway and Columbia Island, approximately four-tenths mile. 
(b) There is authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway 
70 Stat. 397; Xrust Fund created by the Highway Revenue Act of 1956, not to 
'*"2'3usc\2anote. exceed $2,500,000 to be"^expended by the Secretary of Commerce with-
out regard to section 104 and 120 of title 23 of the United States Code 
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to pay the full cost of improving to adequate standards for current 
traffic the routes authorized to be conveyed under subsection (a) of 
this section. 
Such sum shall be available until expended. 
No funds 
authorized by this subsection shall be used until the Commonwealth 
of Virginia has agreed to accept conveyance of these routes and until 
such routes shall have been selected or designated by the Com-
monwealth and approved by the Secretary of Commerce as part ^ Approvaibj^ 
of one of the Federal-aid highway sjrstems. Amounts authorized hierc// 
by this subsection shall be in addition to and not in lieu of 
any other amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated for ex-
penditure on such Federal-aid highway systems. 
Approved September 26, 1961. 
Sec-
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Public Law 87-308 
AN ACT 
To reserve for use by the Department of the Army at Fort Richardson, Alaska, 
certain public lands in the Campbell Creek area, and for other puriwses. 
feeptember26, 
1961 
[H. R. 2281] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subject to valid 
existing rights the public lands aggregating approximately four thou-
sand seven hundred and six acres in the Campbell Creek Area, Alaska, 
withdrawn from the public domain by Public Land Order 2029 and 
described in detail in the Federal Register of December 19,1959, page 
10310 (Federal Register Document 59-10755; filed, December 18, 
1959; 8:46 antemeridian), are hereby reserved for the use of the De-
partment of the Army in conjunction with Fort Richardson for a 
period of ten years or, if extended by the Secretary of the Interior for 
a period of fifteen years, or for any shorter period as may be deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Army upon notice to the Secretary of 
the Interior. 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior may, with the concurrence of 
the Secretary of the Army, authorize use or disposition of any of the 
land or resources reserved by subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) Upon the final termination of the reservation effected by this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide for the appropriate 
disposition of the lands under the public land laws and other laws 
existing at the time of such termination. 
Nothing in this subsection, 
however, shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of the Army at 
that time from making application for further withdrawal and res-
ervation of all or part of said lands under laws and regulations then 
existing. 
Approved September 26, 1961. 
Fort Richardson, 
Alaska. 
R e s er vation of 
lands. 
Disposition. 
Public Law 87-309 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in the State 
of Wyoming to the county of Fremont, Wyoming. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repfesentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed, 
without consideration, to the county of Fremont, Wyoming, all the 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to lot 5, block 14, 
of the original townsite of Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming. 
Approved September 26, 1961. 
September 26, 1961 
[H. R. 6193]