An Act to provide for acceleration of programs for the planting of trees on national forest lands in need of reforestation, and for other purposes
PL 92-421 (H.R.13089), enacted 09/18/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-421-SEPT. 18, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
Public Law 92-421 
AN ACT 
September 18, 1972 
[H. R. 13089] 
'J',, pi^ovide for acceleration of programs for the planting of trees on national 
forest lands in need of reforestation, and for other purposes. 
National for-
ests. 
Accelerated 
reforestation. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Be if, en.a<;ted by tlie iSetiate and House of Rep7'ese'ntatives of the 
United Sitaten of America in Congress assemhled^ Tliat notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agricnltnre shall 
establish a ''Supplemental National Forest Reforestation Fund", and 
transfer to that fund beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 
1972. and ending on June 30, 1987, such amounts as may be appro-
priated therefor. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
such purpose for each of the fiscal years during such period the sum 
of $65,000,000. 
SEC. 2. Moneys transferred to the National Forest Reforestation 
Fund under the provisions of this Act shall be available to the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, for expenditure upon appropriation, for the pur-
pose of supplementing programs of tree planting and seeding of 
national forest lands determined by the Secretary to be in need of 
reforestation. Such moneys shall be available until expended, and shall 
be provided without prejudice to appropriations or funds available 
from other sources for the same purposes, including those available 
pursuant to section 3 of the Act of Jime 9,1930 (46 Stat. 527,16 TT.S.C. 
576b). 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Agricultvire shall, within one year after 
the date of this A(;t, provide a report to the Congress which sets forth 
the scope of the total national forest reforestation needs, and a 
planned program for reforesting such lands, including a description 
of the extent to which funds authorized by this Act are to be applied to 
the program. The Secretary shall annually thereafter make a report 
to the Congress on the use of funds authorized by this Act and the 
progress toward completion of his planned national forest reforesta-
tion program. 
Approved September 18, 1972. 
Public Law 92-422 
September 18, 1972 
[H.J. Res. 55] 
AN ACT 
Proposing the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of 
Columbia, or its environs, in honor and commemoration of the Seahees of the 
United States Navy. 
Seabees Mem-
orial. ' 
Construction 
authorization. 
Site. 
Resolved hy the Se7iate and House of Representatives 
of the Vn'/ted. 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Seatee Memorial 
Association, Incorporated, is authorized to erect a memorial on public 
grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in lionor and 
commemoration of the Seabees of the United States Navy who have 
served their country with the "CAN DO" spirit in building for peace. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed 
to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts 
and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on 
public grounds in the I)istrict of Columbia, or its environs, upon which 
may be erected the memorial authorized in the first section of this 
Act: Provided^ That if the site selected is on public grounds belonging 
to or under the jurisdiction of the government of the District of 
Columbia, the approval of the Commissioner of the District of Colum-
bia shall also be obtained. 
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(b) The design and plans for such memorial shall be subject to 
the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the National Comrnis-
sion of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission, 
and the United States or the District of Columbia shall be put to no 
expense in the erection thereof. 
SEC. 3. The authority conferred pursuant to this joint resolution 
shall lapse unless (1) the erection of such memorial is commenced 
within five years from the date of enactment of this joint resolution, 
and (2) prior to its commencement funds are certified available in an 
amount sufficient, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, to 
insure completion of the memorial. 
SEC. 4. The maintenance and care of the memorial erected under 
the provisions of this Act shall be the responsibility of the Secretary 
of the Interior, or, if the memorial is erected upon public grounds 
belonging to or under the jurisdiction of the Distiict of Columbia, 
the government of the District of Columbia. 
Approved September 18, 1972. 
Approval. 
Conditions. 
Maintenance 
and care. 
Public Law 92-423 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enlarge the aiitliority of the National 
Heart and Lung Institute in order to advance the national attack against 
diseases of the heart and blood vessels, the lungs, and blood, and for other 
puri)oses. 
September 19,1972 
[S. 3323] 
Be it enacted by the l:^enate and Houm of Reprenenfat/rey 
of the 
United, Staten of Am erica in CongresH an^ewhl 
ed 
^ 
SHORT T r r L E 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the ""National Heart. Hlood 
Vessel, Lung, and Blood Act of 1972". 
P T N D I N G S 
A N D DECLARA'ITON OF PTRI'OSK 
SEC. 2. (a) Congress finds and declares that^— 
(1) diseases of the heart and blood vessels collectively cause 
more than half of all the deaths each year in the Ignited States 
and the combined effect of the disabilities and deaths from such 
diseases is having a major social and economic impact on the 
Nation; 
(2) elimination of heart and blood vessel diseases as significant 
causes of disability and death could increase the average Ameri-
can's life expectancy by about eleven years and could provide for 
annual savings to the economy in lost wages, productivity, and 
costs of medical care of more than $30,000,000,000 per year; 
(3) chronic lung diseases have been gaining steadily in recent 
years as important causes of disability and death, with emphysema 
alone being the fastest rising cause of death in the United States; 
(4) chronic respiratory diseases affect an estimated ten million 
Americans, emphysema an estimated one million, chronic bron-
chitis an estimated four million, and asthma an estimated five 
million; 
(5) thrombosis (the formation of blood clots in the vessels) 
may cause, directly or in combination with other problems, many 
deaths and disabilities from heart disease and stroke which can 
now be prevented; 
National Heart, 
Blood Vessel, 
Lung, and Blood 
Act of 1972. 
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