A bill to authorize establishment of the Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas, and for other purposes.
PL 95-484 (H.R.13797), enacted 10/19/1978

92 STAT. 1610 
PUBLIC LAW 95-484—OCT. 19, 1978 
Public Law 95-484 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 19, 1978 
[H.R. 13797] 
Fort Scott 
National Historic 
Site, Kans. 
Establishment. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
16 u s e 461 note. 
Administration. 
43 u s e 1457. 
16 u s e 461. 
Repeal. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
To authorize establishment of the Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That, in order to 
commemorate the significant role played by Fort Scott in the opening 
of the West, as well as the Civil War and the strife in the State of 
Kansas that preceded it, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire 
by donation the land and interests in land, together with buildings 
and improvements thereon, known as Fort Scott, located in the city 
of Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas: Provided^ that the buildings 
so acquired shall not include the structure known as "Lunette Blair". 
SEC. 2. When the site of Fort Scott has been acquired by the United 
States as provided in section 1 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall establish such area as the Fort Scott National Historic Site, by 
publication of notice and boundary map thereof in the Federal 
Register, 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior shall administer, protect, 
develop, and maintain the Fort Scott National Historic Site subject 
to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a National 
Park Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 1916 (39 
Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented, and the provisions of the 
Act entitled "An Act to provide for the preservation of historic 
America sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national signifi-
cance, and for other purposes", approved August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 
666). 
SEC. 4. Sections 3 and 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for 
the commemoration of certain historical events in the State of Kansas, 
and for other purposes", approved August 31, 1965 (79 Stat. 588), as 
amended, are hereby repealed: Provided^ That all obligations pursuant 
to contracts for the development and construction of Fort Scott here-
tofore entered into by the city of Fort Scott to be paid with funds 
under the authority of section 3 of the aforesaid Act, shall be assumed 
by the Secretary: Provided further^ That any remaining balance of 
funds appropriated pursuant to section 4 of the Act of August 31, 
1965, as amended, shall be available for the purposes of carrying out 
this Act. 
SEC. 5. In addition to such sums as might be made available to the 
historic site by the preceding section, effective October 1, 1979, there 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be neces-
sary for the development of the Fort Scott National Historic Site, as 
provided in this Act. 
Approved October 19, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1644 (Gomm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
eONGRESSIONAL REeORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Sept. 29, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 4, considered and passed Senate.