Joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim the third Sunday in October of 1972 as ""National Shut-in Day""
PL 92-363 (S.J.Res.208), enacted 08/07/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-363-AUG. 7, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
16 u s e 463. 
Revenue-produc-
ing activities, 
authorization. 
58 Stat. 770; 
62 Stat. 350. 
50 u s e app. 
1622. 
Audit. 
Deed of con-
veyance. 
'States. 
Repeal. 
62 Stat. 350. 
interest of the United States in and to any surplus real and related 
personal property which the Secretary of the Interior has determined 
is suitable and desirable for use as a historic monument, for the 
benefit of the public. No property shall be determined to be suitable 
or desirable for use as a historic monument except in conformity with 
the recommendation of the Advisory Board on National Parks, 
Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments established by section 3 of 
the Act entitled 'An Act for the preservation of historic American 
sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and 
for other purposes', approved August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666), and 
only so much of any such property shall be so determined to be suit-
able or desirable for such use as is necessary for the preservation and 
proper observation of its historic features. 
"(A) The Administrator may authorize use of any property con-
veyed under this subsection or the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as 
amended, for revenue-producing activities if the Secretary of the 
Interior (i) determines that such activities are compatible with use 
of the property for historic monument purposes, (ii) approves the 
grantee's plan for repair, rehabilitation, restoration, and maintenance 
of the property, and (iii) approves the grantee's plan for financing 
repair, rehabilitation, restoration, and maintenance of the property. 
The Secretary shall not approve a financial plan unless it provides 
that incomes in excess of costs of repair, rehabilitation, restoration, 
and maintenance shall be used by the grantee only for public historic 
preservation, park, or recreational purposes. The Administrator may 
not authorize any uses under this subsection until the Secretary has 
examined and approved the accounting and financial procedures used 
by the grantee. The Secretary may periodically audit the records of 
the grantee, directly related to the property conveyed. 
"(B) The deed of conveyance of any surplus real property disposed 
of under the provisions of this subsection— 
"(i) shall provide that all such property shall be used and 
maintained for historic monument purposes in perpetuity, and 
that in the event that the property ceases to be used or maintained 
for that purpose, all or any portion of the property shall, in its 
then existing condition, at the option of the United States, revert 
to the United States; and 
"(ii) may contain such additional terms, reservations, restric-
tions, and conditions as may be determined by the Administrator 
to be necessary to safeguard the interests of the United States. 
"(C) 'States' as used in this subsection, includes the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Kico, and the territories and 
possessions of the United States." 
SEC. 2. Section 13(h) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (50 
r.S.C. App. 1622(h)) is repealed. 
Approved August 4, 1972. 
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August 7, 1972 
[S. J. Res. 208] 
Public Law 92-363 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the President to proclaim the third Sunday in October of ]}>72 
as "National Shut-In Day". 
National Shut-in 
Day. 
Designation 
authorization. 
Resolved by the Sermte and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembledf That the President is hereby 
authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the third 
Sunday in October of 1972 as "National Shut-in Day" and calling 
upon the people of the United States to observe such day by visiting 
at least one shut-in person on this special day if possible, and by 
])articipating in other appropriate ceremonies and activities. 
Approved August 7, 1972.