to national parks, etc. "State." National Park authorized. Roads. ending June 30, 1957, June 30, 1958, June 30, 1959, June 30, 1960, and June 30, 1961. An Act To authorize the conveyance to States, or political subdivisions, of roads leading to certain historical areas administered by the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes, approved June 3, 1948 (62 Stat. 334) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion, subject to such conditions as may seem to him proper, to convey by proper quitclaim deed to any State, county, municipality, or proper agency thereof, in which the same is located, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any Government owned or controlled road leading to any national cemetery, national military park, national historical park, national battlefield park, or national historic site administered by the National Park Service. Prior to the delivery of any conveyance under this Act, the State, county, or municipality to which the conveyance herein authorized is to be made shall notify the Secretary of the Interior in writing of its willingness to accept and maintain the road or roads included in such conveyance. Upon the execution and delivery of any conveyance herein authorized, any jurisdiction heretofore ceded to the United States by a State over the roads conveyed shall thereby cease and determine and shall thereafter vest and be in the particular State in which such roads are located. (16 U.S.C. § 8e.) SEC. 2. The word "State" as used in this Act includes Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. (16 U.S.C. § 8f as amended.) An Act To provide basic authority for the performance of certain functions and activities of the National Park Service, approved August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 885) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That appropriations for the National Park Service are authorized for (a) Necessary protection of the area of federally Appropriations Owned land in the custody of the National Park Service known as the Ocean Strip and Queets Corridor, adjacent to Olympic National Park, Washington; necessary repairs to the roads from Glacier Park Station through the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to the various points in the boundary line of Glacier National Park, Montana, and the international boundary; repair and maintenance of approximately two and seventy-seven one-hundredths miles of road leading from United States Highway 187 to the north entrance of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming; maintenance of approach roads through the Lassen National Forest leading to Lassen Volcanic National Park, California; maintenance and repair of the Generals Highway between the boundaries of Sequoia National Park, California, and the Grant Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park, California; maintenance of approximately two and one-fourth miles of roads comprising those portions of the Fresno-Kings Canyon approach road, Park Ridge Lookout Road, and Ash Mountain-Advance truck trail, necessary to the administration and protection of the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; maintenance of the roads in the national forests leading out of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana; maintenance of the road in the Stanislaus National Forest connecting the Tioga Road with the Hetch Hetchy Road near Mather Station, Yosemite National Park, California; and maintenance and repair of the approach road to the Custer Battlefield National Monument and the road connecting the said monument with the Reno Monument site, Montana. areas. (b) Administration, protection, improvement, and Recreational maintenance of areas, under the jurisdiction of other agencies of the Government, devoted to recreational use pursuant to cooperative agreements. (c) Necessary local transportation and subsistence in kind of persons selected for employment or as cooperators, serving without other compensation, while attending fire-protection training camps. (d) Administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. (e) Educational lectures in or in the vicinity of and with respect to the national parks, national monuments, and other reservations under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service; and services of field employees in cooperation with such nonprofit scientific and historical societies engaged in educational work in the various parks and monuments as the Secretary of the Interior may designate. tion for co Transportaoperators, etc. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Educational lectures, etc. of employees schools, etc. (f) Travel expenses of employees attending Govern- Travel expenses ment camps for training in forest-fire prevention and in training suppression and the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Police Academy, and attending Federal, State, or municipal schools for training in building fire prevention and suppression. etc., of water (g) Investigation and establishment of water rights Investigation, in accordance with local custom, laws, and decisions of rights. courts, including the acquisition of water rights or of lands or interests in lands or rights-of-way for use and protection of water rights necessary or beneficial in the administration and public use of the national parks and monuments. Water supply line. Telephone service. (h) Acquisition of rights-of-way and construction and maintenance of a water supply line partly outside the boundaries of Mesa Verde National Park. (i) Official telephone service in the field in the case of official telephones installed in private houses when authorized under regulations established by the Secretary. (16 U.S.C. § 17j−2.) Excerpts from "An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as amended, and for other purposes,” approved August 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 919, 934) "SEC. 67. OPERATIONS ON LANDS BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES.-The Commission is authorized, to the extent it deems necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Act, to issue leases or permits for prospecting for, exploration for, mining of, or removal of deposits of source material in lands belonging to the United States: Provided, however, That notwithstanding any other provisions of law, such leases or permits may be issued for lands administered for national park, monument, and wildlife purposes only when the President by Executive Order declares that the requirements of the common defense and security make such action necessary. (42 U.S.C. § 2097.) "SEC. 68. PUBLIC LANDS. "a. No individual, corporation, partnership, or association, which had any part, directly or indirectly, in the development of the atomic energy program, may benefit by any location, entry, or settlement upon the public domain made after such individual, corporation, partnership, or association took part in such project, if such individual, corporation, partnership, or association, by reason of having had such part in the development of the atomic energy program, acquired confidential official information as to the existence of deposits of such uranium, thorium, or other materials in the specific lands upon which such location, entry, or settlement is made, and subsequent to the date of the enactment of this Act made such location, entry, or settlement or caused the same to be made for his, or its, or their benefit. "b. In cases where any patent, conveyance, lease, permit, or other authorization has been issued, which reserved to the United States source materials and the right to enter upon the land and prospect for, mine, and remove the same, the head of the Government agency which issued the patent, conveyance, lease, permit, or other authorization shall, on application of the holder thereof, issue a new or supplemental patent, conveyance, lease, permit, or other authorization without such reservation. If any rights have been granted by the United States pursuant to any such reservation then such patent shall be made subject to those rights, but the patentee shall be subrogated to the rights of the United States. (42 U.S.C. § 2098 as amended.) Excerpts from "An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended," approved August 19, 1958 (72 Stat. 632) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection a. of section 53 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by deleting "or" at the end of paragraph "(2)"; by changing the period at the end of paragraph "(3)" to a semicolon; and by adding the following at the end of the subsection: * SEC. 3. That section 68 of the Atomic Energy Act of 42 U.S.C. 2098. 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 68. PUBLIC AND ACQUIRED LANDS.— Release of reservation. Supp., p. 425. U.S.C. 42 s.C. 1801 674. "b. Any reservation of radioactive mineral substances, fissionable materials, or source material, together with the right to enter upon the land and prospect for, mine, and remove the same, inserted pursuant to Executive CFR Cum. Order 9613 of September 13, 1945, Executive Order 9701 of March 4, 1946, the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, or Executive Order 9908 of December 5, 1947, in any patent, conveyance, lease, permit, or other authorization or instrument disposing of any interest in public or acquired lands of the United States, is hereby released, remised, and quitclaimed to the person or persons entitled upon the date of this Act under the grant from the United States or successive grants to the ownership, occupancy, or use of the land under applicable Federal or State laws: Provided, however, That in cases where any such reservation on acquired lands of the United States has been heretofore released, remised, or quitclaimed subsequent to August 12, 1954, in reliance upon authority deemed to have been contained in the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as amended, or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as heretofore amended, the same shall be valid and effective in all respects to the same extent as if public lands and not acquired lands had been involved. The foregoing release shall be subject to any rights which may have been granted by the United States pursuant to any such reservation, but the releasees shall be subrogated to the rights of the United States." (42 U.S.C. § 2098.) Joint Resolution To establish a Commission to develop and execute plans for the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, and for other purposes, approved October 24, 1962 (76 Stat. 1244) Whereas the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the renowned naval Battle of Lake Erie near Put-in-Bay, Ohio, will occur in September 1963; Whereas the decisive victory of Commodore Oliver Haz- Whereas this victory of the small squadron commanded Whereas this struggle resulted in memorializing the prin- Whereas the enduring results of this conflict have cemented more strongly the cultural and economic ties which exist between Canada and the United States as a demonstration of peace and good will in a world today fraught with unrest and fear: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Battle of Lake That (a) there is hereby established a commission to be known as the "Battle of Lake Erie Sesquicentennial Celebration Commission" (hereinafter referred to as the Establishment. "Commission") which shall be composed of thirteen members as follows: Erie Sesquicentennial Celebration Commission. Membership. (1) Four members who shall be Members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate (two of whom shall be from the State of Ohio); (2) Four members who shall be Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (two of whom shall be from the State of Ohio); (3) One representative of the Department of the Interior who shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior and who shall serve as executive officer of the Commission; and (4) Four members to be appointed by the President of the United States. (b) The President shall, at the time of appointment, designate one of the members appointed by him to serve |