Preservation of historic properties. Report to The functions of the Board shall be to render advice to the Secretary of the Interior and to further public participation in the rehabilitation and the preservation of those historic properties in the New York City area that are of great national significance, identified as the Federal Hall National Memorial, Castle Clinton National Monument, and the Statue of Liberty National Monument. The Board shall conduct a study of these historic properties and submit recommendations concerning their preservation and administration to the Secretary of the Interior, such report and recommendations of the Board to be transmitted to the Congress by the Secretary of the Interior, together with his recommendations thereon, within one year following the date of the establishment of the Board. The Board shall cease to exist when the Secretary of the Interior shall find that its purposes have been accomplished. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of funds for rehabilitation and preservation of the historic properties including any made upon condition that such funds are to be expended only if Federal funds in an amount equal to the donated funds are Appropriation. appropriated for such purposes. There are authorized to appropriated such funds as may be necessary to match funds that may be donated for purposes of this Act. 467. be SEC. 3. The Federal Hall Memorial National Historic 16 U.S.C. 461- Site, established pursuant to the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666), shall hereafter be known as the "Federal Hall National Memorial". (16 U.S.C. § 463 note, as amended. See p. 457.) Joint Resolution To change the name of Bedloe's Island in New Whereas the Statue of Liberty is to the world the sym- Whereas the majestic meaning of the Statue of Liberty is to be made more brilliant by the establishment, at its foot, of The American Museum of Immigration as the gift of individual Americans to the American people for all future generations; Whereas The American Museum of Immigration will tell for all time the story of the making of this great Nation of nations by the contributions of men and women who have been coming here since the earliest times from all over the world in search of liberty; Whereas the Statue of Liberty stands on Federal land known as Bedloe's Island, which name today has no special significance and which is the latest of a series of other names by which such island has been known in the past; and Whereas it is meet, fitting, and proper that the Statue of Liberty, with The American Museum of Immigration at its foot, be accorded a setting most appropriate for the great shrine of the American people: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Bedloe's Island, which is located in New York Harbor, shall hereafter be known as Liberty Island, and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such island is designated or referred to under the name Bedloe's Island shall be held to refer to such island under and by the name of Liberty Island. An Act To amend the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 632), relating to the rehabilitation and preservation of historic properties in the New York City area, and for other purposes, approved August 14, 1958 (72 Stat. 613) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to promote public cooperation in the rehabilitation and preservation of the Nation's important historic properties in the New York City area, and for other purposes," approved August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 632), is hereby amended as follows: (a) In the first sentence of the second paragraph of section 1 of such Act insert a comma and the word "development" after the word "rehabilitation." (b) In the first sentence of section 2 of such Act insert a comma and the word "development" after the word "rehabilitation." (16 U.S.C. § 463 note. See p. 456.) 677-347-63- -30 39. Verendrye National Monument Monument abolished with provision for its continued public use by the Verendrye National Monument, N. Dak. Abolishment. Deed provisions. Reversionary condition. Page 458 An Act To abolish the Verendrye National Monument, and to provide for its continued public use by the State of North Dakota for a State historic site, and for other purposes, approved July 30, 1956 (70 Stat. 730) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Verendrye National Monument, North Dakota, is hereby abolished, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey the lands contained therein, together with any improvements thereon, subject to the reservation to the United States of the right to flood such lands in connection with the operation and maintenance of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project, to the State of North Dakota for public recreation use and as a State historic site. SEC. 2. The Secretary is authorized to execute, on behalf of the United States, the necessary deed or other instrument to effect the purposes of this Act. Such deed or instrument shall contain the express provision that the grantee shall use the lands conveyed exclusively for public recreation and State historic site purposes and may contain such other provisions as the Secretary and the grantee shall agree upon. SEC. 3. The conveyance authorized herein shall be made upon the further express condition that the title and right to possession to any land so conveyed, together with any improvements thereon, shall revert to the United States upon a finding by the Secretary, after notice to such grantee and after an opportunity for a hearing, that the grantee has not complied with the provisions of the conveyance during a period of more than three years, which finding shall be final and conclusive and such lands and improvements, upon reversion to the United States, shall be returned to the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior for appropriate administration or disposition as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That this condition shall cease to be in effect as to any lands conveyed hereunder twentyfive years after the conveyance of such lands. 40. Wheeler National Monument Monument abolished, lands transferred to national forest---. Page -Act of August 3, 1950 459 An Act To abolish the Wheeler National Monument, in the State of Colorado, and to provide for the administration of the lands contained therein as a part of the national forest within which such national monument is situated, and for other purposes, approved August 3, 1950 (64 Stat. 405) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Wheeler National Monument, containing three hundred acres, established by proclamation of December 7, 1908 (35 Stat. 2214), is hereby abolished, and the Federal lands and property therein shall hereafter be administered as a part of the national forest within which such properties are situated. 41. Wupatki National Monument Boundaries revised and public access to certain ruins provided_--- Wupatki National Monument, Ariz. Lands, exchange. 460 Page 460 An Act To authorize an exchange of lands at Wupatki National Monument, Arizona, to provide access to certain ruins in the monument, to add certain federally owned lands to the monument, and for other purposes, approved August 10, 1961 (75 Stat. 337) 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 may, in his discretion, obtain a valid title for the United States to the lands described as: southeast quarter, section 17, and section 29, township 26 north, range 10 east, Gila and Salt River meridian, for addition to the Wupatki National Monument in exchange for lands of approximately equal value described as: southwest quarter, section 16, township 26 north, range 10 east, and section 32, township 26 north, range 9 east, Gila and Salt River meridian. The lands conveyed by the Secretary and the privately owned land known as northwest quarter, section 21, township 26 north, range 10 east, Gila and Salt River meridian, shall, after execution of the exchange, cease to be a part of the Wupatki National Monument. SEC. 2. The Secretary may, in his discretion, accept the donation of a permanent easement for a road rightof-way two hundred feet wide for the purpose of providing public access to the significant Crack-in-Rock Ruin which lies within the monument: Provided, That no road may be constructed upon the right-of-way without further legislative authority. The right-of-way to the ruin shall extend across terrain suitable to the Secretary from any point on the north line of township 25 north, ranges 9 or 10 east, Gila and Salt River meridian, which he may select. SEC. 3. Subject to valid existing rights, the public lands lying west of the west right-of-way line of United States Highway 89 in section 3, township 25 north, range 8 east, Gila and Salt River meridian, consisting of lot 4, southwest quarter northwest quarter, northwest quarter southwest quarter and the westerly portions of lot 3, southeast quarter northwest quarter, and east one-half southwest quarter are added to and made a part of the Wupatki National Monument. |