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H.R. 4777 (100th): A bill to modify the boundary of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and for other purposes.

The text of the bill below is as of Oct 28, 1988 (Passed Congress).


102 STAT. 2720                 PUBLIC LAW 100-541—OCT. 28, 1988

                  Public Law 100-541
                  100th Congress
                                                    An Act
  Oct. 28, 1988   To modify the boundary of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and for other
   [H.R. 4777]                                      purposes.

                   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
'^^^^-            United States of America in Congress assembled,
                  SECTION 1. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.
                    The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the
                  establishment of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in the
                  State of Texas, and for other purposes" (16 U.S.C. 283) is amended—
                         (1) by changing "in" after "That" to "(a) In"; and
                         (2) by adding at the end thereof the following:
Public              "(b) The boundary of Guadalupe Mountains National Park is
information.      hereby modified to include the area which comprises approximately
                  10,123 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 'Boundary
                  Proposal' and dated August 1986, which shall be on file and avail-
                  able for public inspection in the office of the Director of the National
                  Park Service and in the office of the Superintendent of the Guada-
                  lupe Mountains National Park.".
                  SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
                    (a) PROTECTION OF AREA.—Section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to
                  provide for the establishment of the Guadalupe Mountains National
16 use 283e.      Park in the State of Texas, and for other purposes" (16 U.S.C. 283) is
                  amended—
                         (1) by inserting "(a)" after "SEC. 6"; and
                         (2) by inserting at the end thereof the following:
                    "(b) In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated under
                  subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as
                  may be necessary for the construction of a fence to protect the
                  natural and cultural resources of the area added to Guadalupe
                  Mountains National Park by section 2(b).".
                    (b) LAND ACQUISITION.—Subsection (a) of section 6 of such Act (as
                  redesignated by subsection (a) of this section) is amended by striking
                  out "sums," and all that follows through "all," and inserting in lieu
                  thereof "sums".
                    Approved October 28, 1988.




                  LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4777:
                  HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-837 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs).
                  CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988):
                      Aug. 8, considered and passed House.
                      Oct. 14, considered and passed Senate.