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PUBLIC LAW 95-342—AUG. 11, 1978 92 STAT. 471
Public Law 95-342
95th Congress
An Act
Relating to the disposition of certain recreational demonstration project lands Aug. 11, 1978
by the State of Oklahoma. [S. 920]
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled^ Lake Murray
SECTION 1. T h a t notwithstanding section 3 of the Act entitled "An Recreational
Act to authorize the disposition of recreational demonstration proj- Demonstration
Area Project,
ects and for other purposes", approved J u n e 6, 1942 (56 Stat. 326; Okla.
16 XJ.S.C. 459t) the State of Oklahoma is hereby authorized to convey
oil and gas mineral leases to the following described lands in Carter
County, Oklahoma: those lands situated within the project designated
and known as the Lake M u r r a y Recreational Demonstration Area, said
project lands being more particularly described in a quitclaim deed
of the United States of America executed on February 1, 1943, by
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior approved on F e b r u a r y 2,
1943, by F r a n k l i n D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, and
recorded in book 186, pages 312 through 320 of the records of Carter
County, Oklahoma. A n y conditions providing for a reversion of title
to the United States t h a t may be contained in the conveyance of such
lands by the United States to the State of Oklahoma are hereby
released as to oil and gas exploration and development affecting the
lands herein authorized to be leased. The State of Oklahoma shall
surrender the present deed of conveyance by the United States of the
lands described in this Act and the United States shall issue a new
deed to the State of Oklahoma for those lands, which new deed shall
include oil and gas exploration and development as permitted uses
of such l a n d s : Provided, however, T h a t it shall be a condition of
such new deed that oil and gas exploration and development shall take
place on the lands described in this Act only pursuant to plans which
have been reviewed (such review to include preparation of a detailed
statement of the type specified in section 102(2) (C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4 3 3 2 ( a ) ) , and approved
by the Secretary of the Interior and which will assure t h a t such
exploration and development shall be carried out in a manner which
to the maximum extent possible will assure the preservation of the
natural, scenic, and recreational values of the Demonstration A r e a :
Provided further, (i) T h a t it shall be a further condition of such new
deed t h a t the State of Oklahoma, in consideration for the release of
the conditions referred to in this section, shall hold all proceeds here-
after received from any oil and gas exploration and development of
the lands described in this Act in a separate fund open to inspection
by the Secretary of the Interior, and shall pay the Secretary each
year from such fund 50 per centum of the gross income from such
exploration and development, including rents, royalties, bonuses and
any interest accruing thereon and all costs which the Secretary deter-
mines are included in his review of the oil and gas exploration and
development plans and the operation of such fund; and (ii) T h a t all
92 STAT. 472 PUBLIC LAW 95-342—AUG. 11, 1978
amounts paid to the Secretary pursuant to this proviso shall be
deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
Aind 'provided further^ That the State of Oklahoma shall continue to
use such lands in the Lake Murray Recreational Demonstration Area
primarily for park, recreational, and conservation purposes.
SEC. 2. The issuance of the new deed described in section 1 of this
Act shall take place only upon payment to the Secretary of the Interior
by the State of Oklahoma for administrative costs of issuance of the
new deed. Moneys paid to the Secretary of the Interior for adminis-
trative costs shall be paid to the agency which rendered the service,
and deposited to the appropriation then current.
Approved August 11, 1978.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1102 accompanying H.R. 4691 (Coram, on Interior and
Insular Affairs).
SENATE REPORT No. 95-523 (Coram, on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 123 (1977): Oct. 28, considered and passed Senate.
Vol. 124 (1978): May 15, H.R. 4691 considered and passed House; proceedings
vacated and S. 920, amended, passed in lieu.
July 21, Senate concurred in House amendment with an
amendment.
July 28, House concurred in Senate amendment.
