26. Yosemite National Park 1 Administrative site for park authorized on lands adjacent to park. Yosemite Acquisition of land. Jurisdiction of land. Page 176 An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an administrative site for Yosemite National Park, California, on lands adjacent to the park, and for other purposes, approved September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1772) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to enable the Secretary of the Interior to preserve the extraordinary natural qualities of Yosemite National Park, notwithstanding its increasing use by the public, the Secretary is hereby authorized to provide in the manner hereinafter set forth an administrative site in the El Portal area adjacent to Yosemite National Park, in order that utilities, facilities, and services required in the operation and administration of Yosemite National Park may be located on such site outside the park. SEC. 2. For said site the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase or donation, or with donated funds, approximately twelve hundred acres, as shown on map numbered NP-YOS-7011, of non-Federal land, interests in land, and appurtenances thereto, and, to avoid severing parcels in private ownership which extend beyond the area so depicted, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire in their entirety such parcels of land or interests therein. SEC. 3. The Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior are authorized to arrange and effect mutually satisfactory transfers of jurisdiction over land administered by each in the El Portal area. Land so transferred to the Secretary of the Interior shall thereupon be excluded from the national forest or forests involved and thereafter be administered by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to this Act as a part of said administrative site. Land transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to this Act shall thereupon become national forest land subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to land acquired pursuant to the Week's law. SEC. 4. Nothing herein contained shall affect any valid claim, location, or entry existing under the land laws of the United States, or the rights of any such claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land. 1 See also General Legislation, pp. 16-17. and control SEC. 5. Until further action by the Congress, the lands Management acquired by or transferred to the Secretary of the In- of land. terior hereunder shall not become a part of Yosemite National Park, nor be subject to the laws and regulations governing said park, but the Secretary of the Interior shall have supervision, management, and control of the area and shall make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary and proper for its use and management: Provided, That he may grant nonexclusive privileges, leases, and permits for the use of land in the area and enter into contracts relating to the same, subject to the limitations and conditions applying to the similar authority provided in section 3 of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended (45 Stat. 235, 16 U.S.C., 1952 edition, sec. 3). SEC. 6. Funds now or hereafter appropriated or otherwise available for operating and capital programs in the areas administered by the National Park Service, including funds for acquisition of land and interests in land, are hereby made available to acquire land, interests in land, and appurtenances thereto, within the administrative site, and to further the purpose of this Act. (16 U.S.C. § 47-1.) 16 U.S.C. 3, 22, 43. Availability of funds. 27. Zion National Park Page Inclusion of the present area of Zion National Monument within Zion Revision of boundaries of park--- --Act of July 11, 1956 178 178 Zion National Administration. Funds. An Act To include the present area of Zion National Monument within Zion National Park, in the State of Utah, and for other purposes, approved July 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 527) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of combining Zion National Park and Zion National Monument, Utah, in a single national park unit, in the interest of efficient administration and to preserve adequately the features thereof, Zion National Park hereafter shall comprise the present area of the National Park and the present area of the Zion National Monument: Provided, That the enactment of this Act shall not affect adversely any valid rights or privileges heretofore existing within the areas hereby established as the Zion National Park. (16 U.S.C. § 346b.) SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to administer Zion National Park as hereby established in accordance with his authority over the park heretofore granted by the Congress and in accordance with the general laws governing areas of the national park system. (16 U.S.C. § 346c.) SEC. 3. All funds heretofore made available for purposes of Zion National Park and Zion National Monument may be used for purposes of Zion National Park as established by this Act. (16 U.S.C. § 346d.) An Act To revise the boundaries of the Zion National Park in the State of Utah, and for other purposes, approved February 20, 1960 (74 Stat. 4) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asZion National sembled, That the boundaries of the Zion National Park are hereby revised to include the following described lands: Park, Utah. SALT LAKE MERIDIAN Township 39 south, range 10 west: Section 30, those portions of lots 1 to 7, inclusive, lying south of Kolob Creek and lots 8 to 32, inclusive; section 31, lots 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 18, 31 and 32. Township 41 south, range 10 west: Section 28, northeast quarter, that portion of the northwest quarter lying east of the North Fork of the Virgin River and lot 9 of the O. D. Gifford survey, the ownership of which is recorded on page 247 of deed book U12 in Washington County, Utah; section 29, west half; section 31; section 32 (partly surveyed), northeast quarter northwest quarter and west half northwest quarter. Township 39 south, range 11 west: Section 13, southeast quarter southeast quarter; section 32, north half and southeast quarter. Township 40 south, range 11 west: Section 5, lots 1 and 2 and south half northeast quarter. Township 38 south, range 12 west: Section 29, those portions of lot 2 and of the southwest quarter lying east of the easterly right-of-way line of United States Highway 91, identified as project numbered I-01-1(1), Washington County, Utah, said line being 150 feet from and parallel the centerline of such highway, as constructed. (16 U.S.C. § 346a-1 [Supp. II].) of land. SEC. 2. Privately owned land, or interests therein, Acquisition within the aforesaid revised boundary may be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior by purchase, donation, with donated funds, or by such other means as the Secretary may consider to be in the public interest. When acquired, such land and interests in land shall be administered as a part of the Zion National Park in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended. (16 U.S.C. § 346a-2 [Supp. 16 U.S.c. 1-4. II].) ance. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to Land conveyconvey to the Utah State Road Commission under such terms and conditions as he may deem necessary such lands or interests in land in lot 3, section 29, township 38 south, range 12 west, Salt Lake meridian, containing approximately four and one-half acres, as are required by the Commission for the realinement and construction of United States Highway 91: Provided, That in exchange, the State of Utah constructs an interchange of design, type, and location acceptable to the Secretary which will provide vehicular access between the said highway and Zion National Park. Such conveyed lands shall thereafter be considered as excluded from the Zion National Park and the easterly right-of-way line of United States Highway 91, identified as project numbered I-01-1(1), Washington County, Utah, shall become the westerly boundary of the Zion National Park in lot 3, section 29, township 38 south, range 12 west, Salt Lake meridian. (16 U.S.C. § 346a-3 [Supp. II].) |