An Act To amend certain provisions of law relating to units of the national park system and other public lands, and for other purposes

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Summary

This Act relating to the national park system includes amendments to the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 1266, 40 U.S.C. 871). These amendments concern: appropriation authorization; notification to congressional committees; estimate of additional funds; land conveyance; land reversion to the United States; land descriptions; land exchange; and patent claim provisions.

Subject

  • Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 871)
  • Public Lands and National Parks Act of 1983
  • Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • 97 Stat. 909
  • Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works
  • Public Law

Citation information

Statutes at Large

Notes

This Act may be cited as the "Public Lands and National Parks Act of 1983".

Contained within

97 Stat. 909 (1983); Pub. L. No. 98-141 (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

  • 1985
  • 10/31/1983

Topic

  • Historic preservation
  • Public lands
  • Finance
  • Expenditures, Public
  • National parks and reserves

Form/Genre

Public Law

Physical description

Number of pages: 6; Page Numbers: 909-14

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