To authorize the exchange of lands acquired by the United States for Prince William Forest Park, Prince William County, Virginia, for the purpose of consolidating Federal holdings therein, and for other purposes.

67 Stat. 185.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Prince William of the Interior, for the purposes of consolidating Federal holdings of Forest Park, lands acquired for the Prince William Forest Park, Prince William Va. County, Virginia, is hereby empowered, in his discretion, to obtain for Land exchange. the United States land and interests in lands held in private ownership within the established watersheds and boundaries of said park by accepting from the owners of such privately owned land complete relinquishment thereof, and the Secretary may grant to such owners in exchange therefor, in each instance, federally owned lands of approximately equal value, now a part of the Prince William Forest Park, that he considers are not essential for the administration, control, and operation of the aforesaid park. Any land acquired by the United States pursuant to this authorization shall become a part of Prince 67 Stat. 184. William Forest Park upon the vesting of title thereto in the United States, and shall be subject to the laws applicable thereto. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered Easements. to grant to any citizen, association, or corporation of the United States, in exchange for the relinquishment of existing easements for utility rights-of-way, perpetual easements across land in Federal ownership within the Prince William Forest Park, such easements to be used for rights-of-way for electric poles, lines, and underground pipes for the transmission and distribution of electric power and gas and for poles and lines for telephone and telegraph purposes to the extent of not more than seventy-five feet on each side of the center line of such electric, gas, telephone, and telegraph lines: Provided, That the said easements shall be conveyed by the United States subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may deem advisable, but no part of the easements granted by him shall be used for any other than utility purposes, and in the event of any breach of this restriction, or in the event that the easements cease to be used for utility purposes, the entire interest herein authorized to be granted shall revert to the United States upon a finding to that effect by the Secretary of the Interior.

Approved July 23, 1953.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fifth sen- Alaska Game tence of section 4 of the Alaska game law, as amended by the Act Commission. of July 1, 1943 (57 Stat. 301, 303; 48 U. S. C., sec. 208), is further amended to read as follows: "Each member of the Commission appointed by the Secretary shall be a resident citizen of the judicial division from which he is appointed and shall have been a resident of Alaska for at least five years before his appointment, but not more than one resident of a judicial division shall serve on the Commission at one time, and not more than one Federal or Territorial employee shall be appointed as a member of the Commission.

To authorize the conveyance for public-school purposes of certain Federal land in Gettysburg National Military Park, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Gettysburg Naof the Interior is hereby authorized to have competent and disin- tional Military terested appraisals made as to the value of not more than twenty- Park, Pa. three acres of land in Gettysburg National Military Park, in the State Conveyance. of Pennsylvania, such land lying generally between East Confederate Avenue and Wainwright Avenue, and being situated adjacent to the present high-school property in that area. Upon the basis of such appraisals, the Secretary is authorized to convey such property for public-school purposes to the State of Pennsylvania, or the appropriate local agency thereof, the conveyance to be made in exchange for non-Federal land of approximately equal value, which land, upon acceptance by the United States, shall become a part of Gettysburg National Military Park.

Approved July 31, 1953.

(417)

To extend the benefits of certain provisions of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to the Arch Hurley Conservancy District, Tucumcari reclamation project, New Mexico.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Tucumcari recla of the Interior is authorized to extend the benefits of subsection (b), mation project, section 7, of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, to the Arch Hurley N. Mex. Conservancy District, New Mexico, notwithstanding the existence of 53 Stat. 1192. a repayment contract entered into by that district under the Federal 43 USC 485f. reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) prior to August 4, 5 USC 485; 1939. The Secretary is further authorized, upon concurrence of the 43 USC 371. Arch Hurley Conservancy District, to amend its existing repayment 67 Stat. 243. contract to carry out the purposes of this Act. The authority herein 67 Stat. 244. conferred upon the Secretary shall be exercised only upon condition that the Arch Hurley Conservancy District obligate itself to take over the care, operation, and maintenance of such project works as the Secretary may designate at its own expense and without further obligation on the part of the United States. Any development period for the Arch Hurley Conservancy District fixed pursuant to the authority herein conferred shall terminate not later than the year 1958, and the district's charge for calendar year 1953 shall be added to and paid with the district's contract obligation.

Approved July 31, 1953.

To amend section 9 of the Act of May 22, 1928, as amended, authorizing and directing a national survey of forest resources.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to authorize Forest surveys, and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to extend the Nation-wide forest survey authorized and directed by section 9 of the Act of May 22, 1928, as amended (45 Stat. 699, 702; 58 Stat. 265; 63 Stat. 271; 16 U. S. C. 581h), to the Territories and possessions of the United States, said section is amended by inserting after the word "State" a comma and the words "Territory or possession", and after the words "products in the United States" the words "and its Territories and possessions". Approved August 8, 1953.

To facilitate the management of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas administered in connection with that system, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to National Park facilitate the administration of the National Park System and miscel- System.

laneous areas administered in connection therewith, the Secretary of Administration. the Interior is hereby authorized to carry out the following activities,

and he may use applicable appropriations for the aforesaid system

and miscellaneous areas for the following purposes:

1. Rendering of emergency rescue, fire fighting, and cooperative Emergency assistance to nearby law enforcement and fire prevention agencies and assistance. for related purposes outside of the National Park System and miscel

laneous areas.

2. The erection and maintenance of fire protection facilities, water Utility lines, telephone lines, electric lines, and other utility facilities adjacent facilities. to any area of the said National Park System and miscellaneous areas,

where necessary, to provide service in such area.

of employees.

3. Transportation to and from work, outside of regular working Carlsbad hours, of employees of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, residing in or Caverns near the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico, such transportation to be National Pek. between the park and the city, or intervening points, at reasonable Transportation rates to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior taking into consideration, among other factors, comparable rates charged by transportation companies in the locality for similar services, the amounts collected for such transportation to be credited to the appropriation current at the time payment is received: Provided, That if adequate transportation facilities are available, or shall be available by any common carrier, at reasonable rates, then and in that event the facili ties contemplated by this paragraph shall not be offered.

to,

4. Furnishing, on a reimbursement of appropriation basis, all types Utility services of utility services to concessioners, contractors, permittees, or other for Joncessioners, users of such services, within the National Park System and miscellaneous areas: Provided, That reimbursements for cost of such utility services may be credited to the appropriation current at the time reim- 67 Stat. 495. bursements are received.

67 Stat. 496.

5. Furnishing, on a reimbursement of appropriation basis, supplies, Supplies and and the rental of equipment to persons and agencies that in coopera- rental of tion with, and subject to the approval of, the Secretary of the Interior, equipment. render services or perform functions that facilitate or supplement the activities of the Department of the Interior in the administration of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas: Provided, That reimbursements hereunder may be credited to the appropriation current at the time reimbursements are received.

6. Contracting, under such terms and conditions as the said Secre- Contracts for tary considers to be in the interest of the Federal Government, for the utility faoilsale, operation, maintenance, repair, or relocation of Government- ities.

owned electric and telephone lines and other utility facilities used for the administration and protection of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas, regardless of whether such lines and facilities

are located within or outside said system and areas.

7. Acquiring such rights-of-way as may be necessary to construct, Rights-of-way. improve, and maintain roads within the authorized boundaries of any area of the said National Park System and miscellaneous areas, and the acquisition also of land and interests in land adjacent to such rights-of-way, when deemed necessary by the Secretary, to provide adequate protection of natural features or to avoid traffic and other

All 67 Stat. 496.

Motor equipment, eto.

Rental of fire-control equipment.

Definitions.

16 USC 1-4.

Appropriations.

hazards resulting from private road access connections, or when the acquisition of adjacent residual tracts, which otherwise would remain after acquiring such rights-of-way, would be in the public interest. 8. The operation, repair, maintenance, and replacement of motor and other equipment on a reimbursable basis when such equipment is used on Federal projects of the said National Park System and miscellaneous areas, chargeable to other appropriations, or on work of other Federal agencies, when requested by such agencies. Reimbursement shall be made from appropriations applicable to the work on which the equipment is used at rental rates established by the Secretary, based on actual or estimated cost of operation, repair, maintenance, depreciation, and equipment management control, and credited to appropriations currently available at the time adjustment is effected, and the Secretary may also rent equipment for fire control purposes to State, county, private, or other non-Federal agencies that cooperate with the Secretary in the administration of the said National Park System and other areas in fire control, such rental to be under the terms of written cooperative agreements, the amount collected for such rentals to be credited to appropriations currently available at the time payment is received.

SEC. 2. (a) The term "National Park System" means all federally owned or controlled lands which are administered under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended, and which are grouped into the following descriptive categories: (1) National parks, (2) national monuments, (3) national historical parks, (4) national memorials, (5) national parkways, and (6) national capital parks.

(b) The term "miscellaneous areas" includes lands under the administrative jurisdiction of another Federal agency, or lands in private ownership, and over which the National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to cooperative agreement, exercises supervision for recreational, historical, or other related purposes, and also any lands under the care and custody of the National Park Service other than those heretofore described in this section.

SEC. 3. Hereafter applicable appropriations of the National Park Service shall be available for the objects and purposes specified in the 16 USC 17J-2. Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 885).

Approved August 8, 1953.