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 PUBLIC LAW 100-336—JUNE 17, 1988

102 STAT. 617

Public Law 100-336 100th Congress An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to Wildlife Prairie Park, in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") in recognition of the efforts to create Wildlife Prairie Park, is authorized and directed to prepare and make available within two years after the date of enactment of this Act to the Forest Park Foundation for publication and distribution, an interpretive handbook describing that area of approximately one thousand eight hundred acres near Peoria, Illinois, owned by the Forest Park Foundation and designated as the Wildlife Prairie Park. The handbook shall describe the purposes of the Wildlife Prairie Park, the historical, cultural, and ecological values, the methods of site acquisition and development, the management goals and the facilities that exist for public use. SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary shall, in consultation with interested conservation, professional, and park management organizations and individuals, prepare and submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report of criteria for the elements of national significance and other factors necessary for a proposed area to be considered appropriate for inclusion as an affiliated area of the National Park System including an analysis of applicability to Wildlife Prairie Park. In addition the report shall address the responsibilities to be required of the operators of an affiliated area and the responsibilities of the National Park Service to any such designated area. (b) The report shall be submitted not later than two years from the date of enactment of this Act and shall provide recommendations by the Secretary of the Interior including but not limited to how criteria for national significance and other factors should be made applicable to future proposed affiliated areas, when such areas are considered by the Secretary. The Secretary shall also recommend any criteria or procedures for such considerations by the Congress including recommendations for legislative action. SEC. 3. There are authorized for appropriation such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved June 17, 1988.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1100: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-186 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-374 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 133 (1987): June 29, considered and passed House. Vol. 134 (1988): June 6, considered and passed Senate.

June 17, 1988 [H.R. 1100] Conservation. National parks, monuments, etc.

Reports. 16 USC l a - 5 note.

Appropriation authorization.

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