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ment of this Act, shall continue to be applicable with respect to any case of adjudication (as defined in the Administrative Procedure Act) designated by the Federal Communications Commission for hearing by a notice of hearing issued prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved August 31, 1961. Public Law 87-193 AN ACT August 31, 1961 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide water and sewage disposal [s^U facilities to the Medora area adjoining the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, North Dakota, 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 \^,J/'^°a°"i^°n a*i afford adequate facilities to persons visiting Theodore Roosevelt Memorial park, National Memorial Park, and to enhance the setting of the park en- ^- '°^^trance and further the interpretive program of the park through encouraging the preservation and restoration of the pioneer cattle town of Medora, North Dakota, and its associations with Theodore Roosevelt, by non-Federal endeavors in accordance with house concurrent resolutions " T " and " U " of the 1959 Session Laws of the State of North Dakota, pages 878 and 879, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to modernize the water and sewage facilities of the village ,of Medora adjoining the park, in the manner hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, Medora, N. Dak. operate, and maintain, on rights-of-way donated for the purpose and in ^c'liitiTs*! ^*^^^* such manner as he shall consider to be in the public interest, water supply and sewage disposal systems to serve Federal and non-Federal properties in the said Medora area, and he may make existing Federal systems available to serve such properties: Provided, That nonFederal users of the systems shall comply with standards of use prescribed by the Secretary and shall be charged rates sufficient to recover a pro rata share of depreciation and costs of operation and maintenance of the systems plus interest on the Federal investment in the systems. Funds obtained from such non-Federal users of the systems shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts, with the exception that the Secretary may consider as appropriation reimbursements, to be credited in the appropriation current at the time received, such amount of the aforesaid collections as may be necessary to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, appropriated operating funds expended for maintenance and operation costs of the systems. SEC. 3. Construction of the facilities authorized herein shall not conditions for be undertaken or use of existing Federal systems authorized until at least 80 per centum of the potential non-Federal users, as defined by the Secretary of the Interior, are committed to connecting to said water and sewage systems and until there shall have been reached an agreement with the duly authorized officials of the village of Medora, by which the village is obligated to adopt and enforce a zoning ordinance which complies with standards prescribed by the Secretary for the purpose of preserving the historic character of Medora and affording a park-like setting in the vicinity of the park and the entrance thereto. SEC. 4. There are authorized to be appropriated for the construction Appropriation, of these facilities such sums as may be required therefor, not to exceed $100,000. Approved August 31, 1961.

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