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PUBLIC LAW 90-401-JULY 15, 1968

Federal areas shall be credited to specific purposes, all fees so charged shall be covered into a special account under the Land and Water Conservation Fund and shall be available for appropriation, without prejudice to appropriations from other sources for the same purposes, for any authorized outdoor recreation function of the agency ny which the fees were collected. (c) Section 6, subsection (a), of said Act is amended by striking out the words "in substantially the same proportion as the number of visitor-days in areas and projects hereinafter described for which admission fees are charged under section 2 of this Act". (d) The provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of this section shall bs effective March 31, 1970. Until that date, revenues derived from the subsection (a) that is repealed by this section shall continue to be covered into the fund. SEC. 2. The aforesaid section 2 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

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" (c)(1) OTHER REVENUES.—In addition to the sum of the revenues

and collections estimated by the Secretary of the Interior to be covered into the fund pursuant to this section, as amended, there are authorized to b3 appropriated annually to the fund out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap)propriated such amounts as are necessary to make the income of the fund not less than $200,000,000 for each of the five fiscal years beginning July 1, 1968, and ending June 30, 1973. "(2) To the extent that any such sums so appropriated are not sufficient to make the total annual income of the fund amount to $200,000,000 for each of such fiscal years, an amount sufficient to cover the remainder thereof shall be credited to the fund from revenues due and payable to the United States for deposit in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.): Provided, That notwithstanding the 67 Stat. 462. provisions of section 3 of this Act, moneys covered into the fund 16 USC 46^6. under this paragraph shall remain in the fund until appropriated by the Congress to carry out the purpose of this Act." SEC. 3. The first sentence of section 4, subsection (b), of the Land p rAdvance approiations. and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 is amended by deleting 16 USC 460i-7. "for a total of eight years" and inserting in lieu thereof "until the end of fiscal year 1969". SEC. 4. The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 is 78 Stat. 897. 16 USC 4 6 0 ^ 4 further amended by adding thereto the following new sections: note. "SEC. 8. Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the money authorized to be Advance conc appropriated from the fund by section 3 of this Act may be obligated t r a16t uauthority. s e 460/-6. by contract during each of fiscal years 1969 and 1970 for the acquisition of lands, waters, or interests therein within areas specified in section 6(a)(1) of this Act. Any such contract may be executed by the head of the department concerned, within limitations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Any such contract so entered into shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the United States and shall be liquidated with money appropriated from the fund specifically for liquidation of such contract obligation. Xo contract may be entered into for the acquisition of property pursuant to this section unless such acquisition is otherwise authorized by Federal law. "SEC. 9. The Secretary of the Interior may enter into contracts for Option acqviisition authority. options to acquire lands, waters, or interests therein within the exterior boundaries of any area the acquisition of which is authorized by law for inclusion in the national park system. The minimum period of any such option shall be two years, and any sums expended for the purchase thereof shall be credited to the purchase price of said area. Not to exceed $500,000 of the sum authorized to be appropriated from the

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