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PUBLIC LAW 91-660-JAN. 8, 1971

such adjacent lands as the Secretary may designate, the Secretary shall administer such lands so as to recognize, preserve, and interpret their national historical significance in accordance with the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467), and he may designate them as national historic sites. The Act of July 2, 1948 (62 Stat. 1220), which provided for the establishment of the Pensacola National Monument, is hereby repealed. SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army may cooperate in the study and formulation of plans for beach erosion control and hurricane protection of the seashore. Any such protective works or spoil deposit activities undertaken by the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, shall be carried out within the seashore in accordance with a plan that is acceptable to the Secretrtty of the Interior and that is consistent with the purposes of this Act. SEC. 7. There are hereby transferred from the National Wildlife Refuge System to the seashore the Horn Island and Petit Bois National Wildlife Eefuges to be administered in accordance with the provisions of this Act. SEC. 8. Within four years from the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall review the area within the Gulf Islands National Seashore and shall report to the President, in accordance with subsections 3(c) and 3 (d) of the Wilderness Act (78 S t a t 890; 16 U.S.C. 1132 (c) and (d)), and recommend as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the seashore for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as a wilderness shall be accomplished in accordance with said subsections of the Wilderness Act. SEC. 9. No provision of this Act, or of any other Act made applicable thereby, shall be construed to affect, supersede, or modify any authority of the Department of the Army or the Chief of Engineers, with respect to navigation or related matters except as specifically provided in section 6 of this Act. SEC. 10. There is hereby established a Gulf Islands National Seashore Advisory Commission. The Commission shall terminate ten years after the date the seashore is established pursuant to this Act. The Commission shall be composed of three members from each county in which the seashore is located, each appointed for a term of two years by the Secretary as follows: (1) one member to be appointed from recommendations made by the county commissioners in the respective counties; (2) one member to be appointed from recommendations made by the Governor of the State from each county; and (3) one member to be designated by the Secretary from each county. Provided, That two members shall be appointed to the Advisory Commission in each instance in counties whose population exceeds one hundred thousand. The Secretary shall designate one member to be Chairman. Any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation as such. The Secretary is authorized to pay the expenses reasonably incurred by the Commission in carrying out its responsibilities under this Act on vouchers signed by the Chairman. The Secretary or his designee shall, from time to time, consult with the Commission with respect to the matters relating to the development of the Gulf Islands National Seashore.

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16 USC 450gg,

B e a c h erosion control, study.

Land transfer.

Review. p^esidelt'"

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