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 90 STAT. 2518 Report to President. 16 USC 431 note.

16 USC 431 note.

General management plan, report to committees.

PUBLIC LAW 94-545—OCT. 18, 1976 SEC. 4. Within three years from the effective date of this Act, the Secretary shall review the area within the monument and shall report to the President, in accordance with subsections 3(c) and 3(d) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1132 (c) and (d)), his recommendation as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the monument for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as wilderness shall be accomplished in accordance with said subsections of the Wilderness Act. SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary may not expend more than $35,500,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for land acquisition nor more than $500,000 for the development of essential facilities. (b) Within three years from the effective date of this Act the Secretary shall, after consulting with the Governor of the State of South Carolina, develop and transmit to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress a general management plan for the use and development of the monument consistent with the purposes of this Act, indicating: (1) the lands and interests in lands adjacent or related to the monument which are deemed necessary or desirable for the purposes of resource protection, scenic integrity, or management and administration of the area in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, and the estimated cost thereof; (2) the number of visitors and types of public use within the monument which can be accommodated in accordance with the protection of its resources; (3) the location and estimated cost of facilities deemed necessary to accommodate such visitors and uses. Approved October 18, 1976.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1570 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 94-1311 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): Sept. 21, considered and passed House. Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate, araended. Sept. 29, House agreed to Senate araendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 12, No. 43: Oct. 19, Presidential stateraent.

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