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 92 STAT. 3484

Use and occupancy rights, retention. Authority, termination and transfer.

Funds, transfer.

Acquisition priorities.

PUBLIC LAW 95-625—NOV. 10, 1978 of 1978, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire for purposes of the recreation area established under this Act all lands and interests therein within the exterior boundaries of the area depicted on the drawing referred to in this subsection (including any lands within such exterior boundaries designated for acquisition by the Secretary of the Army in connection with the project referred to in this subsection). In exercising such authority, the Secretary of the Interior may permit the retention of rights of use and occupancy in the same manner as provided in the case of acquisitions by the Secretary of the Army under subsection (d). On the date of enactment of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978, the acquisition authorities of any other Federal agency contained in this subsection shall terminate and the head of any other Federal agency shall transfer to the Secretary of the Interior jurisdiction over all lands and interests therein acquired by said agency under the authority of this Act, or any other authority of law which lands are within the exterior boundaries of the area depicted on the drawing referred to in this subsection. On the date of enactment of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978, all unexpended balances available to any other Federal agency for acquisition of land within the exterior boundaries referred to in the preceding sentence shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Interior to be used for such purposes. In carrying out his acquisition authority under this section the Secretary shall give priority to the following: "(1) completion of acquisition of lands for which condemnation proceedings have been started pursuant to the authorization of the project referred to in this subsection; "(2) acquisition of lands of beneficial owners, not being a corporation, who in the judgment of the Secretary would suffer hardship if acquisition of their lands were delayed; "(3) acquisition of lands on which, in the judgment of the Secretary, there is an imminent danger of development that would be incompatible with the purposes of the recreation area; " (4) acquisition of lands of beneficial owners, not being a corportion, who are willing to sell their lands provided they are able to continue to use it for noncommercial residential purposes for a limited period of time which will not, in the judgment of the Secretary, unduly interfere with the development of public use facilities for such national recreation area, pursuant to the authorization for such area; "(5) acquisition of scenic easements when, in the judgment of the Secretary, such easements are sufficient to carry out the purposes for which such national recreation area was authorized; and "(6) acquisition of lands necessary to preserve the integrity of the recreation area.". GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

Composition and boundaries.

16 USC

460bb-l.

SEC. 317. (a) Subsection 2(a) of the Act of October 27, 1972 (86 Stat. 1299), as amended (16 U.S.C 459), is further amended to read as follows: "(a) The recreation area shall comprise the lands, waters, and submerged lands generally depicted on the map entitled: 'Revised Boundary Map, Golden Gate National Recreation Area', numbered N R A - G G - 8 0, 0 0 3 - K: and dated October 1978. The authority of the Secretary to acquire lands in the tract known as San Francisco Assessor's Block number 1592 shall be limited to an area of not more

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