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 92 STAT. 3534

PUBLIC LAW 95-625—NOV. 10, 1978 LEASE OF FEDERAL LANDS

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16 USC 1285a.

SEC. 764. The Wild and Scenic Kivers Act is amended by adding the following new section after section 14: "SEC. 14A. (a) Where appropriate in the discretion of the Secretary, he may lease federally owned land (or any interest therein) which is within the boundaries of any component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and which has been acquired by the Secretary under this Act. Such lease shall be subject to such restrictive covenants as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. "(b) Any land to be leased by the Secretary under this section shall be offered first for such lease to the person who owned such land immediately before its acquisition by the United States.". TITLE VIII—RECOGNITION OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM M. KETCHUM SEC. 801. Within the War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam, and the American Memorial Park, Saipan, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, and in consultation with the Governor of each area, is authorized to provide in each of these parks some form of appropriate recognition of the outstanding contributions and untiring commitments of the late Congressman William M. Ketchum of California toward the needs of the people of the insular areas. Fully cognizant of sacrifices that sometimes must be made in order to preserve the basic principles of democracy, Congressman Ketchum personally experienced the devastations of war, as he served with distinction in the United States mili^^ary during the Second World War in the Pacific Theater and during the Korean Conflict, Congressman Ketchum, an individual of strong principle and commitment, through his leadership and active participation in the United States Congress, made substantial and invaluable contributions to the political and economic growth, development, and well-being of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands. In particular, he will be remembered for the key role he played in the passage of the historic Covenant to establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in political union with the United States. TITLE IX—JEAN L A F I T T E NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

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16 USC 230.

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SEC. 901. In order to preserve for the education, inspiration, and benefit of present and future generations si^ificant examples of natural and historical resources of the Mississippi Delta region and to provide for their interpretation in such manner as to portray the development of cultural diversity in the region, there is authorized to be established in the State of Louisiana the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (hereinafter referred to as the "park"). The park shall consist of (1) the area of approximately twenty thousand acres generally depicted on the map entitled "Barataria Marsh Unit-Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve" numbered 90,000B and dated April 1978, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior; (2) the area known as Big Oak

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