Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/1008

 94 STAT. 958

Additional statutory authority.

Eligibility for funds.

Fee area. 16 USC 715s.

Study.

5 USC app.

Appropriation authorization.

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, vehicular access. "Eligibile applicant."

PUBLIC LAW 96-315—JULY 25, 1980 costs for normal operation and maintenance of such property as a refuge. (2) In addition, the Secretary may, if he deems appropriate, utilize any additional statutory authority that he may have for the conservation and development of wildlife and natural resources on such property and interpretative environmental education at such property. (3) Nothing in this Act or cooperative agreements negotiated pursuant to this Act may be construed as affecting in any manner, or to any extent, the eligibility (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act) of the city of New York, the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Incorporated, or the State of New York, under any Federal law for funds or other assistance for use in the restoration or preservation of historic buildings, or in the carrying out of developmental and recreational projects and programs, within the area included in such property. (d) For purposes of section 401 of the Act of June 15, 1935 (commonly known as the "Refuge Revenue Sharing Act"), the property acquired under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section may not be considered to be, nor treated as, a fee area within the meaning of subsection (g)(2) of such section 401. (e) Within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a study of the property acquired under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section to determine how the resources and facilities could best be protected and managed under other statutory authorities available to him. Notwithstanding the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) and pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950, such property shall upon completion of such study, either be placed permanently in the National Wildlife Refuge System by the Secretary or transferred by the Secretary to any more appropriate agency of the Department of the Interior to be managed as, and become a part of, that agency consistent with its general statutory responsibilities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, subsequent to such transfer, if any, the resources and facilities identified in the study shall be managed consistent with the findings of the study and that agency's authorized programs using the funding authorized under this section. (f) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Interior not to exceed $1,750,000 for purposes of carrying out this section during the period covering fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983; except that no part of any funds appropriated pursuant to this section may be expended for the restoration or preservation of any building within the property acquired under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section or for activities other than those enumerated in subsections (b) and (c) of this section. SEC. 3. (a) During any period in which the Secretary of the Interior, by regulation, limits vehicular access to Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue to any eligible applicant, a renewable annual permit to enable, the applicant to commute across the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. For purposes of this section, the term "eligible applicant" shall include all full-time residents who can furnish to the Refuge Manager, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, adequate proof of residence commencing prior to December 31, 1979, on the Outer Banks from the refuge boundary south to and including the village of Corolla, North Carolina, as long as they remain full-time residents. The south boundary of the area for access consideration is defined as a straight east-west line extending

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