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[CITE: 16USC467b]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
     CHAPTER 1A--HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 467b. Survey by Secretary of the Interior of sites for 
        commemoration of former Presidents of the United States
        

(a) Authority to conduct survey

    The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the 
``Secretary'') is authorized to conduct a survey of sites which he deems 
exhibit qualities most appropriate for the commemoration of each former 
President of the United States. The survey may include sites associated 
with the deeds, leadership, or lifework of a former President, and it 
may identify sites or structures historically unrelated to a former 
President but which may be suitable as a memorial to honor such 
President.

(b) Preparation and transmittal to Congressional committees of reports 
        on individual sites and structures

    The Secretary shall, from time to time, prepare and transmit to the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate 
reports on individual sites and structures identified in the survey 
referred to in subsection (a) of this section, together with his 
recommendation as to whether such site or structure is suitable for 
establishment as a national historic site or national memorial to 
commemorate a former President. Each such report shall include pertinent 
information with respect to the need for acquisition of lands and 
interests therein, the development of facilities, and the operation and 
maintenance of the site or structure and the estimated cost thereof. If 
during the six-month period following the transmittal of a report 
pursuant to this subsection neither Committee has by vote of a majority 
of its members disapproved a recommendation of the Secretary that a site 
or structure is suitable for establishment as a national historic site, 
the Secretary may thereafter by appropriate order establish the same as 
a national historic site, including the lands and interests therein 
identified in the report accompanying his recommendation. The Secretary 
may acquire the lands and interests therein by donation, purchase with 
donated or appropriated funds, transfer from any other Federal agency, 
or exchange, and he shall administer the site in accordance with 
sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended and supplemented, and 
sections 461 to 467 of this title, as amended.

(c) Prohibited statutory constructions

    Nothing in this section shall be construed as diminishing the 
authority of the Secretary under sections 461 to 467 of this title or as 
authorizing the Secretary to establish any national memorial, creation 
of which is hereby expressly reserved to the Congress.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

    There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out the provisions of this section.

(Pub. L. 96-199, title I, Sec. 120, Mar. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 73; Pub. L. 
103-437, Sec. 6(d)(26), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Natural Resources'' 
for ``Interior and Insular Affairs'' after ``Committee on''.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by 
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 
of Title 2, The Congress.
