=Title I= - Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to increase the size of the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California and to authorize appropriations for the acquisition of such lands.
Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the North Country Scenic Trail as a component of the National Trails system.
Removes the exclusion of specified lands from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 to designate a segment of the Birch River in West Virginia for study for possible inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system.
Increases the size of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the State of California and authorizes appropriations for the acquisition of such lands.
Eliminates the printing of certain newly submitted identical reports if adequate supplies of previously printed identical reports remain available.
Directs the Secretary to submit annually a comprehensive "National Park System Plan" to the designated congressional committees.
Authorizes the Secretary to revise the boundaries of the: (1) Carl Sandburg Home National Site, North Carolina; (2) Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; and (3) Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, Virginia.
Provides for the acquisition and disposal of lands within such boundaries.
Authorizes the appropriation of funds not to exceed $304,000 for Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and not to exceed $234,000 for Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the continued preservation and use of Palmer's Chapel in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Provides for a transfer between the Secretary of the Army and the National Park Service of certain land in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Increases the size of the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia.
Increases the development ceiling from $425,000 to $2,500,000 for the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve in the State of Wisconsin.
Increases the authorization of appropriations, from $13,000,000 to $23,700,000 for the acquisition of lands, aquatic lands, or interests therein for Olympic National Park in the State of Washington.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to revise the boundaries of the Padre Island National Seashore in the State of Texas to add approximately 274 acres and to delete approximately 2000 acres.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to assist the State of Louisiana as necessary in the form of technical advice and grants of funds for land acquisition and development for the reconstruction of the Fort Saint Jean Baptiste de Natchitoches. Authorizes appropriations for such assistance. Limits such assistance to 75 percent of the total cost of such reconstruction.
Authorizes the United States Navy Memorial Foundation to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia in honor and in commemoration of the men and women of the United States Navy who have served their country in war and peace. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Declares that the maintenance and care of the memorial shall be the responsibility of the Secretary.
Extends the authorization of appropriations in an amount equal to the assessment for United States membership in the National Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property through fiscal year 1982.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to revise the boundary of the Saratoga National Historic Park, New York.
Designates the David Berger Memorial located at the Jewish Community Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, as a National Memorial.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by purchase with donated or appropriated funds, lands and submerged lands, waters or interest therein, at Charleston, South Carolina, for the purposes of a mainland tour boat facility for access to Fort Sumter National Monument, to be administered as part of such monument.
Increases the membership of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Advisory Commission, California, from five to nine.
Establishes the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area in the State of Oregon, in order to protect the unique scenic, scientific, educational, and recreational values of such lands. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop a management plan for such Area.
Authorizes the Secretary to issue permits or to contract for the quarrying of material from the Area on the condition that the lands be reclaimed and restored to the satisfaction of the Secretary.
Revokes the reservation of certain lands within the Area for lighthouse purposes. Declares that such lands shall be administered in accordance with the management plan for the Area, except that such lands are withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry, under the public lands laws.
Directs the Secretary to acquire by purchase, exchange, donation, or condemnation all or any part of the lands and waters and interests in lands and waters within the Area which are not in Federal ownership except that State land shall not be acquired by purchase or condemnation.
Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study relating to the use of lands in the Area for purposes of wind energy research. Authorizes the Secretary to issue permits for the use of such lands as a site for installation and field testing of an experimental wind turbine generating system.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a survey of sites which exhibit qualities most appropriate for the commemoration of each former President of the United States.
Requires the Secretary, from time to time, to prepare and transmit to specified Congressional committees: (1) reports on individual sites and structures identified in such survey; and (2) recommendations as to whether such site or structure is suitable for establishment as a national historic site or national memorial to commemorate a former President. Allows the Secretary, if a Congressional disapproval is not transmitted within six months following transmittal of such report, to establish, by appropriate order, such site or structure as a national historic site.
Makes the authorization of appropriations under this Act effective October 1, 1980.
=Title II= - Establishes the Channel Islands National Park in the State of California, the boundaries of which shall include San Miguel and Prince Islands, and the lands and waters within one nautical mile of each island. Abolishes the Channel Islands National Monument.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire such lands, waters, or interest therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, transfer from any Federal agency, exchange or otherwise.
Stipulates that any lands, waters, or interests therein owned by the State of California be acquired only by donation or exchange. Directs the Secretary to permit the use of certain park lands and waters for essential national security missions and for navigational aids.
Sets forth special acquisition conditions and procedures for private lands within the park boundaries. Directs the Secretary to acquire privately owned lands on Santa Rosa Island as expeditiously as possible after the date of enactment of this Act, and provides that such acquisition take priority over the acquisition of other privately owned lands within the park.
Directs the Secretary to develop, in cooperation and consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the State of California, and various knowledgeable Federal and private entities, a natural resource study report for the park, which shall be submitted to the appropriate House and Senate committees, and revised, updated, and resubmitted every two years for a ten-year period. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of California for the enforcement of Federal and State laws and regulations on the lands and waters within and adjacent to the park.
Directs the Secretary to administer the park in accordance with the Act establishing the National Park Service and other appropriate statutory authority. Requires the park to be administered on a low-intensity, limited-entry basis.
Requires the Secretary to submit, in consultation with the Nature Conservancy and the State of California, to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate a comprehensive general management plan for the park. Specifies that those aspects of such plan which relate to marine mammals shall be prepared by the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary and the State of California.
Prohibits the charging of any fees for admission to the park.
Requires that the Secretary be advised in advance of all federally related activities of any type which might affect the resources of the park, in order to afford the Secretary a reasonable opportunity to comment on such undertaking.
Requires the Secretary to complete and submit, in accordance with the Wilderness Act, a wilderness study of the park within three fiscal years from the date of enactment of this Act.
Authorizes the Secretary to expend Federal funds on privately owned lands for purposes beneficial to the park. Transfers funds previously authorized for the Channel Islands National Monument to the park. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for land acquisition and development.