16 U.S.C. § 271g — Authorization of appropriations

submitted 55 years ago by Pub. L. 88-590 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 94 words · no verdicts yet

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This law sets spending limits for Canyonlands National Park. Congress can spend up to $104,500 to buy land and up to $5,102,000 (in April 1970 prices) to develop the park. Those development limits can shift a bit if construction costs change.

Congress authorizes spending whatever money is needed to carry out the purposes of this subchapter — the law that established and runs Canyonlands National Park. There are dollar caps: no more than $104,500 for buying land, and no more than $5,102,000, priced as of April 1970, for developing the park. The development cap can move up or down if construction costs change, as measured by engineering cost indexes for the type of construction involved. This money can only be used for buying land and developing the areas that this subchapter added to the park.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, not to exceed, however, $104,500 for the acquisition of lands and not to exceed $5,102,000 (April 1970 prices) for development, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved herein. The sums authorized in this section shall be available for acquisition and development in the areas added by this subchapter.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 88–590, § 8, as added Pub. L. 92–154, § 1(d), Nov. 12, 1971, 85 Stat. 421; amended Pub. L. 94–578, title I, § 101(12), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2732.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1971Enacted · Pub. L. 88-590 · 85 Stat. 421
1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-578 · 90 Stat. 2732

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 88-590 on 1971-11-12.

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