16 U.S.C. § 459g–7 — Authorization of appropriations; master plan to Congressional committees; time; contents

Congress authorized spending on Cape Lookout National Seashore, up to two set limits. No more than $13,903,000 could be spent buying land and land rights — and of that amount, no more than $1,000,000 could go toward buying land owned by Core Banks Club Properties, Incorporated. Separately, no more than $2,935,000 could be spent building the public facilities the Seashore needs. By January 1, 1978, the Secretary also had to send Congress's Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs a final master plan for fully developing the Seashore, consistent with protecting its natural resources. That plan had to cover three things: (1) what facilities the visiting public needs for health, safety, and recreation; (2) where those facilities would go and what they would cost; and (3) what additional facilities the Seashore might need in the future.