16 U.S.C. §§ 450qq to 450qq-4
16 U.S.C. §§ 450qq to 450qq-4
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONSections provided for the Biscayne National Monument which was abolished and its lands, waters, and interests incorporated within and made part of the Biscayne National Park and funds of and authorizations of funds for the Monument made available for the Park pursuant to Pub. L. 96-287, title I, §103(b), June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 600, classified to section 410gg-2(b) of this title.Section 450qq, Pub. L. 90-606, §1, Oct. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 1188, authorized establishment of the Monument, made drawings of the Monument area available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, authorized revision of boundaries, prescribed limitation of ninety-six thousand three hundred acres, and prohibited outward revision of the Monument or obstruction of prospective seaport channels. See section 410gg of this title. Section 450qq-1, Pub. L. 90-606, §2, Oct. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 1188, provided for acquisition of property, authorized maximum of eighty acres for a mainland headquarters site and forty acres for a Key Largo visitor contact site, and authorized exchange of Federal for non-Federal property, including cash equalization payments. See section 410gg-1 of this title. Section 450qq-2, Pub. L. 90-606, §3, Oct. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 1189, required the donation and transfer of State lands as condition for establishment of the Monument and Federal acquisition of other lands, and authorized land options for the Secretary and acquisitions to be made after State transfers.Section 450qq-3, Pub. L. 90-606, §4, Oct. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 1189, provided for administration of the Monument and recognition of fishing rights under Florida law as otherwise regulated by the Secretary. See section 410gg-2 of this title. Section 450qq-4, Pub. L. 90-606, §5, Oct. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 1189; Pub. L. 93-477, title I, §101(1), Oct. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1445; Pub. L. 95-625, title I, §101(4), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3470, authorized appropriation of $28,350,000 and $6,565,000 for land acquisition and development. See section 410gg-5 of this title.