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§228j Authorization of appropriations; availability of sums

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXIV— - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK › § 228j

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Provides money to carry out the rules in sections 228a–228j. For buying land and property, total spending for the five fiscal years that start with the year ending June 30, 1974 cannot be more than $1,250,000. Sets yearly caps for development: $49,000 for the year ending June 30, 1974; $255,000 for the year ending June 30, 1975; $265,000 for the year ending June 30, 1976; and $235,000 for the year ending June 30, 1977. Those amounts can be raised or lowered to reflect normal changes in construction costs shown by engineering cost indexes. The funds may be used only for acquisition and development done after January 3, 1975.

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Title 16, §228j

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There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 228a to 228j of this title, not to exceed, however, $1,250,000, in the aggregate for the period of the five fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for the acquisition of lands and property, and not to exceed $49,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $255,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $265,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and $235,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977, 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 undertaken subsequent to January 3, 1975.

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Codification
June 30, 1974, first appearing in text of section, was in the original “
June 30, 1074”. The typographical error was corrected to conform to the apparent intent of the Congress.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 228j

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73