Section 1

Section 1. It is the purpose of this act to effect an improvement in park and recreational use by conveying to the United States of America, by and through the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, 17 tracts of land in Monroe and Pike Counties presently held by the Commonwealth for park and recreational use; and to grant and convey to the Township of Delaware an easement and right-of-way in and over land contiguous to the existing right-of-way of Township Road T-344 spanning Dingman Creek to allow and provide for the reconstruction, expansion and maintenance of the bridge and approaches thereto over Dingman Creek. The tracts are within the boundaries of land owned by the United States of America and known as the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area. These conveyances will benefit the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.