Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§272f Authorization of Appropriations

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XXX — ARCHES NATIONAL PARK › § 272f

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Funds may be provided for this subchapter, but no more than $275,000 for land and land rights and no more than $1,031,800 (April 1970 prices) for development; amounts may be adjusted by engineering cost indexes for the construction involved, and are available for work after November 12, 1971.

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Title 16, §272f

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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, $275,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands and not to exceed $1,031,800 (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 indices applicable to the types of construction involved herein. The sums authorized in this section shall be available for acquisition and development undertaken subsequent to November 12, 1971.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–578 substituted “$275,000” for “$125,000”.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 272f

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102