02/19/1976
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"The Bicentennial Land Heritage Act would authorize and appropriate funds for the acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, and maintenance of the National Parks System and National Wildlife Refuge Sys..."
"The Bicentennial Land Heritage Program will significantly influence the future of the 31-million acre National Park System."
"I am today submitting to the Congress the Bicentennial Land Heritage Act."
"Enactment of my proposal would establish a $1.5 billion program to provide funding for parks and wildlife refuges."