There are authorized to be appropriated not more than $84,149,558 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands and not more than $18,769,000 (June 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 type of construction involved herein.
Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–505 substituted "$84,149,558" for "$82,149,558".
1983—Pub. L. 98–141 substituted "$82,149,558" for "$66,153,000".
1982—Pub. L. 97–361 substituted "$66,153,000" for "$57,753,000".
1974—Pub. L. 93–477 substituted "$57,753,000" for "$19,800,000".
Retroactive Statutory Ceilings
Pub. L. 97–361, §7, Oct. 22, 1982, 96 Stat. 1725, provided that: "For purposes of section 7(a)(3) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 ([former] 16 U.S.C. 460l–9(a)(3)) [see 54 U.S.C. 200306(a)(4)], the statutory ceilings on appropriations established by the amendments made by this Act [enacting section 460x–15 of this title and amending this section and sections 460x–9 to 460x–11 of this title] shall be deemed to be statutory ceilings contained in a provision of law enacted prior to the convening of the Ninety-fifth Congress."