1980—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–344 inserted provision including within the Charlestown Navy Yard properties known as the Ropewalk and Tar House and the Chain Forge and Round House, designated as buildings numbered 58, 60, and 105.

1978—Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 95–625, § 310(a), added par. (8).

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–625, § 310(d), authorized grant of easements and rights-of-way for vehicular, pedestrian and utility access to the Boston Navy Yard outside the boundaries of the Boston National Historical Park upon express condition that the grantee convey to the United States the part of the Boston Navy Yard owned by the Boston Redevelopment Authority.

Pub. L. 93–431, § 1, Oct. 1, 1974, 88 Stat. 1184, provided: “That this Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Boston National Historical Park Act of 1974’.”

Pub. L. 95–625, title III, § 310(c), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3478, provided that: “There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands designated by subsection (a) of this section [enacting subsec. (a)(8) of this section] as a component of the Boston National Historical Park, and for the development of such component.”