CCLME.ORG - National Park Services Organic Act; Land and Water Conservation Fund Act; Antiquities Act

(continued)
(2) the amount of land remaining to be acquired; and
(3) the amount of land programed for acquisition in the ensuing
fiscal year and the estimated cost thereof.
(b) Development of essential public facilities
For the development of essential public facilities there are
authorized to be appropriated $2.6 million in addition to the sums
previously appropriated.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 93-626, Sec. 9, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2125; Pub. L.
100-564, Sec. 2, Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2831; Pub. L. 103-437,
Sec. 6(m), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4586.)

-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 6(m)(1), in
introductory provisions substituted "Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives" for "Committees on
Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 6(m)(2), struck out at end
"Within three years from January 3, 1975, the Secretary shall
develop and transmit to the Committees on Interior and Insular
Affairs of the United States Congress a final master plan for the
full development of the seashore consistent with the preservation
objectives of sections 459j to 459j-8 of this title, indicating:
"(1) the facilities needed to accommodate the health, safety,
and recreation needs of the visiting public;
"(2) the location and estimated cost of all facilities; and
"(3) the projected need for any additional facilities within
the seashore."
1988 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-564 substituted "$2.6 million in
addition to the sums previously appropriated" for "not more than
$500,000".

-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives
treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House of
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a
note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 459j-1, 459j-2, 459j-4,
459j-5, 459j-6 of this title.

-End-

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16 USC SUBCHAPTER LXIV - RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIV - RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

-HEAD-
SUBCHAPTER LXIV - RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

-End-

-CITE-
16 USC Sec. 459r 01/19/04

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIV - RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

-HEAD-
Sec. 459r. Disposition of recreational demonstration projects

-STATUTE-
Except as provided in section 459s of this title, the Secretary
of the Interior is authorized, with the approval of the President,
to convey or lease to the States or to the political subdivisions
thereof, without consideration, any or all of the recreational
demonstration projects and lands, improvements, and equipment
comprised within such projects transferred to him by Executive
Order Numbered 7496, dated November 14, 1936, or any parts of such
projects, when in his judgment such grantees or lessees are
adequately prepared to administer, operate, and maintain such
project areas for public park, recreational, and conservation
purposes, or he may, with the approval of the President, transfer
to other Federal agencies any of the aforesaid recreational
demonstration areas that may be of use to such agencies.

-SOURCE-
(June 6, 1942, ch. 380, Sec. 1, 56 Stat. 326.)

-TRANS-
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS
For delegation to Secretary of the Interior of authority vested
in President by this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 10752, Feb. 12,
1958, 23 F.R. 973, set out as a note under section 715j of Title
15, Commerce and Trade.

-MISC1-
SILVER CREEK PROJECT
Act July 30, 1947, ch. 351, 61 Stat. 519, provided: "That, in
order to carry out the purposes of the act of June 6, 1942 [56
Stat. 326; sections 459r to 459t of this title], relating to the
disposition of recreational demonstration areas, and to effectuate
the transfer to the State of Oregon, pursuant to that act, of the
Silver Creek recreational demonstration project, the
following-described revested Oregon and California Railroad grant
lands shall hereafter be administered as a part of the Silver Creek
recreational demonstration project and shall be subject to all of
the provisions of the aforesaid Act of June 6, 1942:

"WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN
"Township 8 south, range 1 east:
"Section 13, east half southeast quarter and southeast
quarter northeast quarter;
"Section 25, all;
"Section 35, north half northeast quarter northeast quarter
and north half south half northeast quarter northeast quarter;
"Township 8 south, range 2 east:
"Section 17, south half southwest quarter and northwest
quarter southwest quarter;
"Section 19, lots 3, 4, and northeast quarter;
"Section 29, west half; and
"Section 31, north half;
comprising one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one and
ninety-three one-hundredths acres.
"Sec. 2. The following-described lands also shall become a part
of the Silver Creek recreational demonstration project and shall be
subject to the provisions of the act of June 6, 1942, upon
acquisition of title thereto by the Oregon and California Revested
Lands Administration:

"WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN
"Township 8 south, range 1 east: Section 36, northeast quarter,
northeast quarter northwest quarter, north half southeast quarter
northwest quarter, north half south half southeast quarter
northwest quarter, north half northwest quarter northwest quarter,
and north half south half northwest quarter northwest quarter;
comprising two hundred and sixty acres."

-EXEC-
EX. ORD. NO. 7496. TRANSFER OF RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
Ex. Ord. No. 7496, Nov. 14, 1936, 1 F.R. 1946, provided:
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title
II of the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat. 200) (title
15, sections 701 to 712), the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of
1935 (49 Stat. 115), and the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of
1936 (Public, No. 739, 74th Congress), (title 15, ch. 16 note) I
hereby order as follows:
1. There is transferred from the Resettlement Administration to
the Secretary of the Interior (a) all the real and personal
property or any interest therein, together with all contracts,
options, rights and interests, books, papers, memoranda, records,
etc., acquired by the Resettlement Administration in connection
with the recreational demonstration projects set forth in the
attached schedule with funds appropriated or made available to
carry out the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act by
the Fourth Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933 (48 Stat. 274, 275),
and by the Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 (48 Stat.
1055), and with funds appropriated by the Emergency Relief
Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and by the Emergency
Relief Appropriation Act of 1936 (Public No. 739, 74th Congress),
(title 15, ch. 16 note) and (b) all personnel, whether in the
District of Columbia or elsewhere, now employed in connection with
the acquisition of land for those recreational demonstration
projects, together with all administration personnel records
pertaining to the employees transferred, and to those employees
engaged in development activities as of July 31, 1936, who were
released by the Resettlement Administration on that date to permit
the Department of the Interior to enter them on its rolls as of
August 1.
2. There is transferred and allocated to the Secretary of the
Interior all balances of appropriations heretofore made available
to or allotted for expenditure by the Resettlement Administration
both for acquiring land for the recreational demonstration projects
set forth in the attached schedule and for developing those
projects, under the said National Industrial Recovery Act, Fourth
Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933, Emergency Appropriation Act,
fiscal year 1935, Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, and
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, to be used for the
purposes for which such funds were made available or allotted to
the Resettlement Administration. The Secretary of the Interior
shall assume all outstanding obligations, commitments, and
encumbrances heretofore incurred by the Resettlement Administration
in connection with the said projects.
3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, through the
National Park Service, to complete and administer the projects
transferred to him by this Executive Order and to exercise with
respect to any real or personal property or any interest therein,
contracts, options, rights and interests, books, papers, memoranda,
and records acquired in connection with such projects, all the
powers and functions given to the Resettlement Administration in
connection therewith by Executive Orders Nos. 7027 and 7028 of
April 30, 1935, and April 30, 1935, respectively.
4. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe such
rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the
administrative functions transferred and delegated to him by this
Executive Order.

SCHEDULE OF RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
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OP No. RA No. Name
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65-11-24 LD-ME-2 Camden Hills
56-143 LP-ME-2 Camden Hills
65-11-25 LD-ME-3 Acadia
56-144 LP-ME-3 Acadia
65-25-340 LD-MD-4 Catoctin
56-147 LP-MD-4 Catoctin
65-13-145 LD-NH-1 Bear Brook
56-183 LP-NH-1 Bear Brook
65-23-3466 LD-PA-6 Racoon Creek
56-232 LP-PA-6 Racoon Creek
65-23-3467 LD-PA-7 French Creek
56-233 LP-PA-7 French Creek
65-23-3468 LD-PA-8 Laurel Hill
56-234 LP-PA-8 Laurel Hill
65-23-3469 LD-PA-11 Blue Knob
56-235 LP-PA-11 Blue Knob
65-23-3470 LD-PA-12 Hickory Run
56-236 LP-PA-12 Hickory Run
65-16-365 LD-RI-2 Beach Pond
56-238 LP-RI-2 Beach Pond
65-51-3019 LD-MI-4 Waterloo
56-152 LP-MI-4 Waterloo
65-51-3020 LD-MI-6 Yankee Springs
56-153 LP-MI-6 Yankee Springs
65-71-4637 LD-MN-7 St. Croix
56-160 LP-MN-7 St. Croix
65-54-1683 LD-IL-5 Pere Marquette
56-126 LP-IL-5 Pere Marquette
65-52-2067 LD-IN-5 Versailles
56-129 LP-IN-5 Versailles
65-52-2068 LD-IN-6 Winemac
56-130 LP-IN-6 Winemac
65-55-2838 LD-MO-6 Lake of the Ozarks
56-167 LP-MO-6 Lake of the Ozarks
65-55-2839 LD-MO-7 Cuivre River
56-168 LP-MO-7 Cuivre River
65-55-2840 LD-MO-8 Montserrat
56-169 LP-MO-8 Montserrat
65-43-1491 LD-KY-4 Otter Creek
56-136 LP-KY-4 Otter Creek
65-32-1133 LD-NC-8 Crabtree Creek
56-203 LP-NC-8 Crabtree Creek
65-32-1134 LD-NC-11 Appalachian National Parkway (Blue
Ridge Parkway)
56-204 LP-NC-11 Appalachian National Parkway (Blue
Ridge Parkway)
65-44-1315 LD-TN-11 Montgomery Bell
56-266 LP-TN-11 Montgomery Bell
65-44-1316 LD-TN-12 Shelby Forest Park
56-267 LP-TN-12 Shelby Forest Park
65-44-1317 LD-TN-13 Falls Creek Falls
56-268 LP-TN-13 Falls Creek Falls
65-31-1155 LD-VA-5 Swift Creek
56-277 LP-VA-5 Swift Creek
65-31-1156 LD-VA-6 Chopawamsic
56-278 LP-VA-6 Chopawamsic
65-31-1158 LD-VA-7 Shenandoah National Park
56-279 LP-VA-7 Shenandoah National Park
65-31-1516 LD-VA-8 Appalachian National Park
56-280 LP-VA-8 Appalachian National Park
65-31-1157 LD-VA-9 Bull Run
56-281 LP-VA-9 Bull Run
65-31-1159 LD-VA-13 Waysides
56-282 LP-VA-13 Waysides
65-61-1184 LD-AL-11 Oak Mountain
56-96 LP-AL-11 Oak Mountain
65-34-3167 LD-GA-9 Hard Labor Creek
56-120 LP-GA-9 Hard Labor Creek
65-34-3168 LD-GA-11 Alex Stephens Memorial
56-121 LP-GA-11 Alex Stephens Memorial
65-34-3169 LD-GA-12 Pine Mountain
56-122 LP-GA-12 Pine Mountain
65-33-1838 LD-SC-7 Cheraw
56-243 LP-SC-7 Cheraw
65-33-1839 LD-SC-8 Kings Mountain
56-244 LP-SC-8 Kings Mountain
65-33-1840 LD-SC-12 Waysides
56-245 LP-SC-12 Waysides
65-73-221 LD-ND-12 Roosevelt Park
56-216 LP-ND-12 Roosevelt Park
65-74-1475 LD-SD-14 Badlands
56-259 LP-SD-14 Badlands
65-74-1476 LD-SD-15 Custer Park
56-260 LP-SD-15 Custer Park
65-65-695 LD-OK-9 Lake Murray
56-225 LP-OK-9 Lake Murray
65-03-1801 LD-CF-5 Mendocino Woodlands
56-104 LP-CF-5 Mendocino Woodlands
65-83-245 LD-WY-2 Lake Guernsey
56-297 LP-WY-2 Lake Guernsey
65-94-677 LD-OR-4 Silver Creek
56-299 LP-OR-4 Silver Creek
65-85-932 LD-NM-14 White Sands
56-197 LP-NM-14 White Sands
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-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 459t, 459u of this title.

-End-

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16 USC Sec. 459s 01/19/04

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIV - RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

-HEAD-
Sec. 459s. Lands for certain projects added to certain projects

-STATUTE-
After June 6, 1942, the lands acquired for the Acadia, French
Creek, Shenandoah, and White Sands recreational demonstration
projects shall be added to and become a part of Acadia National
Park, Hopewell Village National Historic Site, Shenandoah National
Park, and White Sands National Monument, in the order named above,
subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the
respective areas to which such recreational demonstration projects
are added.

-SOURCE-
(June 6, 1942, ch. 380, Sec. 2, 56 Stat. 327.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Proviso directing the Secretary of the Interior to file with the
National Archives within six months after June 6, 1942, a map of
each recreational demonstration project enumerated in the section
has been omitted as executed.

-MISC1-
HOPEWELL VILLAGE BOUNDARY REVISION
Act July 24, 1946, ch. 604, 60 Stat. 655, provided: "That the
Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to withdraw from the
Hopewell Village National Historic Site, Pennsylvania, all or any
part of the lands added to the Hopewell Village National Historic
Site by the act approved June 6, 1942, entitled 'An Act to
authorize the disposition of recreational demonstration projects,
and for other purposes [sections 459r to 459t of this title]',
which in his opinion are not required for historic-site purposes.
Any lands so withdrawn shall revert to the status of a recreational
demonstration area."

SILVER CREEK RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
Act June 9, 1947, ch. 100, 61 Stat. 129, provided: "That for the
purpose of consolidating Federal holdings of lands acquired for the
Silver Creek recreational demonstration project, in the State of
Oregon, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to
exchange any such lands for other lands of approximately equal
value when in his opinion such action is in the interest of the
United States, the title to any lands acquired hereunder to be
satisfactory to the Attorney General. Upon the vesting of title
thereto in the United States, any lands acquired pursuant to this
authorization shall become a part of the Silver Creek recreational
demonstration project, and shall be subject to the laws applicable
thereto.
"Sec. 2. Upon the conveyance of the Silver Creek recreational
demonstration project to the State of Oregon, or political
subdivision thereof, pursuant to the Act of June 6, 1942 (56 Stat.
326) [sections 459r to 459t of this title], the Secretary of the
Interior may authorize the grantee to exchange or otherwise dispose
of any lands so conveyed in order to acquire other lands of
approximately equal value for the purpose of consolidating the
holdings of the grantee, the title to lands so acquired to be
satisfactory to the Attorney General. For the aforesaid purpose the
Secretary is authorized to execute a release, as to the particular
lands involved, of any condition providing for a reversion of title
to the United States, that may be contained in the conveyance by
the United States to said grantee. No such release shall be
executed, however, unless the grantee shall agree, in form
satisfactory to the Secretary, that the lands to be acquired by it
shall be subject to the conditions contained in the original
conveyance from the United States, except that, in lieu of a
provision for reversion, the grantee shall agree to convey said
lands to the United States upon a finding by the Secretary in
accordance with the procedure provided in said Act of June 6, 1942,
that the grantee has not complied with such conditions during a
period of more than three years. Lands so conveyed to the United
States shall be subject to administration or disposition in like
manner as recreational demonstration project lands that revert to
the United States under the terms of the aforesaid Act."

CATOCTIN RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION AREA
Act Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 903, 68 Stat. 791, provided: "That the
Secretary of the Interior, for the purpose of consolidating Federal
holdings of land acquired for the Catoctin recreational
demonstration area, Frederick County, Maryland, is hereby
empowered, in his discretion, to obtain for the United States land
and interests in lands held in private ownership within the
established watersheds and boundaries of said recreational
demonstration area by accepting from the owners of such privately
owned land complete relinquishment thereof, and the Secretary may
grant to such owners in exchange therefor, in each instance,
federally owned lands of approximately equal value now a part of
the Catoctin recreational demonstration area, that he considers are
not essential for the administration, control, and operation of the
aforesaid recreational demonstration area. Any land acquired by the
United States pursuant to this authorization shall become a part of
the Catoctin recreational demonstration area upon the vesting of
title in the United States, and shall be subject to the laws
applicable thereto."

-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 459r, 459t, 459u of this
title.

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16 USC Sec. 459t 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIV - RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

-HEAD-
Sec. 459t. Secretary of the Interior authorized to execute deeds
and leases for project lands; inclusion of conditional covenants

-STATUTE-
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to execute on behalf
of the United States all necessary deeds and leases to effect the
purposes of sections 459r to 459t of this title. Every such deed or
lease shall contain the express condition that the grantee or
lessee shall use the property exclusively for public park,
recreational, and conservation purposes, and the further express
condition that the United States assumes no obligation for the
maintenance or operation of the property after the acceptance of
such deed or during the term of such lease, and may contain such
other conditions not inconsistent with such express conditions as
may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the grantee or lessee:
Provided, That the title and right to possession of any lands so
conveyed or leased, together with the improvements thereon, shall
revert to the United States upon a finding by the Secretary, after
notice to such grantee or lessee and after an opportunity for a
hearing, that the grantee or lessee has not complied with such
conditions during a period of more than three years, which finding
shall be final and conclusive, and such lands and improvements
thereon, upon such reversion to the United States, shall be
returned to the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and
upon determination of the Secretary may be considered as surplus
real property to be disposed of in accordance with section 1303 of
title 40.

-SOURCE-
(June 6, 1942, ch. 380, Sec. 3, 56 Stat. 327.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
"Section 1303 of title 40" substituted in text for "the Act of
August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 885)" on authority of Pub. L. 107-217,
Sec. 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of
which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 459u of this title.

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16 USC Sec. 459u 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXIV - RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

-HEAD-
Sec. 459u. Exchange of recreational demonstration project lands by
grantee

-STATUTE-
In order to facilitate the administration of former recreational
demonstration project lands and to consolidate the holdings of the
grantees to whom such lands have been or may be granted pursuant to
sections 459r to 459t of this title, the Secretary of the Interior
may authorize any such grantee to exchange or otherwise dispose of
any lands or interests in lands conveyed to it in order to acquire
other lands or interests therein of approximately equal value.
For the aforesaid purpose, the Secretary is authorized to execute
a release, as to the particular lands involved, of any condition
providing for a reversion of title to the United States, that may
be contained in the conveyance by the United States to said
grantee. No such release shall be executed, however, unless the
grantee shall agree, in form satisfactory to the Secretary, that
the lands to be acquired by it shall be subject to the conditions
contained in the original conveyance from the United States, except
that in lieu of a provision for reversion, the grantee shall agree
to convey said lands to the United States upon a finding by the
Secretary in accordance with the procedure provided in said
sections, that the grantee has not complied with such conditions
during a period of more than three years. Lands so conveyed to the
United States shall be subject to administration or disposition in
like manner as recreational demonstration project lands that revert
to the United States under the terms of the aforesaid sections.

-SOURCE-
(Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 522, 64 Stat. 399.)

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16 USC SUBCHAPTER LXV - NATIONAL PARKWAYS 01/19/04

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXV - NATIONAL PARKWAYS

-HEAD-
SUBCHAPTER LXV - NATIONAL PARKWAYS

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16 USC Sec. 460 01/19/04

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXV - NATIONAL PARKWAYS

-HEAD-
Sec. 460. Natchez Trace Parkway

-STATUTE-
All lands and easements heretofore and hereafter conveyed to the
United States by the States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee
for the right-of-way for the projected parkway between Natchez,
Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee, together with sites acquired
or to be acquired for recreational areas in connection therewith,
and a right-of-way for said parkway of a width sufficient to
include the highway and all bridges, ditches, cuts, and fills
appurtenant thereto, but not exceeding a maximum of two hundred
feet through Government-owned lands (except that where small
parcels of Government-owned lands would otherwise be isolated, or
where topographic conditions or scenic requirements are such that
bridges, ditches, cuts, fills, parking overlooks, and landscape
development could not reasonably be confined to a width of two
hundred feet, the said maximum may be increased to such width as
may be necessary, with the written approval of the department or
agency having jurisdiction over such lands) as designated on maps
heretofore or hereafter approved by the Secretary of the Interior,
shall be known as the Natchez Trace Parkway and shall be
administered and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior
through the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of
sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, the provisions of which
sections, as amended and supplemented, are extended over and made
applicable to said parkway: Provided, That the Secretary of
Agriculture is authorized, with the concurrence of the Secretary of
the Interior, to connect with said parkway such roads and trails as
may be necessary for the protection, administration, or utilization
of adjacent and nearby national forests and the resources thereof:
And provided further, That the Forest Service and the National Park
Service shall, insofar as practicable, coordinate and correlate
such recreational developments as each may plan, construct, or
permit to be constructed, on lands within their respective
jurisdictions, which, by mutual agreement, should be given special
treatment for recreational purposes.

-SOURCE-
(May 18, 1938, ch. 251, Sec. 1, 52 Stat. 407.)

-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to
Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
No. 3 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64
Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
Functions of Administrator of General Services transferred to
Secretary of Commerce by Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1949, Sec. 2, eff.
Aug. 20, 1949, 14 F.R. 5228, 63 Stat. 1070, set out in the Appendix
to Title 5.
Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of Commerce and other
officers and offices of Department of Commerce relating generally
to highways under Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1949 transferred to and
vested in Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
6(a)(1)(M), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1949
was amended by section 2(b) of Pub. L. 97-449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96
Stat. 2439, to reflect such transfer.
Functions of Federal Works Agency and of all agencies thereof,
together with functions of Federal Works Administrator transferred
to Administrator of General Services by section 103(a) of act June
30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, 63 Stat. 380. Both Federal Works Agency
and office of Federal Works Administrator abolished by section
103(b) of that act. See text of, and Historical and Revision Notes
under, section 303(b) of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and
Works.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of functions by act June 30, 1949, as effective July 1,
1949, see section 605, formerly Sec. 505, of act June 30, 1949, ch.
288, 63 Stat. 403; renumbered by act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec.
6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583.

-MISC1-
ADJUSTMENT OF BOUNDARY OF PARKWAY
Pub. L. 106-527, Nov. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 2515, provided that:

"SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
"In this Act:
"(1) Parkway. - The term 'Parkway' means the Natchez Trace
Parkway, Mississippi.
"(2) Secretary. - The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of
the Interior.

"SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AND LAND ACQUISITION.
"(a) In General. - The Secretary shall adjust the boundary of the
Parkway to include approximately -
"(1) 150 acres of land, as generally depicted on the map
entitled 'Alternative Alignments/Area', numbered 604-20062A and
dated May 1998; and
"(2) 80 acres of land, as generally depicted on the map
entitled 'Emerald Mound Development Concept Plan', numbered
604-20042E and dated August 1987.
"(b) Maps. - The maps referred to in subsection (a) shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the office of the
Director of the National Park Service.
"(c) Acquisition. - The Secretary may acquire the land described
in subsection (a) by donation, purchase with donated or
appropriated funds, or exchange (including exchange with the State
of Mississippi, local governments, and private persons).
"(d) Administration. - Land acquired under this section shall be
administered by the Secretary as part of the Parkway.

"SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF LEASING.
"The Secretary, acting through the Superintendent of the Parkway,
may lease land within the boundary of the Parkway to the city of
Natchez, Mississippi, for any purpose compatible with the Parkway.

"SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
"There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are
necessary to carry out this Act."

RELOCATION OF PORTIONS OF PARKWAY
Pub. L. 85-746, Aug. 25, 1958, 72 Stat. 839, provided: "That the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into an agreement
with the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District which shall
provide for the district, upon terms and conditions which the
Secretary determines are in the public interest, to relocate those
portions of sections 3-O and 3-N of the Natchez Trace Parkway in
Madison County, Mississippi, required in connection with the Pearl
River Reservoir.
"Sec. 2. To cooperate in the relocation, the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to transfer to the Pearl River Valley Water
Supply District the aforesaid portions of the existing Natchez
Trace Parkway lands and roadway in exchange for the contemporaneous
transfer to the United States of relocated parkway lands and
roadway situated and constructed in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the agreement authorized by the first section of this
Act: Provided, That such exchange shall be made on the basis of
approximately equal values.
"Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept
and to use until expended without additional authority any funds
provided by the district for the purpose of this Act pursuant to
agreement with the Secretary of the Interior, and any such funds
shall be placed in a separate account in the Treasury which shall
be available for such purpose."

LANDS IN FRENCH CAMP
The Secretary of the Interior was authorized to relinquish or
modify certain restrictions upon the use of privately owned lands
in the village of French Camp along the Natchez Trace Parkway by
act Jan. 7, 1941, ch. 939, 54 Stat. 1227.

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16 USC Sec. 460-1 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXV - NATIONAL PARKWAYS

-HEAD-
Sec. 460-1. Inclusion of Ackia Battleground National Monument and
Meriwether Lewis National Monument

-STATUTE-
To facilitate the administration of two areas of the national
park system, known as Ackia Battleground National Monument,
Mississippi, and Meriwether Lewis National Monument, Tennessee,
those areas are included in the Natchez Trace Parkway, which they
adjoin; and they shall be administered as a part of the parkway. In
order to provide continued recognition of the significance of these
portions of the parkway, the Secretary of the Interior shall
provide them with appropriate designations in accordance with the
historical events which occurred on them.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 87-131, Aug. 10, 1961, 75 Stat. 335.)

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16 USC Sec. 460a 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXV - NATIONAL PARKWAYS

-HEAD-
Sec. 460a. Licenses or permits for right-of-way over parkway lands

-STATUTE-
In the administration of the Natchez Trace Parkway, the Secretary
of the Interior may issue revocable licenses or permits for
rights-of-way over, across, and upon parkway lands, or for the use
of parkway lands by the owners or lessees of adjacent lands, for
such purposes and under such nondiscriminatory terms, regulations,
and conditions as he may determine to be not inconsistent with the
use of such lands for parkway purposes.

-SOURCE-
(May 18, 1938, ch. 251, Sec. 2, 52 Stat. 408.)

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16 USC Sec. 460a-1 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXV - NATIONAL PARKWAYS

-HEAD-
Sec. 460a-1. Acceptance of lands conveyed for Blue Ridge or Natchez
Trace Parkways

-STATUTE-
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion,
to approve and accept, on behalf of the United States, title to any
lands and interests in land heretofore or hereafter conveyed to the
United States for the purposes of the Blue Ridge or the Natchez
Trace Parkways, or for recreational areas in connection therewith.

-SOURCE-
(June 30, 1936 ch. 883, Sec. 3, as added June 8, 1940, ch. 277, 54
Stat. 250.)

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16 USC Sec. 460a-2 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXV - NATIONAL PARKWAYS

-HEAD-
Sec. 460a-2. Blue Ridge Parkway; establishment; administration and
maintenance

-STATUTE-
All lands and easements heretofore or hereafter conveyed to the
United States by the States of Virginia and North Carolina for the
right-of-way for the projected parkway between the Shenandoah and
Great Smoky Mountains National Parks, together with sites acquired
or to be acquired for recreational areas in connection therewith,
and a right-of-way for said parkway of a width sufficient to
include the highway and all bridges, ditches, cuts, and fills
appurtenant thereto, but not exceeding a maximum of two hundred
feet through Government-owned lands (except that where small
parcels of Government-owned lands would otherwise be isolated, or
where topographic conditions or scenic requirements are such that
bridges, ditches, cuts, fills, parking overlooks, landscape
development, recreational and other facilities requisite to public
use of said parkway could not reasonably be confined to a width of
two hundred feet, the said maximum may be increased to such width
as may be necessary, with the written approval of the department or
agency having jurisdiction over such lands) as designated on maps
heretofore or hereafter approved by the Secretary of the Interior,
shall be known as the Blue Ridge Parkway and shall be administered
and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior through the
National Park Service, subject to the provisions of sections 1, 2,
3, and 4 of this title, the provisions of which sections, as
amended and supplemented, are extended over and made applicable to
said parkway: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior,
to connect with the parkway such roads and trails as may be
necessary for the protection, administration, or utilization of
adjacent and nearby national forests and the resources thereof: And
provided further, That the Forest Service and the National Park
Service shall, insofar as practicable, coordinate and correlate
such recreational development as each may plan, construct, or
permit to be constructed, on lands within their respective
jurisdictions which, by mutual agreement, should be given special
treatment for recreational purposes.

-SOURCE-
(June 30, 1936, ch. 883, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 2041; June 8, 1940, ch.
277, 54 Stat. 249.)

-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1940 - Act June 8, 1940, inserted exceptions set out in
parenthesis.

-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to
Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
No. 3 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64
Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
Functions of Administrator of General Services transferred to
Secretary of Commerce by Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1949, Sec. 2, eff.
Aug. 20, 1949, 14 F.R. 5228, 63 Stat. 1070, set out in the Appendix
to Title 5.
Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of Commerce and other
officers and offices of Department of Commerce relating generally
to highways under Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1949 transferred to and
vested in Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
6(a)(1)(M), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1949
was amended by section 2(b) of Pub. L. 97-449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96
Stat. 2439, to reflect such transfer.
Functions of Federal Works Agency and of all agencies thereof,
together with functions of Federal Works Administrator transferred
to Administrator of General Services by section 103(a) of act June
30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, 63 Stat. 380. Both Federal Works Agency
and office of Federal Works Administrator abolished by section
103(b) of that act. See text of, and Historical and Revision Notes
under, section 303(b) of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and
Works.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of functions by act June 30, 1949, as effective July 1,
1949, see section 605, formerly Sec. 505, of act June 30, 1949, ch.
288, 63 Stat. 403; renumbered by act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec.
6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583.

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16 USC Sec. 460a-3 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXV - NATIONAL PARKWAYS

-HEAD-
Sec. 460a-3. Licenses or permits to owners of adjacent lands

-STATUTE-
In the administration of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Secretary of
the Interior may issue revocable licenses or permits for
rights-of-way over, across, and upon parkway lands, or for the use
of parkway lands by the owners or lessees of adjacent lands, for
such purposes and under such nondiscriminatory terms, regulations,
and conditions as he may determine to be not inconsistent with the
use of such lands for parkway purposes.

-SOURCE-
(June 30, 1936, ch. 883, Sec. 2, as added June 8, 1940, ch. 277, 54
Stat. 250.)

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16 USC Sec. 460a-4 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXV - NATIONAL PARKWAYS

-HEAD-
Sec. 460a-4. Transfer of jurisdiction to Secretary of Agriculture;
national forest lands

-STATUTE-
When in his judgment the public interest will be served thereby,
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, upon concurrence of
the Secretary of Agriculture, to transfer to the jurisdiction of
the Secretary of Agriculture for national forest purposes lands or
interests in lands acquired for or in connection with the Blue
Ridge Parkway. Lands transferred under this section shall become
national forest lands subject to all laws, rules, and regulations
applicable to lands acquired pursuant to the Weeks Law of March 1,
1911 (36 Stat. 961), as amended.

-SOURCE-
(May 13, 1952, ch. 263, 66 Stat. 69.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Weeks Law of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961), as amended,
referred to in text, is act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, as
amended, which is classified to sections 480, 500, 513 to 519, 521,
552 and 563 of this title. For complete classification of this Act
to the Code, see Short title note set out under section 552 of this
title and Tables.

-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 460a-9 of this title.

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16 USC Sec. 460a-5 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXV - NATIONAL PARKWAYS

-HEAD-
Sec. 460a-5. Acquisition of land contiguous to Blue Ridge or
Natchez Trace Parkways

-STATUTE-
In order to consolidate, on the Blue Ridge Parkway and the
Natchez Trace Parkway, the land forming each such parkway, to
adjust ownership lines, and to eliminate hazardous crossings of and
accesses to these parkways, the Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to acquire, by purchase or exchange, land and interests
in land contiguous to the parkways. In consummating exchanges under
this section, the Secretary may transfer parkway land, interests
therein, and easements: Provided, That the property rights so
exchanged shall be approximately equal in value.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 87-76, June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 196.)

-MISC1-
LAND EXCHANGE IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Pub. L. 108-108, title I, Sec. 138, Nov. 10, 2003, 117 Stat.
1271, known as the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Land Exchange
Act of 2003, provided for land exchange between National Park
Service and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, by directing
Secretary of the Interior to exchange the Ravensford tract, in the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway, for
the Yellow Face tract adjacent to the Waterrock Knob Visitor Center
on the Blue Ridge Parkway; stated congressional findings and
purposes for such land exchange; contained descriptions and
provision relating to treatment of exchanged lands; set forth
implementation process; and prohibited gaming on the Ravensford
tract.

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16 USC Sec. 460a-6 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXV - NATIONAL PARKWAYS

-HEAD-
Sec. 460a-6. Blue Ridge Parkway extension; acceptance of lands;
public use, administration, and maintenance areas; survey
location of parkway extension crossing national forest land;
transfer from Federal agency to administrative jurisdiction of
Secretary of the Interior; national forest uses following
transfer within national forest

-STATUTE-
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept, on behalf
of the United States, donations of land and interests in land in
the States of North Carolina and Georgia, to construct thereon an
extension of the Blue Ridge Parkway from the vicinity of Beech Gap,
North Carolina, to the vicinity of Kennesaw Mountain National
Battlefield Park north of Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia, and to
provide public use, administration, and maintenance areas in
connection therewith. The lands accepted for the parkway extension
may vary in width but shall average not more than one hundred and
twenty-five acres per mile in fee simple plus not more than (continued)