Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 28 — Wild and Scenic Rivers
§ 1272. Congressional declaration of purpose
Statutory text
The purpose of this chapter is to implement the policy set out in section 1271 of this title by instituting a national wild and scenic rivers system, by designating the initial components of that system, and by prescribing the methods by which and standards according to which additional components may be added to the system from time to time.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Pub. L. 90–542 § 1(c) · 82 Stat. 906
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1272
(Pub. L. 90–542, § 1(c), Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 906.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 90–542, § 1(c), Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 906.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Wild river areas— Those rivers or sections of rivers that are free of impoundments and generally inaccessible except by trail, with watersheds or shorelines essentially primitive and waters unpolluted. These represent vestiges of primitive America.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section consists of subsec. (c) of section 1 of Pub. L. 90–542. Subsecs. (a) and (b) of section 1 are classified to section 1271 and section 1271 note, respectively.