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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 28 — Wild and Scenic Rivers

§ 1282. Assistance to State and local projects

Statutory text

(a)

Assistance of Secretary of the Interior

The Secretary of the Interior shall encourage and assist the States to consider, in formulating and carrying out their comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plans and proposals for financing assistance for State and local projects submitted pursuant to chapter 2003 of title 54),1 needs and opportunities for establishing State and local wild, scenic and recreational river areas.

(b)

Assistance of Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, or other Federal agency heads; use of Federal facilities, equipment, etc.; conditions on permits or other authorizations

(1)

The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, or the head of any other Federal agency, shall assist, advise, and cooperate with States or their political subdivisions, landowners, private organizations, or individuals to plan, protect, and manage river resources. Such assistance, advice, and cooperation may be through written agreements or otherwise. This authority applies within or outside a federally administered area and applies to rivers which are components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and to other rivers. Any agreement under this subsection may include provisions for limited financial or other assistance to encourage participation in the acquisition, protection, and management of river resources.

(2)

Wherever appropriate in furtherance of this chapter, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are authorized and encouraged to utilize the following:

(A)

For activities on federally owned land, section 102301 of title 54 and the Volunteers in the Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a–558d).2

(B)

For activities on all other lands, section 6 3 of chapter 2003 of title 54 (relating to the development of statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plans).

(3)

For purposes of this subsection, the appropriate Secretary or the head of any Federal agency may utilize and make available Federal facilities, equipment, tools and technical assistance to volunteers and volunteer organizations, subject to such limitations and restrictions as the appropriate Secretary or the head of any Federal agency deems necessary or desirable.

(4)

No permit or other authorization provided for under provision of any other Federal law shall be conditioned on the existence of any agreement provided for in this section.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. The closing parenthesis probably should not appear.
  2. 2 See References in Text note below.
  3. 3 So in original. Probably should be “section 200305”.

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.

  1. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

    Pub. L. 90–542 § 11 · 82 Stat. 906

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1282

    Pub. L. 90–542, § 11, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 916

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 90–542, § 11, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 916

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 11. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall encourage and assist the States to consider, in formulating and carrying out their comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plans and proposals for financing assistance for State and local projects submitted pursuant to the Land 16 USC 460l–4 note. and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897), needs and opportunities for establishing State and local wild, scenic and recreational river areas. He shall also, in accordance with the authority contained 16 USC 460l–460l–3. in the Act of May 28, 1963 (77 Stat. 49), provide technical assistance and advice to, and cooperate with, States, political subdivisions, and private interests, including nonprofit organizations, with respect to establishing such wild, scenic and recreational river areas. (b) The Secretaries of Agriculture and of Health, Education, and Welfare shall likewise, in accordance with the authority vested in them, assist, advise, and cooperate with State and local agencies and private interests with respect to establishing such wild, scenic and recreational river areas.

  2. Pub. L. 99–590 title V § 508 · 100 Stat. 3330

    Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 1282(a)

    Pub. L. 99–590 struck out provisions relating to provision of technical assistance and advice to and cooperation with States, etc., in establishment of areas

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–590 struck out provisions relating to provision of technical assistance and advice to and cooperation with States, etc., in establishment of areas.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 508. Section 11 of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is amended 16 USC 1282. by deleting the second sentence in subsection (a) and by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: “(b) (1) The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, State and local governments. Contracts. or the head of any other Federal agency, shall assist, advise, and cooperate with States or their political subdivisions, landowners, private organizations, or individuals to plan, protect, and manage river resources. Such assistance, advice, and cooperation may be through written agreements or otherwise. This authority applies within or outside a federally administered area and applies to rivers which are components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and to other rivers. Any agreement under this subsection may include provisions for limited financial or other assistance to encourage participation in the acquisition, protection, and management of river resources. “(2) Wherever appropriate in furtherance of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are authorized and encouraged to utilize the following: “(A) For activities on federally owned land, the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 (16 U.S.C. 18g—j) and the Volunteers in the Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a–558d). “(B) For activities on all other lands, section 6 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (relating to the development 16 USC 460l–8. Voluntarism. of statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plans). “(3) For purposes of this subsection, the appropriate Secretary or the head of any Federal agency may utilize and make available Federal facilities, equipment, tools and technical assistance to volunteers and volunteer organizations, subject to such limitations and restrictions as the appropriate Secretary or the head of any Federal agency deems necessary or desirable. “(4) No permit or other authorization provided for under provision of any other Federal law shall be conditioned on the existence of any agreement provided for in this section.”.

  3. Pub. L. 99–590 title V § 508 · 100 Stat. 3330

    Amended · 16 U.S.C. § 1282(b)

    Pub. L. 99–590 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “The Secretaries of Agriculture and of Health and Human Services shall likewise, in accordance with the authority vested in them assist, advise, and cooperate with State and local agencies and private interests with respect to establishing such wild, scenic and recreational river areas.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–590 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “The Secretaries of Agriculture and of Health and Human Services shall likewise, in accordance with the authority vested in them assist, advise, and cooperate with State and local agencies and private interests with respect to establishing such wild, scenic and recreational river areas.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 508. Section 11 of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is amended 16 USC 1282. by deleting the second sentence in subsection (a) and by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: “(b) (1) The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, State and local governments. Contracts. or the head of any other Federal agency, shall assist, advise, and cooperate with States or their political subdivisions, landowners, private organizations, or individuals to plan, protect, and manage river resources. Such assistance, advice, and cooperation may be through written agreements or otherwise. This authority applies within or outside a federally administered area and applies to rivers which are components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and to other rivers. Any agreement under this subsection may include provisions for limited financial or other assistance to encourage participation in the acquisition, protection, and management of river resources. “(2) Wherever appropriate in furtherance of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are authorized and encouraged to utilize the following: “(A) For activities on federally owned land, the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 (16 U.S.C. 18g—j) and the Volunteers in the Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a–558d). “(B) For activities on all other lands, section 6 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (relating to the development 16 USC 460l–8. Voluntarism. of statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plans). “(3) For purposes of this subsection, the appropriate Secretary or the head of any Federal agency may utilize and make available Federal facilities, equipment, tools and technical assistance to volunteers and volunteer organizations, subject to such limitations and restrictions as the appropriate Secretary or the head of any Federal agency deems necessary or desirable. “(4) No permit or other authorization provided for under provision of any other Federal law shall be conditioned on the existence of any agreement provided for in this section.”.

  4. Pub. L. 113–287 § 5(d)(31)(A) · 128 Stat. 3094

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 1282(a)

    Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(31)(A), substituted “chapter 2003 of title 54” for “the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(31)(A), substituted “chapter 2003 of title 54” for “the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) in subsection (a), by striking “the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897” and substituting “chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code”; and

  5. Pub. L. 113–287 § 5(d)(31)(B)(i) · 128 Stat. 3094

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 1282(b)(2)(A)

    Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(31)(B)(i), substituted “section 102301 of title 54” for “the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(31)(B)(i), substituted “section 102301 of title 54” for “the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking “the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969” and substituting “section 102301 of title 54, United States Code,”; and

  6. Pub. L. 113–287 § 5(d)(31)(B)(ii) · 128 Stat. 3094

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 1282(b)(2)(B)

    Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(31)(B)(ii), substituted “chapter 2003 of title 54” for “the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(31)(B)(ii), substituted “chapter 2003 of title 54” for “the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking “the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965” and substituting “chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code”.

6 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Volunteers in the Forest Act of 1972, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(A), probably means the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972, Pub. L. 92–300, , 86 Stat. 147, which was classified generally to former sections 558a to 558d of this title, prior to being amended generally and renamed the Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act by Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 341, , 138 Stat. 2913. Section 342 of Pub. L. 118–234, set out as a note under section 558a of this title, provides that a reference in any law to the Volunteers in National Forests Act of 1972 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Lands Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 558a of this title and Tables.

Codification

In subsec. (b)(2)(A), the words “(16 U.S.C. 18g–j)” were omitted following “section 102301 of title 54” in view of the amendment by Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(31)(B)(i). See 2014 Amendment note below.

Amendments1986–2014 · 2 rounds

2014

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(31)(A), substituted “chapter 2003 of title 54” for “the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897”.

Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(31)(B)(i), substituted “section 102301 of title 54” for “the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969”.

Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(31)(B)(ii), substituted “chapter 2003 of title 54” for “the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965”.

1986

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–590 struck out provisions relating to provision of technical assistance and advice to and cooperation with States, etc., in establishment of areas.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–590 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “The Secretaries of Agriculture and of Health and Human Services shall likewise, in accordance with the authority vested in them assist, advise, and cooperate with State and local agencies and private interests with respect to establishing such wild, scenic and recreational river areas.”

Credits

1968–2014 · 3 acts
  1. 1968Pub. L. 90–542, § 11, , 82 Stat. 916
  2. 1986Pub. L. 99–590, title V, § 508, , 100 Stat. 3337
  3. 2014Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(31), , 128 Stat. 3267.
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(Pub. L. 90–542, § 11, , 82 Stat. 916; Pub. L. 99–590, title V, § 508, , 100 Stat. 3337; Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(d)(31), , 128 Stat. 3267.)

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