§ 160a. Establishment; notice in Federal Register; donation of lands; acquisition by purchase of other lands

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. 1971

   Pub. L. 91–661 § 101 · 84 Stat. 1970

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 160a

   Pub. L. 91–661, § 101, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1970

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–661, § 101, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1970

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 101. establishment In furtherance of the purpose of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized to establish the Voyageurs National Park (hereinafter referred to as the “park”) in the State of Minnesota, by publication of notice to that effect in the Federal Register at such time as the Secretary deems sufficient interests in lands or waters have been acquired for administration in accordance with the purposes of this Act: Provided, That, the Secretary shall not establish the park until the lands owned by the State of Minnesota and any of its political subdivisions within the boundaries shall have been donated to the Secretary for the purposes of the park: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not acquire other lands by purchase for the park prior to such donation unless he finds that acquisition is necessary to prevent irreparable changes in their uses or character of such a nature as to make them Notification to congressional committees. unsuitable for park purposes and notifies the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of both the Senate and I he House of Representatives of such findings at least thirty days prior to such acquisition.

2. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–437 § 6(f) · 108 Stat. 4581

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 160a

   Pub. L. 103–437 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 both the Senate and the House of Representatives”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–437 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 both the Senate and the House of Representatives”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (f) Section 101 of the Act of January 8, 1971 (16 U.S.C. 160a), is amended by striking “Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of both the Senate and the House of Representatives” and substituting “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision