§ 160f. Administration

Footnotes

1. 1 See References in Text note below.

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 § 301 · 84 Stat. 1970

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 160f

   Pub. L. 91–661, § 301, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1972

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–661, § 301, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1972

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 301. administration (a) Except as hereinafter provided, the Secretary shall administer the lands acquired for the park, and after establishment shall administer the park, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535) as amended and supplemented (16U.S.C.U4). (b) Within four years from the date of establishment, the Secretary of the Interior shall review the area within the Voyageurs National Park and shall report to the President, in accordance with subsections 3(c) and 3(d) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1132 (c) and (d)), his recommendation as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the lakeshore for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as a wilderness may be accomplished in accordance with said subsections of the Wilderness Act. (c) All mining and mineral activities and commercial water power development within the boundaries of the park shall be prohibited, and further, any conveyance from the State of Minnesota shall contain a covenant that the State of Minnesota, its licensees, permittees, lessees, assigns, or successors in interest shall not engage in or permit any mining activity nor water power development.

2. 1983

   Pub. L. 97–405 § 1(3) · 96 Stat. 2028

   Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 160f(b)

   Pub. L. 97–405 inserted provision directing the President to advise the Senate and House of Representatives no later than June 1, 1983, of his recommendation with respect to the suitability or nonsuitability as wilderness of any area within the park

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–405 inserted provision directing the President to advise the Senate and House of Representatives no later than June 1, 1983, of his recommendation with respect to the suitability or nonsuitability as wilderness of any area within the park.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in section 102 by striking out “The” after “Sec. 102.” and inserting in lieu thereof “(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the”;

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision