Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 251f. Consultation by Secretary with Governor, local officials, and affected landowners; notice to Congressional committees; publication in Federal Register
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall, beginning within thirty days after , consult with the Governor of the State of Washington, the Board of Commissioners of Clallam County, and the affected landowners, and shall locate a boundary encompassing all of the shoreline of Lake Ozette, including privately owned aquatic lands not within the boundary of the park on : Provided, That such boundary shall be located not less than two hundred feet set back from the ordinary high-water mark of Lake Ozette: Provided further, That the privately owned lands encompassed within the park by such boundary shall not exceed one thousand five hundred acres. The Secretary shall, within one hundred and eighty days after , and following reasonable notice in writing to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives of his intention to do so, publish in the Federal Register a detailed description of the boundary located pursuant to this section. Upon such publication the Secretary is authorized to revise the map on file pursuant to section 251e of this title accordingly, and such revised map shall have the same force and effect as if included in sections 251e to 251m of this title.
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.
Pub. L. 94–578 title III § 320(b) · 90 Stat. 2732
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 251f
(Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 320(b), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2739.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 320(b), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2739.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the Consultation. 16 USC 251f. “Secretary”) shall, beginning within thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act, consult with the Governor of the State of Washington, the Board of Commissioners of Clallam County, and the affected landowners, and shall locate a boundary encompassing all of the shoreline of Lake Ozette, including privately owned aquatic lands not within the boundary of the park on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That such boundary shall be located not less than two hundred feet set back from the ordinary high-water mark of Lake Ozette: Provided further, That the privately owned lands encompassed within the park by such boundary shall not exceed one thousand five hundred acres. The Secretary shall, within one hundred Notice to congressional committees; publication in Federal Register. and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act, and following reasonable notice in writing to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives of his intention to do so. publish in the Federal Register a detailed description of the boundary located pursuant to this subsection. Upon such publication the Secretary is authorized to revise the map on file pursuant to subsection (a) of this section accordingly, and such revised map shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Sections 251e to 251m of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 94–578.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate abolished and replaced by Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, effective . See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of the Senate, as amended by Senate Resolution No. 4 (popularly cited as the “Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977”), approved .
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on , by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress.