Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 251l. Retrocession of lands to State; Quileute Indian Reservation jurisdiction; concurrent legislative jurisdiction with State
Statutory text
Effective upon acceptance thereof by the State of Washington (1) the jurisdiction which the United States acquired over those lands excluded from the boundaries of Olympic National Park by section 251e of this title is hereby retroceded to the State: Provided, That the lands restored to the Quileute Indian Reservation shall be subject to the same State and Tribal jurisdiction as all other trust lands within said Reservation; and (2) there is hereby retroceded to such State concurrent legislative jurisdiction, as the Governor of the State of Washington and the Secretary shall determine, over and within all territory within the boundaries of the park as revised by 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(i) · 90 Stat. 2732
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 251l
(Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 320(i), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2741.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 320(i), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2741.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(i) Effective upon acceptance thereof by thee State of Washington 16 USC 251l. (1) the jurisdiction which the United States acquired over those lands excluded from the boundaries of Olympic National Park by subsection 1(a) of this Act. is hereby retroceded to the State: Provided, That the lands restored to the Quileute Indian Reservation shall be subject to the same State and Tribal jurisdiction as all other trust lands within said Reservation: and (2) there is hereby retroceded to such State concurrent legislative, jurisdiction, as the Governor of the State of Washington and the Secretary shall determine, over and within all territory within the boundaries of the park as revised by this Act.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 251e of this title and sections 251e to 251m of this title, referred to in text, were in the original “subsection 1(a) of this Act” and “this Act”, respectively. “This Act” means Pub. L. 94–578.