§ 272d. Administration, protection, and development; report to President

Footnotes

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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. 92–155 § 5 · 85 Stat. 422

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 272d

   Pub. L. 92–155, § 5, Nov. 12, 1971, 85 Stat. 422

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 92–155, § 5, Nov. 12, 1971, 85 Stat. 422

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. (a) The National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary, shall administer, protect, and develop the park, subject to the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535). (b) Within three years from the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 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 recommendations as the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the park for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as a wilderness shall be in accordance with said Wilderness Act.

2. 1998

   Arches National Park Expansion Act of 1998

   Pub. L. 105–329 § 2(d)(1) · 112 Stat. 3060

   1. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 272d(a)

      Pub. L. 105–329, § 2(d)(1), inserted heading

   2. Amended · 16 U.S.C. § 272d(a)

      Pub. L. 105–329, § 2(d)(1), amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary, shall administer, protect, and develop the park, subject to the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–329, § 2(d)(1), inserted heading and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary, shall administer, protect, and develop the park, subject to the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: “(a) In General.— The Secretary shall administer, protect and develop the park in accordance with the provisions of the law generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including the Act entitled ‘An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes’, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535).”; and

3. 1998

   Arches National Park Expansion Act of 1998

   Pub. L. 105–329 § 2(d)(2) · 112 Stat. 3060

   1. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 272d(b)

      Pub. L. 105–329, § 2(d)(2), inserted heading

   2. Amended · 16 U.S.C. § 272d(b)

      Pub. L. 105–329, § 2(d)(2), amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Within three years from November 12, 1971, the Secretary of the Interior shall report to the President, in accordance with subsections 3(c) and 3(d) of the Wilderness Act, his recommendations as the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the park for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as a wilderness shall be in accordance with said Wilderness Act.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–329, § 2(d)(2), inserted heading and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Within three years from November 12, 1971, the Secretary of the Interior shall report to the President, in accordance with subsections 3(c) and 3(d) of the Wilderness Act, his recommendations as the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the park for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as a wilderness shall be in accordance with said Wilderness Act.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: “(b) Lost Spring Canyon Addition.— “(1) Withdrawal.— Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal land in the Lost Spring Canyon Addition is appropriated and withdrawn from entry, location, selection, leasing, or other disposition under the public land laws (including the mineral leasing laws). “(2) Effect.— The inclusion of the Lost Spring Canyon Addition in the park shall not affect the operation or maintenance by the Northwest Pipeline Corporation (or its successors or assigns) of the natural gas pipeline and related facilities located in the Lost Spring Canyon Addition on the date of enactment of this paragraph.”.

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