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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 283e. Authorization of appropriations; expenditure for improvements limitation

Statutory text

(a)

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of lands and interest in lands, and not more than $24,715,000 as may be necessary for the development of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. No funds appropriated for development purposes pursuant to this subchapter may be expended for improvements incompatible with wilderness management within the corridor of the park leading to the summit of Guadalupe Peak.

(b)

In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the construction of a fence to protect the natural and cultural resources of the area added to Guadalupe Mountains National Park by section 283a(b) 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.

  1. Pub. L. 89–667 § 6 · 80 Stat. 920

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 283e

    Pub. L. 89–667, § 6, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 922

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–667, § 6, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 922

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not more than $1,800,000 in all, as may be necessary for the acquisition of lands and interest in lands, and not more than $10,362,000, as may be necessary for the development of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

  2. Pub. L. 95–625 title I § 101(12) · 92 Stat. 3467

    Changed · 16 U.S.C. § 283e

    Pub. L. 95–625 increased development appropriations authorization to $24,715,000 from $10,362,000 and prohibited expenditure of funds for improvements incompatible with wilderness management within the corridor of the park leading to the summit of Guadalupe Peak

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 95–625 increased development appropriations authorization to $24,715,000 from $10,362,000 and prohibited expenditure of funds for improvements incompatible with wilderness management within the corridor of the park leading to the summit of Guadalupe Peak.

  3. Pub. L. 100–541 § 2 · 102 Stat. 2720

    1. Amended · 16 U.S.C. § 283e

      Pub. L. 100–541 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

    2. Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 283e

      Pub. L. 100–541 substituted “sums” for “sums, but not more than $1,800,000 in all,”

    3. Added · 16 U.S.C. § 283e

      Pub. L. 100–541 added subsec. (b)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 100–541 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted “sums” for “sums, but not more than $1,800,000 in all,”, and added subsec. (b).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) Protection of Area.— Section 6 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the establishment of the Guadalupe Mountains National 16 USC 283e. Park in the State of Texas, and for other purposes” (16 U.S.C. 283) is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” after “Sec. 6”; and (2) by inserting at the end thereof the following: “(b) In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the construction of a fence to protect the natural and cultural resources of the area added to Guadalupe Mountains National Park by section 2(b).”. (b) Land Acquisition.— Subsection (a) of section 6 of such Act (as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section) is amended by striking out “sums,” and all that follows through “all,” and inserting in lieu thereof “sums”.

4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1978–1988 · 2 rounds

1988

Pub. L. 100–541 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted “sums” for “sums, but not more than $1,800,000 in all,”, and added subsec. (b).

1978

Pub. L. 95–625 increased development appropriations authorization to $24,715,000 from $10,362,000 and prohibited expenditure of funds for improvements incompatible with wilderness management within the corridor of the park leading to the summit of Guadalupe Peak.

Credits

1966–1988 · 3 acts
  1. 1966Pub. L. 89–667, § 6, , 80 Stat. 922
  2. 1978Pub. L. 95–625, title I, § 101(12), , 92 Stat. 3471
  3. 1988Pub. L. 100–541, § 2, , 102 Stat. 2720.
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(Pub. L. 89–667, § 6, , 80 Stat. 922; Pub. L. 95–625, title I, § 101(12), , 92 Stat. 3471; Pub. L. 100–541, § 2, , 102 Stat. 2720.)

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