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Title 16 — Conservation

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

§ 459g. Cape Lookout National Seashore; purposes; authorization for establishment; description of area

Statutory text

In order to preserve for public use and enjoyment an area in the State of North Carolina possessing outstanding natural and recreational values, there is hereby authorized to be established the Cape Lookout National Seashore (hereinafter referred to as “seashore”), which shall comprise the lands and adjoining marshlands and waters on the outer banks of Carteret County, North Carolina, between Ocracoke Inlet and Beaufort Inlet, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Cape Lookout National Seashore”, dated March 1974, and numbered 623–20,009, which is on file in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

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. 89–366 § 1 · 80 Stat. 33

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 459g

    Pub. L. 89–366, § 1, Mar. 10, 1966, 80 Stat. 33

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–366, § 1, Mar. 10, 1966, 80 Stat. 33

  2. Pub. L. 93–477 title IV § 406(1) · 88 Stat. 1445

    1. Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 459g

      Pub. L. 93–477 substituted “ ‘Boundary Map, Cape Lookout National Seashore’, dated March 1974, and numbered 623–20,009” for “ ‘Proposed Boundaries—Proposed Cape Lookout National Seashore’, dated April 1964, and numbered NS–CL–7101–B”

    2. Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 459g

      Pub. L. 93–477 struck out proviso relating to certain property not to be included in seashore

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 93–477 substituted “ ‘Boundary Map, Cape Lookout National Seashore’, dated March 1974, and numbered 623–20,009” for “ ‘Proposed Boundaries—Proposed Cape Lookout National Seashore’, dated April 1964, and numbered NS–CL–7101–B”, and struck out proviso relating to certain property not to be included in seashore.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 1 is amended by deleting “‘Proposed Boundaries—Proposed Cape Lookout National Seashore’, dated April 1964, and numbered NSCL-7101-B,” and substituting in lieu thereof “‘Boundary Map, Cape Lookout National Seashore’, dated March 1974, and numbered 623–20,009,” and by changing the colon to a period and deleting the remainder of the section.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1974—Pub. L. 93–477 substituted “ ‘Boundary Map, Cape Lookout National Seashore’, dated March 1974, and numbered 623–20,009” for “ ‘Proposed Boundaries—Proposed Cape Lookout National Seashore’, dated April 1964, and numbered NS–CL–7101–B”, and struck out proviso relating to certain property not to be included in seashore.

Credits

1966–1974 · 2 acts
  1. 1966Pub. L. 89–366, § 1, , 80 Stat. 33
  2. 1974Pub. L. 93–477, title IV, § 406(1), , 88 Stat. 1448.
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(Pub. L. 89–366, § 1, , 80 Stat. 33; Pub. L. 93–477, title IV, § 406(1), , 88 Stat. 1448.)

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