Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 460gg. Establishment
Statutory text
In general
To assure that the natural beauty, and historical and archeological values of the Hells Canyon area and the seventy-one-mile segment of the Snake River between Hells Canyon Dam and the Oregon-Washington border, together with portions of certain of its tributaries and adjacent lands, are preserved for this and future generations, and that the recreational and ecologic values and public enjoyment of the area are thereby enhanced, there is hereby established the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.
Boundaries; publication in Federal Register
The Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (hereinafter referred to as the “recreation area”), which includes the Hells Canyon Wilderness (hereinafter referred to as the “wilderness”), the components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System designated in section 3 of this Act, and the wilderness study areas designated in section 460gg–5(d) of this title, shall comprise the lands and waters generally depicted on the map entitled “Hells Canyon National Recreation Area” dated May 1978, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as “the Secretary”), shall, as soon as practicable, but no later than eighteen months after , publish a detailed boundary description of the recreation area, the wilderness study areas designated in section 460gg–5(d) of this title, and the wilderness established in section 460gg–1 of this title in the Federal Register.
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. 94–199 § 1 · 89 Stat. 1117
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 460gg
Pub. L. 94–199, § 1, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1117
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 94–199, § 1, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1117Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) the maintenance and protection of the free-flowing nature of the rivers within the recreation area;Pub. L. 95–625 title VI § 607 · 92 Stat. 3467
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 460gg(b)
Pub. L. 95–625 substituted “May 1978” for “September 1975” to clarify that the boundary between Saulsberry and Freezeout Saddles is the hydrologic divide
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–625 substituted “May 1978” for “September 1975” to clarify that the boundary between Saulsberry and Freezeout Saddles is the hydrologic divide.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 607. hells carryon national recreation area The words “September 1975” in section 1(b) of the Act 16 USC 460gg. of December 31, 1975 (Public Law 94–199), are deleted and replaced with the words “May 1978,” to clarify that the boundary between Saulsberry and Freezeout Saddles is the hydrologic divide.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 3 of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 3 of Pub. L. 94–199. Subsec. (a) of section 3 added pars. (11) and (12) of section 1274(a) of this title, relating to components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Subsec. (b) of section 3, relating to the administration of those segments of the Snake and Rapid Rivers designated as wild or scenic river areas, is set out as a note under section 1274 of this title.
Amendments
1978—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–625 substituted “May 1978” for “September 1975” to clarify that the boundary between Saulsberry and Freezeout Saddles is the hydrologic divide.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Separability
Pub. L. 94–199, § 17, , 89 Stat. 1123, provided that: “If any provision of this Act [this subchapter] is declared to be invalid, such declaration shall not affect the validity of any other provision hereof.”
Credits
1975–1978 · 2 acts
Show as published
(Pub. L. 94–199, § 1, , 89 Stat. 1117; Pub. L. 95–625, title VI, § 607, , 92 Stat. 3520.)