§ 460ww. Establishment

Statutory text

In general

In order to protect and preserve the scenic, recreational, geological, and fish and wildlife resources of the Gauley River and its tributary, the Meadow River, there is hereby established the Gauley River National Recreation Area (hereinafter in this Act referrred 1 to as the “recreation area”).

Area included

The recreation area shall consist of the land, waters, and interests therein generally depicted on the boundary map entitled “Gauley River National Recreation Area”, numbered NRA–GR/20,000A and dated July 1987 and on the boundary map depicting the Meadow River, numbered WSR–MEA/20,000A and dated July 1988. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Boundary modifications

Within five years after October 26, 1988, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate a report containing any boundary modifications which the Secretary recommends, together with the reasons therefor.

Footnotes

1 So in original. Should be “referred”.

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.

1988
West Virginia National Interest River Conservation Act of 1987
Pub. L. 100–534 title II § 201 · 102 Stat. 2699
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 460ww
Pub. L. 100–534, title II, § 201, Oct. 26, 1988, 102 Stat. 2702
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 100–534, title II, § 201, Oct. 26, 1988, 102 Stat. 2702
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) In General.— In order to protect and preserve the scenic, recreational, geological, and fish and wildlife resources of the Gauley River and its tributary, the Meadow River, there is hereby established the Gauley River National Recreation Area (hereinafter in this Act referrred to as the “recreation area”). (b) Area Included.— The recreation area shall consist of the land, waters, and interests therein generally depicted on the boundary map entitled “Gauley River National Recreation Area”, numbered NRA-GR/20.000A and Public information. dated July 1987 and on the boundary map depicting the Meadow River, numbered WSR-MEA/20,000A and dated July 1988. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. (c) Boundary Modifications.— Within five years after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this title referred to as the “Secretary”) shall submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate a report containing any boundary modifications which the Secretary recommends, together with the reasons therefor.
1994
Pub. L. 103–437 § 6(d)(21) · 108 Stat. 4581
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 460ww(c)
Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(21) section 201(c) of the West Virginia National Interest River Conservation Act of 1987 (16 U.S.C. 460ww(c)).

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 100–534, Oct. 26, 1988, 102 Stat. 2699, known as the West Virginia National Interest River Conservation Act of 1987, which enacted this subchapter and sections 410eeee–12 to 410eeee–15 of this title, amended sections 410eeee–1 and 1274 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 410eeee–1 and 1274 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1988 Amendment note set out under section 410eeee–1 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”.

Credits

1988–1994 · 2 acts

1988Pub. L. 100–534, title II, § 201, Oct. 26, 1988, 102 Stat. 2702
1994Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(d)(21), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 100–534, title II, § 201, Oct. 26, 1988, 102 Stat. 2702; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(d)(21), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584.)