Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 39 — Abandoned Shipwrecks
§ 2104. Preparation of guidelines
Statutory text
Purposes of guidelines; publication in Federal Register
In order to encourage the development of underwater parks and the administrative cooperation necessary for the comprehensive management of underwater resources related to historic shipwrecks, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall within nine months after , prepare and publish guidelines in the Federal Register which shall seek to:
maximize the enhancement of cultural resources;
foster a partnership among sport divers, fishermen, archeologists, salvors, and other interests to manage shipwreck resources of the States and the United States;
facilitate access and utilization by recreational interests;
recognize the interests of individuals and groups engaged in shipwreck discovery and salvage.
Consultation
Such guidelines shall be developed after consultation with appropriate public and private sector interests (including the Secretary of Commerce, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, sport divers, State Historic Preservation Officers, professional dive operators, salvors, archeologists, historic preservationists, and fishermen).
Use of guidelines in developing legislation and regulations
Such guidelines shall be available to assist States and the appropriate Federal agencies in developing legislation and regulations to carry out their responsibilities under this chapter.
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.
Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987
Pub. L. 100–298 § 5 · 102 Stat. 432
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 2104
(Pub. L. 100–298, § 5, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 433.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–298, § 5, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 433.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 5. PREPARATION OF GUIDELINES. (a) In order to encourage the development of underwater parks National parks, monuments, etc. Federal Register, publication. and the administrative cooperation necessary for the comprehensive management of underwater resources related to historic shipwrecks, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act prepare and publish guidelines in the Federal Register which shall seek to: (1) ma)(imize the enhancement of cultural resources; (2) foster a partnership among sport divers, fishermen, archeologists, salvors, and other interests to manage shipwreck resources of the States and the United States; (3) facilitate access and utilization by recreational interests; (4) recognize the interests of individuals and groups engaged in shipwreck discovery and salvage. (b) Such guidelines shall be developed after consultation with appropriate public and private sector interests (including the Secretary of Commerce, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, sport divers, State Historic Preservation Officers, professional dive operators, salvors, archeologists, historic preservationists, and fishermen). (c) Such guidelines shall be available to assist States and the appropriate Federal agencies in developing legislation and regulations to carry out their responsibilities under this Act.
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