§160a — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may create Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota by publishing a notice in the Federal Register once enough land or water interests are gathered for park use. The Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. The park means Voyageurs National Park. The State of Minnesota and any of its local governments must donate lands they own inside the park boundaries before the park can be established. The Secretary may not buy other lands for the park before those donations unless he finds a purchase is needed to prevent permanent harmful changes to the land. If so, he must notify the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives at least 30 days before buying.

Title 16, §160a

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In furtherance of the purpose of this subchapter, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized to establish the Voyageurs National Park (hereinafter referred to as the “park”) in the State of Minnesota, by publication of notice to that effect in the Federal Register at such time as the Secretary deems sufficient interests in lands or waters have been acquired for administration in accordance with the purposes of this subchapter: Provided, That the Secretary shall not establish the park until the lands owned by the State of Minnesota and any of its political subdivisions within the boundaries shall have been donated to the Secretary for the purposes of the park: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not acquire other lands by purchase for the park prior to such donation unless he finds that acquisition is necessary to prevent irreparable changes in their uses or character of such a nature as to make them unsuitable for park purposes and notifies the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives of such findings at least thirty days prior to such acquisition.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section formerly consisted of section 101 and 102 of Pub. L. 91–661. section 102 of Pub. L. 91–661 was substantially amended and expanded by Pub. L. 97–405, § 1(1), (2), Jan. 3, 1983, 96 Stat. 2028, and as thus amended is set out as section 160a–1 of this title.

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives” for “Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of both the Senate and the House of Representatives”.

§160a Establishment; notice in Federal Register; donation of lands; acquisition by purchase of other lands

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Title 16, §160a

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