Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§459r Disposition of recreational demonstration projects
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXIV— - RECREATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS › § 459r
Summary
The Interior Secretary may, if the President approves, give or lease for free recreational demonstration projects from Executive Order No. 7496 (Nov. 14, 1936) to States or localities if they can operate them as parks. He may also transfer those areas to other federal agencies.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §459r
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Except as provided in section 459s of this title, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, with the approval of the President, to convey or lease to the States or to the political subdivisions thereof, without consideration, any or all of the recreational demonstration projects and lands, improvements, and equipment comprised within such projects transferred to him by Executive Order Numbered 7496, dated November 14, 1936, or any parts of such projects, when in his judgment such grantees or lessees are adequately prepared to administer, operate, and maintain such project areas for public park, recreational, and conservation purposes, or he may, with the approval of the President, transfer to other Federal agencies any of the aforesaid recreational demonstration areas that may be of use to such agencies.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Silver Creek ProjectAct
July 30, 1947, ch. 351, 61 Stat. 519, provided: “That, in order to carry out the purposes of the act of
June 6, 1942 [56 Stat. 326; sections 459r to 459t of this title], relating to the disposition of recreational demonstration areas, and to effectuate the transfer to the State of Oregon, pursuant to that act, of the Silver Creek recreational demonstration project, the following-described revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands shall hereafter be administered as a part of the Silver Creek recreational demonstration project and shall be subject to all of the provisions of the aforesaid Act of
June 6, 1942: “willamette meridian“Township 8 south, range 1 east:“section 13, east half southeast quarter and southeast quarter northeast quarter; “section 25, all; “section 35, north half northeast quarter northeast quarter and north half south half northeast quarter northeast quarter;“Township 8 south, range 2 east: “section 17, south half southwest quarter and northwest quarter southwest quarter; “section 19, lots 3, 4, and northeast quarter; “section 29, west half; and “section 31, north half; comprising one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one and ninety-three one-hundredths acres. “Sec. 2. The following-described lands also shall become a part of the Silver Creek recreational demonstration project and shall be subject to the provisions of the act of
June 6, 1942, upon acquisition of title thereto by the Oregon and California Revested Lands Administration: “willamette meridian“Township 8 south, range 1 east: section 36, northeast quarter, northeast quarter northwest quarter, north half southeast quarter northwest quarter, north half south half southeast quarter northwest quarter, north half northwest quarter northwest quarter, and north half south half northwest quarter northwest quarter; comprising two hundred and sixty acres.”
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions For delegation to Secretary of the Interior of authority vested in President by this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 10752, Feb. 12, 1958, 23 F.R. 973, set out as a note under section 715j of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. Ex. Ord. No. 7496. Transfer of Recreational Demonstration Projects Ex. Ord. No. 7496, Nov. 14, 1936, 1 F.R. 1946, provided: By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat. 200) (title 15, sections 701 to 712), the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936 (Public, No. 739, 74th Congress), (title 15, ch. 16 note) I hereby order as follows: 1. There is transferred from the Resettlement Administration to the Secretary of the Interior (a) all the real and personal property or any interest therein, together with all contracts, options, rights and interests, books, papers, memoranda, records, etc., acquired by the Resettlement Administration in connection with the recreational demonstration projects set forth in the attached schedule with funds appropriated or made available to carry out the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act by the Fourth Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933 (48 Stat. 274, 275), and by the Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 (48 Stat. 1055), and with funds appropriated by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936 (Public No. 739, 74th Congress), (title 15, ch. 16 note) and (b) all personnel, whether in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, now employed in connection with the acquisition of land for those recreational demonstration projects, together with all administration personnel records pertaining to the employees transferred, and to those employees engaged in development activities as of
July 31, 1936, who were released by the Resettlement Administration on that date to permit the Department of the Interior to enter them on its rolls as of August 1. 2. There is transferred and allocated to the Secretary of the Interior all balances of appropriations heretofore made available to or allotted for expenditure by the Resettlement Administration both for acquiring land for the recreational demonstration projects set forth in the attached schedule and for developing those projects, under the said National Industrial Recovery Act, Fourth Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933, Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, and Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, to be used for the purposes for which such funds were made available or allotted to the Resettlement Administration. The Secretary of the Interior shall assume all outstanding obligations, commitments, and encumbrances heretofore incurred by the Resettlement Administration in connection with the said projects. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, through the National Park Service, to complete and administer the projects transferred to him by this Executive Order and to exercise with respect to any real or personal property or any interest therein, contracts, options, rights and interests, books, papers, memoranda, and records acquired in connection with such projects, all the powers and functions given to the Resettlement Administration in connection therewith by Executive Orders Nos. 7027 and 7028 of
April 30, 1935, and
April 30, 1935, respectively. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe such
Rules and Regulations
as may be necessary to carry out the administrative functions transferred and delegated to him by this Executive Order. Schedule of Recreational Demonstration Projects OP No.RA No.Name 65–11–24LD–ME–2Camden Hills 56–143LP–ME–2Camden Hills 65–11–25LD–ME–3Acadia 56–144LP–ME–3Acadia 65–25–340LD–MD–4Catoctin 56–147LP–MD–4Catoctin 65–13–145LD–NH–1Bear Brook 56–183LP–NH–1Bear Brook 65–23–3466LD–PA–6Racoon Creek 56–232LP–PA–6Racoon Creek 65–23–3467LD–PA–7French Creek 56–233LP–PA–7French Creek 65–23–3468LD–PA–8Laurel Hill 56–234LP–PA–8Laurel Hill 65–23–3469LD–PA–11Blue Knob 56–235LP–PA–11Blue Knob 65–23–3470LD–PA–12Hickory Run 56–236LP–PA–12Hickory Run 65–16–365LD–RI–2Beach Pond 56–238LP–RI–2Beach Pond 65–51–3019LD–MI–4Waterloo 56–152LP–MI–4Waterloo 65–51–3020LD–MI–6Yankee Springs 56–153LP–MI–6Yankee Springs 65–71–4637LD–MN–7St. Croix 56–160LP–MN–7St. Croix 65–54–1683LD–IL–5Pere Marquette 56–126LP–IL–5Pere Marquette 65–52–2067LD–IN–5Versailles 56–129LP–IN–5Versailles 65–52–2068LD–IN–6Winemac 56–130LP–IN–6Winemac 65–55–2838LD–MO–6Lake of the Ozarks 56–167LP–MO–6Lake of the Ozarks 65–55–2839LD–MO–7Cuivre River 56–168LP–MO–7Cuivre River 65–55–2840LD–MO–8Montserrat 56–169LP–MO–8Montserrat 65–43–1491LD–KY–4Otter Creek 56–136LP–KY–4Otter Creek 65–32–1133LD–NC–8Crabtree Creek 56–203LP–NC–8Crabtree Creek 65–32–1134LD–NC–11Appalachian National Parkway (Blue Ridge Parkway) 56–204LP–NC–11Appalachian National Parkway (Blue Ridge Parkway) 65–44–1315LD–TN–11Montgomery Bell 56–266LP–TN–11Montgomery Bell 65–44–1316LD–TN–12Shelby Forest Park 56–267LP–TN–12Shelby Forest Park 65–44–1317LD–TN–13Falls Creek Falls 56–268LP–TN–13Falls Creek Falls 65–31–1155LD–VA–5Swift Creek 56–277LP–VA–5Swift Creek 65–31–1156LD–VA–6Chopawamsic 56–278LP–VA–6Chopawamsic 65–31–1158LD–VA–7Shenandoah National Park 56–279LP–VA–7Shenandoah National Park 65–31–1516LD–VA–8Appalachian National Park 56–280LP–VA–8Appalachian National Park 65–31–1157LD–VA–9Bull Run 56–281LP–VA–9Bull Run 65–31–1159LD–VA–13Waysides 56–282LP–VA–13Waysides 65–61–1184LD–AL–11Oak Mountain 56–96LP–AL–11Oak Mountain 65–34–3167LD–GA–9Hard Labor Creek 56–120LP–GA–9Hard Labor Creek 65–34–3168LD–GA–11Alex Stephens Memorial 56–121LP–GA–11Alex Stephens Memorial 65–34–3169LD–GA–12Pine Mountain 56–122LP–GA–12Pine Mountain 65–33–1838LD–SC–7Cheraw 56–243LP–SC–7Cheraw 65–33–1839LD–SC–8Kings Mountain 56–244LP–SC–8Kings Mountain 65–33–1840LD–SC–12Waysides 56–245LP–SC–12Waysides 65–73–221LD–ND–12Roosevelt Park 56–216LP–ND–12Roosevelt Park 65–74–1475LD–SD–14Badlands 56–259LP–SD–14Badlands 65–74–1476LD–SD–15Custer Park 56–260LP–SD–15Custer Park 65–65–695LD–OK–9Lake Murray 56–225LP–OK–9Lake Murray 65–03–1801LD–CF–5Mendocino Woodlands 56–104LP–CF–5Mendocino Woodlands 65–83–245LD–WY–2Lake Guernsey 56–297LP–WY–2Lake Guernsey 65–94–677LD–OR–4Silver Creek 56–299LP–OR–4Silver Creek 65–85–932LD–NM–14White Sands 56–197LP–NM–14White Sands
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16 U.S.C. § 459r
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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