§4601 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Creates the Take Pride in America Program inside the Department of the Interior. The program must run a nationwide public education effort with government and private partners to teach people how to use and value federal, state, and local lands, buildings, and natural and cultural resources correctly, to encourage caring and responsibility for them, and to get people, groups, and communities to help look after these places. It must also run a national awards program to honor people and groups the Secretary of the Interior believes have done outstanding work in those efforts. Defined terms: TPIA Program — the Take Pride in America Program in the Department of the Interior. Secretary — the Secretary of the Interior.

Title 16, §4601

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(a)There is hereby established the Take Pride in America Program within the Department of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “TPIA Program”).

(b)The purposes of the TPIA Program shall include the following:

(1)To establish and maintain a public awareness campaign in cooperation with public and private organizations and individuals—

(A)to instill in the public the importance of the appropriate use of, and appreciation for Federal, State, and local lands, facilities, and natural and cultural resources;

(B)to encourage an attitude of stewardship and responsibility toward these lands, facilities, and resources; and

(C)to promote participation by individuals, organizations, and communities of a conservation ethic in caring for these lands, facilities, and resources.

(2)To conduct a national awards program to honor those individuals and entities which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the “Secretary”), have distinguished themselves in the activities described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), was in the original “this Act”, and was translated as reading “this title”, meaning title XI of Pub. L. 101–628, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4502, known as the Take Pride in America Act, which is classified generally to this chapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 101–628, title XI, § 1101, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4502, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Take Pride in America Act’.”

§4601 Establishment of Take Pride in America Program