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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460hhh–2 Establishment

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXIX— - SPRING MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460hhh–2

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area in Nevada on about 316,000 acres of federally owned land in the Toiyabe National Forest, subject to valid existing rights. The area is shown on a map dated August 2, 1992 (NV–CH). The Secretary must file that map with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources soon after August 4, 1993; a public copy will be kept at the Forest Service, and if the acreage and the map conflict, the map controls the Recreation Area boundaries.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460hhh–2

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Subject to valid existing rights, there is established the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area in Nevada.
(b)The Recreation Area shall consist of approximately 316,000 acres of federally owned lands and interests therein in the Toiyabe National Forest, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Spring Mountain National Recreation Area—Proposed”, numbered NV–CH, and dated August 2, 1992.
(c)As soon as practicable after August 4, 1993, the Secretary shall file a map of the Recreation Area with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
(d)The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
(e)In the case of any discrepancy between or among the acreage referred to in subsection (b) and the map described in subsection (b), the map described in subsection (b) shall control any question concerning the boundaries of the Recreation Area.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460hhh–2

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73