Title 16ConservationRelease 119-73

§460ooo–7 Reports to Congress

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXXVI— - LAS CIENEGAS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA › § 460ooo–7

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must send Congress a report by December 6, 2002, on the best ways to protect land north of the Acquisition Planning District in Rincon Valley, the Colossal Cave area, and the Agua Verde Creek corridor north of Interstate 10. The report must focus on linking those lands to Saguaro National Park and the Rincon Mountains and on local conservation goals. The Secretary must also send a report by December 6, 2005, and at least every 10 years after that. It must explain how the Conservation Area is being carried out, the condition of its resources and values, and progress toward the area’s purposes.

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Title 16, §460ooo–7

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(a)Not later than 2 years after December 6, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the most effective measures to protect the lands north of the Acquisition Planning District within the Rincon Valley, Colossal Cave area, and Agua Verde Creek corridor north of Interstate 10 to provide an ecological link to Saguaro National Park and the Rincon Mountains and contribute to local government conservation priorities.
(b)Not later than 5 years after December 6, 2000, and at least at the end of every 10-year period thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the implementation of this subchapter, the condition of the resources and values of the Conservation Area, and the progress of the Secretary in achieving the purposes for which the Conservation Area is established as set forth in section 460ooo–3(a) of this title.

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16 U.S.C. § 460ooo–7

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73