16 U.S.C. § 192b: Addition of lands

Summary

The President may add certain named parcels of land in Colorado to Rocky Mountain National Park by issuing an executive proclamation when the Secretary of the Interior recommends it. If the land is inside a national forest, both the Interior and Agriculture Secretaries must recommend the addition. The land pieces are listed by township and range and include specific whole sections and parts of sections in these areas: township 3 north, range 75 west (Sections 5 and 6); township 4 north, range 73 west (parts of Sections 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, and 15); township 5 north, range 73 west (several whole sections and fractional parts listed in the law); township 5 north, range 75 west (Sections 6, 7, 18 and part of 19 outside the park); township 5 north, range 76 west (Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24 and parts of 3, 10, 15, 22 on the east side of the Continental Divide and on Mount Nimbus and Baker Mountain); township 6 north, range 75 west (Sections 19, 30, 31 and certain parts of 17, 18, 20, 29 outside the park and south of the Larimer–Grand county line); and township 6 north, range 76 west (Sections 25, 26, 35, 36 and parts of 13, 22, 23, 24, 27, 34 east of the Continental Divide). All lands added this way must follow the same laws, rules, and park regulations that apply in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Title 16, §192b

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The President of the United States is authorized, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, and with respect to lands located in a national forest upon the joint recommendation of the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture, to add to the Rocky Mountain National Park, in the State of Colorado, by Executive proclamation any or all of the following-described lands, to wit: section 5 and 6, township 3 north, range 75 west. All of section 3 except the northeast quarter northeast quarter; all of section 4; north half, north half southeast quarter, southwest quarter southeast quarter section 5; north half, northwest quarter southwest quarter section 9; north half, northeast quarter southwest quarter, southeast quarter section 10; northeast quarter, north half southeast quarter section 15, in township 4 north, range 73 west. North half, southwest quarter, northwest quarter southeast quarter section 17; south half southwest quarter, southwest quarter southeast quarter section 20; south half northeast quarter, southeast quarter northwest quarter, south half section 28; all of section 29 except northeast quarter northeast quarter; east half section 32; all of section 33; southwest quarter northeast quarter, northwest quarter northwest quarter, south half northwest quarter, southwest quarter, west half southeast quarter, southeast quarter southeast quarter section 34, in township 5 north, range 73 west. All of section 6, 7, and 18; that portion of section 19 lying outside of park boundary, in township 5 north, range 75 west. All of section 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, and 24; those portions of section 3 and 10 lying east of the Continental Divide; that portion of section 15 lying east of the Continental Divide and on the eastern slope of Mount Nimbus; and that portion of section 22 lying on the eastern slope of Baker Mountain, in township 5 north, range 76 west. All of section 19, 30, and 31; that portion of section 20 lying outside of the park boundary and south of the boundary line between Larimer and Grand Counties; that part of section 17 and 18 lying south of the boundary line between Larimer and Grand Counties and the Continental Divide and that part of section 29 lying outside the park boundary, in township 6 north, range 75 west. All of section 25, 26, 35, and 36; those portions of section 13, 22, 23, 24, 27, and 34 lying east of the Continental Divide, in township 6 north, range 76 west; and all the lands added to said park pursuant hereto are made subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to and in force in the Rocky Mountain National Park.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Executive Documents

Proc. No. 3144. Enlarging Rocky Mountain National Park Proc. No. 3144,

June 27, 1956, 21 F.R. 4783, provided: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do proclaim that the lands hereinafter described are hereby added to the Rocky Mountain National Park, in the State of Colorado, and shall, upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States, become subject to the provisions of the act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,” approved

August 25, 1916, 39 Stat. 535 ([former] 16 U.S.C. §§ 1–3) [see 18 U.S.C. 1865(a), 54 U.S.C. 100101(a), 100301 et seq., 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 102101], and all acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, and all other laws and

Rules and Regulations

applicable to such park: Sixth Principal Meridian T. 5 N., R. 73 W., Sec. 33, S½NE¼, SE¼SE¼, and N½SE¼; Sec. 34, N½SW¼NE¼, N½SE¼NW¼, SW¼NW¼, and NW¼SW¼. Proc. No. 3374. Enlarging Rocky Mountain National Park Proc. No. 3374, Sept. 23, 1960, 25 F.R. 9284, provided: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said act of

June 21, 1930 [this section], do proclaim that the lands hereinafter described shall be, and they are hereby, added to and reserved as a part of the Rocky Mountain National Park, in the State of Colorado; and such lands shall be subject to the provisions of the act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,” approved

August 25, 1916, 39 Stat. 535 ([former] 16 U.S.C. 1–3) [see 18 U.S.C. 1865(a), 54 U.S.C. 100101(a), 100301 et seq., 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 102101], and all acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, and all other laws and

Rules and Regulations

applicable to such park: Sixth Principal Meridian T. 4 N., R. 73 W., section 9, northwest quarter southwest quarter.

§192b Addition of Lands

Summary

Title 16, §192b

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