Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§459d–6 Aerial Gunnery and Bombing Range Agreements of Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of the Navy
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXIII — NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459d–6
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must make written agreements with the Secretary of the Navy, when the Navy says they are needed, to make sure the Interior does not use its powers under sections 459d through 459d–7 in any way that would interfere with Navy use of aerial gunnery or bombing ranges near Padre Island.
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Title 16, §459d–6
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The Secretary of the Interior shall enter into such administrative agreements with the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary to assure that the Secretary of the Interior will not exercise any authority granted by sections 459d to 459d–7 of this title so as to interfere with the use by the Department of the Navy of any aerial gunnery or bombing range located in the vicinity of Padre Island.
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16 U.S.C. § 459d–6
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102