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§459g–7 Authorization of Appropriations; Master Plan to Congressional Committees; Time; Contents

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXIII— NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459g–7

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows money to be spent to carry out sections 459g to 459g–7. Up to $13,903,000 may be used to buy land and land rights, of which no more than $1,000,000 can be used to buy land owned by Core Banks Club Properties, Incorporated. Up to $2,935,000 may be used to build essential public facilities. By January 1, 1978, the Secretary must send a final master plan to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress. The plan must show what visitor health, safety, and recreation facilities are needed, where they would go and how much they would cost, and any future facility needs inside the seashore.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §459g–7

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There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 459g to 459g–7 of this title, not to exceed $13,903,000 for acquisition of lands and interests therein, of which no more than $1,000,000 may be expended for acquisition of lands owned by Core Banks Club Properties, Incorporated. For development of essential public facilities there are authorized to be appropriated not more than $2,935,000. On or before January 1, 1978, the Secretary shall develop and transmit to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress a final master plan for the full development of the seashore consistent with the preservation objectives of sections 459g to 459g–7 of this title, indicating—
(1)the facilities needed to accommodate the health, safety and recreation needs of the visiting public;
(2)the location and estimated cost of all facilities; and
(3)the projected need for any additional facilities within the seashore.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1983—Pub. L. 98–141 substituted “$13,903,000” for “$7,903,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate abolished and replaced by Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, effective Feb. 11, 1977. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of the Senate, as amended by Senate Resolution No. 4 (popularly cited as the “Committee System Reorganization

Amendments

of 1977”), approved Feb. 4, 1977. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 459g–7

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60