Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§460ccc–5 Withdrawal; Exchange of Lands
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter CXIV— RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA › § 460ccc–5
Summary
Except as allowed here and for valid rights already in place, federal lands in the conservation area and lands added after November 16, 1990 are closed to claims, sale, mining, and mineral and geothermal leasing. The Secretary may exchange approximately 20 acres used for parking on March 1, 1994 with the owner of the Old Nevada facility for land of equal or greater value inside the area.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §460ccc–5
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(a)Except as specifically authorized in this subchapter, and subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands within the conservation area and all lands and interests therein which are acquired by the United States after November 16, 1990, for inclusion in the conservation area are withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and all amendments thereto.
(b)The Secretary may transfer to the owner of the Old Nevada recreation facility the approximately 20 acres of Federal lands within the conservation area which, on March 1, 1994, were used to provide parking for visitors to such facility, in exchange for lands of equal or greater value within the conservation area acceptable to the Secretary.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–450 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
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16 U.S.C. § 460ccc–5
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60