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§460ff–5 Authorization of Appropriations; Master Plan

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XC— CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK › § 460ff–5

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money may be provided to carry out this part. Up to $70,100,000 can be used to buy land and land rights. Up to $13,000,000 can be used to develop the park and improve acquired property. Within one year after the park is established under this part, the Secretary must consult the Governor of Ohio and send a final master plan to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress. The plan must show needed facilities for health, safety, and recreation; where they will be and how much they will cost; and whether more facilities will be needed. Up to $500,000 is authorized for fiscal year 1986, $1,000,000 for 1987, $1,500,000 for 1988, and $1,750,000 for 1989 to carry out section 460ff–3(c)(2). Any amounts not spent in a fiscal year remain available for later years.

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Title 16, §460ff–5

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(a)There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, but not more than $70,100,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands.
(b)For the development of the park, including improvements of properties acquired for purposes of this subchapter, there is authorized to be appropriated not more than $13,000,000. Within one year from the date of establishment of the park pursuant to this subchapter, the Secretary shall, after consulting with the Governor of the State of Ohio, develop and transmit to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress a final master plan for the development of the park consistent with the objectives of this subchapter, 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 area.
(c)There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not more than $500,000 for fiscal year 1986, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1987, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1988, and $1,750,000 for fiscal year 1989, to carry out the provisions of section 460ff–3(c)(2) of this title. Any amounts authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year under this subsection which are not appropriated for that fiscal year shall remain available for appropriation in succeeding fiscal years.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 5 of Pub. L. 93–555 was classified to section 460ff–4 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–291.

Amendments

2000—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–291, § 149(c)(2), substituted “park” for “recreation area” wherever appearing in introductory provisions. 1986—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–658 added subsec. (c). 1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–625, § 315(b), increased appropriations authorization to $70,100,000 from $41,100,000. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–625, § 315(c), substituted “For the development of the recreation area, including improvements of properties acquired for purposes of this subchapter, there is authorized to be appropriated not more than $13,000,000” for “For the development of essential public facilities there are authorized to be appropriated not more than $500,000”. 1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–578 substituted “$41,100,000” for “$34,500,000”.

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. Expenditure of Funds To Commence
October 1, 1977 Pub. L. 94–578, title III, § 323(c), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2742, provided that: “No funds authorized by this section [amending section 460ff–1(a) and 460ff–5 of this title] in excess of those sums previously authorized by the Act of
December 27, 1974, [this section as originally enacted], shall be available for expenditure before
October 1, 1977.”

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460ff–5

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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