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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§460hh Establishment; Boundaries; Publication in Federal Register

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XCII — CHICKASAW NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460hh

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Chickasaw National Recreation Area for public outdoor recreation at Arbuckle Reservoir and nearby lands, to manage adjacent scenic, scientific, natural, and historic resources, and to serve as a memorial to the Chickasaw Indian Nation. The area is shown on a boundary map (Boundary Map, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, no. 107–20004–A, Feb. 1974) kept by the National Park Service. The Secretary of the Interior can change the boundaries by publishing a map or description in the Federal Register. The total area must not exceed 10,000 acres.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460hh

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In order to provide for public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment of Arbuckle Reservoir and land adjacent thereto, and to provide for more efficient administration of other adjacent area containing scenic, scientific, natural, and historic values contributing to public enjoyment of the area and to designate the area in such manner as will constitute a fitting memorialization of the Chickasaw Indian Nation, there is hereby established the Chickasaw National Recreation Area (hereinafter referred to as the “recreation area”) consisting of lands and interests in lands within the area as generally depicted on the drawing entitled “Boundary Map, Chickasaw National Recreation Area,” numbered 107–20004–A and dated February 1974, which shall be on file and available for inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) may from time to time revise the boundaries of the recreation area by publication of a map or other boundary description in the Federal Register, but the total acreage of the recreation area may not exceed ten thousand acres.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Chickasaw National Recreation Area Land Exchange Pub. L. 108–389, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2239, known as the Chickasaw National Recreation Area Land Exchange Act of 2004, provided for the facilitation of a land exchange among the National Park Service, the Chickasaw Nation, and the City of Sulphur, Oklahoma, for the

Construction

of the Chickasaw Nation Cultural Center within the Chickasaw National Recreation Area.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460hh

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102