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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460hhh–5 Acquisition of Lands

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter CXIX— SPRING MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460hhh–5

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may add land inside the Recreation Area by donation, purchase using donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer from another federal agency. Land owned by the State of Nevada or its local governments can only be added by donation or exchange. Any land the United States acquires or transfers to the Secretary after August 4, 1993 must join the Recreation Area and be managed under National Forest System rules and this subchapter. For section 100506 of title 54, those boundaries count as National Forest boundaries as of January 1, 1965. Land and Water Conservation Fund money may be used to buy land for this subchapter.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460hhh–5

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(a)The Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and interests therein within the boundaries of the Recreation Area by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer from another Federal agency, except that such lands or interests owned by the State of Nevada or a political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation or exchange.
(b)Any lands, waters, or interests in lands or interests therein located within the Recreation Area that are acquired by the United States or administratively transferred to the Secretary after August 4, 1993, shall be incorporated into the Recreation Area and managed in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the National Forest System and the provisions of this subchapter.
(c)For purposes of section 100506 of title 54, where such boundaries are established for units of the National Forest System, such established boundaries shall be treated as if they were the boundaries of the National Forests as of January 1, 1965. Money appropriated from the Land and Water Conservation Fund shall be available for the acquisition of lands and interests therein in furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter.

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Amendments

2014—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–287, which directed substitution of “section 100506 of title 54” for “section 460l–9 of this title” in section 7 of the Springs Mountain National Recreation Area Act, was executed to this section, which is section 7 of the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460hhh–5

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60