Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXIX— OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS › Part C— Water Resources Projects › § 460l–17
Require project reports to include the Interior Secretary’s written views on outdoor recreation. The report must say whether the planned recreation and fish and wildlife work fits the State comprehensive plan under section 200305(d) of title 54 and follow guidance under section 200104 of title 54. Spending for lands bought by project builders to make migratory waterfowl refuges that were recommended by the Interior Secretary is limited to $28,000,000, but that limit does not apply to costs that fix damage to waterfowl caused by the project. The rules in this part do not apply to the Tennessee Valley Authority, to projects done under the Small Reclamation Projects Act or the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, or to certain other project types. The rules in sections 460l–13 through 460l–16 do not apply to nonreservoir local flood control, beach erosion control, small boat harbors, hurricane protection, or areas already set for national recreation areas, national forests, retained Federal public lands, or authorized fish and wildlife programs. The word “nonreimbursable” does not stop charging entrance or other recreation fees. Section 200306(a)(3) of title 54 does not apply to recreation and fish and wildlife costs the United States pays as nonreimbursable under sections 460l–13(a) or 460l–14(b)(1). Payments by non‑Federal public bodies go into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, and money from selling or leasing lands under 460l–14(b)(2) goes into the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
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16 U.S.C. § 460l–17
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