Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§460n–6 Political Jurisdiction; Taxing Power; Hualapai Indians
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXXII — LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460n–6
Summary
States and their local governments keep their power to deal with civil and criminal matters on lands inside the national recreation area, and they keep the right to tax people, companies, business franchises, and property on those lands. The Hualapai Tribe’s current authority, and the legal status of individual Hualapai people, stay the same for the part of the Hualapai Reservation that lies inside Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §460n–6
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Nothing in this subchapter shall deprive any State, or any political subdivision thereof, of its civil and criminal jurisdiction over the lands within the said national recreation area, or of its rights to tax persons, corporations, franchises, or property on the lands included in such area. Nothing in this subchapter shall modify or otherwise affect the existing jurisdiction of the Hualapai Tribe or alter the status of individual Hualapai Indians within that part of the Hualapai Indian Reservation included in said Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 460n–6
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102