Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460ooo–7 Reports to Congress

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter CXXVI— LAS CIENEGAS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA › § 460ooo–7

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must send Congress, no later than 2 years after December 6, 2000, a report that explains the best ways to protect lands north of the Acquisition Planning District — including parts of Rincon Valley, the Colossal Cave area, and the Agua Verde Creek corridor north of Interstate 10 — so they form an ecological connection to Saguaro National Park and the Rincon Mountains and support local conservation goals. The Secretary must also send Congress a report no later than 5 years after December 6, 2000, and again at least every 10 years after that. That report must say how this part of the law is being carried out, describe the condition of the Conservation Area’s resources and values, and report progress toward the purposes listed in section 460ooo–3(a).

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Title 16, §460ooo–7

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(a)Not later than 2 years after December 6, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the most effective measures to protect the lands north of the Acquisition Planning District within the Rincon Valley, Colossal Cave area, and Agua Verde Creek corridor north of Interstate 10 to provide an ecological link to Saguaro National Park and the Rincon Mountains and contribute to local government conservation priorities.
(b)Not later than 5 years after December 6, 2000, and at least at the end of every 10-year period thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the implementation of this subchapter, the condition of the resources and values of the Conservation Area, and the progress of the Secretary in achieving the purposes for which the Conservation Area is established as set forth in section 460ooo–3(a) of this title.

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16 U.S.C. § 460ooo–7

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60