Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§460r–3 Outdoor Recreation Facilities Development
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXXVI — MOUNT ROGERS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460r–3
Summary
After the Secretary buys land in the designated area that he thinks can be managed well, he must start a faster program to build outdoor recreation facilities. The facilities should use the land’s shape and location to meet the public’s growing recreation needs. The Secretary can work with federal and state agencies that can speed up completion and help set up and evaluate adequate summer and winter recreation facilities.
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Title 16, §460r–3
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(a)Accelerated program
After the Secretary acquires an acreage within the area designated pursuant to section 460r–1 of this title that is in his opinion efficiently administrable to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, he shall institute an accelerated program of development of facilities for outdoor recreation. Said facilities shall be so devised to take advantage of the topography and geographical location of the lands in relation to the growing recreation needs of the people of the United States.
(b)Cooperation with Federal and State agencies
The Secretary may cooperate with all Federal and State authorities and agencies that have programs which will hasten completion of the recreation area and render services which will aid him in evaluating and effectuating the establishment of adequate summer and winter outdoor recreation facilities.
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16 U.S.C. § 460r–3
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110