Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§47–5 Regulations
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER VI — SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS › § 47–5
Summary
After October 27, 1986, El Portal leases for housing or other facilities are allowed only under rules from the Secretary. The rules must identify eligible people and corporations, set fees, allow the Secretary to acquire unexpired leases, and take effect 60 calendar days after submission to the House Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
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Title 16, §47–5
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After October 27, 1986, no lease may be issued for the purpose of providing housing or other facilities in the El Portal administrative site except in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior. Such regulations shall establish the qualifications of natural persons and corporations who may be eligible to acquire a lease and a sublease, the process to be used in establishing fees for such leases and subleases, and they shall set forth the circumstances under which the Secretary may elect to acquire any unexpired lease or sublease. Such regulations shall become effective only after sixty calendar days from the day on which they have been submitted to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
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1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”.
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16 U.S.C. § 47–5
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102