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    16 USC Sec. 460l-1                                          01/08/2008

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
    SUBCHAPTER LXIX - OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS
    Part A - Coordination of Programs

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    Sec. 460l-1. Powers and duties of Secretary of the Interior

STATUTE

      In order to carry out the purposes of this part, the Secretary of
    the Interior is authorized to perform the following functions and
    activities:
    (a) Inventory and evaluation of needs and resources
      Prepare and maintain a continuing inventory and evaluation of
    outdoor recreation needs and resources of the United States.
    (b) Classification of resources
      Prepare a system for classification of outdoor recreation
    resources to assist in the effective and beneficial use and
    management of such resources.
    (c) Nationwide plan; contents; problems, solutions and actions;
      initial plan; revisions of plan; transmittal to Congress and
      Governors
      Formulate and maintain a comprehensive nationwide outdoor
    recreation plan, taking into consideration the plans of the various
    Federal agencies, States, and their political subdivisions. The
    plan shall set forth the needs and demands of the public for
    outdoor recreation and the current and foreseeable availability in
    the future of outdoor recreation resources to meet those needs. The
    plan shall identify critical outdoor recreation problems, recommend
    solutions, and recommend desirable actions to be taken at each
    level of government and by private interests. The Secretary shall
    transmit the initial plan, which shall be prepared as soon as
    practicable within five years on and after May 28, 1963, to the
    President for transmittal to the Congress. Future revisions of the
    plan shall be similarly transmitted at succeeding five-year
    intervals. When a plan or revision is transmitted to the Congress,
    the Secretary shall transmit copies to the Governors of the several
    States.
    (d) Technical assistance and advice; cooperation with States and
      private interests
      Provide technical assistance and advice to and cooperate with
    States, political subdivisions, and private interests, including
    nonprofit organizations, with respect to outdoor recreation.
    (e) Interstate and regional cooperation
      Encourage interstate and regional cooperation in the planning,
    acquisition, and development of outdoor recreation resources.
    (f) Research and education
      (1) Sponsor, engage in, and assist in research relating to
    outdoor recreation, directly or by contract or cooperative
    agreements, and make payments for such purposes without regard to
    the limitations of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 concerning
    advances of funds when he considers such action in the public
    interest, (2) undertake studies and assemble information concerning
    outdoor recreation, directly or by contract or cooperative
    agreement, and disseminate such information without regard to the
    provisions of section 3204 of title 39, and (3) cooperate with
    educational institutions and others in order to assist in
    establishing education programs and activities and to encourage
    public use and benefits from outdoor recreation.
    (g) Federal interdepartmental cooperation; coordination of Federal
      plans and activities; expenditures; reimbursement
      (1) Cooperate with and provide technical assistance to Federal
    departments and agencies and obtain from them information, data,
    reports, advice, and assistance that are needed and can reasonably
    be furnished in carrying out the purposes of this part, and (2)
    promote coordination of Federal plans and activities generally
    relating to outdoor recreation. Any department or agency furnishing
    advice or assistance hereunder may expend its own funds for such
    purposes, with or without reimbursement, as may be agreed to by
    that agency.
    (h) Donations
      Accept and use donations of money, property, personal services,
    or facilities for the purposes of this part.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 88-29, Sec. 2, May 28, 1963, 77 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 91-375,
    Sec. 6(h), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 776.)

CODIFICATION

      In subsec. (f), "section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31" substituted
    for "section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529)" on
    authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat.
    1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and
    Finance.

AMENDMENTS

      1970 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 91-375 substituted "section 3204 of
    title 39" for "section 4154 of title 39".
                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT
      For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 91-375, see section
    15(a) of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as an Effective Dates note
    preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service.
                   TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
      For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec.
    (c) of this section relating to transmittal to Congress, at five-
    year intervals, of revisions of nationwide outdoor recreation
    plan, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a
    note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page
    112 of House Document No. 103-7.
     STUDY REGARDING IMPROVED OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL ACCESS FOR PERSONS
                             WITH DISABILITIES
      Pub. L. 105-359, Sec. 1, Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3275, provided
    that:
      "(a) Study Required. - The Secretary of Agriculture and the
    Secretary of the Interior shall jointly conduct a study regarding
    ways to improve the access for persons with disabilities to outdoor
    recreational opportunities (such as fishing, hunting, trapping,
    wildlife viewing, hiking, boating, and camping) made available to
    the public on the Federal lands described in subsection (b).
      "(b) Covered Federal Lands. - The Federal lands referred to in
    subsection (a) are the following:
        "(1) National Forest System lands.
        "(2) Units of the National Park System.
        "(3) Areas in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
        "(4) Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
      "(c) Report on Study. - Not later than 18 months after the date
    of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 10, 1998], the Secretaries shall
    submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study."
       CONNECTICUT RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA FEASIBILITY STUDY
      Pub. L. 89-616, Oct. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 867, directed Secretary of
    the Interior to study, investigate, and formulate recommendations
    on feasibility and desirability of establishing all or parts of
    Connecticut River Valley from its source to its mouth, in States of
    Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire, as a
    Connecticut River National Recreation Area and to submit to
    President, within two years after Oct. 3, 1966, a report of his
    findings and recommendations, with President to submit to Congress
    such recommendations, including legislation, as he deemed
    appropriate.