CITE

    16 USC Sec. 460l-12                                         01/08/2008

EXPCITE

    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
    SUBCHAPTER LXIX - OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS
    Part C - Water Resources Projects

HEAD

    Sec. 460l-12. Recreation and fish and wildlife benefits of Federal
      multiple-purpose water resources projects; Congressional
      declaration of policy

STATUTE

      It is the policy of the Congress and the intent of this part (a)
    in investigating and planning any Federal navigation, flood
    control, reclamation, hydroelectric, or multiple-purpose water
    resource project, full consideration shall be given to the
    opportunities, if any, which the project affords for outdoor
    recreation and for fish and wildlife enhancement and that, wherever
    any such project can reasonably serve either or both of these
    purposes consistently with the provisions of this part, it shall be
    constructed, operated, and maintained accordingly; (b) planning
    with respect to the development of the recreation potential of any
    such project shall be based on the coordination of the recreational
    use of the project area with the use of existing and planned
    Federal, State, or local public recreation developments; and (c)
    project construction agencies shall encourage non-Federal public
    bodies to administer project land and water areas for recreation
    and fish and wildlife enhancement purposes and operate, maintain,
    and replace facilities provided for those purposes unless such
    areas or facilities are included or proposed for inclusion within a
    national recreation area, or are appropriate for administration by
    a Federal agency as a part of the national forest system, as a part
    of the public lands classified for retention in Federal ownership,
    or in connection with an authorized Federal program for the
    conservation and development of fish and wildlife.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 89-72, Sec. 1, July 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 213.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

      This part, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act",
    meaning Pub. L. 89-72, which enacted sections 460l-12 to 460l-21 of
    this title and amended sections 460l-5(a) and 662(d) of this title.

SHORT TITLE

      Section 12 of Pub. L. 89-72 provided: "This Act [enacting this
    section and sections 460l-13 to 460l-21 of this title and amending
    sections 460l-5(a) and 662(d) of this title], may be cited as the
    'Federal Water Project Recreation Act'."