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    16 USC Sec. 460l-18                                         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 C - Water Resources Projects

HEAD

    Sec. 460l-18. Authority of Secretary of the Interior

STATUTE

    (a) Provision of facilities, acquisition of lands, and provision
      for public use and enjoyment of project lands, facilities, and
      water areas in coordination with other project purposes;
      execution of agreements before providing lands, facilities, and
      project modifications
      The Secretary is authorized, in conjunction with any reservoir
    heretofore constructed by him pursuant to the Federal reclamation
    laws or any reservoir which is otherwise under his control, except
    reservoirs within national wildlife refuges, to investigate, plan,
    construct, operate and maintain, or otherwise provide for public
    outdoor recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement facilities, to
    acquire or otherwise make available such adjacent lands or
    interests therein as are necessary for public outdoor recreation or
    fish and wildlife use, and to provide for public use and enjoyment
    of project lands, facilities, and water areas in a manner
    coordinated with the other project purposes. Lands, facilities and
    project modifications for the purposes of this subsection may be
    provided only after an agreement in accordance with subsection (b)
    or (c) of section 460l-14 of this title has been executed.
    (b) Agreements with government agencies to promote development and
      operation of lands or facilities for recreation and fish and
      wildlife enhancement purposes
      The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into
    agreements with Federal agencies or State or local public bodies
    for the administration of project land and water areas and the
    operation, maintenance, and replacement of facilities and to
    transfer project lands or facilities to Federal agencies or State
    or local public bodies by lease agreement or exchange upon such
    terms and conditions as will best promote the development and
    operation of such lands or facilities in the public interest for
    recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement purposes.
    (c) Transfer of lands; consent of other Federal agencies to use of
      lands for recreation or fish and wildlife purposes; transfers to
      Secretary of Agriculture of forest lands; continuing
      administration of lands and waters for other project purposes;
      prohibition against limitation of authority under existing
      provisions of law
      No lands under the jurisdiction of any other Federal agency may
    be included for or devoted to recreation or fish and wildlife
    purposes under the authority of this section without the consent of
    the head of such agency; and the head of any such agency is
    authorized to transfer any such lands to the jurisdiction of the
    Secretary of the Interior for purposes of this section. The
    Secretary of the Interior is authorized to transfer jurisdiction
    over project lands within or adjacent to the exterior boundaries of
    national forests and facilities thereon to the Secretary of
    Agriculture for recreation and other national forest system
    purposes; and such transfer shall be made in each case in which the
    project reservoir area is located wholly within the exterior
    boundaries of a national forest unless the Secretaries of
    Agriculture and Interior jointly determine otherwise. Where any
    project lands are transferred hereunder to the jurisdiction of the
    Secretary of Agriculture, the lands involved shall become national
    forest lands: Provided, That the lands and waters within the flow
    lines of any reservoir or otherwise needed or used for the
    operation of the project for other purposes shall continue to be
    administered by the Secretary of the Interior to the extent he
    determines to be necessary for such operation. Nothing herein shall
    limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior granted by
    existing provisions of law relating to recreation or fish and
    wildlife development in connection with water resource projects or
    to disposition of public lands for such purposes.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 89-72, Sec. 7, July 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 102-
    377, title II, Sec. 206, Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1332; Pub. L. 102-
    575, title XXVIII, Sec. 2804(e), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4692.)

AMENDMENTS

      1992 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-575, Sec. 2804(e)(2), substituted
    "subsection (b) or (c) of section 460l-14" for "subsection 460l-
    14(b)".
      Pub. L. 102-575, Sec. 2804(e)(1), which directed amendment of
    subsec. (a) by striking "purposes: Provided," and all that follows
    through end of sentence and inserting "purposes", could not be
    executed because the words "purposes: Provided," did not appear
    subsequent to amendment by Pub. L. 102-377. See below.
      Pub. L. 102-377 substituted "purposes." for "purposes: Provided,
    That not more than $100,000 shall be available to carry out the
    provisions of this subsection at any one reservoir."