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    16 USC Sec. 460l-4                                          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 B - Land and Water Conservation Fund

HEAD

    Sec. 460l-4. Land and water conservation provisions; statement of
      purposes

STATUTE

      The purposes of this part are to assist in preserving,
    developing, and assuring accessibility to all citizens of the
    United States of America of present and future generations and
    visitors who are lawfully present within the boundaries of the
    United States of America such quality and quantity of outdoor
    recreation resources as may be available and are necessary and
    desirable for individual active participation in such recreation
    and to strengthen the health and vitality of the citizens of the
    United States by (1) providing funds for and authorizing Federal
    assistance to the States in planning, acquisition, and development
    of needed land and water areas and facilities and (2) providing
    funds for the Federal acquisition and development of certain lands
    and other areas.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 88-578, title I, Sec. 1(b), Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 897.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

      This part, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act",
    meaning Pub. L. 88-578, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 897, which is
    classified principally to this part. For complete classification of
    this Act to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.

EFFECTIVE DATE

      Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 88-578 provided in part that: "This Act
    [see Short Title note below] shall become effective on January 1,
    1965."
                                SHORT TITLE
      Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 88-578 provided in part that: "This Act
    [enacting this part, amending section 460d, repealing section 14 of
    this title, and amending provisions set out as a note under section
    120 of Title 23, Highways] may be cited as the 'Land and Water
    Conservation Fund Act of 1965'."
                     SURVEY OF ENTRANCE AND USER FEES
      Secretary of the Interior required by section 4 of Pub. L. 91-
    308, July 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 410 to complete a survey as to policy
    to be implemented with regard to entrance and user fees and to
    report his findings to Senate and House Committees on Interior and
    Insular Affairs on or before Feb. l, 1971.