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    16 USC Sec. 460m-8                                          01/08/2008

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
    SUBCHAPTER LXXI - BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER

HEAD

    Sec. 460m-8. Establishment

STATUTE

      For the purposes of conserving and interpreting an area
    containing unique scenic and scientific features, and preserving as
    a free-flowing stream an important segment of the Buffalo River in
    Arkansas for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future
    generations, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to
    as the "Secretary") may establish and administer the Buffalo
    National River. The boundaries of the national river shall be as
    generally depicted on the drawing entitled "Proposed Buffalo
    National River" numbered NR-BUF-7103 and dated December 1967, which
    shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices
    of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The
    Secretary is authorized to make minor revisions of the boundaries
    of the national river when necessary, after advising the Committee
    on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate in writing,
    but the total acreage within such boundaries shall not exceed
    ninety-five thousand seven hundred and thirty acres.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 92-237, Sec. 1, Mar. 1, 1972, 86 Stat. 44; Pub. L. 103-
    437, Sec. 6(n)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4586.)

AMENDMENTS

      1994 - Pub. L. 103-437 substituted "Committee on Natural
    Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
    Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate" for "Committees on
    Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of
    Representatives and the United States Senate".