16 U.S.C. § 273 — Establishment
submitted 55 years ago by Pub. L. 92-207 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 162 words · no verdicts yet
This law creates Capitol Reef National Park in Utah, replacing the earlier national monument. The park's boundaries follow a 1971 map on file at the National Park Service. Monument funds transfer to the park, and excluded federal land follows normal public-land rules.
(a) Description of area — Subject to valid existing rights, the land, water, and related interests inside the boundary shown on the "Boundary Map, Proposed Capitol Reef National Park, Utah," numbered 158-91,002 and dated January 1971, become Capitol Reef National Park. That map is kept on file and open for public inspection at the National Park Service offices, Department of the Interior.
(b) Abolition of Capitol Reef National Monument; funds of monument available for park; administration of lands excluded from monument — This law abolishes the earlier Capitol Reef National Monument. Any money available for the monument can now be used for the park instead. Any federal land, water, or related interests that used to be part of the monument, but are not included in the new park, continue to be managed by the Secretary of the Interior, following the normal laws that apply to public lands.
Subject to valid existing rights, the lands, waters, and interests therein within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Proposed Capitol Reef National Park, Utah,” numbered 158–91,002, and dated January 1971, are hereby established as the Capitol Reef National Park (hereinafter referred to as the “park”). Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
The Capitol Reef National Monument is hereby abolished, and any funds available for purposes of the monument shall be available for purposes of the park. Federal lands, waters, and interests therein excluded from the monument by this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) in accordance with the laws applicable to the public lands of the United States.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 92–207, § 1, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 739.)
- 1971Enacted · Pub. L. 92-207 · 85 Stat. 739
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 92-207 on 1971-12-18.
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