16 U.S.C. § 460fff — Establishment

submitted 36 years ago by Pub. L. 101-628 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 220 words · no verdicts yet

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Congress created the Amistad National Recreation Area to protect the U.S. side of Lake Amistad on the Texas-Mexico border. The area follows a 1969 boundary map, capped at 58,500 acres, which the Secretary of the Interior can adjust slightly. The Secretary can buy or trade land within the boundary using donated or appropriated funds.

(a) Purpose. Congress created the Amistad National Recreation Area to (1) let the public use and enjoy the U.S. portion of Lake Amistad, on the Texas-Mexico border, and (2) protect its scenic, scientific, and cultural value. (b) Boundaries and land acquisition. The recreation area covers federal land and water shown on a 1969 boundary map, kept on file at National Park Service offices. The Secretary can make small boundary changes over time, but the area can never exceed 58,500 acres. Inside the boundary, the Secretary can buy land with donated or appropriated money, trade for it, or get it free from another federal agency.

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(a)

In order to—

(1)

provide for public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment of the lands and waters associated with the United States portion of the reservoir known as Lake Amistad, located on the boundary between the State of Texas and Mexico, and

(2)

protect the scenic, scientific, cultural, and other value contributing to the public enjoyment of such lands and waters,

there is hereby established the Amistad National Recreation Area (hereafter in this section and section 460fff–1 of this title referred to as the “recreation area”).

(b)

The recreation area shall consist of the Federal lands, waters, and interests therein within the area generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Proposed Amistad National Recreation Area”, numbered 621/20,013–B, and dated July 1969. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act referred to as the “Secretary”) may from time to time make minor revisions in the boundary of the recreation area, but the total acreage of the recreation area may not exceed 58,500 acres. Within the boundary of the recreation area, the Secretary may acquire lands and interests in lands by purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or transfer without reimbursement from any Federal agency.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–628, title V, § 505, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4494.)

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1990Enacted · Pub. L. 101-628 · 104 Stat. 4494

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