54 U.S.C. § 101912 — Findings and declaration of policy
submitted 12 years ago by Pub. L. 113-287 to r/title-54-NATIONAL-PARK-SERVICE-AND-RELATED-PROGRAMS · 176 words · no verdicts yet
Congress says that businesses offering services in national parks must be carefully controlled. Visitor amenities can only be built where they're truly needed and where they fit with protecting the park's resources.
(a) Findings. Building on section 100101(a), Congress finds that protecting System unit* resources requires strict control over public accommodations, facilities, and services offered inside those units. Businesses can't be allowed to operate there in an unregulated or indiscriminate way. This matters for two reasons: (1) so that visitors don't unduly damage the resources and values of the unit; and (2) so that any new accommodations, facilities, or services get built only in locations that fit, as much as practically possible, with preserving and conserving the unit's resources and values.
(b) Declaration of Policy. It is Congress's policy that development of public accommodations, facilities, and services in System* units must be limited. These things can only be built if they (1) are necessary and appropriate for the public to use and enjoy that particular unit; and (2) fit, as much as practically possible, with preserving and conserving that unit's resources and values.
In furtherance of section 100101(a), Congress finds that the preservation and conservation of System unit* resources and values requires that public accommodations, facilities, and services that have to be provided within those System* units should be provided only under carefully controlled safeguards against unregulated and indiscriminate use, so that—
visitation will not unduly impair those resources and values; and
development of public accommodations, facilities, and services within System units can best be limited to locations that are consistent to the highest practicable degree with the preservation and conservation of the resources and values of the System units.
It is the policy of Congress that the development of public accommodations, facilities, and services in System units shall be limited to accommodations, facilities, and services that—
are necessary and appropriate for public use and enjoyment of the System unit in which they are located; and
are consistent to the highest practicable degree with the preservation and conservation of the resources and values of the System unit.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3138.)
- 2014Enacted · Pub. L. 113-287 · 128 Stat. 3138
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 113-287 on 2014-12-19.
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