16 U.S.C. § 4601 — Establishment of Take Pride in America Program
submitted 36 years ago by Pub. L. 101-628 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 165 words · no verdicts yet
(a) The Take Pride in America Program is established within the Department of the Interior and is called the “TPIA Program.” (b) Its purposes include (1) a public-awareness campaign with public and private organizations and people to (A) teach the importance of proper use and appreciation of Federal, State, and local lands, facilities, and natural and cultural resources, (B) encourage stewardship and responsibility toward them, and (C) encourage people, organizations, and communities to participate in a conservation ethic; and (2) a national awards program honoring people and entities the Interior Secretary believes distinguished themselves in those activities. This section states that rule.
(a) The Take Pride in America Program is established within the Department of the Interior and is called the “TPIA Program.”
(b) Its purposes include (1) a public-awareness campaign with public and private organizations and people to (A) teach the importance of proper use and appreciation of Federal, State, and local lands, facilities, and natural and cultural resources, (B) encourage stewardship and responsibility toward them, and (C) encourage people, organizations, and communities to participate in a conservation ethic; and (2) a national awards program honoring people and entities the Interior Secretary believes distinguished themselves in those activities.
There is hereby established the Take Pride in America Program within the Department of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “TPIA Program”).
The purposes of the TPIA Program shall include the following:
To establish and maintain a public awareness campaign in cooperation with public and private organizations and individuals—
to instill in the public the importance of the appropriate use of, and appreciation for Federal, State, and local lands, facilities, and natural and cultural resources;
to encourage an attitude of stewardship and responsibility toward these lands, facilities, and resources; and
to promote participation by individuals, organizations, and communities of a conservation ethic in caring for these lands, facilities, and resources.
To conduct a national awards program to honor those individuals and entities which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the “Secretary”), have distinguished themselves in the activities described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–628, title XI, § 1102, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4502.)
- 1990Enacted · Pub. L. 101-628 · 104 Stat. 4502
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