16 U.S.C. § 460fff–1 — Administration

submitted 36 years ago by Pub. L. 101-628 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 530 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of the Interior must run the Amistad Recreation Area under national park law and international treaties with Mexico covering the Colorado, Tijuana, and Rio Grande rivers. The Secretary must survey nearby cultural resources and report to Congress. The law also sets rules for hunting, fishing, and cooperative agreements with Texas for rescue and law enforcement help.

(a) In general. The Secretary must run the recreation area under this law and the general laws for national park units, including the 1916 National Park Service Act and a 1946 law. The Secretary can use any legal tools needed to protect natural and cultural resources. This law doesn't change the duties of the International Boundary and Water Commission between the U.S. and Mexico under any treaty. (b) Compliance with treaties and other commitments or agreements. The Secretary must run the area following all applicable treaties, including a 1945 treaty on the Colorado, Tijuana, and Rio Grande rivers, and related federal law provisions. This covers commitments about (1) boundary lines, (2) water use, storage, and supply, (3) flood control, (4) the Amistad Dam's operation, and (5) hydroelectric power. (c) Survey of cultural resources; report to Congress. The Secretary must survey cultural resources near the recreation area, working with public or private partners, including landowners. Within two years of November 28, 1990, the Secretary must report the results to the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. (d) Hunting and fishing. (1) The Secretary must allow hunting and fishing under federal and state law but can close zones or seasons for safety, management, or public-use reasons. (2) Except in emergencies, new rules need consultation with the relevant state agencies first. (e) Rescue, firefighting, and law enforcement assistance. The Secretary can make paid-back agreements with federal agencies, Texas, or local governments for rescue, firefighting, law enforcement, and fire-prevention help.

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(a) In general

The Secretary shall administer the recreation area in accordance with applicable provisions of this Act and the provisions of law generally applicable to units of the national park system, including the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4),1 and the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 885).1 In the administration of such recreation area, the Secretary may utilize such statutory authority as may be available to him for the protection of natural and cultural resources as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to amend or alter the responsibilities of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, under any applicable treaty.

(b) Compliance with treaties and other commitments or agreements

The administration of the recreation area by the Secretary shall be subject to and in accordance with all applicable treaties, including the treaty between the United States and Mexico relating to the utilization of waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and the Rio Grande, entered into force November 8, 1945 (59 Stat. 1219,2 and in accordance with sections 277d–13 to 277d–16 of title 22, and any commitment or agreement entered into pursuant to such treaty or sections, including (but not limited to) commitments or agreements relating to—

(1)

the demarcation and maintenance of boundaries;

(2)

the use, storage, and furnishing of water;

(3)

control of floods;

(4)

investigations relative to the operation of the Amistad Dam; and

(5)

the production of hydroelectric energy.

The Secretary shall conduct a survey of the cultural resources in the immediate vicinity of the recreation area. The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with public or private entities, including landowners, for the purpose of conducting the survey required by this subsection. Not later than two years after November 28, 1990, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on the results of the survey required by this subsection.

(d) Hunting and fishing

(1)

The Secretary shall permit hunting and fishing on lands and waters under the Secretary’s jurisdiction within the recreation area in accordance with applicable Federal and State law. The Secretary may designate zones where, and establish periods when, hunting or fishing will not be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, fish and wildlife management, or public use and enjoyment.

(2)

Except in emergencies any regulations issued by the Secretary under this subsection shall be put into effect only after consultation with the appropriate State agencies responsible for hunting and fishing activities.

(e) Rescue, firefighting, and law enforcement assistance

For purposes of administering the recreation area, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with any Federal agency, the State of Texas, or any political subdivision thereof, for the rendering, on a reimbursable basis, of rescue, firefighting, and law enforcement and fire preventive assistance.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–628, title V, § 506, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4494.)

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

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