54 U.S.C. § 100724 — Use of recovered amounts
submitted 12 years ago by Pub. L. 113-287 to r/title-54-NATIONAL-PARK-SERVICE-AND-RELATED-PROGRAMS · 193 words · no verdicts yet
Money the Secretary recovers for harming a park resource can only be spent in two ways: paying back response and assessment costs, or restoring, replacing, and studying the harmed resource. The money cannot buy land or water rights unless Congress specifically approves that in an appropriations law. Any money left over goes back to the Treasury.
(a) Limitation on Use. Money recovered by the Secretary* under this subchapter — or recovered by the federal government under any federal, state, or local law, or in any other way, because a System unit resource* was destroyed, lost, or injured — is available to the Secretary. Without any further action by Congress, it can only be used for:
(1) Reimbursement. Paying back response costs* and damage assessments carried out by the Secretary or other federal agencies, as the Secretary sees fit.
(2) Restoration and replacement. Restoring or replacing the harmed System unit* resources, or acquiring an equivalent, and then monitoring and studying those resources. This money cannot be used to buy land, water, an interest in land or water, or a right to land or water — unless an appropriations law specifically approves that purchase in advance. Any such purchase must also follow any limits set in the law that created the unit.
(b) Excess Amounts. Any money left over after paying for (1) and (2) must be deposited in the Treasury.
Response costs* and damages* recovered by the Secretary* under this subchapter or amounts recovered by the Federal Government under any Federal, State, or local law or regulation or otherwise as a result of destruction, loss of, or injury to any System unit resource* shall be available to the Secretary and without further Congressional action may be used only as follows:
To reimburse response costs and damage assessments by the Secretary or other Federal agencies as the Secretary considers appropriate.
To restore, replace, or acquire the equivalent of System unit* resources that were the subject of the action and to monitor and study those System* unit resources. The funds may not be used to acquire any land or water, interest in land or water, or right to land or water unless the acquisition is specifically approved in advance in appropriations Acts. The acquisition shall be subject to any limitations contained in the legislation establishing the System unit.
Any amounts remaining after expenditures pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall be deposited in the Treasury.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3108.)
- 2014Enacted · Pub. L. 113-287 · 128 Stat. 3108
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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