16-U.S.C.-273D
§273D – Administration, Protection, and Development
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Title 16 > Chapter 1 > Subchapter XXXI > Section 273d
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- Reference: Section 273d
- Legend: §273D – Administration, Protection, and Development
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Authority of Secretary
The National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary, shall administer, protect, and develop the park, subject to the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended and supplemented.
(b) Easements and rights-of-way
The Secretary shall grant easements and rights-of-way on a nondiscriminatory basis upon, over, under, across, or along any component of the park area unless he finds that the route of such easements and rights-of-way would have significant adverse effects on the administration of the park.
(c) Report by Secretary
Within three years from December 18, 1971, the Secretary of the Interior shall report to the President, in accordance with subsections 3(c) and 3(d) of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1132 (c) and (d)], his recommendations as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the park for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such area as a wilderness shall be in accordance with said Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.].
(Pub. L. 92–207, §5, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 740.)
References in Text
The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 88–577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1131 of this title and Tables.
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16-U.S.C.-272B in the Legal Encyclopedia: Conservation
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16-U.S.C.-273A in the Legal Encyclopedia: Parks
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