16-U.S.C.-404B
§404B – Administration, Protection, and Development; Federal Power Act Inapplicable; Minimum Area
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Title 16 > Chapter 1 > Subchapter XLVII > Section 404b
Details
- Reference: Section 404b
- Legend: §404B – Administration, Protection, and Development; Federal Power Act Inapplicable; Minimum Area
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
The administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended: Provided, That the provisions of the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.] shall not apply to this park: And provided further, That the minimum area to be administered and protected by the National Park Service shall be, for the said Mammoth Cave National Park, twenty thousand acres: Provided further, That no general development of said area shall be undertaken until a major portion of the remainder in such area, including all the caves thereof, shall have been accepted by said Secretary, and he shall have established a schedule of fees for admission to such caves.
(May 25, 1926, ch. 382, §3, 44 Stat. 636; May 14, 1934, ch. 282, §1, 48 Stat. 775.)
References in Text
The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original the Act approved June 10, 1920, known as the Federal Water Power Act, and was redesignated as the Federal Power Act by section 791a of this title. The Federal Power Act is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, as amended, and is classified generally to chapter 12 (§791a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1934—Act May 14, 1934, inserted and he shall have established a schedule of fees for admission to such caves, and changed phrase including all the caves thereof to its present position instead of following twenty thousand acres.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
16-U.S.C.-403H-4 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Conservation
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16-U.S.C.-404 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Parks
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