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[CITE: 16USC460k-1]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
       SUBCHAPTER LXVIII--NATIONAL CONSERVATION RECREATIONAL AREAS
 
Sec. 460k-1. Acquisition of lands for recreational development; 
        funds
        
    The Secretary is authorized to acquire areas of land, or interests 
therein, which are suitable for--
        (1) incidental fish and wildlife-oriented recreational 
    development,
        (2) the protection of natural resources,
        (3) the conservation of endangered species or threatened species 
    listed by the Secretary pursuant to section 1533 of this title, or
        (4) carrying out two or more of the purposes set forth in 
    paragraphs (1) through (3) of this section, and are adjacent to, or 
    within, the said conservation areas, except that the acquisition of 
    any land or interest therein pursuant to this section shall be 
    accomplished only with such funds as may be appropriated therefor by 
    the Congress or donated for such purposes, but such property shall 
    not be acquired with funds obtained from the sale of Federal 
    migratory bird hunting stamps.

Lands acquired pursuant to this section shall become a part of the 
particular conservation area to which they are adjacent.

(Pub. L. 87-714, Sec. 2, Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 653; Pub. L. 92-534, 
Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1063; Pub. L. 93-205, Sec. 13(d), Dec. 28, 1973, 
87 Stat. 902.)


                               Amendments

    1973--Pub. L. 93-205 inserted references to the acquisition of 
interest in land the conservation of endangered species or threatened 
species listed by the Secretary pursuant to section 1533 of this title.
    1972--Pub. L. 92-534 substituted provisions authorizing the 
Secretary to acquire lands suitable for fish and wildlife oriented 
recreational development, or for the protection of natural resources and 
adjacent to conservation areas, for provisions authorizing the Secretary 
to acquire limited areas of land for recreational development adjacent 
to conservation areas in existence or approved by the Migratory Bird 
Conservation Commission as of September 28, 1962.


                    Effective Date of 1973 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 93-205 effective Dec. 28, 1973, see section 16 
of Pub. L. 93-205, set out as a note under section 1531 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 460l-9 of this title.
