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[CITE: 16USC460l-1]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
              SUBCHAPTER LXIX--OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS
 
                    Part A--Coordination of Programs
 
Sec. 460l-1. Powers and duties of Secretary of the Interior

    In order to carry out the purposes of this part, the Secretary of 
the Interior is authorized to perform the following functions and 
activities:

(a) Inventory and evaluation of needs and resources

    Prepare and maintain a continuing inventory and evaluation of 
outdoor recreation needs and resources of the United States.

(b) Classification of resources

    Prepare a system for classification of outdoor recreation resources 
to assist in the effective and beneficial use and management of such 
resources.

(c) Nationwide plan; contents; problems, solutions and actions; initial 
        plan; revisions of plan; transmittal to Congress and Governors

    Formulate and maintain a comprehensive nationwide outdoor recreation 
plan, taking into consideration the plans of the various Federal 
agencies, States, and their political subdivisions. The plan shall set 
forth the needs and demands of the public for outdoor recreation and the 
current and foreseeable availability in the future of outdoor recreation 
resources to meet those needs. The plan shall identify critical outdoor 
recreation problems, recommend solutions, and recommend desirable 
actions to be taken at each level of government and by private 
interests. The Secretary shall transmit the initial plan, which shall be 
prepared as soon as practicable within five years on and after May 28, 
1963, to the President for transmittal to the Congress. Future revisions 
of the plan shall be similarly transmitted at succeeding five-year 
intervals. When a plan or revision is transmitted to the Congress, the 
Secretary shall transmit copies to the Governors of the several States.

(d) Technical assistance and advice; cooperation with States and private 
        interests

    Provide technical assistance and advice to and cooperate with 
States, political subdivisions, and private interests, including 
nonprofit organizations, with respect to outdoor recreation.

(e) Interstate and regional cooperation

    Encourage interstate and regional cooperation in the planning, 
acquisition, and development of outdoor recreation resources.

(f) Research and education

    (1) Sponsor, engage in, and assist in research relating to outdoor 
recreation, directly or by contract or cooperative agreements, and make 
payments for such purposes without regard to the limitations of section 
3324(a) and (b) of title 31 concerning advances of funds when he 
considers such action in the public interest, (2) undertakes studies and 
assemble information concerning outdoor recreation, directly or by 
contract or cooperative agreement, and disseminate such information 
without regard to the provisions of section 3204 of title 39, and (3) 
cooperate with educational institutions and others in order to assist in 
establishing education programs and activities and to encourage public 
use and benefits from outdoor recreation.

(g) Federal interdepartmental cooperation; coordination of Federal plans 
        and activities; expenditures; reimbursement

    (1) Cooperate with and provide technical assistance to Federal 
departments and agencies and obtain from them information, data, 
reports, advice, and assistance that are needed and can reasonably be 
furnished in carrying out the purposes of this part, and (2) promote 
coordination of Federal plans and activities generally relating to 
outdoor recreation. Any department or agency furnishing advice or 
assistance hereunder may expend its own funds for such purposes, with or 
without reimbursement, as may be agreed to by that agency.

(h) Donations

    Accept and use donations of money, property, personal services, or 
facilities for the purposes of this part.

(Pub. L. 88-29, Sec. 2, May 28, 1963, 77 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 91-375, 
Sec. 6(h), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 776.)

                          Codification

    In subsec. (f), ``section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31'' substituted 
for ``section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529)'' on 
authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, 
the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.


                               Amendments

    1970--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 91-375 substituted ``section 3204 of 
title 39'' for ``section 4154 of title 39''.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 91-375, see section 15(a) 
of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as an Effective Dates note preceding section 
101 of Title 39, Postal Service.


                  Termination of Reporting Requirements

    For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. 
(c) of this section relating to transmittal to Congress, at five-year 
intervals, of revisions of nationwide outdoor recreation plan, see 
section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under 
section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 112 of House 
Document No. 103-7.


 Study Regarding Improved Outdoor Recreational Access for Persons With 
                              Disabilities

    Pub. L. 105-359, Sec. 1, Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3275, provided 
that:
    ``(a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior shall jointly conduct a study regarding ways 
to improve the access for persons with disabilities to outdoor 
recreational opportunities (such as fishing, hunting, trapping, wildlife 
viewing, hiking, boating, and camping) made available to the public on 
the Federal lands described in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Covered Federal Lands.--The Federal lands referred to in 
subsection (a) are the following:
        ``(1) National Forest System lands.
        ``(2) Units of the National Park System.
        ``(3) Areas in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
        ``(4) Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
    ``(c) Report on Study.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act [Nov. 10, 1998], the Secretaries shall submit 
to Congress a report containing the results of the study.''


      Connecticut River National Recreation Area Feasibility Study

    Pub. L. 89-616, Oct. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 867, directed Secretary of 
the Interior to study, investigate, and formulate recommendations on 
feasibility and desirability of establishing all or parts of Connecticut 
River Valley from its source to its mouth, in States of Connecticut, 
Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire, as a Connecticut River 
National Recreation Area and to submit to President, within two years 
after Oct. 3, 1966, a report of his findings and recommendations, with 
President to submit to Congress such recommendations, including 
legislation, as he deemed appropriate.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 460l-2 of this title.
