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[CITE: 16USC460l-12]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
              SUBCHAPTER LXIX--OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS
 
                    Part C--Water Resources Projects
 
Sec. 460l-12. Recreation and fish and wildlife benefits of 
        Federal multiple-purpose water resources projects; Congressional 
        declaration of policy
        
    It is the policy of the Congress and the intent of this part (a) in 
investigating and planning any Federal navigation, flood control, 
reclamation, hydroelectric, or multiple-purpose water resource project, 
full consideration shall be given to the opportunities, if any, which 
the project affords for outdoor recreation and for fish and wildlife 
enhancement and that, wherever any such project can reasonably serve 
either or both of these purposes consistently with the provisions of 
this part, it shall be constructed, operated, and maintained 
accordingly; (b) planning with respect to the development of the 
recreation potential of any such project shall be based on the 
coordination of the recreational use of the project area with the use of 
existing and planned Federal, State, or local public recreation 
developments; and (c) project construction agencies shall encourage non-
Federal public bodies to administer project land and water areas for 
recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement purposes and operate, 
maintain, and replace facilities provided for those purposes unless such 
areas or facilities are included or proposed for inclusion within a 
national recreation area, or are appropriate for administration by a 
Federal agency as a part of the national forest system, as a part of the 
public lands classified for retention in Federal ownership, or in 
connection with an authorized Federal program for the conservation and 
development of fish and wildlife.

(Pub. L. 89-72, Sec. 1, July 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 213.)

                       References in Text

    This part, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'', 
meaning Pub. L. 89-72, which enacted sections 460l-12 to 460l-21 of this 
title and amended sections 460l-5(a) and 662(d) of this title.


                               Short Title

    Section 12 of Pub. L. 89-72 provided: ``This Act [enacting this 
section and sections 460l-13 to 460l-21 of this title and amending 
sections 460l-5(a) and 662(d) of this title], may be cited as the 
`Federal Water Project Recreation Act'.''
