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[CITE: 16USC460l-18]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
              SUBCHAPTER LXIX--OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS
 
                    Part C--Water Resources Projects
 
Sec. 460l-18. Authority of Secretary of the Interior


(a) Provision of facilities, acquisition of lands, and provision for 
        public use and enjoyment of project lands, facilities, and water 
        areas in coordination with other project purposes; execution of 
        agreements before providing lands, facilities, and project 
        modifications

    The Secretary is authorized, in conjunction with any reservoir 
heretofore constructed by him pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws 
or any reservoir which is otherwise under his control, except reservoirs 
within national wildlife refuges, to investigate, plan, construct, 
operate and maintain, or otherwise provide for public outdoor recreation 
and fish and wildlife enhancement facilities, to acquire or otherwise 
make available such adjacent lands or interests therein as are necessary 
for public outdoor recreation or fish and wildlife use, and to provide 
for public use and enjoyment of project lands, facilities, and water 
areas in a manner coordinated with the other project purposes. Lands, 
facilities and project modifications for the purposes of this subsection 
may be provided only after an agreement in accordance with subsection 
(b) or (c) of section 460l-14 of this title has been executed.

(b) Agreements with government agencies to promote development and 
        operation of lands or facilities for recreation and fish and 
        wildlife enhancement purposes

    The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into agreements 
with Federal agencies or State or local public bodies for the 
administration of project land and water areas and the operation, 
maintenance, and replacement of facilities and to transfer project lands 
or facilities to Federal agencies or State or local public bodies by 
lease agreement or exchange upon such terms and conditions as will best 
promote the development and operation of such lands or facilities in the 
public interest for recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement 
purposes.

(c) Transfer of lands; consent of other Federal agencies to use of lands 
        for recreation or fish and wildlife purposes; transfers to 
        Secretary of Agriculture of forest lands; continuing 
        administration of lands and waters for other project purposes; 
        prohibition against limitation of authority under existing 
        provisions of law

    No lands under the jurisdiction of any other Federal agency may be 
included for or devoted to recreation or fish and wildlife purposes 
under the authority of this section without the consent of the head of 
such agency; and the head of any such agency is authorized to transfer 
any such lands to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for 
purposes of this section. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
transfer jurisdiction over project lands within or adjacent to the 
exterior boundaries of national forests and facilities thereon to the 
Secretary of Agriculture for recreation and other national forest system 
purposes; and such transfer shall be made in each case in which the 
project reservoir area is located wholly within the exterior boundaries 
of a national forest unless the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior 
jointly determine otherwise. Where any project lands are transferred 
hereunder to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the lands 
involved shall become national forest lands: Provided, That the lands 
and waters within the flow lines of any reservoir or otherwise needed or 
used for the operation of the project for other purposes shall continue 
to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior to the extent he 
determines to be necessary for such operation. Nothing herein shall 
limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior granted by existing 
provisions of law relating to recreation or fish and wildlife 
development in connection with water resource projects or to disposition 
of public lands for such purposes.

(Pub. L. 89-72, Sec. 7, July 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 102-377, 
title II, Sec. 206, Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1332; Pub. L. 102-575, title 
XXVIII, Sec. 2804(e), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4692.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal reclamation laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are 
classified generally to chapter 12 (Sec. 371 et seq.) of Title 43, 
Public Lands.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-575, Sec. 2804(e)(2), substituted 
``subsection (b) or (c) of section 460l-14'' for ``subsection 460l-
14(b)''.
    Pub. L. 102-575, Sec. 2804(e)(1), which directed amendment of 
subsec. (a) by striking ``purposes: Provided,'' and all that follows 
through end of sentence and inserting ``purposes'', could not be 
executed because the words ``purposes: Provided,'' did not appear 
subsequent to amendment by Pub. L. 102-377. See below.
    Pub. L. 102-377 substituted ``purposes.'' for ``purposes: Provided, 
That not more than $100,000 shall be available to carry out the 
provisions of this subsection at any one reservoir.''
